About Lucent Global
We have a lofty goal of making workplaces positive sources of meaning and enjoyment for people who work within them.
Lucent Global was founded in 2022 as the culmination of years of experience that our founder and coaching team have in supporting leaders and companies through significant transitions.
Our experience was that onboarding of new hires at senior levels was often ignored or poorly executed, leading to key talent being disengaged early in their tenure or even leaving. Feedback from individuals was that onboarding support (if any) tended to be technical or compliance oriented, with little support of strategic priorities or understanding their stakeholder landscape.
We also found that beyond the experience of the new starter, often the hiring leader lacked confidence in their ability to provide structure and framework to support these individuals.
Through our proprietary framework, we’re improving the initial period of people within companies or within new roles as we believe that this framing period sets the frame for their longer term influence, outcomes and experience in their role.
We also know that by creating a positive experience and building a foundation of trust and connection with stakeholders early on, that we create the conditions for a positive ripple effect to be experienced by employees, peers, clients and communities.
Meet our founder, Ellie Scarf
Ellie is the CEO and Founder of Lucent Global and has dedicated much of her professional life to supporting companies and leaders through personal, professional, and complex organisational transitions. She works extensively with teams and individuals to support both business objectives and the personal growth of her coachees, with a focus on how leaders and leadership teams operate effectively within complex environments.
Ellie is a former top-tier corporate lawyer with over 15 years of experience in coaching, learning, and people development.
Ellie has worked both in organisations and as an independent consultant within various sectors including legal and professional services, ICT, energy and resources, retail asset management, financial services, for-purpose, and education. Companies that she has worked with include some of the world’s largest listed and private companies, global law firms, Big 4 accounting firms, big tech companies and ultra-high net worth individuals.
“Change and transition are not the same thing. Organisations often manage change well but very rarely do they support individuals through the transition that is involved in big career moves. In these transitions, people are broadening the perspectives they take, changing the way they think, and increasing their ability to grapple with complexity. We shouldn’t treat transition like change, and we should recognise that transition needs deliberate and very human support.”
Ellie commenced her career in a top tier Australian law firm as a solicitor before she followed her passion for people and change into more human-centred roles in learning and development, organisation development and organisational transformation.
In her time with Fuji Xerox, Ellie was responsible for developing and championing the sales transformation strategy for a billion-dollar company undergoing a dramatic business redefinition, reorganisation and redirection. She coached the sales executive team nationally, served on the Innovation Leadership Team and facilitated the strategic planning process for the organisation, ensuring clear outcomes and robust discussion.
Ellie is also a Non-Executive Director for Breast Cancer Care WA, a specialist breast care charity for women and men affected by breast cancer, together with their families.
Ellie’s coaching and facilitation practice centres on coaching senior executives and working with intact leadership teams to develop their collective effectiveness as leaders of people and performance. She also facilitates a range of leadership, high potential development and coaching skills programmes for a diverse group of clients.
Ellie endeavours to help her clients gain insight into their behaviour, their business and their possibilities for change through robust challenging, being open and honest, giving direct feedback and a foundation of deep empathy.