Our Facilitators | Sterling Black

James McLaren

Experience: 35+ years

Types of engagements: Executive team effectiveness, custom team effectiveness workshops

Sectors: Professional services, banking, telecommunications, aviation, government organisations, FMCG, healthcare, infrastructure

Qualifications:

MBA (Columbia Business School)
MBA (London Business School)
Bachelor of Commerce (Psychology)

Simon Mariner

Experience: 25+ years

Types of engagements: High-stakes strategic negotiations, complex stakeholder & leadership conflict resolution, crisis & strategic communications, major transformation & enterprise-wide change initiatives, board reporting, governance-aware messaging

Sectors: All industries

Qualifications:

MBA (Graduate School of Management, UWA)
BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Southampton University)
AFMA accreditation
Diploma in Financial Services

Scott Edgerton

Experience: 30+ years

Types of engagements: High-performance teams, client-focused cultures, sales development & enablement, governance frameworks, high-stakes negotiations, inspirational communications

Sectors: Finance, technology, pharmaceutical, professional services, media & entertainment

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Arts, Industrial Psychology Major (University of Tasmania)

Paul Collings

Experience: 30+ years

Types of engagements: Leadership team effectiveness, strategy offsites, high-stakes decision-making, leadership development

Sectors: Banking, professional services, insurance, housing, infrastructure, public service

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Economics (University of Western Australia)
MBA (Australian Graduate School of Management)
Accreditations include The Leadership Circle, Human Synergistics LS, Team Management Profile, DiSC, Barrett Values Survey

Amanda Sheard

Experience: 30+ years

Types of engagements: Organisational transformation, strategic planning, performance improvement, high-stakes conflict management, lifting team effectiveness

Sectors: Banking, finance, professional services, FMCG, aviation, education, government organisations

Qualifications:

BA Communications (University of Technology Sydney)
Manager as Coach program (University of Sydney)
Change Skills & Approaches to Change (Australian Graduate School of Management)
Accreditations include Five Chairs (Louise Evans) and Facilitating Transformational Values (Corporate Evolution)

Louise Kovacs

Experience: 30+ years

Types of engagements: Strategy execution, team performance & dynamics, leading change, organisational culture, cross-cultural orientation

Sectors: Finance, investment banking, technology, engineering, retail, healthcare, professional services, resources, government

Qualifications:

Doctorate in Executive Coaching (Middlesex University)
Masters in Organisational Coaching (University of Sydney)
Bachelor of Education, Honours (Middlesex University)
Accreditations include Kaiser Leadership Solutions and Hogan Leadership Profile

Michael Curtin

Experience: 25+ years

Types of engagements: Board & executive team effectiveness, strategy execution, functional board-executive relationships, development interventions, organisational impact, governance function

Sectors: Government & public sector, defence, engineering, construction, finance, insurance, technology, media, FMCG, healthcare, energy, not-for-profits, social enterprises

Qualifications:

MBA (University of New England)
Graduate Diploma in Applied Science
Currently completing a PhD exploring leadership and AI intersections at Fielding Graduate University, California
Certified in a wide array of 360 and psychometric tools

Janine Daniels

Experience: 25+ years

Types of engagements: Lifting performance & alignment, transformation & growth, team changes, persistent issues that keep resurfacing

Sectors: Finance, private capital, energy & resources, telecommunications, technology, FMCG, healthcare, professional services, infrastructure, education

Qualifications:

MSc in Psychoneuroimmunology (Middlesex University)
Accreditations include The Leadership Circle, Hogan, Saville, Global Leadership Profile, Vertical Mindset Indicator, Immunity to Change, Case-in-Point methodology
Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)

John Matthews

Experience: 30+ years

Types of engagements: Active learning groups, board strategy planning, whole-of-government approaches, accountability issues with colleagues, leadership intensives

Sectors: Banking, finance, legal, engineering, construction, insurance, information technology, academics, health, government

Qualifications:

Masters Degree (Adult Education) (Loyola University, Chicago)
Bachelor of Arts, Humanities (Dominican University, Chicago)
ICF Membership
Master Coach accreditation, IECL, ISLC institutes
Accredited in numerous leadership and organisational diagnostic tools

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