Partnerships
Associate Executive Coach and Facilitator
Coaching leaders across government, business and complex organisations.
Greg Lyons partners with leadership development firms, executive coaching providers and specialist consultancies to deliver thoughtful, practical executive coaching and facilitation across Australia.
An ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Executive MBA graduate, Greg brings more than 30 years of professional experience, including 22 years in federal government, alongside current executive coaching, facilitation and learning-design work. He supports leaders navigating complexity, change, high-pressure environments and increasing accountability.
Discuss an Associate Partnership
For coaching panels, leadership-development programs, facilitation and associate delivery opportunities.
If your firm is seeking an experienced executive coach and facilitator for government, private-sector or mixed-client work, Greg would welcome a confidential conversation about how he could support your coaching panel, leadership program or client engagement.
✓ ICF PCC | ✓ Executive MBA (AGSM, UNSW)
✓ Associate Coach for Yellow Edge, APS Academy, and Pivut
✓ Coaching across government, multinational organisations and complex environments
✓ Canberra-based in-person, and virtual coaching across Australia and internationally
Best Fit Assignments
Greg is particularly well placed to support partner firms and organisations with:
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Executive coaching for leaders in high-pressure, politically sensitive or complex environments.
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Leaders navigating shifting priorities, organisational change, stakeholder complexity or increased accountability.
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Coaching that strengthens self-awareness, resilience, strategic judgement, leadership capability and professional impact.
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Sensitive coaching engagements requiring confidentiality, ethical and trauma-aware practice and sound professional judgement.
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Leadership development programs combining individual coaching, group coaching, facilitation and practical workplace application.
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Private-sector senior executives and senior leaders navigating transformation, growth, cross-functional complexity, change and competing stakeholder expectations.
Relevant experience includes: 530+ coaching hours, executive and emerging leader coaching, parliamentary and ministerial-office experience, skills and leadership development program design and facilitation.
Associate Engagements
Yellow Edge
Associate Executive Coach and Facilitator
Delivers executive coaching, group facilitation and leadership-development work across federal and state government contexts. Greg's work includes systems thinking, policy and political-environment learning, workshop design and practical application for executive and emerging leaders.
APS Academy (Australian Government)
APS Coach and Facilitator
Provides individual and group coaching for emerging APS leaders and facilitates APS Graduate Development, Leadership Edge and Management Edge programs. Greg designed the Leadership Edge group-coaching pilot, applying adult-learning principles to combine peer learning, structured reflection and practical workplace application.
Pivut
Executive Coach
Coaches Australian-based senior executives in multinational private-sector organisations through 6–12-month leadership journeys. Greg supports leaders to navigate transformation, complexity and competing stakeholder expectations, strengthening strategic clarity, leadership effectiveness and confident decision-making.
Greg brings a distinctive combination of professional coaching accreditation, lived parliamentary and public sector leadership experience, facilitation and adult learning capability, and current private sector executive coaching practice.
Dependable Partner
Greg works within the lead firm’s client relationship, coaching model and program architecture, while tailoring his approach to the leader’s goals and operating context. He brings a calm, collaborative and commercially aware approach to associate delivery across public sector, private sector and mixed client programs.
Partner firms can expect clear contracting and confidentiality; productive tri-partite alignment where required; practical, outcome-focused coaching; appropriate progress communication within agreed confidentiality boundaries; respect for client relationships and commercial arrangements; and flexible virtual delivery.
What Partner Firms say...
I've had the pleasure of working with Greg Lyons as part of Yellow Edge's coaching panel for several years and would highly recommend him to individuals and organisations looking for a coach who brings credibility, flexibility and genuine impact.
Greg has a wealth of leadership experience and an ability to quickly build trust with people at all levels, from emerging leaders through to senior executives. One of his greatest strengths is his ability to tailor his approach to the individual and the context they are operating in. He meets people where they are, adapts his style accordingly and creates a coaching experience that feels both supportive and highly relevant.
Greg is thoughtful, professional and wonderful to work with. Over the years, I've seen him build strong relationships with clients from a wide range of backgrounds and consistently deliver coaching that creates lasting value. His clients' feedback regularly highlights his insight, authenticity and ability to help people work through complex challenges with greater confidence.
I have no hesitation recommending Greg to anyone seeking an experienced executive coach.
— Steph Champion, Executive Manager - Coaching & Performance, Yellow Edge (Canberra)