Achieving Success through Identifying and Driving Change

Damian is an Organisational Psychologist who specialises in Leadership Development, Culture Design, Wellbeing and Performance. A successful entrepreneur himself, he has a strong commercial background gaining his qualifications later in his career. This allows him to bring a practical and relevant approach to learning with a view to expanding people’s potential and helping them to perform and achieve in a satisfying and sustainable way. Damian has experience across extensive business industries, not for profit, Government, and organisational size ranging from start-ups to Global giants.

Damian has held internal culture and capability roles with brands such as NAB and Australian Red Cross, SalesForce Australia, and as a consultant to many organisations including BHP, Asahi, K-Mart, Harmony Gold, Melville City Council, and Department of Water Environmental Regulation WA. In 2005 Damian founded and operated Balance Psychology which grew to become one of the largest psychology practices in Australia before he sold the organisation in 2013 to finish his Master Psychology (Org/Ind).

SPECIALISED SKILLS

• Leadership Development
• 360s and Psychometric Assessment
• Culture Design
• Engagement & Pulse Surveys
• Sustainable Executive Performance
• Wellbeing
• Human Centred Design
• Agile
• Emotional Intelligence
• Neuroleadership
• Executive Coach

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master Psychology (Organisational/Industrial), Deakin University, 2012-2013
• Grad. Dip. Psychology, Deakin University, 2010-2011
• Bachelor Social Science (Psych), Swinburne University, 2004-2009
• Open Foundation, Newcastle University, 2003

ACCREDITATIONS

• Board Approved Psychology Supervisor, APS, 2020
• Accredited Coach, Neuroleadership Institute, 2019
•  Endorsement as Organisational Psychologist, AHPRA, 2018
•  Various Assessments:Hogan,Saville Wave,DISC,Genos EmotionalIntelligence,HumanSynergistics 2011-2021 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy 2011-2012

Cheryl has over 30 years’ experience in leadership and management in Australia and internationally and brings a wealth of both theoretical and practical aspects to her clients. A well-rounded, flexible management consultant and trainer, results driven with both public and private sector experience. After a strong career in the public service Cheryl became an expatriate consultant working in the Malaysian, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Indian and Tanzanian private and public sectors. She is mature and experienced, with a strong customer focus and high degree of professionalism, and believes strongly in a team approach to the provision of quality services. Her experience in the public service sector and as a cost centre manager in Australia has given her an excellent grounding in all avenues of management: leading, planning, organizing, and controlling. As her experience has been with a very decentralized Human Resource function it means she was involved in many varied aspects of Human Resources, including Job Analysis (Cullen Egan Dell factor evaluation); Recruitment and Selection; Orientation and Induction programmes; Trainee programmes for indigenous (Aboriginal) Australians; Performance Appraisal; Counselling; Disciplinary Action and Termination. Many of these functions were carried out in a highly unionized environment in Australia, so industrial relations also became a prime consideration.

SPECIALISED SKILLS

• Cross-cultural experience in the Middle East, Far East, India and Africa as well as comprehensive understanding of doing business abroad gained from a major in international management for her MBA.
• Well-developed research and analytical skills
• Excellent written communication and business presentation skills
• Programme design and evaluation
• 15 years’ experience in management of public sector human services in Australia, including operations management, team management and co-ordination, and acting departmental executive positions
• General Manager experience including profit and loss accountability
• 15 years’ experience as a consultant advising companies on management and human resource issues
• 15 years’ experience as a management and soft skills trainer and coach
• Experienced lecturer – Southern Cross University (Kuala Lumpur Campus); American University in Dubai (UAE); Australian Institute of Management; Victoria University, College of Business (Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur Campuses) http://ssrn.com/author=2350116 Leadership Development

QUALIFICATIONS

• Certificate IV Assessment and Workplace Training (TAE), Inspire Education, Queensland, Australia – 2013
• Doctor of Business Administration (Leadership), University of Southern Queensland Australia – 2005 – 2010
• Master Business Administration (International Management), Northern Territory University, Australia – 1995 -1997
• Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Communication), La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia – 1975 – 1978

ACCREDITATIONS

• Myers Briggs Type indicator (MBTI), CPP Asia Pacific – 201
• GENOS Emotional Intelligence , Genos International – 2015
• DISC Advanced, DISC Profiles Australia – 2016

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Cheryl has worked on consulting and in-company training for large multinationals, through to smaller companies in the following industries:

• Aviation
• Communications & IT
• Construction & Engineering Consultants
• Banking and Finance
• Education
• FMCG
• Freight
• Hospitality
• Health Services
• Government Sector
• Oil and Gas
• Maritime Industry
• Not for Profit Sector
• Pharmaceutical
• Property Development
• Retail
• Trading Groups