BETHANY KUMSUZ - EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT
Helping leaders design systems that thrive under pressure.
Transforming leadership chaos into clarity through workflows that surface the hidden work, align priorities and create predictable performance.
Productivity isn’t
about doing more
The highest performers don’t work harder.
They work from the 20% that matters.
Every decision, meeting, and task carries a cost. When you can’t see the true 20% driving outcomes, you pay for it in distraction, delays, and duplicated effort.
I help leaders structure their time, teams, and focus around what creates disproportionate impact.
The result? Cleaner execution, faster movement, and a calendar that reflects priorities - not chaos.
How We Can Work Together
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Twelve weeks of tailored strategy and implementation to uncover your 20%, build systems around it, and eliminate decision drag. We refine your workflows, calendar architecture, and leadership rhythm until execution runs on instinct.
This is for leaders and professionals who want clarity, structure, and sustainable performance—not another productivity sprint.
Investment: $3,600 ex GST
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A custom engagement that maps your organisation’s 20%—the work that actually drives results—and designs the workflows, communication loops, and operating cadence to support it. Delivered through strategy sessions, system build-outs, and leadership debriefs.
This is for executive or operations teams ready to move from reactive coordination to high-performance execution.
Investment: Custom Quote
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A practical keynote that shifts how people think about time, energy, and focus. Over 90 minutes, attendees learn the 20% principles—how to plan with rhythm, prioritise with clarity, and leave the week feeling in control instead of behind.
This is for organisations or events wanting a high-impact session on sustainable performance and practical structure.
Investment: Custom Quote
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Two flagship experiences built around Finding the 20%™ framework.
The Productive Leader: A cohort-based experience for professionals wanting to operationalise clarity, systems, and performance rhythm.
Build Her Balance: For driven women ready to redefine success through alignment, boundaries, and practical structure.
These experiences are built for ambitious humans who want practical frameworks, not more motivation.Investment: Program-specific
For the first time in years, I feel in control.
Working with Bethany has been truly life-changing. As an aged care case manager with a demanding job, the owner of four businesses, and a mom to three kids, all while managing a busy household and marriage, I felt like I was constantly running on empty. There simply wasn’t enough time in the day—or so I thought.
Bethany taught me practical strategies that allowed me to reclaim my time and energy without sacrificing the things I care about most. She showed me how to prioritise, delegate, and build systems that worked not just for my career and businesses but also for my family life. Her guidance helped me set realistic boundaries, identify my non-negotiables, and find balance in the chaos.
Now, I’m not just surviving each day—I’m thriving. Her support has not only improved how I manage my responsibilities but has also strengthened my relationships and given me a sense of peace. I never imagined such transformation was possible, and I’m endlessly grateful for her wisdom, empathy, and tailored approach to helping me achieve the work life balance I have now.
D. MAXWELL - CLIENT CASE MANAGER
Clients include leaders from:
I help leaders and teams quit the Tetris-stacking of meetings.
I spent a decade behind the scenes running the lives of Australia’s most demanding leaders - CEOs, global chairmen, and ultra–high-net-worth executives. For three years, I worked inside Australia’s fastest-growing company, managing the pace, pressure, and perfectionism that came with it. It looked impressive from the outside, but inside I was running on fumes, keeping everyone else’s world moving while mine quietly fell apart.
I didn’t just walk away. Seven years ago, I started sharing what I’d learned online - how to build systems, structure, and sanity in high-pressure roles. What started as a small side project grew into a business that now helps leaders and operators stop firefighting, lead strategically, and finally feel in control of their time again.
I’m a mum and a serial entrepreneur, and there’s nothing more satisfying to me than clearing the way for someone who deserves real success - helping them stop being the bottleneck in their own workflows and results.
Control isn’t about doing more. It’s about knowing what actually matters
What real results look like
The systems work. The stories prove it.
What becomes possible
When high-performing leaders and teams stop reacting and start leading with structure, everything changes. These results are proof of what happens when performance meets boundaries.
The Constantly Needed Executive
When Emily came to me, she was leading an international accounting team, had 11 direct reports filtering everything through her, and was drowning in messages before 7am. She’d tried productivity hacks and executive coaching before, but none of it stuck because the problem wasn’t tools, it was structure.
