Transforming organisations to deliver collective impact

Developing purpose-driven people, building collective leadership and redesigning organisations for sustainable growth.

The Karuna Collective — a new way of being in business.

About The Karuna Collective

At The Karuna Collective, we believe that to truly transform an organisation, you must focus on transforming the people within it. We work with our clients to redesign old ways of thinking, operating and leading organisations to create a new way of being in business.

Peta Karunaratne

Helping people and organisations transform to deliver positive collective impact

Peta is an in-demand coach, consultant and strategic facilitator who works with her clients across Australia, the UK, North America and New Zealand to deliver holistic organisational transformations that achieve commercial results and deliver a positive impact in the world.

Peta has a talent for translating strategy into transformative programs that enable people, teams, leaders and organisations to thrive and realise new, more effective ways of working together to deliver commercial outcomes and positive impact.

Our programs

Make big ambitions a reality through purposeful, impactful and collective transformation

We work with our clients to redesign old ways of thinking, operating and leading organisations to create a new way of being in business.

We exist to help

Teams

Create a vibrant and dynamic environment that accelerates development, leverages diversity of perspectives and drives outcomes

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Leaders

Support to realise their potential and undertake purposeful action to make the difference in the world they were born to make

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Executives

Cultivate progressive ideas and deliver transformative strategies that generate sustainable, inter-generational impact

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Coaching

Connect to your purpose

Transforming leaders to connect to their purpose, harness their strengths and create a greater impact professionally and personally

We understand that each person is a complex and unique collection of stories and experiences that have created beliefs, assumptions and mental models that influence the way they live and lead.

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STRATEGY & ADVISORY

The Karuna Collective is a consulting, people development and coaching firm that works with its clients to redesign old ways of thinking, operating and leading organisations and help its clients create a new way of being in business.

We know that to create powerful transformation, there must be an alignment between an organisation’s strategic intent, its transformation agenda and its values, purpose and people frameworks.

The Karuna Collective specialises in strategy and corporate advisory services, working with executives and leaders tasked with big transformation ambitions, to develop and deliver medium and long term benefits by harnessing the collective talents of its people.

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Testimonials

Peta provided support and excellent coaching techniques to develop my professional L&D, OD and HR skills. She is courageous, bold and authentic and her coaching style makes her approachable and great to test ideas with. She is an innovative thinker and was always challenging my thinking in a way that gave me confidence to try new and different approaches, which has really helped me be successful in my HR career

HR

This program has allowed me to reframe characteristics about myself that I was viewing as flaws or limitations. It’s easy for us to get wrapped up in the things that we aren’t. This course really helped me to rethink some of the light/dark areas that I was getting stuck in. The structure of the workshop was fantastic. There was an activity that had us drawing out the tasks in our day to day lives and placing them either above or below our “joy line”. Perhaps not surprising when we realized that our High Joy tasks play quite well to our strengths. I would absolutely recommend this workshop to anyone that feels a little stuck, as Peta is great at creating a space where everyone is comfortable and leaves feeling heard and moreover, inspired.

Vice President Marketing, Canada

This course has given me a unique insight into my personal strengths and purpose. The great feeling I had leaving the session has stayed with me in my daily work and is something I draw on every day. The program was engaging and interactive and gave us the opportunity to share openly and honestly. It was amazing to see the sense of comraderie and trust built within the group of women I work with as a result of doing this program together. I think that Peta’s courage to be vulnerable and share personal experiences and truths is what made the sessions so successful, by doing this she gives others permission to do the same.

Analyst, Canada

The For-Impact Leadership Program has absolutely challenged the way I think about myself – allowing me to really focus on how I show up in a work or home scenario and how the slightest change I can make, can really impact a situation or outcome.

I found my coaching sessions with Peta calming yet powerful at the same time! Using real business issues and examples rather than text books to deep dive into drivers of my behaviour and emotions, it has enabled me to view possible outcomes from many different angles.

State Sales Leader, Australia

I was a participant in the For-Impact Leadership Program designed and delivered by Peta and it has developed and transformed the way I lead. Peta’s passion and commitment provides a self-motivating learning space. She has inspired me to be a leader who can impact an organisation and its changing systems. The way Peta engages, connects and helps people grow to be the best version of themselves is a wonderful strength that she has. I feel privileged to have been a part of this program. Thank you for your coaching and guidance on this wonderful journey of leadership development.

Senior Commercial Manager, Australia

Peta has helped me make sense of the systems and dynamics at play in the organisation and beyond. Through her unique and provocative coaching and effective questioning she has pushed me to think through challenges, hold multiple perspectives and realise possibilities I wouldn’t have otherwise considered. I am leading in alignment with my purpose and values and it has been incredibly powerful, for me personally and to support the organisation’s transformation.

CEO, Australia

Peta is an extraordinarily gifted and talented coach. Her capacity for listening and asking great questions to provoke deep thinking and reflection in a one-on-one environment is like no one I have encountered in my career as an executive. Her capacity to connect with executive teams in a group environment and coach the collective in the moment is both graceful and provocative. She has truly transformed my leadership and our collective leadership simultaneously and our organisation has much to thank her for.

Executive General Manager, Australia

Thank you for supporting me through my breakdown, helping me to see the opportunity to put myself back together in a way that is most aligned to my calling and the difference I want to make in the world

Change Manager, Australia

Thank you for inspiring me to have big ideas, harness my creativity, and to be confident in my true authentic self.

HR Advisor, Australia

Thank you for your guidance and support over the last 18 months. You have pushed me to challenge myself, question things differently and importantly back myself to be better.

HR Manager, Australia