Expert support for real challenges.

A space to reflect, test ideas, and work through the MEL issues you are facing. Get practical advice, sharpen your thinking and gain greater confidence in your decision-making.

Our coaching provides valuable support for leaders, evaluators and practitioners working in real-world systems.

Each session is focused on a real challenge you are facing right now. This is not about generic best practice or being told what to do. The goal is to strengthen your reasoning and judgement.

Bring your questions, decisions, or complex issues and leave with sharper framing, practical options, and clear actions you can implement right away. 

By the end of coaching, you walk away with:
  • Clearer understanding of what really matters in your situation, and why
  • One or two fit‑for‑purpose options you feel ready to act on
  • Greater confidence in navigating trade‑offs, uncertainty and constraints
  • Practical tools or resources to support follow‑through
  • Stronger capability to tackle similar challenges independently in the future

Choose the right level for your context and goals

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Standard Coaching

 for program-level MEL design, planning and implementation challenges
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Advanced Coaching

for complex, portfolio or organisation-wide MEL leadership and strategy

Standard Coaching

Need hands-on support to strengthen MEL in a program or project, across design, methods, implementation, commissioning, or a critical friend? Want follow-up support to embed course learning into day-to-day practice? 
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Best for: MEL leads, program and project managers, learning and evaluation specialists, and leaders who want expert support close to the work. 
  • Bring a live work challenge and leave with expert advice you can apply immediately (clear options, risks, and next steps)
  • Work with senior Clear Horizon experts, tools, and resources (20+ years across evaluation, learning, and systems practice) in a coaching environment
  • Build your practice and confidence: strengthen judgement, refine your approach, and make your work more ethical and fit for real-world conditions
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Packages

Clarity session

  • 1 session

Individuals

$420
(incl. GST)

For teams

$880
(incl. GST)

Momentum pack

  • 3 sessions

Individuals

$1,190
(incl. GST)

For teams

$2,490
(incl. GST)

Capability pack

  • 5 sessions

Individuals

$1,990
(incl. GST)

For teams

$4,165
(incl. GST)

Coaches

Sessions delivered by senior Clear Horizon experts, selected to best fit your needs.

Session length (excludes preparation and follow up)

45 minutes for individuals and 60 minutes for teams of up to 6 people.

Advanced Coaching

Need help with strategic work where conditions are complex, stakes are high, or you're navigating uncertainty about how evidence should inform decisions at scale?  Want a confidential, senior‑level thinking space to slow down the problem, surface what really matters, and work through options before positions harden or resources are committed? 
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Best for: senior leaders and executives accountable for system or organisation level outcomes, heads of MEL and portfolio leads working across multiple programs, and leaders navigating large scale, complex or contested initiatives.
Advanced Coaching is outcome focused. 
  • Sharper framing of the strategic issues you're facing
  • Clearer decision pathways, including risks, trade-offs and implications
  • Confidence in the reasoning behind your choices, not just the choice itself
  • A small number of concrete next actions aligned to your role, authority and influence
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Our team is here to help

Not sure where to start? We're happy to talk it through and help you find the right fit for your learning goals.

Frequently asked questions

What coaching is for

Clear Horizon coaching is designed to support real-time learning and practical application of learning in your own context. It is a space to reflect, test ideas, and work through real MEL challenges you are facing. As well as accessing immediately applicable expertise, it also helps you strengthen your thinking, judgement and confidence as a practitioner. 

Why do coaching with us

Coaching with Clear Horizon gives you access to highly experienced MEL practitioners, based on 20+ years Clear Horizon expertise and leading practice across scales and domestic and international sectors. We bring a wealth of expertise across MEL design and implementation, strategy, organisational MEL, systems transformation, theory of change, contribution analysis, and program design – to support you with your learning goals.

Coach matching

After you register, you’ll receive a short questionnaire to provide context and goals so we understand your challenges and goals, and as needed may have a quick call to unpack this further. Then we’ll pair you up with a Clear Horizon MEL coach best suited for your needs. If you have a preferred Clear Horizon consultant you’d like to work with, let us know. 

Pricing and coach availability

Prices are based on the coaching level purchased (e.g., Standard or Advanced). Coach availability (including time zones) may mean we need to match you with a coach at a different level than originally selected. If this results in a price change, we will confirm the options and any updated price with you before booking or proceeding.

How sessions usually work

Typically in a coaching session, we move quickly from focus to clarity to action. We will clarify what you are aiming to learn, unpack your context and challenge, and co-create practical options you can apply straight away. Then we follow up after the session with any tools or resources that will help you keep moving.

Tip: If you bring a live challenge (even if it feels messy), we can move quickly to set the focus and map your context, then spend most of the session unpacking the issue and agreeing practical next actions.

Inclusions and timing

All coaching includes light pre-work, a structured close-out, tailored resources and connections (as needed), and clear next actions. The timing of the coaching sessions can be scheduled and cadenced to suit your needs. Coaching packages (for 1-5 sessions) are valid for 12 months from date of purchase and 18 months for 10 session packages.

How to get the most from coaching 

  • Come with real questions.  Coaching works best when grounded in live issues from your work e.g. a design decision, a stakeholder challenge, or uncertainty about how to apply a concept.
  • Be open about context. MEL and strategic practice is shaped by organisational, political and resource realities. Sharing these constraints helps make the conversation relevant and useful.
  • Expect challenge as well as support. Coaching may involve questioning assumptions, surfacing trade offs, and exploring alternative perspectives. This is part of learning, not a sign you’re “doing it wrong”.
  • Connect coaching to action. You’ll get the most value when you leave coaching sessions with a clearer way of framing a problem, one or two concrete next steps to try in your work.
  • Own your decisions. Your coach supports your thinking, but decisions remain yours. Coaching aims to strengthen your capability, not replace your judgement.

What coaching is not 

  • Consulting or technical sign off
  • Performance assessment
  • A substitute for organisational decision making
  • A guarantee of a single “best practice” approach

Clear Horizon coaching is capability‑building, not delivery‑focused and is not consultancy. We do not take over your work, design solutions for you, or provide formal sign‑off. We work alongside you to strengthen your thinking, test assumptions, and support better decisions. Responsibility for decisions and actions stays with you.

This makes coaching particularly valuable when you want expert thinking close to the work, without engaging a full consultancy project.

Our coaches are senior and executive MEL practitioners with deep experience across programs, portfolios and systems, but the focus of each session is on your learning and application, not on producing a consulting output.

Cancellations, rescheduling and refunds 

Sessions are scheduled as set appointments. You can cancel or reschedule with at least 24 hours notice. Sessions missed or cancelled with less than 24 hours notice are forfeited. Arriving more than 15 minutes late without prior notice will be treated as late cancellation.

Sessions cannot be rescheduled more than three times.

If unexpected circumstances prevent you from completing a package, you may request a refund for the remaining sessions (subject to approval). We do not offer refunds for sessions already delivered. To discuss contact: learning@clearhorizonacademy.com

Confidentiality 

Coaching conversations are confidential and coaches will not share what you discuss, or use your name as a reference, without your consent.  
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