Rhyll Dorrington — Melbourne
Helping people discover what they're capable of
Coaching, mentoring and connection-building for people ready to do their best work — and build a career that genuinely fits.
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Coaching, mentoring and connection-building for people ready to do their best work — and build a career that genuinely fits.
About
I'm Rhyll Dorrington — coach, mentor, and founder of The Potential Detective. After more than a decade as CEO of Western Chances, and with a career spanning NFP leadership, education, and social impact, I've spent a long time watching people underestimate what they're capable of.
I started The Potential Detective to do something about that. Whether someone is mid-career and unsure what's next, stepping into a leadership role for the first time, or simply wanting to show up more intentionally — I help them get there.
My work sits at the intersection of coaching, mentoring, and connection-building. I bring genuine curiosity, honest feedback, and a lot of experience reading what people and organisations actually need.
What I offer
One-on-one sessions for people at a career crossroads, navigating a new role, or wanting to build on what they're already doing well. Honest, practical, and grounded in real experience.
1:1 sessionsBody doubling and accountability sessions for people who work better with company. Structured, quiet, and genuinely effective — whether you're writing, planning, or finally tackling the thing you've been avoiding.
1:1 & groupBuilding relationships doesn't come naturally to everyone — but it can be learned. I work with people and organisations on the practical, behavioural side of connection: how to notice, activate, and sustain the relationships that matter.
individuals & organisationsConnection-building
Most of us were never taught how to build relationships. We were told they matter, but not how to do it — so we either wing it, avoid it, or mistake activity for the real thing.
My work in connection-building starts from the idea that it's a set of learnable behaviours, not a personality trait. It can be understood, practised, and improved. And when people get better at it, things change — at work, in organisations, and in the way careers actually unfold.
Whether I'm working with an individual on their career or a team on how they function together, this thinking underpins everything I do.
The first step is attention — recognising the people, opportunities, and signals that most of us walk past every day.
Knowing someone could be useful is one thing. Actually reaching out, following through, and making something real is another.
Real relationships need tending. Not constantly — but intentionally. This is where most people drop the ball, and where the most growth is.
Get in touch
A discovery call is free, low-key, and genuinely useful — whether we end up working together or not.