Leadership Coaching & Training Grounded in Applied Neuroscience

Equipping leaders to navigate evolving complexity, lead with clarity, and create lasting impact through evidence-based coaching and transformational learning experiences.

Leadership Coach and Trainer, Applied Neuroscience in the Workplace

Liesl Keen, phd

Partnering with leaders and organisations to embed human-centred, neuroscience-informed approaches that deliver results.

Every individual within an organisation holds a distinct brain profile, an asset that, when understood and leveraged effectively, enhances strategic performance and drives sustained organisational success.  Through coaching, workshops, and strategic consulting, I help people lead with clarity, emotional intelligence, and confidence in a fast-evolving world.


PROGRAMMES

Psychological Safety for Leaders

Cultivate psychological safety to support cohesive teams, effective dialogue, high-impact collaboration and performance.

Leader as Coach

Embed a coaching mindset to foster a collaborative leadership culture that drives team engagement, accelerates performance, and supports employee development.

Leaders Are Brain Changers

Leaders who understand the brain can cultivate adaptability, elevate team inspiration, and foster engagement that drives high performance in dynamic, complex environments.

Resilience assessments and Workshops

Equipping leaders and teams with strategies to build resilience, regulate stress, and thrive under pressure. Grounded in neuroscience, learn how to strengthen individual and collective adaptability for high performance and wellbeing with individual and team assessments.

Working with the brain through neuroscience provides a powerful, evidence-based foundation for creating meaningful change in leaders and organisations.

Methodology

At the heart of this approach is the goal of creating consistency, homeostasis, and congruence across the brain’s three primary neural networks: the Default Mode Network (DMN), Central Executive Network (CEN), and Salience Network (SN).

Each network plays a distinct role in how leaders think, feel, and behave. The DMN is linked to self-awareness, reflection, and social cognition; the CEN governs decision-making, problem-solving, and goal-directed behaviour; and the SN monitors internal and external stimuli, helping shift focus between the other two networks based on relevance and urgency.

When these systems are out of sync, due to chronic stress, unresolved threat, or internal conflict, leaders may experience confusion, burnout, reactivity, or poor judgment. The result is often organisational inconsistency, disengagement, and reduced performance.

We create coherence in the brain by designing interventions that align leadership development with neural integration, such as coaching, mindfulness, and neuropsychologically informed training. This coherence fosters more adaptive, grounded, and emotionally intelligent leadership, allowing individuals and teams to thrive even in complex and high-pressure environments. Integration is not optional; it is the neurological foundation of effective leadership.

Book a discovery call if your leaders struggle with:

  • Low team trust and collaboration

  • Employee disengagement and burnout

  • Resistance to change in the organisation

  • Lack of open communication

Equip your leaders for an ever changing and complex environment

  • Testimonial

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    Stepping into a challenging new environment as a Human Resources Business Partner, I found myself navigating complex dynamics and working with difficult leaders, all while trying to find my footing. Working with Liesl as a coach during this time was transformative.

    Her coaching provided a safe and insightful space for reflection, allowing me to step back from the day-to-day pressures and reconnect with my values and vision as a leader. Through our sessions, I was able to strengthen my critical thinking and grow in confidence, especially when dealing with tough conversations and navigating resistance.

    Liesl's focus on adaptive and transformational leadership helped me shift my approach, from managing tasks to truly leading with purpose and presence. She supported my professional development with practical tools and thought-provoking questions that pushed me to think differently, stay grounded, and lead more effectively in uncertainty.

    The experience has been a pivotal part of my journey, and I am grateful for Liesl's role in helping me grow, not only as a professional, but as a more resilient and impactful leader.

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    HR Business Partner - South Africa

Ready to cultivate leadership that drives meaningful and sustainable impact?

Ready to build leadership that drives real change? Whether you are an organisation or an individual leader, I’d love to talk.