I’ve had an award-winning career as a HR executive and senior leader, and I’ve helped companies save millions of dollars and make millions of dollars. I’ve driven transformational changes with long-term impacts. I know how to bring the positive energy back into your business that results in a stronger balance sheet.
It’s actually quite simple, but the hardest part is that the change needs to start as an inside job.
There are many excellent executive mentors in the market. My point of difference is over two decades’ experience as a hands-on senior HR and transformation business executive and advisor to ASX top 20 CEOs. I have a proven track record in delivering business turnarounds and results. I’ve led large high-performance teams and understand the challenges of leadership and how to get the best out of people. I’ve delivered transformational change in record time, been actively involved in mergers, acquisitions and cultural integrations, driven changes resulting in multi-million dollar savings and united disparate teams behind a common strategy with some of the biggest players in town. My change philosophy is leaders can’t grow their businesses without first growing themselves—and if it’s not quick, practical, simple and sustainable, it’s not worth doing.
As a senior leader in the human potential arena spanning multiple roles and industries from financial services and government to aviation both in Australia and overseas, I’ve delivered action-based strategies and results. Before launching my company, I spent ten years with Suncorp in multiple executive roles. In my time as the executive General Manager, HR, Change and Communications at Suncorp Bank, I played a key role in the bank’s transformation that saw it named Money Magazine’s Bank and Business Bank of the year. During my time as a senior member of the HR leadership team at Suncorp Group, its Employee Engagement, Enablement, and Leadership Index scores were consistently at or above the High Performing Norms (Hay Group) whilst delivering large transformational change programs and removing hundreds of millions of dollars in cost from the business.
Today I work with my primary values of authenticity, freedom and joy, with the goal of supporting clients to be massively successful and authentically themselves. My passion is supporting companies who are growing and scaling to deliver on their big plans—providing them with the expertise of big business, but without the overheads.
My clients experience more focus, energy, balance and wellness in all aspects of their lives so they can lead their teams with a renewed vigour, creating thriving cultures that deliver results and attract the best talent. They also report more confidence in their leadership, with a strong understanding of how to lead in a way that brings the energy and success back into their business.
I Believe
- That true leadership comes from the heart, not a textbook.
- That leaders have a responsibility to ensure they are the best version of themselves so they have the most positive influence on those they lead, and that change is an inside job.
- That the leaders ‘state’ is infectious and it is therefore incumbent on leaders to responsibly manage that state everyday.
- That our work should be rewarding and fun, and our work and workplace should light us up everyday, providing friendship, connection, support, as well as intrinsic and extrinsic rewards.
- That psychological safety is essential for trust and a successful, thriving business.
- That vulnerability is required for human connection, and connection is required for a thriving culture
- That candid communication ‘with heart’ solves a multitude of problems.
- That your team members are adults and need to be trusted and treated as such.
- That if you don’t know where you are going, you won’t get there.
- That ‘meaningful work and meaningful relationships are mutually reinforcing, especially when supported by radical truth and radical transparency.’ (Ray Dalio)