About Sonia

Leadership from the inside out

I’m a Leadership and Personal Leadership Coach supporting women at turning points to lead with clarity, emotional strength and calm authority.

For over 25 years, I worked in leadership development, mentoring and coaching across the public sector. I built internal coaching teams, led large-scale mentoring and sponsorship programs, and supported senior executive women navigating complex systems and high responsibility.

That experience shaped my expertise. Life shaped my perspective.

Over time — through leadership roles, community service, family, travel, and my own seasons of recalibration — I’ve come to understand that sustainable leadership does not begin with strategy. It begins with self-trust.

Today, my work focuses on personal leadership grounded in emotional intelligence.

I partner with women who are capable and accomplished, yet seeking greater alignment between who they are and how they lead. Through long-term 1:1 coaching and small group programs, I create space for honest reflection, clarity and meaningful change.

My approach is thoughtful, practical and deeply human — supporting women to lead in ways that feel confident, sustainable and true to their values.

Experience & Community

I established Sonia Battye Consulting in 2021 following a 25-year career in the public sector, where I:

• Built and led internal leadership and executive coaching teams

• Designed and delivered large-scale mentoring and sponsorship programs

• Supported senior executive women across departments

• Developed regional training services tailored to local government communities

I continue to contribute to my community as a Non-Executive Director of Wangarang Industries, where I chair the Governance and Human Rights sub-committee, and as an active member of Rotary in regional NSW.

Family, community and service remain central to how I lead and live.

Credentials

Alongside lived experience, I bring formal qualifications in:

Executive and organisational coach

• Genos International Emotional Intelligence practitioner

• Hogan 360° practitioner

• Herrmann Whole Brain® Thinking practitioner, and

• Everything DiSC® practitioner.

These tools support the work — but they never replace the human conversation at its centre.