What we do

Scalable leadership programs designed to drive performance. We provide personalised, affordable leadership development programs that are accessible to organisations of all sizes.

Our Speakers

Christine Khor

CEO & CO-FOUNDER

christine khor

Christine Khor is a business leader, mentor, coach and speaker who builds, innovates, and gets results. As the driving force behind Peeplcoach, she’s redefining the leadership development and coaching industry, creating profitable and sustainable businesses through the democratisation of coaching and the creation of effective leaders through all levels of the organisation.

With over 25 years of experience across marketing, recruitment, and executive coaching, Christine knows what it takes to build thriving businesses and high-performing teams. She’s held key roles at Simplot Australia, Kraft Foods, and Hallmark Cards, and founded two successful businesses that help people and organisations succeed.

With a background in Criminology, Psychology, an MBA, and post-grad diplomas in Policy Studies and Organisational Change, Christine combines sharp insight with bold action. And as a Telstra Businesswoman finalist and Chief Executive Women award recipient, she’s not afraid to challenge the status quo—whether it’s diving into the Antarctic Ocean or pushing leaders to think and act differently.

Christine’s not just coaching executives; she’s levelling the playing field ensuring that all leaders in an organisation have access to experienced coaching. She is a dynamic and direct speaker who motivates her audience to take charge and innovate . Her goal is to change the face of business and leadership – one conversation at a time.

james chisholm

FOUNDER

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James Chisholm is the Co-founder and Executive Coach at Peeplcoach, with over 25 years of leadership experience across diverse sectors, including building services, asset management, renewable energy, and the not-for-profit world. During his corporate career, James held pivotal roles such as leading Honeywell’s Building Solutions division in Asia-Pacific with full P&L accountability, and Global Head of Sales, managing up to $3 billion in annual revenue and overseeing thousands of staff worldwide.

After experiencing burnout and a personal mental health breakdown from the pressures of corporate leadership, James transitioned to coaching, finding renewed purpose in helping leaders and organisations thrive. Drawing on his own struggles—including navigating perceived failures such as his English Channel swim attempt— and his extensive business acumen, James now channels his experience into empowering leaders to align their personal values with business goals.

Known for his powerful and engaging sessions, James works with organisations and leaders to build high-performing teams, foster strategic alignment, and drive sustainable growth. A sought-after facilitator for workshops, seminars, and group coaching, James helps leaders achieve personal fulfilment and professional success, transforming both individuals and businesses.

our leadership programs

Our programs are designed to help you develop exceptional leaders who can drive business

Career Development

Designed for all employees and individual contributors, the Career Development Program supports individuals to identify and implement an achievable career plan.

EMERGING LEADER

Our Emerging Leader Program is an essential leadership and career development tool for new and future leaders, created to foster emerging leaders and high-potential talent within your organisation.

DEVELOPING LEADER

Help your experienced middle management develop their leadership skills further. This program is designed to take experienced leaders to the next level.

ADVANCED LEADER

Specifically created to provide senior leaders with the awareness, tools and skills to create and lead high-performance teams.

Scott Thompson

Agnel Dsouza

Jo Hart

Jo Hart is the Chief Operating Officer at Peeplcoach, where she focuses on optimising the systems and processes that drive the delivery of accessible, high-quality coaching.

With over 23 years of experience, Jo’s career has spanned finance, operations, project management, optimisation, learning and development, and leading project teams. She has worked both locally and internationally, supporting organisations in achieving efficiency and effectiveness across industries such as financial services, health services, information technology, insurance, media, and retail.

Jo has held significant roles at Deutsche Bank, Adecco Group, and the Australian Association of Social Workers. Known for her love of challenges, Jo is dedicated to contributing to her team’s efforts in delivering development opportunities that enhance engagement and help people and organisations reach their full potential.

Richard Clarke

Greer O’Brien

Joanne Hall

Richard Tootill

Richard is the Sales Manager at Peeplcoach, bringing over 10 years of experience in solution sales across leadership development and coaching, recruitment, and SaaS technologies within the IT and digital space. He has worked in various environments, including global corporates, fast-growing companies, and start-ups, with a career that includes roles at Oracle, Seek, and Elmo Software. Richard has primarily focused on driving new business in the B2B space, working with some of Australia’s most well-known organisations, including Fortescue Metals Group, Multiplex, Commonwealth Bank, Arup, and Austrade, to name a few.

