Sydney CBD

Paula is a result focused and pragmatic senior Human Resources leader with a successful track record of transformational change and building successful teams. She is highly experienced in the delivery of significant initiatives in established and complex multinational organisations ranging from Bio-Tech and Pharmaceuticals to Medical Devices, Consumer Goods, Automotive, and Financial institutions.

This experience was developed in the last 20+ years both locally and internationally, having lived and worked in Asia, Europe and South America. Proven strategic and practical capabilities have ensured the delivery of effective outcomes. With demonstrated experience of translating conceptual strategies into real and sustainable results, Paula is able to strongly influence and work effectively with C-suite leaders. These strengths are backed by excellent team and organisational skills, an ability to think creatively and the knowledge and drive to apply best practice across different countries and cultures.

Paula has a real passion for helping organisations build their HR strategy and making them effective in delivering their overall objectives by focusing on the people side.  Transforming the way people think and approach the day to day business issues, while at the same time making sure we all continue to enjoy the work we do by focusing on our strengths.

Expertise & specialisations

• HR Consulting (aligning restructuring with optimal business outcomes)
• HR strategy development and implementation (organisational design, reorganisations, performance management)
• Executive Coaching and assessment debriefs for Senior HR Leaders
• Change and culture facilitator focusing on behavioural change
• Leadership development, team development, coaching and training
• Interview preparation

Qualifications & training

Master of Science – London School of Economics and Political Science -UK

Bachelor of Arts – Bryn Mawr College, PA – USA

Lean and Kaizen Certification Training – facilitator (Green Belt Training, Italy and Singapore)

Discovery Insights Accredited Facilitator – easy to understand personalised reports based on colour energies: Personal Effectiveness Programme for self-awareness and common language of understanding; Team Development and Team dynamics programme for fast track bonding and understanding;  Change Development for giving teams the right tools and knowledge

Accredited Transformational Trainer and Facilitator (McKinsey methodology)

Certificate IV in Training and Development, Tafe, Sydney

Training in Logotherapy, Viktor Frankl Institute Australia

You can contact Paula here.

Grace Gedeon is a life coach and executive coach who blends her business and psychology experience to create her unique capacity to intuitively and clinically diagnose the psychological factors that stand in the way of your success and fulfillment. Grace teaches effective techniques to help you transform your career in a deep and long lasting way.

Grace graduated from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Laws in 1983 and worked for over 10 years as a corporate lawyer in both Australia and the UK.

In 1994, Grace commenced her studies in the field of counseling in addictions and group facilitation. She is an Honors graduate in this field winning the AICA Jules Chevalier Award for the student considered the most promising counselor and the George and Janet Wilson Award for academic excellence. She was also the recipient of a scholarship to train at the Betty Ford Center, Palm Springs. Grace subsequently completed an internship in the treatment of co-dependency and other addictions at the Meadows, in Arizona.

Grace completed her Masters in Psychology in San Francisco, USA. She has brought these skills into her practice as an executive coach, life coach, group facilitator and seminar leader.

If your business is not returning the profits you need to grow; if you can’t manage your staff with maximum efficiency; if you avoid proper marketing and sales strategies; if you need to grow your business with minimal capital; or if you simply need mentoring and guidance then Grace can help you.

Grace’s background as a corporate lawyer with a top 4 law firm together with her coaching skills and personal experience in business ownership and management enable her to move you from inertia into action and help you with strategies to build a profitable and fulfilling business that aligns your values and your goals.

Working with Grace

“Thank you so much I can’t tell you how much it means to have someone I can work with like you and I think the proof is in the pudding, what a year. I have a kind of momentum now that I just don’t think stops, it’s more like a way of life. This has been such a huge year on so many levels and it still feels like I am only just getting started!” Coaching client, Sydney

Locations

• Sydney
• Australia wide
• International by arrangement

Areas of specialisation

• Executive coaching
• Business coaching
• Life coaching
• Addictions

www.gracegedeon.com

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Trish is an experienced leader, change manager and facilitator with over 30 years’ experience in the public sector, working in very large organisations in both regional and central office roles.