We started with visibility and unveiling the hidden load: mapping where her time actually went. Then we redefined what she should be doing versus what she’d accidentally absorbed. I helped her implement a decision framework, restructure her calendar around priorities, and coach her team into autonomy.
Six weeks later, Emily works four focused days a week, her team makes 90% of operational decisions independently, she realised where she was going wrong with previous personal development, and she finally booked the family holiday she’d been “too busy” to take for three years.
The Reactive Team
A corporate sales team brought me in following a change in management that left the team scattered, reactive, and struggling to meet monthly targets. Each leader was operating independently with different systems, different expectations and the disconnect was affecting how they worked with their assistants.
We began by mapping what was actually happening: where clarity had been lost, what gaps were being masked by day-to-day urgency, and where alignment needed to be rebuilt. From there, we designed a new operating rhythm for sales meetings with structure and accountability, faster agenda and minutes turnaround, clearer reporting cycles, and refined delegation flows.
Within 10 weeks, response times to key decisions dropped by 60%, internal satisfaction scores lifted across departments, and the business regained stability and confidence at board level..
The thing is, my clients know exactly what they need to be doing and focusing on, but their time is the bottleneck which we need to work through.
FREE DOWNLOADThe 12 Week Vertical Planner
SEE YOUR QUARTER, PLAN SMARTER, LEAD BETTER.Make faster, smarter decisions about time, energy, and capacity, and stop clicking “next week” over and over in your calendar. This is the system used by top executives and EA's to see ahead, plan capacity, and prevent burnout before it starts.
The 12 Week Vertical Planner helps you:
Spot overloaded weeks before they happen
See where energy, logistics, or prep time peak
Communicate capacity clearly with your exec or team
Align deliverables, events, and milestones with reality
Plan proactively instead of firefighting week to week
Frequently Asked
Questions
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I’ve worked under, beside, and in support of some of the most reactive executives you can imagine. The truth is, you can’t change their pace but you can build structure around it. I’ll help you design systems and communication rhythms that hold, even when your environment doesn’t. This work is built for professionals inside fast-moving companies, not for founders running their own business.
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Because this isn’t a self-help course or a “habits challenge.” It’s performance consulting, built from 11 years supporting high-performing leaders at Australia’s fastest-growing company and global finance firms. Everything I teach has been tested inside corporate environments where pressure is constant and results matter.
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Not at all. I’m not here to drown you in more checklists. I help you make what you already use actually work. We streamline, simplify, and integrate — so you’re not managing systems, you’re running them like a pro.
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That’s exactly when this work makes the biggest impact. The process starts with subtraction — removing what’s wasting your time, clarifying what’s essential, and rebuilding your week around performance, not pressure.
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If you’re the person everyone turns to, yes. This is for professionals in demanding roles who need to operate like leaders — even if the title hasn’t caught up yet. I’m not for business owners or entrepreneurs; I work with professionals in structured, high-performing environments.
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Within the first two weeks, most clients feel immediate relief — clarity, less noise, and more control. Over time, that turns into predictable performance and space to think strategically. This isn’t about quick wins; it’s about building a way of working that actually holds.
Stop losing one full day a week to decisions that aren’t yours to make
You’re not meant to carry the mental weight of everyone else’s to-do list
When clarity is missing, everything finds its way back to you—decisions, follow-ups, and invisible responsibilities that no one else seems to notice. That’s the hidden load: the constant mental noise that keeps you in reaction mode. Building boundaries and structure isn’t selfish—it’s how you create clarity, protect your energy, and lead from control, not chaos.
Let’s talk
GET READY TO WORK SMARTER, NOT LONGERIf you’re ready to create structure, build boundaries that hold, and lead with clarity, I’d love to help. Book your clarity call and we’ll map out what’s happening in your role, what’s not working, and what needs to shift to get you back in control.
Or email bethany@bethanykcoaching.com
I reply within 48 hours, Monday - Friday
Location: Sydney, Australia
Confidentiality agreements are available for clarity calls