Alex Stacey James

Through working with executives at organisations like Accenture and HubSpot, I've witnessed how personal mastery creates leadership impact:

- Clear thinking within complexity → Better strategic decisions
- Disciplined energy management → Sustainable high performance
- Mindful prioritisation → Focused execution that matters
- Candid communication → Trust-based leadership
- Emotional agility → Resilience under pressure

To achieve this, our partnership goes beyond traditional executive coaching. Using a rich tapestry of transformational methodologies, we explore:
- Unconscious patterns shaping your leadership
- How to best leverage your unique intrinsic and extrinsic motivations 
- A holistic performance strategy to help you achieve sustainable excellence

My approach combines warmth with direct challenge, creating a rare space where:
- Complex questions find clarity
- Blind spots become breakthrough insights
- Leadership presence deepens naturally
- New unseen potentials unfold

Drawing from expertise in human behaviour and transformational change, I offer strategic insight and personal partnership. You'll find support for immediate challenges while developing lasting mastery of your inner landscape.

Clients often share that our work together reveals possibilities they hadn't imagined—ways of leading and living that feel more impactful and meaningful.

Executive Partnership options include 6 or 12-month packages. To learn about my packages and pricing please email alexstaceyjames@gmail.com.

Executive Coach

Consulting services for board members, Founder CEOs and companies. Optimising outcomes by advising on, preparing for and auditing: presentations, negotiations, internal frameworks and crucial written communications.

Communication Consultant

Improving leadership, culture and performance through custom workshops and group coaching.

- Practical and engaging leadership development
- Grow confidence, skill, and influence of high performers
- Help leaders build healthy, high-performing teams

Leadership Development Specialist

Corporate Traveller Australia

Strategic Account Manager

Sales & Performance Leader

Diageo

Business Development Manager

Retailworld Resourcing

Talent Partner

General Pants Group

Store Operations Manager

I help clients achieve sustainable success through the critical intersection where performance excellence meets personal fulfilment. 

I primarily work with:

• High Performers transitioning into leadership or progressing to their next level 
• Executives wanting to improve influence, presence and sustainable performance strategies
• CEOs who benefit from an objective thinking partner and guide, helping them be their best while offering confidential support

My approach combines advanced psychology and performance science with a deep understanding of leadership challenges in high-stakes environments. 

Today, my client partnerships span seven countries and include Fortune 500 executives, consultants at Big 4 firms, and founder CEOs of global startups. 

They choose to work with me for my warm yet candid approach, and my ability to balance depth with practicality, candour with compassion.

My clients are curious, ambitious and high-integrity leaders who want to lead with purpose and have a meaningful impact.

If you want extraordinary results without sacrificing what matters most, I’m the coach for you. 

Six and twelve months partnerships available.

To explore if we’re a fit:
email alexstaceyjames@gmail.com

To book a complimentary call: 
https://calendly.com/alexstaceyjames/connectioncall

Alex James

Lendi Group

General Manager Growth

Lead the multi-disciplinary product, brand and performance team at Lendi Group. 
Grow audience, and drive nured/engaged audience to the right products and the right time.

General Manager Growth (Acting)

Accountable for driving strategic direction; investor relations and M&A. Provide advisory support to Board, founders and management team; and deliver critical strategic priorities in partnership with the business.

General Manager, Corporate Development and Strategy 

Accountable for investor relations, internal strategy / business casing and M&A.

Head Of Corporate Development

Aussie

Drive the integration of the Aussie and Lendi businesses. Key responsibilities include:

- Business planning
- Integration planning and oversight
- Exec workshops
- Strategy Development
- Lead a high performing team

Senior Manager, Business Integration

Lead the Strategy and CX teams at Aussie Home Loans, driving customer-led business growth.
Key accountabilities include: 
•Lead a high-performance transformation team
•Environment, market and competitor monitoring 
•Strategic planning
•Board reporting
•Exec workshops
•New growth strategy
•Inorganic options 
•Future CX design and prototypes using design sprint methodology
•Internal innovation
•Project delivery
•Implementing and running CX measurement and governance

Senior Manager, Strategy and Customer Experience

Drive change and shape strategic direction for Aussie.

Key roles include:
-Architect a business portfolio strategy, and identify key sources of growth over three horizons
-Drive development of portfolio of horizon three businesses
-Deliver timely insights and recommendations to the executive team on key strategic decisions
-Proactively review and consider inorganic opportunities

Manager, Strategy & Business Implementation

Shape Group Strategic Planning processes and grow enterprise strategy capability to improve business performance.

Key roles in:
- Shape strategic planning processes and outputs
- Investment management, China, Advice strategies
- Board papers
- Management papers and presentations

Group Strategy Manager

Apply strategic insight and understanding of the industry to drive planning processes and consider business options for enhanced performance in a context of regulatory change, digital disruption, and macroeconomic challenges.

Key roles include:
- Lead development of channel strategy 
- Develop Annual Group Strategic Plan and BSC 
- Lead the development of key Board papers

Group Strategy Analyst

Accenture

Key roles include:

Strategy Analyst - Telecommunications 
- Support strategic and financial planning
- Set and monitor KPIs

Strategy Analyst - Growth strategy - Financial Services 
- Market assessment
- Develop organic growth strategy

Strategy Analyst - Operating Model review - Telecommunications 
- Target operating model
- Support benefits case development

Workstream lead for Procurement Transformation - Airline 
- Quant analysis and modelling
- P2P functional design
- Catalogue strategy

Strategy Analyst

Wollongong City Council

Key roles included:
- Support development of strategic plan, community indicators reporting and quarterly reviews
- Support Citizens Panel Financial Sustainability review 
- Preparation of submissions on behalf of the Council for major industry change (e.g. Independent Local Government Review)

Group Strategy - Management Cadet

Key roles included:
- Development of Wollongong’s 2014 Business Attraction Program
- Participation in Wollongong Economic Development Advisory Board

Economic Development - Management Cadet

Key roles included:
- Management accounting and Treasury support
- Support preparation of Financial Statements

Finance - Management Cadet

Key roles included:
- Learning and development coordination and administration
- Identification, deployment, and management of LMS
- Established and managed wellness program, 'LiveWell'
- Support injury management, workers compensation, and OHS functions

Human Resources - Management Cadet

The Den Wollongong

Co-owner of Wollongong live music venue 'The Den' and local Wollongong music press 'Bear Media'.

Co Owner

Illawarra Rotaract

Key Achievements:
-Coordinated 2x 'Hospital Bed Run' events; raising much needed funds for Wollongong Hospital. 
-Coordination and volunteering for the Twilight Tournaments program. Targeted at at-risk youth, the program runs concurrent to the school term and involves weekly sporting events, meals, education and transport in a supportive, safe environment.

Vice President

As the General Manager of the multi-disciplinary Growth Super-Group at Lendi Group, I lead a dynamic team that spans both product and marketing across the Lendi and Aussie Home Loans brands. My approach is data-driven, with a strong emphasis on identifying and unlocking our top growth levers. I'm passionate about helping more Aussie families achieve their property goals and supporting small businesses in their growth journeys.

With over ten years of experience in corporate development and strategy, I have a deep understanding of what drives sustainable growth in a competitive market. My focus is on creating strategies that not only drive immediate results but also build long-term value for our customers and stakeholders.

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