YOUR BUSINESS CAN ONLY GROW AS FAR AS YOUR LEADERSHIP CAN TAKE IT.
Deep Success is confidential 1:1 developmental leadership coaching for founders, CEOs and senior leaders ready to understand what is shaping how they lead, shift the patterns holding them back and step into their next level of leadership.
For leaders ready to lead at the next level
CAPABILITY HAS LIMITS.
At some point, being capable and experienced isn’t enough.
LEADERSHIP ASKS MORE.
The business grows. Your role changes. People become more complex. And leadership asks more of you.
YOU MAY BE AT CAPACITY.
Constantly firefighting. Dealing with difficult team dynamics. Struggling to create accountability. Or feeling like the way you’ve always led is no longer enough for where you’re going next.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO IT ALONE.
Whether you’re a founder whose business has grown and your team needs more from you, or an HR or People leader looking for the right developmental coach to support a leader who needs to grow their capability, confidence or impact — this is the work that creates real change
Deep Success
A PRIVATE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IMMERSION
Deep Success is a confidential 1:1 developmental leadership program for SME founders, executives and senior leaders.
It is designed for capable leaders who may be carrying too much, constantly firefighting, struggling with team dynamics or accountability, avoiding difficult conversations or finding that the way they have always led is no longer getting the same results.
Deep Success creates the space to build self-awareness, recognise patterns and potential derailers, work through real leadership challenges and make meaningful shifts in how they lead.
For HR and People leaders, Deep Success provides access to an experienced leadership development coach who can work confidentially with leaders to bring out their best, navigate complex challenges and address the patterns or behaviours that may be holding them back. It gives leaders the individual depth, challenge and support they need to create meaningful and sustainable change in how they lead..
What’s included:
✅ Private 1:1 Developmental Leadership Coaching
Work through real leadership challenges, relationships and patterns as they emerge.
✅ Deeper Self-Awareness
Understand what drives your behaviour, how you respond under pressure and the impact you have on others.
✅ Leadership Pattern Identification
Identify the beliefs, habits and behaviours that may be keeping you or your team stuck.
✅ Hogan or HBDI® Assessment Options (see below for more info)
Depending on the development goals, incorporate evidence-based assessment to explore leadership strengths, thinking preferences, motivations and potential derailers.
✅ Practical Leadership Development
Turn insight into meaningful shifts in how you communicate, make decisions, lead others and shape the culture around you.
✅ Top 5 Development Areas — a clear roadmap highlighting the areas that will have the greatest impact on growth.
✅ Leadership Action Plan — practical strategies and actions that can be applied immediately.
This is not skills training, performance management, generic coaching or therapy.
This is deeper developmental work designed to create sustainable change in how a leader thinks, relates and leads.
The result? More self-aware, effective leaders who are better equipped to lead people, navigate complexity and build stronger organisations.
ABOUT PAULA
I SEE THE PATTERNS THAT KEEP LEADERS STUCK.
I’m Paula Tufa, a Leadership Developmental Coach who blends head and heart to help leaders unlock their deepest potential.
I bring more than 20 years of experience across senior OD, HR, consulting and leadership roles, including HR Director at Volkswagen, HR Manager supporting the CIO at Qantas, and partnerships with SMEs and leadership teams across Australia.
I hold a Master of Science in Coaching Psychology from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Business in HR and Marketing. I’m also accredited in Hogan and HBDI®.
My strength is seeing patterns quickly — the behaviors, beliefs, relational dynamics and systemic issues that may be keeping a leader or team stuck.
I get beneath the surface, connect the dots and bring clarity to what is really going on.
Wise and heart-based, but unafraid to tell the hard truths, I create the psychological safety leaders need to be honest with themselves, while offering the insight and challenge required for meaningful change.
My work is ultimately about helping people become better leaders, build stronger organisations and create success that is sustainable from the inside out.
WHY IT WORKS
Leaders rarely change through feedback alone.
Real development happens when leaders are given honest insight, meaningful challenge and the support to turn awareness into action.
That’s why Deep Success brings together:
🧠 Head — evidence-based assessment, data-informed insight, leadership psychology and practical frameworks
❤️ Heart — empathy, truth-telling, psychological safety and space for deeper reflection
The goal is not to “fix” people.
It is to help leaders see themselves more clearly, understand what may be holding them back and make meaningful shifts in how they lead. They turn inward and lead their own self-mastery journey.
Hogan or HBDI?
Hogan or HBDI?
DEEPER INSIGHT CREATES BETTER DEVELOPMENT.
The right assessment can accelerate development by bringing a structured, data-informed lens to how someone thinks, behaves and leads.
Rather than relying on perception alone, assessments can help identify strengths, preferences, motivations and patterns that may otherwise remain outside a leader's awareness.
I work with two leading tools, selecting the approach based on the leader, team and development objectives.
HOGAN ASSESSMENTS
Designed for deeper leadership development, Hogan explores personality, leadership strengths, values, motivations and potential derailers that can emerge under pressure.
Best suited to: Executives, senior leaders and high-potential leaders seeking deeper self-awareness and targeted leadership development.
Over 13 million Hogan assessments have been completed worldwide, with Hogan used in more than 50 countries, 54 languages and by 75% of Fortune 500 companies.
HBDI® & WHOLE BRAIN® THINKING
HBDI® explores thinking preferences and how they influence communication, decision-making, problem-solving and the way people work together.
Best suited to: Leaders, emerging leaders and teams looking to strengthen communication, collaboration, self-awareness and team effectiveness.