About
Alison Hutchens
Corporate Mindfulness & Leadership Coach | Confidence & Resilience Specialist | Former Senior Executive
Alison Hutchens is one of Australia’s leading corporate wellbeing and performance coaches, with over 25 years’ experience in senior leadership roles across global organisations including Oracle and Avaya.
Her career spans 27 years, including 24 in senior corporate positions across IT, strategic business development, and service delivery. Alison has successfully led large teams through high-stakes transitions — including restructuring, downsizing, and outsourcing — and understands the emotional and operational demands of today’s corporate environment.
Specialising in Mindful Leadership, Resilience, Stress Management, and Public Speaking Confidence, Alison helps professionals and teams thrive under pressure, communicate with impact, and lead with emotional intelligence.
She is a certified GENOS Emotional Intelligence Facilitator, Master NLP Practitioner, Professional Coach (London Coaching Academy), and a qualified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher with over a decade of teaching experience. She’s also currently completing a Diploma in Positive Psychology to deepen her evidence-based approach.
Alison is passionate about empowering individuals to perform at their best — not through hustle, but through presence, clarity, and self-leadership.
Her signature offerings include:
- Fearless Speaking: Communication confidence coaching for professionals
- Corporate Mindfulness & Resilience Training
- Emotional Intelligence & Mindful Leadership Development
- Mental Health First Aid (Accredited Trainer)
- High-Performance Habit Coaching & Stress Resilience Programs
With a unique blend of lived experience, science-backed tools, and warm, grounded facilitation, Alison supports professionals and organisations to reduce burnout, build psychological safety, and unlock human potential at every level.
InsightTimer
View and listen to Alison’s collection of ‘Mindfulness’ recordings on InsightTimer.
Dynamic Keynote Speaker & Corporate Coach
Inspire. Energise. Transform.
Keynote Speaker and Coach
Looking for a keynote speaker who doesn’t just talk – but leaves your audience energised, empowered, and ready to take action?
Alison Hutchens is a highly regarded keynote speaker and corporate coach, known for delivering engaging, science-backed, and heart-led presentations that spark real change. With a unique blend of corporate leadership experience and wellbeing expertise, Alison speaks on the topics that matter most in today’s fast-paced workplaces.
She’s delivered powerful sessions to hundreds of businesses across Australia, covering transformational topics such as:
Mindfulness in the Modern Workplace, The Neuroscience of Resilience, Emotional Intelligence & Leadership Presence, Mental Health & Burnout Prevention, Energetic Self-Care for High Performers, Fearless Speaking: Overcoming Communication Anxiety & Building Confidence, Creating a Culture of Calm, Clarity & Connection
Whether you’re planning a corporate conference, wellness day, or leadership retreat, Alison’s keynotes are interactive, evidence-based, and customised to your audience’s needs.
