Background & Experience
Before focusing on executive coaching, Sarb held leadership and development roles across a range of corporate environments. This included British Airways, Qantas, and Egon Zehnder International where she designed and delivered programmes that strengthened management capability and leadership performance. Alongside her coaching practice, she has worked as a facilitator and consultant with the Australian Institute of Management and AIM Business School, delivering programmes in leadership, coaching, influence, conflict resolution and people management.
She has also lectured in business, human resources, coaching and conflict management at university level, giving her broad experience of developing leaders at different stages of their careers. This combination of commercial, academic and facilitation experience enables her to translate leadership theory into practical action.
Who Sarb Works With
Sarb works with mid to senior-level leaders across corporate, government and professional services organisations. Sarb’s specialism is with leaders wanting to develop their leadership capability, strengthening emotional intelligence and building the confidence to influence, manage people and lead through change. Her international experience also makes her well placed to support leaders working across cultures and geographically diverse teams.
Coaching Style
Sarb's coaching is engaging, encouraging and practical. She creates a supportive environment where leaders can explore challenges openly while remaining focused on tangible outcomes. Clients value her ability to balance empathy with accountability, helping them increase self-awareness, strengthen communication and build the confidence to lead with greater impact.
Clients
Sarb has worked with leaders across financial services, consumer goods, technology, telecommunications, professional services, energy, mining, higher education and the public sector. Representative clients include Toyota, Breville, Nikon, BHP Billiton, Aurizon, ANZ Bank, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank, ABN AMRO, PwC, Accenture, Ernst & Young, Findex, Xero, Virgin Mobile, NBN, Salesforce, Caltex, Stockland Group, Nova Entertainment, L’Oreal, the Australian Department of Defence, Unilever, Toll Group, Rio Tinto, Orica, Dentsu Aegis, Zendesk, the NSW Department of Education, Victorian Department of Education, Northern Territory Department of Education the Australian National University, Singapore International School and Allen & Overy.
Qualifications & Credentials
Sarb is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She holds an MBA and a BSc (Hons) and is accredited in the Genos Emotional Intelligence tool. Her qualifications also include a Certificate IV in Training & Assessment, Master Practitioner certification in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and Sequential Mind Technology and Certificate of Somatic Approaches to Healing Trauma.
