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Brockhurst Consulting

Melbourne leadership coaching, team effectiveness and career transition consultancy operating since 2016 under two accredited coaching directors.

Overview

Display / Trading Name
Brockhurst Consulting
Year founded
2016

Business Description

Brockhurst Consulting is a Melbourne-based leadership and career consultancy founded in 2016. Led by Sarah Wood and Sarah Austin, it provides leadership development, executive coaching, team effectiveness, HBDI, DISC and MBTI assessment, facilitation, career transition and outplacement, mature age and career management coaching, behavioural change, workforce strategy and planning, and strategy and governance reviews for universities, major employers and Victorian public sector agencies.

Service & Expertise

Coaching and Mentoring

Executive and Senior Leadership Coaching

Brockhurst Consulting provides Executive and Senior Leadership Coaching from Level 22, 8 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, and has operated since 2016 under two accredited directors.

  • Sarah Austin is listed as an ICF Accredited Coach and a practitioner in HBDI, DISC and MBTI, and a Certified Practitioner Human Resources (CPHR).
  • Sarah Wood is listed as an ACTP Coach accredited with ICF, a Certified HBDI Practitioner, a Fellow Certified HR Practitioner and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
  • Coaching sits alongside leadership development, team effectiveness work, behavioural change implementation, and conference and workshop facilitation.
  • Client organisations include Melbourne University, RMIT, Swinburne University, Monash College, Woolworths, Coles, Sydney Opera House and Victorian public sector agencies.

Best for: universities, public sector agencies and large employers wanting coaching backed by formal assessment accreditation rather than experience alone.

Outplacement and Career Transition

Career Transition Services

Brockhurst Consulting offers Career Transition Services from Melbourne, covering outplacement support and mature age transition for departing and repositioning employees.

  • Career transition and outplacement support is a distinct service line alongside career management coaching.
  • Mature age transition coaching is offered separately, for employees moving toward the later stages of their working life.
  • Transition work draws on the same assessment toolkit used in coaching, including Whole Brain Thinking (HBDI), MBTI and DISC.

Best for: employers restructuring who want outplacement delivered by accredited coaches rather than a volume transition provider.

Operational Coverage

  • New South Wales (Hybrid)
  • Victoria (Hybrid) Level 22, 8 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC, 3000

Industry

Industry Experience

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

Contacts & Channels

Credentials

Accreditation

Listed under Sarah Austin on the Brockhurst Consulting website.

Clients

Melbourne University
RMIT
Swinburne University

FAQs

What accreditations do the directors of Brockhurst Consulting hold?

Directors Sarah Wood and Sarah Austin are both ICF Accredited Coaches and certified practitioners in Whole Brain Thinking (HBDI). Sarah Austin is additionally a certified MBTI and DISC practitioner and a Certified Practitioner Human Resources (CPHR). Sarah Wood is a Fellow Certified HR Practitioner.

Which organisations has Brockhurst Consulting worked with?

Client organisations include Melbourne University, RMIT, Swinburne University, Monash College, Woolworths, Coles, Sydney Opera House and Victorian public sector agencies, among roughly 30 client logos displayed.

What does Brockhurst Consulting offer?

Services span leadership development and executive coaching, team effectiveness, assessment using Whole Brain Thinking (HBDI), DISC and MBTI, conference and workshop facilitation, career transition and outplacement support, mature age transition coaching, career management coaching, behavioural change implementation, workforce strategy and planning, and strategy and governance reviews. The firm was founded in 2016 and is based at Level 22, 8 Exhibition Street, Melbourne.

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