The pressures that burn out security leaders are not technical.
I coach CISOs and senior security leaders through the pressures that actually drive burnout and turnover — decision fatigue, board scrutiny, unsustainable pace — using 20+ years building security functions inside major Australian resources, banking, aviation, energy and government organisations.
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What actually drives CISO burnout and turnover
Most security leaders I work with already know the frameworks. The strain sits in the decisions, the boardroom, and the pace — not in a missing control.
Decision fatigue
You are the last stop on every material risk call. The volume does not drop; the quality of those calls is what the organisation remembers. Coaching here is about judgement under load — what you decide, what you defer, and what you refuse to carry alone.
Board scrutiny
Directors want a clear account of risk, investment and residual exposure. They do not want a tour of the toolset. We work on presence, evidence, and the conversation that holds when the questions are sharp.
Unsustainable pace
Incident load, regulator interest, and a change agenda that never quite closes. Tenure suffers when the operating rhythm has no recovery. We rebuild a cadence you can still be in the role to execute.
Two tracks, both relationship-sold
Pricing is on application. This is not a self-serve product. We start with a conversation about the role, the organisation, and what needs to change.
1:1 Executive Coaching
For sitting CISOs, newly appointed security leaders, and those stepping into the role. Self-funded or employer-sponsored. A confidential working relationship at the cadence the job actually allows.
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Leadership development for security teams, board-readiness for a newly appointed CISO, and security culture work sold and delivered the way consulting engagements are.
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I have held the operating seat. I coach from that fact.
CISSP. Master of Business Leadership. Certificate IV in Mentoring and Coaching (Global Coaching Academy, 2010), built on ICF core competencies. More than 500 hours of individual and group coaching delivered. Currently pursuing the ICF PCC credential. Sessional academic at Murdoch University, teaching risk and project/agile delivery.
The sectors named on this site are places I have built or led security work — not a list of current clients.