Executive Coach & Facilitator

Leah is a unique combination of business acumen and people development expertise with over 16 years' experience in leadership development across the consulting, coaching and organisational development environments.

Leah has provided human resource, learning and development, and organisational change services in a wide and diverse range of industries in Australia and across Asia Pacific (including Singapore and Hong Kong).

Her skills and knowledge as a consultant and leader are supported by in-depth knowledge of the theories and techniques of adult learning, leadership, communication and organisational change and development. Leah's greatest strength is her ability to get to the heart of what her clients really need, and then working collaboratively with them to develop and implement practical solutions.

Prior to Consulting, Leah was the Senior Manager of Development at PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Regional Learning & Development Manager at CapGemini. Leah is proficient in LSI (Human Synergistics), DISC, Herman Brain Dominance Index (HBDI) and 360 degree assessment.

Executive Coach & Facilitator

Tania is a highly experienced Human Resource Development professional who has worked as a strategic partner to CEOs & Executives assisting them to shape and implement cultural, leadership and learning initiatives that support and enable their business vision.

Tania has held various specialist, operational, leadership and consulting roles in industries including Professional Services, Telecommunications, Hospitality, Entertainment, FMCG & Not-for-Profit. Tania’s strengths are in designing and delivering leadership development programs that produce tangible business outcomes for organisations and individuals. Her expertise includes the design and implementation of performance and development systems that support culture change in organisations.

Her projects include:

The design and delivery of the PwC Foundation Years Partner Program for new Partners in their first 3 years of Partners (approx 120 participants).

With a background of customised solution design and delivery in the leadership and culture space Tania’s work has typically involved: assessing individual and group development needs, interpreting diagnostic/assessment data and facilitating leadership development.

Tania holds a bachelors degree in Industrial Psychology and an Honours degree in Human Resource Development.

Additionally, Tania is accredited in Human Synergistics LSI/GSI & Leadership Impact (LI), Hermann Brain Dominance Index (HBDI) and 360 degree assessment.

Executive Coach

Karilyn Fazio has worked in the people development sector for the past six years as an Executive Coach and team facilitator. She is a committee member of the International Coaching Federation, member of the Executive Coaching Association, Bachelor of Arts (with Distinction) Curtin University, Dip. Ed. University of Melbourne and is commencing her Masters in Organisational Coaching at the University of Sydney in July 2005.

During that time she has provided one-on one coaching and on-going mentoring to many CEOs, General Managers and their teams from companies as diverse as Smorgon Steel, Nestle, Intimo Lingerie, Hocking Stuart Real Estate, Meridian Financial Pty Ltd, Media Manoeuvres, Fernwood Fitness Centres and, with her previous employers, Pioneer Australia, PMP Print, CSL, EGL Global Logistics and AL-KO International.

Karilyn's strengths as a coach are in her ability to dismantle entrenched belief systems and patterns and to assist her clients to see the costs of their current behaviour and commit to altering it. She is strong in the area of interpersonal and communication skills, presentation skills, values clarification, motivation and performance enhancement, influencing, accountability structures, personal "branding", networking and relationship and team management generally.

Karilyn Fazio has successfully coached men to adopt more affiliative and empowering leadership styles with subsequent improvements in team morale and results, but is also drawn to empowering women to greater confidence as leaders and to trusting themselves in business.

Karilyn has simple but powerful coaching techniques that are customised to support clients to reach their goals. She draws on her rich and diverse life experiences, a background in secondary teaching, a career as a Senior Account Director at global advertising agency Lintas:Worldwide, development of her own businesses as well as years studying many disciplines of personal development.

Her coaching at first examines the belief systems that underpin our actions and results. She believes it is essential to look at any self-limiting beliefs, our language and patterns before we can achieve the outcomes we want. Coaching will include: assessment (using The Opic Group, Softskills assessment or internal assessment tools), developing and agreeing the coaching brief, dismantling our beliefs, examining purpose, values, and vision, setting measurable goals, defining focused action plans and then using a variety of validated tools and techniques to develop competencies and remove blocks to achieve valuable changes in clients' professional and personal lives.

Karilyn Fazio is committed to becoming a strategic partner in her Client's businesses and to facilitating their growth through high quality coaching and facilitation.

Executive Assistant

Charlie's experience as an Executive Assistance spans 6 years in both consulting and accounting industry with experience in the areas of organising Leadership Development workshops, organising client meetings and confidential executive coaching administration support. Charlie brings a unique mix of business and administration experience to her role.

Charlie's career includes working both in London & Australia for Ernst & Young and KPMG as an Executive Assistant. Her roles have included support in organisational change management, mergers & acquisitions and new technology implementation. Charlie trained in Human Resources before commencing with Executive Spirit in 2007.

Charlie has a Bachelor of Business from The University of Sydney, Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training and Certificate IV in Occupational Health & Safety.

