About Amanda Meehan
Head of Coaching at Grace Papers

Amanda has used her legal career, her management studies and her decade-long executive coaching practice to build a deep understanding of organisations and how they work through their culture, their people and their systems.

Leveraging her legal expertise combined with neuroscience & coaching capability, she is passionate about supporting workplaces to leverage the business
benefits of gender equality through a focus on workplace flexibility, compliance, reputation and accountability.

Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Sydney, a Master of Law and Management from the University of NSW and the Australian Graduate School of Management with coaching qualifications through in Executive Coaching through the Institute of Coaching and Consulting Psychology Unit at the University of Sydney.

Amanda has completed the Applied Neuroscience and Brain Health Professional Development Program and the Neuroscience Coaching Academy with the Neuroscience Academy Australia. Amanda is a member of the Law Society of New South Wales.

Despite progressive changes to our ways of working throughout the pandemic, the current workplace culture is still largely designed around the traditional 9-5 workday, which often clashes with the unpredictable and often unavoidable demands of caring responsibilities.

This has resulted in a significant proportion of employees with caregiving responsibilities dropping out of the workforce or scaling back their work, leading to a loss of valuable talent and skills.

Research has shown that organisations that support carers tend to have higher employee engagement, retention rates, and productivity. Additionally, they are more likely to attract and retain diverse talent, including those with caring responsibilities, who may otherwise be excluded from the workforce.

The Grace Way is the coaching framework we use that combines our empowerment model and gender equality system.

Why does it matter?

When people are coached through The Grace Way it:

Expands their choice
Strengthens their voice
Transforms power relations

This means that everyone – parents, carers and people leaders included – have more control over their lives and futures.

This validated approach to coaching has proven that when workplaces improve their flexible work arrangements, return to work experiences or parental leave, they can close the discrimination gap and improve workplace gender equality.

“I attended the Grace Papers Coaching Academy in November 2022. I found the program to be incredibly beneficial. The program provided valuable insights into the empowerment model and gender equity.

The program also built my skills in relation to practical application through case studies and group discussion.

I highly recommend this program to any coach who is looking to deepen their understanding and toolkit so that they can contribute to building a more equal workplace and create lasting change."

Veronica - The Grace Way Graduate