Sheryl Smail (she/her)
Email: sheryl.smail.nz@gmail.com
Phone: 027 478 2540
Website: pivotal4u.com
Location: Mangawhai Heads, Northland
Face to face delivery:
Locations without disbursements: Whangarei, Warkworth
Locations with disbursements: North Island main centres
Virtual delivery: Uses Zoom or leader’s preferred platform
Sheryl has been coaching leaders since 2005. She is calm and listens deeply with an intuitive coaching style. She is comfortable asking candid direct questions to support deeper self-reflection and uncover powerful “aha moments” that shift perspective. She focuses on transformational coaching, going beyond problem-solving to create lasting change.
Sheryl’s governance and executive experiences give her an edge in quickly understanding public sector leaders’ complex challenges. Clients value her ability to push them beyond their comfort zone while maintaining trust and safety.
Sheryl has an MBA, is a chartered member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and is a Certified Professional Facilitator Emeritus (International Association of Facilitators). She has led organisation change in governance and executive positions. She is currently a director on two boards and chairs a third.
Sheryl has deep experience and expertise in mainstream and Māori health. She has worked widely with Iwi and Māori as coach, mentor, consultant and independent chair.
Sheryl is an associate certified coach (International Coaching Federation, 2016). In 2025, she gained her TQ Navigating Transitions Coach Certification - mastery in guiding clients through the complexities of transitions (Coaching.Com) and in 2021 she achieved Breakthrough Coaching Enhanced Practitioner – mastering the shifts which create the breakthrough moments that enable transformation, with Marcia Reynolds (Covisioning LLC).
She is married with two children in their 30’s and one grandchild, she’s an active member of her local museum, Zonta Club and music community.
Areas of specific leadership coaching expertise: Sheryl is particularly skilled at coaching leaders in transition - operational to strategic leadership and technical expert to people leadership and general management.