Tel: 0405 582 148
ABOUT
I believe true leadership happens when courage, integrity, vulnerability, awareness and compassion coincide. True leadership is potent but not aggressive, challenging but not shaming, grounded but not rigid. This requires head, heart and gut to be in alignment. It engages and empowers employees to achieve a shared vision - it feels good and everybody benefits...!
Using coaching skills grounded in Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Conflict Coaching, Mediation and Integrated Restoration (iRest) I assist individuals and businesses to thrive personally and professionally.
As an Australian Army Officer, strategic planner and change manager for 25 years I have led teams and driven change in complex and demanding environments, including during peace-keeping operations, humanitarian assistance and conflict resolution in East Timor, the South Pacific, Iraq, Afghanistan, the United States and Australia.
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I am available for mindfulness, leadership and conflict coaching, dispute mediation, wellbeing retreats and speaking at corporate events. I would love to discuss how to assist you and your organisation to thrive...!
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Academic Qualifications
- Masters of Strategy, U.S. Command and General Staff College
- Graduate Diploma - Business Administration, Charles Sturt University
- Graduate Diploma - Logistics, Aust Qualification Framework
- Bachelor of Arts - New South Wales University
- Graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (Recipient of
the Eisenhower Award as top International Student)
- Graduate of the Royal Military College Duntroon
- Graduate of the Australian Defence Force Academy
Certifications and Memberships
- Certified Conflict Resolution Mediator
- Certified CINERGY® Conflict Management Coach
- Lean Six Sigma, Yellow Belt
- Integrative Restoration (iRest) Yoga Nidra Meditation Level 1
- Ignite Your Spirit Therapist in-training
- Member of the Meditation Association of Australia
- Member of the International Institute of Complementary Therapists
- Member of the Resolution Institute
SERVICES
Mindfulness involves:
- Moving from our default state of distraction and auto-pilot towards awareness.
- Seeing the world as it really is, rather than through our biases and assumptions.
- Gaining the ability to respond to any situation in the most appropriate way, rather
than reacting habitually in sometimes problematic ways.
- Mindfulness enhances clarity, concentration, memory and decision making.
- Reduces stress and anxiety; promotes optimal health and wellbeing.
- The practical benefits of mindfulness are explained by neuroscience and
psychology.
- In the last 20 years, there have been over 6,000 peer reviewed published article
outlining the evidence and research base of mindfulness.
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Emotional intelligence involves:
- Self-awareness, self-regulation, and motivation.
- Empathy (meaning the capacity to understand or feel what an another person is
experiencing from within their frame of reference)
- Social and team connection.
- Emotional intelligence (EI) is responsible for 58% of job performance compared to
IQ (intelligence quotient). Importantly, EI can be improved by
training while IQ remains stable over a lifetime.
Leadership Coaching
Individual and group training
Leadership:
- True leadership happens when courage, integrity, vulnerability, awareness and
compassion coincide. True leadership is potent but not aggressive, challenging
but not shaming, grounded but not rigid. This requires head, heart and gut to be in
alignment. It engages and empowers employees to achieve a shared vision - and
it feels good and everyone benefits...!
- My leadership coaching incorporates principles of mindfulness and emotional
intelligence. It is founded on solid traditional and contemporary theory, and takes
a holistic approach, influenced by Spiral Dynamics, Integral Theory,
developmental psychology and transformational leadership theory.
MINDFULNESS
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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
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Individual and group training
Mindfulness &
Emotional Intelligence
Individual and group training
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Tailored for your specific needs
SERVICES
Dispute Mediation
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Conflict Coaching
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Integrated Restoration
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(iRest)
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Dispute Mediation (Certified Conflict Resolution Mediator)
- Mediation is an informal process for helping people who have a dispute to
sort it out for themselves without going to court.
- A mediator is a neutral third person who facilitates a process where those in
the dispute to talk to each other about the issues.
- The mediator is not an advice-giver or decision-maker. The parties
exchange information regarding their interests, needs and concerns; and
examine the real problems, large or small. The parties then create and
agree upon an outcome that meets their needs and addresses their
concerns.
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Conflict Management Coaching (Certified CINERGY® Conflict Management Coach)
- Conflict Management coaching is a structured process that helps people on
a one-on-one basis to develop or enhance their skills, knowledge and
competencies, to engage in and manage interpersonal conflict effectively.
- It is a confidential process that focuses on each individuals conflict
management goals.
Integrated Restoration (iRest ®) Yoga Nidra Mediation
(Qualified iRest Level 1 Teacher). iRest is an evidenced based, guided protocol. It can be provided to a group, or in a refined form as a powerful one-on-one dyad.
- iRest promotes optimal mental and emotional balance:
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Strengthens resilience to deal with daily activities
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Decrease stress, anxiety, and depression
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Improves sleep, increases energy
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Helps heal serious trauma, insomnia, depression, PTSD, chronic pain and chemical dependency
