We partner with clients to create great workplaces

Jo is a people and culture consultant and executive coach who works with individuals and teams to create great workplaces. Her approach is based on her experience in senior executive roles and a background in psychology and coaching.

Personal experience in leadership roles enables Jo to work with the whole system to foster learning and well-being. She has designed and facilitated a range of interventions such as a strategic planning process that involved participants from a school community in focus groups and planning workshops; a problem solving workshop for a group of medical professionals experiencing significant conflict; and a large scale staff workshop to debrief a culture survey and build commitment to collaborative and respectful work practices.

A background in psychology and coaching informs Jo’s approach in the use of research and evidence-based practice. In practical terms, this involves using the science of expertise to design learning for embedding skills, applying emotion management and resilience strategies for achieving high performance, and combining the principles of group dynamics and effective communication for influencing others and building support for change.

The natural environment is a source of inspiration for Jo who, earlier in her career, was involved in the environment movement. She has a keen interest in the use of indigenous species on her rural property to expand the available habitat for birdlife.

Jo is a registered psychologist with endorsement in organisational psychology and holds masters level qualifications in business (Master of Marketing from the Melbourne Business School) and psychology (Master of Arts by research from the University of Melbourne). She is a member of the APS, a fellow of the APS College of Organisational Psychologists and a member of the APS Interest Group in Coaching Psychology.

Lynn is a highly effective coach and facilitator who draws upon 30 years of experience as a medical practitioner to consult on issues relating to resilience, balance, peak performance and maximising workplace effectiveness.

Lynn works with individuals and teams to better understand their sources of well-being to have greater vitality, productivity and energy in their daily lives and achieve fulfilment in their workplaces. She is a key note speaker at numerous forums addressing work/life balance, resilience and stress management. In tandem with her medical practice, Lynn has coached executives in both private and public sectors from CEO to middle management levels for more than 15 years.

Lynn’s consulting work includes working with a major health network on a customised 360-degree survey and contributing to the design and facilitation of a suite of change management, team development and leadership programs. She has been an action learning project facilitator and coach at a major public utility as well as developing and leading MBTI workshops.

In her spare time, Lynn enjoys being creative and has recently taken up drawing classes. This creativity also extends to textiles and foods (she has a great love of eating!). Now that her two children have largely been steered into adulthood she is rediscovering her love of travel.

Lynn’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (University of Melbourne); Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP); Diploma in Obstetrics (Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists); and Executive Diploma Business Coaching (NBIA) along with accreditation in the use of a number of psychometric assessment tools.

Sarah is a respected consultant working in international and community development in the Pacific Region with a focus on building capacity and evaluating programs and policies.

Her experience in supporting capacity development includes attracting funds from international donor and philanthropic communities and facilitating national level community consultations and skill building programs. She has consulted to government ministries, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and NGOs such as Oxfam, and worked closely with community groups in education and the arts. She has delivered programs in media skills, grant-writing, youth leadership and economic development, and research and advocacy.

With extensive research and report-writing skills, Sarah has conducted evaluations to inform program and policy development. Her work includes recommendations for improvements to education policies, a national youth development strategic plan, and church led community-based disaster response initiatives.

Sarah has a personal interest in cross-cultural relationships, is multi-lingual, and has built a reputation as a photographer capturing extraordinary landscapes and cultural practices.

Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts (International Development), a Master of Social Science (International Development), and is currently undertaking a Master of Evaluation. She was the recipient of a scholarship to attend an executive program at Tufts University, Boston and also participated in a program on research skills for endangered material at the British Museum in London.

Stephanie is a creative thinker who generates innovative and practical solutions to system level issues including major organisational change, and assessment-based selection and training.

She has designed and implemented large scale, complex change and business improvement programs in Australia and New Zealand across both public and private sectors. Major projects include business transformation in supply chain management, CRM and start up environments, people and culture interventions, strategy development, and process and systems redesign. In aged care, she was instrumental in delivering the RESPECT program to create a safe workplace maintaining respect and dignity for staff and residents while managing the behavioural challenges associated with ageing and dementia.

Stephanie’s award-winning work on the development of an end to end process to identify, hire and train “cleanskin” miners in the Hunter Valley showcased her experience in the use of assessment simulations and psychometrics to support recruitment and selection, and her ability to create innovative solutions to learning in complex environments.

Recently, Stephanie managed a workforce training project in the aged care sector with responsibility for developing new approaches to workforce education, student placement and selection methodologies.

In her spare time, Stephanie’s creativity finds an outlet in the production of “high-art” paper garments!

Stephanie’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts, DDI master trainer, SHL (GI and OPQ) accreditation, MBTI accreditation, Spiral Dynamics certification, and a Certificate in Design Thinking.