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Lynn Rasmussen

For over 30 years, Lynn has coached leaders transitioning into complex executive roles, leveraging her C-suite experience. She provides insights on organisational complexity, talent strategy, and career development for future executives.

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30+ years
experience

IECL Accredited

Member (MAHRI)

Assessment accredited coach

Experience and background

For more than three decades, Lynn has been helping leaders to accelerate their transition into larger, more complex executive roles. Her outstanding track record of coaching success comes from the knowledge and expertise gained from her own executive experience, and from her experience as a trusted advisor to the C-Suite. Highly respected for her judgment, Lynn has supported leaders to build the critical skills, mindsets and experiences required to navigate organisational complexity and achieve their professional and career goals. 

Lynn provides her coaching clients with unique insight gained from a deep understanding of C-level decision making. During her career at Westpac Banking Corporation, Lynn participated in Executive Team discussions on succession management, talent identification and executive development. 

Lynn’s value to coaching clients stems from her understanding of the opportunities and challenges faced by organisations in developing executives for the future. In her most recent roles, she had accountability for enterprise-wide talent strategy, executive talent reviews, and General Manager transition and development. She was renowned and sought-after by leaders across the organisation for her career coaching skills. 

Lynn's approach

Lynn is a passionate advocate for executive development and thrives on helping people unlock their leadership potential. Her focus is on listening, facilitating understanding of critical career experiences, and providing constructive feedback. She loves working with high potential leaders and is adept at helping executives transition to general management. 

Qualifications and memberships

  • Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Education from Macquarie University.
  • IECL accredited coach and has accreditations in tools and diagnostics including Hogan Leadership Series.
  • Lynn is a long-time member of the Australian HR Institute.

Personal insights

Lynn is a member of the Jawun Stories of Female Leaders (SOFL) network. Jawun is a not-for-profit organisation which brings First Nations people together with corporate, government and philanthropic organisations to enable Indigenous-led development agendas. SOFL aims to develop a pipeline of indigenous female leaders through mentoring programs. She is also a Director of The Freedom Hub, a  not-for-profit dedicated to ending modern day slavery in Australia. 

Lynn is married with a son, daughter and two grandsons, and loves family time, reading, gardening and walking around the northern beaches of Sydney. 

What our clients say

Lynn has left a lasting legacy in the way she has empowered senior leaders in their personal development and career journeys.

Human Resources Senior Executive, ASX Top 20 Company

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