Executive Coach and Facilitator

For the last 15 years Peter has worked as a facilitator, coach and consultant in over 20 countries with global blue chip organisations such as McKinsey & Co, Royal Dutch Shell, KPMG, Anglo Coal, Woodside, PwC, Microsoft and Discovery Chanel Europe. The core focus of his work has been in two key areas; organisational culture transformation which includes designing, delivering and embedding programs which focus on shifting mindsets and behaviours in organisations and in leadership development.

Since 2001, Peter has held the position of Senior Facilitator with the Mindsets & Capabilities practise within McKinsey & Co. serving their clients and working internally as a faculty member on their coaching programs and facilitated on numerous workshops throughout Australia and globally with their Inside Organisational Practise.  

He has been a lead facilitator and coach in organisational wide culture change programs from the top teams through to front lines. This includes a five year culture change program with a top tier bank in Australia (2001-2006), a leadership development program with a large mining company in South Africa (2003-2006), a mindsets and behaviours change program with a large Telco in Australia (2004-2005) an Inspiring Leaders Program with one of the a top 4 Financial services firm (2005-2007) and currently working with the technology division within a top 4 Bank facilitating leadership development programs (2010-2011). Beyond these very extensive programs he has designed and delivered hundreds of workshops and retreats locally and internationally with over forty companies in such areas as team building and alignment, leadership development, performance improvement and mindsets and behavioural change.

He has extensive experience working with CEO’s of organisations and their top executive teams in either a coaching, consulting or facilitation role. he has also worked with mid tier levels in organisations and frequently front line staff.  

Recent Engagements

Westpac (2010) Co-designed and facilitated a series of team alignment and leadership development workshops for the Technology division within Westpac. This included an extensive coaching program using Barrett’s Value’s process as the key instrument.  

KPMG-(2010) Designed and facilitated a series of workshops for the Tax division within KPMG. The focus of these workshops centred on strategic planning, LSI coaching and relationship building.  

Royal Dutch Shell (2009 -11) Co-designed and currently facilitating a Global leadership program for Shell (The Hague, The Netherlands). The intent of this program is to develop more self aware, collaborative and confident leaders in the mid tier level within Shell.  

KPMG (2008-10) Lead facilitator/coach presenting Leadership Development workshops for the KPMG Partner group. The focus was to shift mindsets and behaviours of the Partner group to create a more collaborative and innovative culture. In June 2009, facilitated their Executive Group’s Asia Strategy Day attended by the CEO and the top Executives and Partners involved with the Asian region.  

ANZ (2000-09) Actively involved with ANZ Banking Group for the last nine years as a facilitator, coach, consultant and trainer for their facilitators. This work which includes delivering over 300 programs.  

PwC (2005-2007) Key facilitator within a small team leading an organisational wide culture transformation program called Inspiring Leaders working primarily with the Partner group, Senior Managers and Directors. These workshops ranged in size from 12 attendees to over 300 in attendance.  

McKinsey & Co (2000-2010) Joined the Mindsets and Capabilities Practise within McKinsey in 2000 and extensively involved as a coach and lead facilitator working internally with McKinsey Directors, Partners and Associates and with their international clients in over 20 countries including Malaysia, Oman, Czech Republic, South Africa, Indonesia, UK and Brazil. Coach/facilitator on the Leadership@McKinsey workshops, considered the flagship coaching program for the top tier leaders in McKinsey, contributing to part of the original design of these programs and delivering workshops in Athens, Chicago, Stockholm and Rome. Coach/facilitator on the Client Leadership Workshop (CLW) for McKinsey, a program focused on preparing Associates for their next level of tenure as Partners.

Professional Education & Qualifications

Peter holds a solid academic record with a Bachelor of Arts, University of New England (1984) ; Diploma of Education, University of New England (1984); Accredited McKinsey coach – Leadership@McKinsey and CLW Programs (2004) ; Accredited Human Synergistics Consultant (2003) ; Accredited DiSC trainer (2001) ; Mindsets & Capabilities Facilitator McKinsey & Co (2000) ; Accredited Conflict Resolution trainer (1999) ; Accredited Barrett’s Value Cultural Transformation Tools-LVA,IVA &CTT (2010)

Executive Coach

Merryl has over 15 years experience in Consulting and Executive Coaching which add value to leadership, communication and change programs. Merryl’s management experience in the public sector saw her responsible for large scale management and leadership development strategy for NSW RailCorp. Her consulting experience comes from a diverse range of public and private sector organisations, including Transport, Justice, Health, Financial Services and Manufacturing industries.

As an Executive Coach, Merryl uses a solution-focused coaching methodology in working with senior level clients so that they can take advantage of opportunities and make changes that can be sustained. Merryl’s clients learn to identify the stress which is interfering with their performance and develop emotional resilience, enhanced health and well-being and improved performance.  

Using group coaching and facilitation, Merryl builds executive team effectiveness to support change initiatives and enhance a positive workplace climate. Merryl is passionate about developing leaders who can lead with composure and compassion under pressure. Her expertise creates a coaching space which taps into neuroscience to promote insight, learning and motivation. Her coaching methodology supports her clients in developing new ways of thinking and authentic leadership behaviours which can be measured and sustained. Merryl holds post-graduate qualifications in Human Resources, a Masters in Education and a Masters in NeuroLeadership (current).