In all his roles, Richard’s passion lies in solving challenges for both individuals and organisations, helping people be the best they can be. His goal is to help organisations succeed and empower individuals to reach their full potential by finding what they love to do.

Richard also holds a Bachelor of Business from Griffith University (QLD), majoring in sports management.

Michael Rainey

Michael is the Projects Manager at Peeplcoach, responsible for ensuring seamless operations across various processes, from launching new coachees on the platform to onboarding Peeplcoach coaches and introducing new content.

With over 25 years of experience, Michael’s career has spanned roles in finance, human resources, training, learning, and organisational development. He has contributed to the success of organisations such as CBA, Mercedes-Benz, Lumo Energy, Yarra Valley Water, and Bendigo Kangan Institute of TAFE. Michael holds a Bachelor of Education & Training, a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours), a Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management, and a Graduate Diploma in Psychological Studies.

His mission is to develop and enable others, equipping them with the tools they need to reach their full potential while driving the organisation’s success.

Email: Michael.Rainey@peeplcoach.com

Faydra Khor

Zana Ballantyne

Zana is both a Master Coach and the Head of Coaches at Peeplcoach. In her role, she is responsible for recruiting, growing, developing, leading, and inspiring a team of passionate and talented coaches, all dedicated to making coaching accessible to everyone.

She currently leads a team that supports emerging and developing leaders across Australia, New Zealand, the US, the UK, Singapore, and India. With over 25 years of experience in people development and leadership across continents, Zana is renowned for driving people-led organisational change and cultivating positive cultures. Her expertise includes working with various levels of leadership in industries such as GE, Coles, ADP, Consumer Affairs, and Ambulance Victoria, with notable clients including Asahi, Dulux, Inghams, Latrobe City Council, and Bega.

Zana holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Organisational Coaching and is a qualified practitioner and facilitator in DISC, LSI, GSI, NLP, MBTI, and Change Acceleration Process (PCI). As a leader and coach, she excels in uncovering hidden challenges and empowering individuals to find actionable solutions. Her approach prioritizes building capability, creating high-performing teams, and driving sustainable business results through people-first strategies.

Virginia Aldred

Vanessa Jones

Susan Williams

Sean O’Leary

Sarah Bateman

Rob Watson

Natalie Hormann

Margaret Haarhoff

Kaye Brett

Karin Moorhouse

Joanna Clary

Jinn Kan

Jillian Bolger

Jess Ferguson

James Chisholm

James Chisholm is the Co-Founder and Executive Coach at Peeplcoach. He brings over 25 years of business leadership experience performing roles in executive general management, board directorship, business development, leadership coaching, team facilitation and operational leadership. His career has covered multiple industries including building technology services, asset management, renewable energy and not-for-profit with large multi-national corporations, private companies and SMEs including Honeywell and WATCH Disability Services. 

With extensive local and international experience, James has led teams of up to thousands of employees across varied countries and cultures and enjoys working with diverse groups of people to achieve outcomes with a sense of purpose and alignment with his personal values. In addition to his leadership and executive coaching work, James frequently facilitates leadership and executive team sessions where constructive culture and high performance are the desired outcomes.

Hilary Gustave

Felicity Brown

Evie Suss

Dr Simone Boer

Doug Binns

Dianne Flemington

Di Kanagalingam

Bryan Carroll

Charlotte Rush

Christine Khor

Christine Khor is CEO, Founder and Lead Coach at Peeplcoach and is passionate about the role that coaching has in accelerating performance for individuals, teams and organisations and making Peeplcoach the best leadership coaching platform she can!

Before becoming an executive coach and launching Peeplcaoch, Christine started her career In marketing management with global organisations such as Kraft Foods, Hallmark Cards and Simplot Australia.

After a successful career leading teams, Christine started the recruitment and executive search company Chorus Executive where she has partnered with hundreds of organisations and thousands of individuals offering recruitment, search and business, career and executive coaching services. In 2020 launched Peeplcoach with the mission to make coaching accessible to all employees within an organisation, not executives only.

As an executive coach at Peeplcoach, Christine partners with all levels of employees within an organisation from emerging leaders to executives. With her c-suite and start-up business and leadership experience Christine brings a commercial and pragmatic approach to her coaching sessions. Christine holds several qualifications including a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Business Administration, Post Graduate Diploma in Policy Studies and Graduate Diploma in Organisational Change and Executive Coaching.

Clare Phelan

Dawn James

Deb McDonald

Bronwyn Rose

Anne Basia

Anglea Zegir