Clients and Testimonials

Career Transition for senior leader in the social impact space

“Working with Alison Hernandez as a career coach has been an invaluable experience. I found Alison has a way of making complex decisions feel clear and achievable through her structured yet accessible approach. What I appreciated most was her people-first mindset—she took the time to really listen, understand my goals, and tailor her guidance to what would work best for me.

I found that Alison goes beyond the role of coach. She not only supported me to build my skills and confidence, but also acted as a genuine ambassador for me—championing my strengths and introducing me to people in her network that would be beneficial for me based on my goals, making sure I was positioned for success. I really felt that Alison was in my corner, which when you're undertaking a career transition makes all the difference.

If you’re looking for a career coach who combines structure with empathy, and who will both support and advocate for you, I can’t recommend Alison highly enough”.


Portfolio Career Coaching for a senior HR Executive

“After leaving a full time corporate career and wanting to embark on a portfolio career I didn’t know where to start. 

I engaged Alison for structured coaching sessions and I am so happy I did! She guided me through a framework sharing her passion, deep knowledge, expertise and stories. I felt energised post each session and I am now clear on my goals, what I want to do and the areas of  focus. I have some initiatives under way and a plan in place for others! Alison's expertise in career transition particularly at late career is exceptional.”

Executive to CEO Transition Coaching

“Alison has helped elevate my leadership thinking and behaviours as a new CEO to levels that have exceeded my expectations. She is the most effective coach I have ever worked with. 

She is organised, astute, insightful and can rapidly synthesise up what I am sharing and use it to advise on relevant techniques, approaches and solutions that are highly applicable to both operating model and culture within my business. 

I would highly recommend Alison to anyone requiring support with navigating and enhancing internal relationships, team dynamics and positive ways of interacting for best results. She is both person and people centric and I have always felt her approach is personalised and context specific”

Retirement Success Coaching Program (ReCreate100)

“'This program really helped to create trust between us and our longest tenure employees and gave us a launch pad for important conversations” - People & Culture Director

“This was an awesome gift of time from my employer. So worthwhile. As a result of the coaching I have taken the following actions already:

  • Money - Appointments with a financial planner and a tax agent completed, I have a plan in place and feel so much more confident and comfortable about the future

  • Mindset - I have worked on my identity outside of work as it has provided so much of my mateship; I have focussed on the circles of control and what is within my reach to action and achieve 

  • Work - I decided that retirement does not need to be a full stop and I am now contracting and securing local work through a temp agency and network referrals

  • Wellbeing - I had a full health check with my GP; I have put in place good simple sleep hygiene practices has alleviated huge anxiety about poor sleep; taking a 20+ min walk every morning to reset my body clock; drinking way more water and planning trips with my family 

    Senior Operations Manager, 40+ years tenure

Complex organisational change and consolidation project

“What I love is your ability to link all the parts together.  We wanted to work with someone who could really see what it was we were trying to do. We wanted someone who could fly with our vision and have an aligned commitment around employees. It was always an understanding of where we were, what we were trying to achieve, and how we could achieve that.

Honestly, we know the impact that this has had, and it has been really positive. It’s much better than if we had have just given people a pass out the door to do outplacement.This was a risk mitigation strategy – you managed all of the risks that we’d originally identified”

Head of HR, Transport Industry