Work With Me

Work with me

Nobody warned you how lonely sales leadership would be.

You lead the team. You hit the number. You hold the culture together. Usually all at once, usually in silence.

Your team needs you. Your manager needs that number. And your peers? They're your competition, and you know it.

So who do you actually talk to?

Catherine Unali, founder of The Leaders Sanctuary
Catherine Unali · Founder

That's why The Leaders Sanctuary exists.

Peer to peer. No fuss. Just honest conversations. If that sounds like you, you're in the right place.

You can't lead from empty.

Most of the leaders I work with aren't failing. They're carrying too much, in their head and their body, with no structure to put it down at the end of the week.

  • You're awake at 3am because your mind never really switched off.
  • Friday isn't over and you're already dreading Monday.
  • Jaw clenched. Shoulders up. The mouthguard isn't fixing it.
  • You've told the team everything's fine, and told nobody you're running on empty.

This isn't weakness. It's what unsustainable leadership feels like from the inside. The work is building the structure that stops you carrying everything alone.

How we can work together

Four ways in. One honest start.

Every one of them begins the same way: a conversation about what's actually going on. No pitch. I'll tell you honestly whether and how I can help.

Your team needs more structure

Consulting

For sales teams that need operational clarity. We build the systems, rhythms and frameworks that move leadership from reactive to repeatable, so the week stops living in your head.

  • Territory planning
  • Sales process design
  • Team operating rhythms
  • Pipeline management
  • Forecasting cadence
  • Leadership operating systems
Talk to me about consulting

You're carrying more than you should

Coaching

For the leader doing it alone. We work through the pressure, the decisions, and the identity shifts that come with leading at this level. Peer to peer, not a lecture.

  • New leader transition
  • Executive coaching
  • Confidence & decision making
  • Sustainable performance
  • Leadership effectiveness
Talk to me about coaching

Your leaders need real capability

Sales Training

Not a one-day workshop that's forgotten by Friday. Practical and commercial, built around how sales leaders actually work. The kind that still shows up in the numbers a year later.

  • Value-based selling
  • Coaching conversations
  • Territory planning
  • Strategic account planning
  • Pipeline management
  • MEDDPICC
Talk to me about training

You need to actually stop and think

Retreats

For leaders who already know a holiday isn't enough. Immersive time away to get the clarity back, reconnect with why you started, and rebuild a way of leading you can sustain.

MelbourneBaliTuscanyATO-deductible*

Talk to me about retreats

*Professional development retreats may be tax-deductible for Australian businesses. Check with your accountant.

Who you're talking to

25 years in the room, not a textbook.

I built The Leaders Sanctuary after spending more than two decades in enterprise sales and commercial leadership, turning teams around, carrying the number, and quietly burning out doing it. I know the job from the inside.

So when we talk, you're not getting frameworks from someone who's only read about the pressure. You're getting someone who's lived it.

  • 25+years in enterprise sales & commercial leadership
  • Cisco · Accenture · Zoomteams led and turned around across ANZ
  • 2025founded The Leaders Sanctuary

Client references and outcomes available on request. Real ones. I'll introduce you to people, not paste anonymous quotes.

Not sure where to start?

Most people aren't. Start with a conversation.

No pitch, no obligation. Tell me what's happening. The team, the number, the 3am stuff. I'll tell you honestly whether The Leaders Sanctuary is the right fit. If it's not, I'll point you somewhere that is.

Every message here is read and answered by me. Not a team, not an inbox. Catherine. 🪷

Rather just email? hello@theleaderssanctuary.com