Steven L. CEO – Melbourne

I have been privileged to be supported by Helen as a Mentor and Coach during our Company’s transformation. Helen possesses excellent people skills and business knowledge. She is a committed coach and will often challenge your thinking. I found her approach to be very practical and direct and my confidence and skills have improved significantly after my one on one sessions with her.

Patricia M – Manager - Quality Assurance Team - Victoria

Helen, before I met you, I was extremely cynical about coaching/counseling. My previous experiences had left me feeling that people were being paid to tell me things that I already knew and that they were not making any difference to the reality of my life – you proved me wrong.

Apart from truly enjoying our interactions, I feel that I have benefitted greatly from the time we spend together. You give me options and alternatives for dealing with issues that I have always just lived with; you challenge my pre-conceptions and help me to think beyond my fears and concerns and you have helped me to be confident in being myself.

I know that this is a journey I needed to make and that you have given me the confidence to start and the support to continue. You have given me back my voice.

You have given me different ways of looking at people, of trying to understand them, which has already seen improvements in the relationships I have, both in and out of the workplace.

You have provided me with perspective on how I can deal more effectively in the leadership team, and have given me the confidence to accept the dominant/driving aspects of my own character and are helping me to understand when and how to best use them.

You have opened my eyes to my management of my team – with your help, I CAN transition from being an unnecessary mother (they all already have one) to being a supportive, inspiring Manager.

I would like to sincerely thank you for the care and attention that you provide in your sessions – and the fact that you make them fun, pace them to suit me, are flexible enough to accommodate my deviations, and always leave me feeling that we HAVE achieved something.

Andrew D. Infrastructure Manager – Victoria

My overall observation is that Helen is a committed coach who believes in my greatness and is assisting me in achieving great insights and awareness of myself. Her integrity is impeccable and she has built a good rapport with me. Her dedication to coaching is exemplary. I enjoy my coaching sessions with her and through her coaching I am achieving specific goals and realizing my strengths. I therefore recommend Helen as a coach.

Ian B. Senior Developer – Victoria

Helen helped me identify characteristics and patterns preventing the best possible communication. She provided me with strategies to overcome personal limitations, achieve excellent outcomes and work with many types of personalities. I’ve found Helen to be a very knowledgeable, positive coach always focusing on clear objectives and outcome driven results.

Warwick G – Victorian Business Development Manager

Before my first session with Helen, I was somewhat sceptical about the idea of life coaching and did not know what to expect. However, my experiences with Helen have been nothing short of fantastic. After my very first session with Helen, I had a much greater understanding of myself, my drivers, my motivations, my values, my management style and my internal thought processes. I have gained some fantastic actions out of my sessions with Helen and definately feel like she has helped me push through my limiting self beliefs. I have made many improvements both professionally and personally after my coaching sessions and would highly recommend Helen to anyone who is considering life coaching.

Cameron Nash. EFL Head Of Umpiring. Victoria

Last week, we had Helen take a session with our field umpiring group which consisted of approximately 50 umpires, male and female, aged between 16 and 60. Helen did an amazing job to engage the audience and ensure they were involved throughout the session. Helen delivered excellent leadership values and communication styles that our umpires can not only use in umpiring, but also in their day to day life. I highly recommend Helen to any organization that is looking to inspire, develop and motivate their team.

Mark Francis D – Production Manager – Vic

Although Helen had already contributed to my workplace and life skills for years, the particular time spent in my participation of her workplace leadership course, has been the most challenging and benefical in my life. Hel taught me skills that have allowed me to truly realise and release my vast potential, nd ‘stretched’ me far beyond what I presumed was my ‘breaking’ point. Where my habit was to doubt my ability in a relationship or skills situation, I now proudly back my judgement and know that I’m willing and capable of having a go. Dreams for my future are now a permanent part of my planning and achievement. I now know in myself that it’s OK to dream and that a dream realised is a powerful propellant to the future! Often I find myself smiling with realization that I’d just dealt with a problem or situation in a calm, capable and positive manner, very differently to the ways of not so long ago. The skills learned stay with me and surface quietly when needed. If you are ready to change your life and work hard toward a positive and rewarding future, I recommend that you talk to Helen about how she can guide you. Thank you Hel!

