You're capable, experienced, and a high-achiever.

What keeps you from feeling confident — when everything else says you should?

Coaching for female leaders who know their stuff — but doubt themselves.

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Gold award badge recognising Sabine Lehner as one of the top 15 coaches in Sydney in 2025, presented by Influence Digest.
Gold award badge recognising Turnaround Practice for transformational leadership consultancy in Australia, Management Consulting Awards 2025.

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You're good at what you do. But somehow the doubt crept in.

Female leader sitting thoughtfully at a desk, reflecting on self-doubt and confidence at work.
  • You've stepped into a new role —
    and suddenly feel like you're not ready, senior, or good enough yet.

  • You sit in meetings knowing the answer —
    but hold yourself back, second-guessing, waiting for others to speak up.

  • Or you speak up and spend the rest of the day replaying it.
    Was that too much? Not enough?

  • You get the feedback, the results, the recognition —
    and still can't quite believe it.

  • You're back after parental leave and feel like you have to start from scratch — proving yourself all over again.

  • You're building your own business — and without the feedback you'd get in a corporate role, the silence feeds doubt.
    Are you on the right track? Does what you do even land with people?

This isn't always just a confidence problem.

Sometimes it's a skills gap.

Sometimes confidence is holding you back from using the skills you already have.

Often it's both.


The good news — both can be worked on.


And that's exactly what we do.

300+ leaders coached

15+ years in corporate

96% recommendation rate

What if you showed up differently — and felt it too?

Sabine Lehner executive coach and hypnotherapist Sydney smiling in coaching session

🔵 You speak up — and mean it‍ ‍

You share your perspective without rehearsing it over and over —
or replaying it after. You say what you think. And you trust it.


🔵 You belong in the room — and you know it‍ ‍

No more waiting to feel ready. No more watching others and wondering why it comes easier to them. You walk in certain of your place.


🔵 You hear the good feedback — and actually believe it‍ ‍

Not just nodding politely. You own it. You start seeing what others already see in you.


🔵 You make decisions — and back yourself
‍ ‍

Less second-guessing, less circling. You trust your judgement and move forward.


🔵 You feel like yourself again‍ ‍

Confident. Competent. Certain of what you bring — in any room, any role.

Work with me

🎧 Confidence Audio Free

Real confidence isn't built on the surface. It's built by working on the patterns underneath — where self-doubt actually lives. 26 minutes, in your own time, in your own space.

Circuit Breaker 2 Sessions

For when you need to interrupt the pattern — and get back into action.

One deep-dive session to identify and shift what's keeping you stuck. One focused coaching session to get clear and move forward with a plan.


You'll leave with less noise in your head, more trust in yourself, and a concrete next step.

🔵 The Confidence Intensive 6 Sessions

For female leaders and professionals ready to back themselves — in how they show up, speak up, and lead.

We work on three pillars:

— Overcoming self-doubt
— Building the skills to know your stuff
— The implementation to act on it

Strategic coaching and deep mindset work — the best of both worlds, so your confidence has the right foundation.

Hi, I'm Sabine.

Sabine Lehner executive coach Sydney celebrating confident leadership

My story didn't start in coaching — it started in finance.

I spent the first decade of my career in finance and controlling roles across different industries.

Within ten years I had to be honest with myself — what I was doing wasn't giving me any joy, meaning or sense of purpose.

My last role was the nail in the coffin. A company in ongoing crisis for years. The gap between what was demanded and what was possible kept widening. The pressure mounted. The path ended.

Six months of coaching and honest reflection later, I changed direction completely. I went back to university, joined consulting, moved countries and built something new.

Since 2014 I've been leading large-scale corporate transformations and coaching leaders across Austria, Switzerland, Germany, the USA, Singapore and Australia.

The year I turned my life around was also when the idea for Turnaround Practice was born.

I work with female leaders and professionals who are highly capable but doubt themselves — and I know that territory firsthand.

People describe me as practical, direct, and real. With a talent for surfacing what's really going on underneath — and getting you back on track.

And yes — sometimes I'm funny. That helps too.

🏅 Named one of Sydney's Top 15 Coaches — two years running.

What clients say

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Not ready for coaching sessions yet?

Start with one small step.

Download the free Confidence Audio

26 minutes that work on the patterns underneath self-doubt, in your own time and space.

A shift in the right direction — toward confidence.

“I thought what can listening to an audio do to make me more self-confident. But after listening to it, I can only say I felt lighter, happier and more confident — because I know my stuff and I shouldn't be afraid to share my experience.”

Clara — Senior Leader,
Financial Services, Australia

“The audio felt like a treat at the end of the day to calm my brain right down. My mind was clearer in the morning — it taps into another frequency of the brain where I would like to be more often. It was really good!”

Nina — Director,
Local Government, Australia