Amanda is a former General Manager for Davidson, Director and Founding Partner of Madston Black, Principal at Korn Ferry and General Manager at Stephenson Mansell Group.
A highly experienced coach she has worked over the past 25 years with CEOs, Board Directors, and Senior Leaders across a range of global companies, NFPs and government organisations.
Her coaching and facilitation approach is creative and tailored to meet client needs. She leverages a deep understanding of the dynamics of human behaviour in the corporate setting to get great results.
Depending on the engagement, Amanda deploys a number of frameworks, including McKinsey’s transformation models, (Corporate Evolution), Adaptive Leadership (Professor Ron Heifetz), The Five Chairs (Louise Evans) and Schema Therapy (Geoffrey Young).
Individual and group coaching engagements have been with clients including HSBC, Unilever, Metcash, Ferrovial, Boral, CBA, Bacardi, Westfield, Westpac, Macquarie Bank, CSIRO, Sydney University and IAG as well as a range of local and state government organisations.
Amanda holds a BA (Communications) degree from the University of Technology, has undertaken the Manager as Coach program at Sydney University and has completed the Change Skills and Approaches to Change at the Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney. She is certified in a range of psychometric instruments and is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Prior to working in executive development, Amanda worked as a journalist in print, radio and television later becoming a corporate communications specialist in Australia and the UK working on a range of high-profile campaigns and events for clients including Nestle, NRMA and Oxfam
Years Coaching
20+
Types of Organisations
All sectors
Levels of Roles Coaches
- CEOs
- Board Directors
- Senior Leaders
Teams Facilitated
- CEO and Executive Teams
- Senior Leaders
- Whole Business Units / Functions
Types of Coaching & Facilitating Assignments
- Board effectiveness and strategy reviews
- Leadership development
- Strategic reviews, strategy development and operational model design
- Culture interventions
- Org Performance Turnarounds
- Technical skill / Management capability building
Qualifications & Accreditations
- MBA (Melbourne Business School)
- BA (Communications) (University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Commerce (Monash University)
- Graduate Certificate in Organisational Coaching (Swinburne University)
- Manager as Coach (Sydney University)
- Change Skills and Approaches to Change (Australian Graduate School of Management)
- Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- Accredited in numerous leadership and organisational diagnostic tools