Through her experience as the General Manager Human Resources for 8 years in the NSW Department of Education and Communities, the largest organisation in the southern hemisphere, Trish is well equipped to work with executives, aspiring leaders and others to support and guide them to achieve their goals and to maximise their performance and impact.

Throughout her career as a senior leader in the NSW Public Service Trish was an innovator and reformer with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement and the development of strategic partnerships to drive change and reform, and to develop and nurture a culture of continuous improvement. She has extensive experience in developing, mentoring and coaching staff and is a skilled presenter, facilitator and communicator.

Trish has a strong commitment to and a proven track record in leadership development, in supporting people to develop and achieve their career goals, and in working with individuals and groups to enhance their performance. She has mentored and coached executives and aspiring leaders in large Government agencies, and she has worked with people individually and facilitated groups of people to assist them to identify and pursue their career aspirations. Trish has also worked with executives to drive the implementation of significant organisational and cultural changes.

In all her assignments Trish takes a client focussed approach to her work and is passionate about and gains great satisfaction from supporting her clients to pursue and realise their goals.

In the 2013 Australia Day Honours Trish was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in NSW as the General Manager, Human Resources in the Department of Education and Communities.

Interests               

Trish’s interests include travel, theatre, music and reading.

Working with Trish

“I found working with Trish to be such a rewarding experience. Trish encouraged me to focus on the long term view and prioritise key concerns. With her assistance I was able to reach a better understanding of high level strategic issues. Most of all, she helped me to explore different options, where I had seen only one, so that I could find solutions to complex and challenging problems.”

Locations

• Sydney metro
• Wollongong
• Newcastle
• NSW by arrangement
• Australia wide by arrangement

Areas of specialisation

• Executive coaching
• Mentoring
• Leadership development
• Career planning
• Change management
• Workshop facilitation

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Catherine is a senior business leader and a co-founder of Executive Coach Exchange.

She is the CEO and owner of Innoverum independent consulting, an executive coaching and consulting business. She began her working life as a teacher of English to adult migrants and brings a sound adult education philosophy to her coaching practice.

Catherine has worked as a coach with leaders and aspiring leaders in a range of organisations including various NSW government agencies, local government, an NGO, and leading tertiary education providers, both TAFE and university. She specialises in effective communication, strategic development and leading organisational change.

Catherine also undertakes pro bono mentoring for aspiring female leaders.

Before founding Innoverum and Executive Coach Exchange, Catherine was Executive Director TAFE Strategy and Finance, effectively the COO of TAFE NSW. She focused on increasing the efficiency of TAFE NSW while improving outcomes for students and enhancing TAFE’s position in the marketplace. She worked with the Board to achieve significant governance reforms and had overall responsibility for TAFE NSW’s $1.8 billion budget. Working for two Education Ministers gave Catherine a profound understanding of the operation of government.

In 2013, Catherine was asked to join a group of top innovators in NSW Government. In 2014, Catherine was awarded the Department of Education Service Medal and the prestigious TAFE Medal, which is awarded only occasionally to senior TAFE staff who have made a particularly significant contribution to TAFE NSW.

In addition to her education qualifications, Catherine’s doctorate examined staff responses to change in an educational setting. She has completed SMG Coaching Level 1, is an accredited Hogan Assessor and is qualified to administer and interpret the Hogan 360° multi-rater feedback tool. Catherine completed TAFE Western’s innovative training program The Maliyan Experience (Stage 2) in 2015.

Locations

• Sydney CBD
• Sydney metropolitan
• Wollongong
• Newcastle
• Western NSW
• Other areas by arrangement

Areas of specialisation

• Communication and cross-cultural communication
• Transition to leadership
• Interview skills
• Working with government
• Strategy and business planning
• Leading organisational change

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Marg Lennon is an Executive Coach who provides coaching, mentoring and Leadership development consultancy services to clients across a variety of industries, including Health, Financial Services, Insurance, Pharmaceutical, Mining, Telecommunications, Education, Architecture, Medical Devices and Public Relations.  Marg’s measured approach and insight coupled with her innate ability to build rapport readily enable her to help others minimise risks, operate more strategically and gain critical perspectives to make significant positive changes.  She successfully facilitates group sessions with Senior and Executive teams to meet defined and specific goals, particularly relating to transformational change.

