“Emma thrives in the fast-paced world in which we live, brimming with energy, enthusiasm and a natural talent for spotting better ways of doing things.

She is gifted in her ability to read the situation in which we are operating and to lead people to understand how best to turn those circumstances to their advantage both through individual endeavours and through the strong leadership of others. Emma inspires with her passion and her ability to help others seek to improve on the status quo.”

“I’ve known Emma for 10 years, having first met her when we were studying together at the Australian Graduate School of Management. Emma has an inquiring mind—a razor-sharp intellect—and she gets business strategy as well as anyone I’ve worked with during my 18-year career at management level in financial services.

I’ve regularly sought Emma’s advice and guidance on the full range of management and leadership challenges. More recently, I was thrilled to be able to secure her services to facilitate a critical design conversation capturing perspectives from five different organisations.

Emma’s latest book promises to be an insightful guide for anyone looking to make a positive impact for their organisation.”

“Emma’s magic is the ability to enter a room of people with differing agendas and engagement levels and to leave with that same group of people united around a common outcome and how it will be achieved. And once the ‘how’ is agreed, Emma changes gears to work with teams to ensure continued alignment on the delivery front. She is a true expert in Agile and is pragmatic in how she applies it.

With a facilitation toolkit that is deep and varied, I’ve observed Emma change her approach during workshops in response to the feeling in the room.

This cradle-to-grave approach to facilitation and coaching means Emma truly is one of a kind and is an incredibly valuable asset for any company.”

“One of the many privileges of leadership in the Australian Navy is the unique opportunity to meet and work with and alongside a number of extraordinary, extremely talented and enthusiastic young Australians willing to make a contribution to their country in the Australian Defence Force. I’ve found over the years, as time tends to blunt the memory, that you tend to remember only those young Australians, with whom you have served, who are exceptionally talented or conversely those who have spectacularly ended their careers in a shower of sparks. *

*Emma Sharrock is one of those exceptionally talented young leaders that I very clearly recall first meeting when she was a Midshipman seeking guidance about a topic for her Honours thesis at the Australian Defence Force Academy. Emma was confident and intensely focussed with an open enquiring mind. Her excellent sense of humour and well developed interpersonal skills were enhanced by her impressive communication ability, all of which underpinned a quietly confident effective leadership style. It was clear at the outset that this young officer possessed the personal
qualities that would harbour success in any chosen career.*

*This** book is yet another exclamation mark on another fabulous milestone
of her extraordinarily successful career.”

“As a leader, I have seen firsthand Emma’s incredible presence and contribution to supporting me build a higher-performing team.

I am acutely aware of the vulnerability that exists when bringing in an external party into sensitive team and stakeholder dynamics. Emma is able to navigate this complexity with aplomb, pragmatism and empathy, which enables diverse stakeholders to feel an instant connection and interest to actually engage with the process.

I appreciate Emma’s no-nonsense approach to empower others to work together to find the solutions that will endure in their unique circumstances. It speaks to her genuine desire to bring people together to achieve remarkable outcomes when the odds are against them.”

"Reading High Performance Executive Leadership provided key discussion points that support my personal disposition.
As a seasoned Project Manager, my one question has been for some time: why are we focusing so much on the delivery method (i.e. agile), without focusing on areas that stall/delay most projects e.g. planning, business justification or requirements, finances, benefits /ROI; and bottlenecks before delivery begins. What is the framework purpose ? What flexibility does it provide in the areas stalling most programs? I felt I aligned with the book's myths and examples, and it left me feeling like I had clarity on why I had these thoughts or questions. It has rejuvenated my ability to trust myself and that change is really needed by everyone. Great read with reminders and lessons for all"

"Emma provides stories to bring relevance to her insights that connects you to your own experiences, encourages you to reflect on your own leadership style and excites you to take action.

This is a practical and easy to read book. It's relevant for the challenges we are facing in shaping change with purpose and leading our teams to deliver outstanding results.

I highly recommend you get a copy, grab a highlighter and practice the takeaways."

Thank you Emma Sharrock for sharing your depth of experience with us through your book 'High Performance Executive Leadership', it is insightful to hear of all of the market best practice and learnings that you have discovered on your in-depth and broad leadership journey. Those that are lucky enough to move around different clients and industries, going deep with Clients, always have the most broad and insightful perspective. I have just finished it for the first time and started it again, for anyone thinking of picking it up, I highly recommend it, there were fast track quality insights of current market thought leadership, I am truly inspired to go off and read many of your references next. Such important reminders from the very practical of leading by example demonstrating "cost and time effective solutions", to giving me the label of "presenteeisum"... For anyone with their head down deep in their own business for the last few years, you can rely on Emma to bring you the best of the market thought leadership backed up with plenty of real life examples. Ultimately I rate this book highly and would recommend to anyone interested in business because it aligns with our values - EVOLUTION and getting comfortable with the uncomfortable. The picture that remains with me is it being safer 'staying at sea', keeping moving / evolving is safer than sitting still - as a business owner - I find this is essential.