Julie B – Sales Manager – NSW

I can absolutely recommend Leadership Training with Helen and Forward Momentum Coaching. She is so encouraging and patient and can get to the real core issues. In her training sessions I have learned things about myself that I didn’t know, but more importantly I now know why I need to know! I have so much more confidence and belief in myself and have new strategies to cope with challenges as they crop up. It’s all my choice. Thanks Hel, you’re amazing.

J. Garner – Marketing Director – NSW

Helen is an amazing coach. She will take you on a journey of self discovery and self belief, unleashing the tools within to allow you to achieve your personal goals, dreams and ambitions.

Gary G – Operations Assistant Manager – VIC

I always thought of coaching programs as boring! However, to my amazement, I found the leadership coaching program engaging and I was actually looking forward to each training session. Helen at all times demonstrates an enormous range of skills, including intense listening, precise goal setting, gentle but firm insistance upon action points and the desire to celebrate moments of breakthrough success. The results for me were the creation of change based upon my unfufilled potential. All of this progress was underpinned by an excellent ambience, seasoned liberally with humour and insight. What’s so amazing is that my abilities were there all the time, but I just couldn’t find them! I absolutely recommend Helen as an excellent leadership coach, helping people understand who they are, what they have to contribute and how they can bring out the best in themselves by strengthening the relationships with all whom they interact. Thanks Helen.

Sarah C – Administration Team Leader – VIC

Leadership and what it involved was a completely foreign notion for me prior to embarking upon Forward Momentum’s leadership voyage! I expected to learn how to manage staff to achieve greater productivity and business growth. I did not expect to learn so much about me! I found each session more informative with a wonderful balance struck between my involvement and listening. The content included in each session opened my mind to a completely new level of thinking and how I approach each situation I face, good and bad. The leadership program was not only a valuable tool for guidance and knowledge in the workplace but also has helped me gain beautiful balance in my home life and soul. Thank you so much.

James M – IT Executive – VIC

Helen is the ultimate people manager. She built a culture here at Spartan that is the envy of other companies and it’s no surprise she has moved on from being our GM to being the GM of The Coaching Institute, as she continues to run her own coaching business. Helen possesses many characteristics required by a great leader. She is tenacious, courageous and highly self motivated. Helen has an amazing human intuition, almost as if she can tell you what side of the bed you will take tomorrow! Couple that with her strategic business acumen and you have a remarkable leader that I would highly recommend.

Rob H – Technology Executive – VIC

Helen is perceptive, down to earth and realistic. Helen cuts through crap like a hot knife through butter. I could not think of a more trustworthy business partner than Helen and I thoroughly recommend her professional capability. I would be happy and honoured to accept personal contact as her referee.

M. Davis – Construction Manager – NSW

I consider Helen to be one of the most inspiring people I know. I have witnessed Helen’s expertise as a business leader, coach and mother and feel grateful for having met Helen. I would recommend her to anyone who is looking to improve their results by getting the best out of themselves or others. I have spoken to some of both her employees (at Spartan) and clients and they all tell a similar story of extreme satisfaction. Helen understands and appreciates people better than a vast majority and her wisdom is invaluable.

M J Shurey – Business Development Trainer – WA

Helen was a delight to work with. She has a great insight into people, a quick and alert mind and a great way to express her original ideas. And she does all that with a healthy dose of humour. Her capacity to give accurate and thought provoking feedback is impressive.

J. Harris – Sales Consultant – Vic

I had the pleasure of reporting to Helen at The Coaching Institute. Helen has that rare quality of being an exceptional business manager and people manager. Her ability to view the service she is providing through the eyes and needs of both her internal and external customers is her guarantee that she will deliver on the business objectives. Not only that, but she is FUN to work with!

P. Votzourakis – Business Owner – VIC

Helen is one of the most inspirational and talented managers that I have ever worked with in my career. The respect and support she gives to her team inspires them to reach their goals and in the process, creates an open environment that nurtures a high performance culture. Helen is able to facilitate and foster a culture of creativity and innovation within the company, whilst being aware of the over arching purpose of the company and its objectives.

L. Montgomery – ANZ HR – VIC

Helen’s natural warmth and friendly personality instantly created a safe place for our coaching sessions together. With direct and thought provoking questions, she encouraged me to look for different possibilities around an area of my life where I was feeling ‘stuck’. The insights she shared with me were fantastic and shed light on how and why I was feeling like this. It all made complete sense. Coaching has offered me the opportunity to further succeed in my life and has opened up amazing career opportunities that I once thought may never happen. It has increased my confidence, generated self discovery and raised my awareness to new possibilities. The new choices I have made have empowered and motivated me to move forward towards my goals. I highly recommend working with Helen if you are feeling ‘stuck’ and not achieving the results you are looking for in your life or business.