Her approach to coaching employs a variety of techniques including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Adult Development and Positive Psychology with a solution-focused approach.  She is experienced in using a range of change models and has completed a Masters of Organisational Coaching at Sydney University.

Marg derives great satisfaction from helping clients reach their full potential as they work towards the achievement of their goals.  She particularly enjoys working with senior women to assist them in managing their many challenges and responsibilities.

Marg has a strong Senior Executive Human Resources background in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industries, having spent many years in various Australian, Asia Pacific and Global roles.

Marg is Chairman of the YMCA NSW Board whose purpose is to support and encourage healthy, happy connected communities, with a particular focus on young people.  She is the past Chairman of Aftercare, an NGO dedicated to helping the mentally disabled lead independent lives; both organizations are mid to large NFP’s.

Locations

• Sydney
• Canberra
• Facetime anywhere

Areas of specialisation

• Leadership development and effectiveness
• Dealing with complexity
• Maintaining effective relationships
• Team development

Contact Marg here.

Expertise/specialisations

• Executive coaching, career transition & on-boarding
• Career coaching with strengths based approach
• Leadership development effectiveness and organisational alignment
• Program design and delivery/management
• Talent development, executive search and assessments

Relevant experience

Combining her psychological and coaching training with her corporate executive search and legal background, gives her excellent insight into corporate dynamics, hiring needs, leadership development and behavioural issues, servicing a wide range of organisations. In the last 20+ years, Claudia prides herself to have worked with executive leaders consulting them through the bigger part of their careers.

She is specialised in executive coaching with a strengths based and personal growth approach, based on the adult learning principles of positive psychology. Her former coachees describe her as an excellent listener who translates customer needs seamlessly into action and positive outcomes, with a pragmatic and dedicated approach, being resourceful and utilising her extensive international network. Claudia adds value for driven, ambitious people in challenging roles and organisations, helping them in their performance and to determine the right career path, whilst often finding themselves on cross roads in their lives.

Claudia has placed and coached senior executives in Australia, Europe and SE Asia. She has worked together with clients within professional and financial services, pharmaceutical, entertainment, B2B/B2C and capital goods industries. She is trained on specific topics like 360 degrees feedback programs, problem solving techniques, stakeholder management and stress management. Clients she has worked for include multinational and ASX/AEX listed companies like Westpac, Rabobank, The University of Sydney, ABC, LeasePlan, AON, ABN Amro Bank, Royal Vopak, BMW, KONE, Royal Philips, DSM, GSK and Teva Pharmaceuticals.

Claudia started her career as a Lawyer in Labour Law and IP in Europe, and she has been a member of management teams based in Amsterdam and Singapore for a UK listed recruitment multinational, setting up new business offerings and building and managing small teams. Before coming to Australia, she successfully led her own executive coaching and executive search business for 8 years. In Australia, her experience also covered setting up new specialty areas within a boutique, Australian owned organisation and a Dutch, listed recruitment multinational.

Qualifications and training

•  Undergraduate and Masters in Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Professional legal training including bar exam
• Training in Executive Coaching and Psychology
• NLP Master practitioner and NLP Coaching foundations, NLP Worldwide, Sydney, Australia
• The Leadership Circle Asia Pacific, 360 degrees assessments
• Mastery in Deep Facilitation, Rushall Consulting Group
• IECL Executive Coaching and Leadership Development (2016/2017) !

Professional appointments and memberships

Member of UvA, Alumni for Psychology faculty, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Personal interests

Psychology, Fashion, Sailing, Running, Dogs, Food and Wines and Family & Friends

Working with Claudia

”She’s an excellent coach, who knows how to combine theory and practice and always keeps the ultimate goal in mind. She is an excellent listener and has a truly personal approach. She has added great value to my career choices and besides is a very pleasant person to work with. I would highly recommend her.”
Commercial Director of a large, international retail organisation.

Location

Sydney

Areas of specialisation

• Career transition
• On-boarding
• Behavioural change
• Leadership development
• Talent development

www.lantoscoaching.com

Contact Claudia here.