Lead Strong.
Stay Humble.
Forged in disaster zones.
Shaped in boardrooms.
Leadership coaching, advisory and workshops for mission-critical organisations and the leaders who run them. Built on the HumbleRhino Leadership Framework, for the moments when certainty disappears and the plan no longer works.
- 20° 16′ S 148° 43′ EWhitsundays, QLDCyclone Debbie, 2017
- 17° 16′ S 145° 29′ EAtherton Tablelands, QLDBushfires
- 27° 10′ S 153° 24′ EMoreton Island, QLDFires
- 28° 48′ S 153° 17′ ENew South WalesFloods, 2022
- 27° 28′ S 153° 02′ ESouth-East QueenslandFloods, 2022
- 24° 52′ S 152° 21′ EQueenslandWinter bushfires
- 34° 00′ S 143° 00′ EMurray-Darling BasinFloods
How We Work.
Two ways in. Pick the one that fits where you sit.
Why HumbleRhino.
We've Stood Where You Stand
Every HumbleRhino coach has led in the field, in a boardroom, or both. Their advice comes from incidents run, decisions made and reviews faced, not from a leadership textbook.
Evidence-Led, Not Theory
We work on the calls you actually face: incomplete information, the clock running, consequences that land on other people. You leave with a sharper way to make the next hard call.
Boardroom Tested
The judgement that works at 2am on a fire-ground has also run $250M mergers and prepared executives for regulatory inquiries. If your path leads towards the executive table, the coaching goes there with you.
The 5% Program
Some of the most important leaders in our communities aren't sitting in boardrooms. That's why HumbleRhino allocates 5% of all revenue to fully funded or subsidised leadership development for eligible volunteers, not-for-profit and for-purpose organisations.
Experience From The Field.
HumbleRhino is founded and led by Lisa C. She has led multi-agency incidents through cyclones, floods and fires with Queensland’s SES and Rural Fire Service, and spent more than two decades beside CEOs, boards and commissioners.
She prepared the QFES Commissioner for the 2020 Royal Commission and turned Inspector-General for Emergency Management audit findings into working frameworks.
GAICD, MBA, CPA
Where Lisa Has Led.
- QLD SES
- QLD RFS
- QFES
- Puma Energy
- Energy QLD
- LendLease
- BlueScope Steel
- Smorgon Steel
- Sandvik
- QLD Education
- BCE
- RMRC
- Girl Guides QLD
Meet Your Coaches.
An experienced practitioner for every environment.
Lisa C
Founder, Advisor and Coach
Tim J
Coach
Drew K
Coach
What People Are Saying.
Leaders and executives Lisa has worked alongside.
“Everyone needs a Lisa. They just don't know it yet.”
Maria LaidlawChief Information Officer, Brisbane Airport Corporation
“Lisa is a passionate, committed and experienced leader who has the ability to apply critical thinking in support of complex problem solving based on sound evidence.”
Mike WassingCommissioner, NSW State Emergency Service
“An expert program manager, very pragmatic, and knows how to work, and influence, stakeholders across the organisation.”
Leigh WilliamsChief Operating and Transformation Executive, Brisbane Catholic Education
“Highly skilled communicator able to navigate parties presenting with complex and competing interests; integrity; resilient under pressure; courageous leadership.”
Claire PirolaSafeguarding, De La Salle ANZPPNG District
Let's Talk.
Some people come to us knowing exactly what they need. Others come with a problem. Either is fine. We'd rather talk early than late.
Or email
27° 28′ S, 153° 02′ E
Brisbane, QLD
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