LEJ Leadership Coaching
THE ACCELERATOR
THE CLARITY • COURAGE • CONVICTION
LEADERSHIP ACCELERATOR
A private 12-week leadership transformation for CFOs and senior finance leaders who want to move beyond technical excellence, strengthen their executive authority and become trusted strategic partners to the CEO and Board.
You Are Not Starting from the Beginning.
You Are Starting from Experience.
This program is designed for experienced:
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CFOs seeking greater strategic influence and enterprise authority
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Financial Controllers preparing for their first CFO appointment
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Senior finance leaders pursuing Head of Finance or executive roles
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CFOs preparing for broader COO, CEO or Board responsibilities
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Finance executives navigating transition, uncertainty or a leadership plateau
You already possess valuable knowledge and experience.
The next step is ensuring that your leadership presence, strategic influence and ability to execute are as strong and visible as your technical capability.
Why High-Performing Finance Leaders Still Become the Bottleneck
You are dependable, capable and committed—but too much may still depend on you.
You may be:
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Pulled repeatedly into operational detail
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Carrying decisions that should be owned by your team
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Struggling to create sufficient time for strategy
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Delivering excellent work without receiving appropriate recognition
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Finding it difficult to influence the CEO, Board or executive team
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Ready for your next position but uncertain how to communicate your value
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Working harder without feeling that your leadership influence is growing
The problem is rarely a lack of intelligence, commitment or financial expertise.
The real challenge is making the transition from being the person who solves every problem to becoming the enterprise leader who creates clarity, builds capability and enables others to deliver.
Your technical expertise established your credibility.
Your leadership execution will determine what becomes possible next.
THE
CLARITY • COURAGE • CONVICTION
FRAMEWORK
The Framework for Your
Next Leadership Chapter
The Clarity • Courage • Conviction framework helps you move from uncertainty and operational overload to strategic influence and decisive leadership.
CLARITY
See where you are going.
Define the leader you are becoming, identify the barriers limiting your progress and establish the priorities that deserve your attention.
You will clarify:
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Your leadership identity
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Your next-level professional vision
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Your greatest leadership bottlenecks
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The value you bring beyond finance
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The strategic outcomes you want to create
COURAGE
Take the actions your next level requires.
Leadership growth demands more than insight. It requires the courage to communicate clearly, delegate effectively, challenge constructively and make difficult decisions.
You will strengthen:
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Executive communication
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Strategic influence
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Delegation and accountability
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Difficult-conversation capability
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Visibility and professional positioning
CONVICTION
Lead with confidence, consistency and purpose.
Conviction turns leadership insight into lasting behaviour. You will learn to trust your judgement, stand behind your decisions and lead with calm executive authority.
You will develop:
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Greater confidence under pressure
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A stronger executive presence
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Consistent leadership habits
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CEO and Board readiness
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A clear plan for continued advancement
A Personalised 12-Week Leadership Transformation
This is not a generic course or collection of recorded lessons.
It is a structured, private coaching partnership focused on your real leadership responsibilities, ambitions and challenges.
Weeks 1–4: CLARITY
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Assess your current leadership position
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Define your next-level identity and ambition
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Identify the bottlenecks limiting your effectiveness
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Clarify your executive value proposition
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Establish focused leadership priorities
Weeks 9–12: CONVICTION
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Embed your new leadership behaviours
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Strengthen confidence and decision-making
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Build your CEO, Board or executive-readiness narrative
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Create a practical 90-day execution plan
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Lead forward with purpose and consistency
Weeks 5–8: COURAGE
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Strengthen executive communication
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Improve delegation and accountability
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Prepare for important leadership conversations
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Increase your visibility and strategic contribution
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Practise influencing across the organisation
Your Program Includes
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12 private one-to-one coaching sessions
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Personalised leadership strategy
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Practical tools, exercises and frameworks
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Accountability between sessions
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Email support throughout the program
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Guidance on real workplace and career situations
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A final leadership execution plan
What Could Change in 12 Weeks?
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The program is designed to help you:
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Move from operational firefighting to strategic leadership
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Reclaim time for higher-value priorities
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Reduce unnecessary team dependency
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Communicate with greater confidence and authority
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Strengthen your influence with the CEO, Board and executive colleagues
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Delegate more effectively while maintaining accountability
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Navigate difficult conversations with clarity and composure
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Articulate the value you bring beyond financial stewardship
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Position yourself for CFO, COO, CEO or Board opportunities
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Build a practical leadership plan that continues beyond the program
The aim is not to transform you into somebody else.
It is to bring forward the experienced, capable and influential leader who is already within you.
Your Leadership Mentor
Dr Louis Jahshan, FCCA, FCPA, FIML
Former Banking and Finance Executive • Board Adviser • Leadership Mentor to CFOs and Senior Finance Leaders
For more than six decades, I have worked across international banking, finance, auditing, business leadership, coaching, charitable organisations and community service.
My experience includes senior positions in banking and finance in Kuwait, London and Australia, together with extensive work in governance, internal audit, organizational leadership, mentoring and executive development.
My qualifications include:
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PhD in International Finance and Economics
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MBA in Industrial Management
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Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom
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Fellow of CPA Australia
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Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders
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I understand the pressures placed upon finance leaders because I have lived them: responsibility for financial integrity, organisational performance, governance, people, risk and difficult decisions.
My role is not to give you another textbook formula.
It is to help you see your situation clearly, draw upon the strength of your experience and convert your leadership potential into visible, meaningful action.
Leadership Growth That Can Be Seen and Felt
From Finance Expert to Enterprise Leader
A senior finance executive strengthened his leadership narrative, repositioned himself beyond the traditional CFO remit and entered executive interviews with greater confidence, clarity and authority.
From Operational Pressure to Strategic Ownership
A commercial finance leader increased his confidence, improved accountability across teams and began taking broader ownership of organisational performance and strategic outcomes.
From Capability to Visible Confidence
An experienced Financial Controller clarified her leadership strengths, recognised the value of her transformation expertise and developed a more confident vision for her next professional chapter.
Independent Endorsement
Peter Toms OAM describes Dr Louis Jahshan’s Clarity • Courage • Conviction approach as a distinctive journey of leadership self-discovery, supported by practical reflection and coaching exercises and relevant across business, community and organisational life.
Your Next Leadership Level Begins with Clarity
The Leadership Diagnostic is a private strategic conversation designed to help you identify:
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Where you are now
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Where you want to go
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What is keeping you from progressing
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The leadership capabilities your next level requires
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Whether the 12-week program is the right pathway for you
There is no pressure and no generic sales presentation.
You will leave the conversation with greater clarity about your leadership priorities and the next action you need to take.
You Have Carried the Responsibility Long Enough.
Now It Is Time to Lead at the Level You Know You Are Capable Of.
Not Ready to Book a Conversation Yet?
CFO Leadership Execution Assessment
Discover where your leadership execution is strongest—and where an unseen bottleneck may be limiting your influence, effectiveness or readiness for the next level.
The assessment will help you reflect on areas including:
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Strategic planning
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Systems and productivity
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People leadership
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Team capability
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Service and stakeholder impact
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Executive confidence and influence