StoryShift.com.au is where narrative becomes strategy. I’m Terence Priester, an executive career coach based in Australia, helping professionals reframe their career story to move up, move out, or stay and shift without shrinking.
You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need a place to begin.
Not every career story is about moving up. Some of us are moving out. Some are staying, but choosing to contribute in new ways.
You don’t need to pick a path to work with StoryShift. You just need the sense that something needs to change, and that you’re ready to look at the story behind it.
Whether you stay, shift, or step into something new, your story becomes the strategy.
“I realised I wasn’t stuck; I just hadn’t heard myself clearly in a long time.”
This work is not about buzzwords. It is about story, authorship, and clarity.
Real Change starts with Real Language and this self-check helps you name it and decide what to carry forward.
You are not chasing the next title. You want to stay where you are, but show up and contribute with more clarity, voice, and purpose. You want to recalibrate without needing to prove yourself.
This work helps you:
name the invisible labour you’ve been carrying
build a rhythm that protects your energy and authorship
You’ve built trust, delivered results, and held more than your title suggests. You’re not chasing a promotion just for the sake of it, but you know you’ve outgrown the frame you’re working within. You’re ready to show up with more clarity, influence, and voice, and to be recognised for what you already lead.
This work helps you:
name the version of you that is already operating at the next level
shape your value story with language that opens new conversations
explore what kind of leadership, visibility, or opportunity feels right from here
You are outgrowing this chapter. It might be a role, a rhythm, or a version of yourself that no longer feels right. But leaving without a story makes it harder to trust what comes next. You want to move out with integrity, and into something that fits.
This work helps you:
rewrite the chapter you’re in
separate exhaustion from truth
design a next move that’s aligned, not just available
Not sure which one fits you? That’s the point.
You don’t need to arrive with an answer, just a sense that your story deserves a shift. Let’s figure it out together.
For Organisations
We help your people clarify what they want, and bring their best to what they choose.
StoryShift coaching supports high-potential staff to:
increase clarity, ownership, and contribution
shift from reactive execution to strategic presence
recalibrate and recommit to work that fits, or move forward with integrity
A 6-session narrative recalibration experience for professionals navigating transition, identity shifts, or unrecognised influence.
Format
1:1 coaching over Teams/Zoom
60 - 90-minute sessions, fortnightly or weekly
Multiple tangible outputs/artefacts generated in each session
Flexible timing and scope for both creative professionals or executives in motion
What You’ll Walk Away With
A clarified story of your recent work that feels true — not polished
A redefined sense of value, voice, and visibility
Tools to speak from clarity, not performance
A strategy to move forward without chasing the wrong things
“This helped me stop trying to prove myself and start naming what I already bring.”
Work With Me
You’re Not ‘Starting Over.’ You’re Starting Differently.
This six-session coaching series helps you translate where you’ve been into clarity, confidence, and forward motion. You’ll leave with tangible tools, reframed language, and strategic artefacts you’ll actually use.
Every journey begins with a free 30 to 45 minute Planning Session — a conversational call where we map your goals, name your current shift, and design a coaching arc that fits.
You might be preparing to move up, move out, or stay where you are — but on your own terms. Wherever you're headed, we begin with story.
Because the story you tell yourself is the one others respond to. And most of us are telling an outdated one.
What I Offer
I work with people in high-stakes, high-capacity roles who are ready to:
Reclaim authorship over how they're seen and heard
Exit a role without abandoning their identity
Stay in place, but no longer perform an outdated version of themselves
We don't start with job titles or surface-level advice. We start with the invisible patterns, stories, and signals that are already shaping your work. Then we recalibrate them — clearly, strategically, and honestly.
Your StoryShift Summary
You are not stuck. You are inside a shift.
You are beginning to see what no longer fits
You are ready to claim your value
This moment is not about chasing something new. It is about recognising the value that is already present and choosing to stand inside it more fully.
You may be:
Letting go of an old story
Naming something that has been true for a long time
Beginning to speak from centre, even if it is still taking shape
Your story is already sending a signal. The next step is to listen closely and move with intention.