J. Clark – Coach – Vic

Following my coaching with Helen I had great clarity of vision for my business, my family responsibilities and my study. With this new clarity I have successfully combined travel (holidays), caring for my family, business growth and success as well as completing my planned studies. Helen combines great insight into the challenges of the competing demands of being a mother, daughter, worker and student with developing and implementing the strategies to master and achieve success. I highly recommend her work and am happy to provide a verbal reference for her work as a coach at any time.

Toni W – Mother – Vic

Coaching with Helen and Forward Momentum has given me the tools to move forward in my life and be more resourceful. The awareness and insights I have gained has allowed me to know myself at a deeper level. Helen was professional with a touch of humour. Knowing that I could contact Helen between sessions if I needed her was reassuring. Helen’s active interest and care fosters trust and respect. The more I choose to use the tools I am now empowered with the greater the change in myself and in those around me. I have had years of counselling and it has not nearly achieved the results I am now enjoying after only a few sessions with Helen.

Dean C – Sales Manager – SA

At the start of my coaching journey with Helen I had no idea what coaching would or could do for me. As I got deeper into the sessions I could see that they were helping me to question and change my attitude and feelings to achieve a very positive outcome. I do know that I want to keep learning and will keep looking forward and work on not going back to old habits of behaviour. Coaching has helped me to understand that when “I don’t know” its great as it means that I can learn. Coaching has given me a great deal of confidence to embrace uncertainty and question why and it has helped me to understand that I am the only one who can control my positive feelings. I always felt I could confide in Helen and had a great sense of trust with her, which enabled me to be very open. Thanks Helen.

Philip W – Sales Manager – VIC

Coaching with Forward Momentum has given me a clear path in life and allowed me to make smart goals for my future. Coaching has also shown me that limitations are what we put on ourselves and it is up to me to take away my limitations and it has given me the skills to do so. It was amazing how Helen could understand what it was that I was saying, when I wasn’t saying it! This point is what gave me trust in Helen, because I felt she understood me.

Bianca L – Directors Assistant – VIC

From coaching with Helen I gained: Better awareness of me (my values, views, thoughts, what makes me happy etc), new & different perspectives, increased confidence & awareness and new ways to tackle certain situations. Our sessions were fun! I really enjoyed them. I now have a different outlook on some things which is a real positive, particularly around managing people aspects in a work context. I feel more confident. I don’t take things personally at work, I have a better appreciation or awareness of what may be going on in someone else’s world. Helen’s experience in the corporate world and as a manager responsible for staff helped a lot. She could easily relate to me and visa versa. She could provide practicable insights into situations we discussed, which were invaluable. There would be no point undertaking coaching if you couldn’t be honest and open. Helen made me feel very comfortable to say anything and everything.

B Reid – Senior Sales Consultant – VIC

Helen is an outstanding leader, as well as a very inspirational woman. I have known Helen in both a coaching setting as well as a professional environment. She has a very powerful leadership style. She has this amazing ability to get the best out of everyone around her. It’s a really nice feeling to be led by someone that “just gets it”. I would love to recommend Helen as a coach to other leaders and high quality people that are looking to take their results to the next level, because she has this amazing ability of cutting straight to the goods and offering quality that is both relevant and effective.

Amanda M – Personal Assistant – VIC

There are individuals in your life that change its course forever. Helen most definately takes the cake for me. I had the privilege of working alongside Helen as her Personal Assistant at The Coaching Institute. It is a journey where I was stretched, encouraged and strengthened to become the best I can be, day in and day out. As a result, my life has improved dramatically and I am forever grateful. Helen’s consistency set me up to succeed in my role, which ultimately ensured a win for the business and a win for us all! Thank you Helen for allowing me to grow under your guidance. You are an inspiration to me.

Angelina S – Small Business Owner – VIC

I’ve had the opportunity to work with Helen on a number of occassions in different capacities and projects that range from small to large scale. What I respect in Helen is that she is able to manage multiple high end programs with ease even in the face of conflict, diversity and challenge. No task is too big or too small for Helen, in fact her leadership technique is so effective she is able to empower her direct reports at times when even they aren’t sure what skill they need to draw on next. A champion among her people and a professional woman who can balance business needs with staff engagement masterfully.