She has Executive Coaching credentials from the Institute of Executive Coaching (Sydney) and since 2004, has been an Associate of HeartMath (Australia), the world’s leader in stress management solutions. She uses HeartMath psychometric assessment to provide measurable improvements in performance, health and well-being as part of the leadership development ‘Peak Performance’ programs.  

Her recent clients include Department Premier and Cabinet, Department of Community Services, Department of Housing, Juvenile Justice, Sydney Ferries, Acumen Human Capital, Alliance e-Finance, State Transit Authority, IAB Services, Sydney Institute of TAFE, NSW Legal Aid, Westmead Children’s Hospital, SFC Engineering Division, Ernst & Young. Merryl’s pro bono coaching clients include Youth Off the Streets, The Smith Family and The National Breast Cancer Foundation.  

Executive Coach

Raechel began her career in business banking. Intrigued by the impact of organisational dynamics on workplace performance, she embarked on a Masters in Organisation Psychology. This led to a consulting career in transformational change with emphasis on strategic planning, culture change, people strategy, performance management, team and leadership development, and talent management.

In 2004 Raechel transitioned from management consulting, taking on the role of General Manager, Organisation Development at CSIRO. Since then she has held a range of senior HR management roles with functional responsibility for Executive Development, Learning, Strategic HR and Organisational Development. Her most recent roles include Head of Partner Development at PwC, Manager Learning and Leadership Development at CSIRO, and National Manager, Leadership and Organisation Effectiveness at Foster's Group. Raechel is a psychologist and organisation development specialist with over 16 years' experience coaching senior managers and leadership teams on a broad range of leadership challenges. She has a proven track record delivering sustainable performance improvements at the individual and organisational level. Her experience spans a range of industry sectors including professional and financial services, research and development, manufacturing, government and utilities.

As a coach Raechel is passionate about helping people reach their full potential. She takes a holistic approach to helping her clients enhance their leadership impact and is also known for helping them achieve significant improvements in mental focus, creativity, positivity and overall resilience. Business Experience (selected) • Head of Partner Development, PricewaterhouseCoopers • Manager Learning and Leadership Development, CSIRO • General Manager Organisation Development, CSIRO • National Manager, Leadership and Organisation Development, Foster's Group • Relationship Manager, Barclays Bank

Business Qualifications • Honours in Psychology, Monash University, 1993 • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology & Sociology, Monash University, 1992 • Coaching & Behavioural Science Qualifications • Master of Science, Organisational Psychology, University of Melbourne, 1996 • Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, MiCBT Institute, 2009 • Professional Development Certificate in Counselling Skills for Psychologists, Monash University, 2007

Psychologist

Dr Steven Bannon is a registered psychologist with over 10 years’ experience in providing leadership development and executive coaching to enhance performance.

Steven’s success in enhancing performance stems from working with elite athletes competing in the Sydney, Turin and London Olympics. He has worked at a variety of sports institutes within Australia and globally, where he is involved in the preparation and enhancement of national athletes, coaches and world class programs.

Steven has been able to apply these principles to leadership and performance in the public, private and academic sectors, Steven provides coaching across middle management, senior and executive levels across a range of industries.

Working with individuals to expand their leadership capability, Steven coaches on manoeuvrability within challenging environments, achieving next steps in career progression, work/life balance, change management, leading through restructure, as well as conflict management, managing under-performance, increasing motivation and self-esteem and strategic planning.

Steven’s style is best described as insightful, unbiased, goal-focused and empathetic. He believes in teaching the skills for the situation, in encouraging people to achieve beyond their expectations and to bring those around them with them on the journey. In his spare time Steve enjoys family time, travelling, and collecting wine.

Coaching & behavioural science qualifications •Graduate Diploma Social Science (Clinical Hypnosis), Queensland University of Technology, 2000 •Masters of Psychology, University of Southern Queensland, 1999 •Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training, 2001

Business qualifications and business experience (selected) •DPsych, University of Southern Queensland, 2007 •Bachelor of Applied Science, Swinburne University of Technology, 1997 •Director, Dr Steven Bannon Consultancy •Manager of Sport Science, South Australian Institute of Sport •Head of Sport Science, Victorian Institute of Sport •National Lead Psychology, English Institute of Sport •Senior Psychologist, Scottish Institute of Sport

Selected client organisations: Caltex, Maurice Blackburn, Volgren, Origin Energy, Australian Institute of Sport, Tennis Australia, South Australian Cricket Association

Registrations, Memberships and Affiliations •Registered Psychologist •Member, Australian Psychological Society (MAPS) •Member, APS College of Organisational Psychology •Member, APS Special Interest Group for Coaching Psychologists (IGCP) •Chair SA Branch, APS College of Sport Psychology

Instrument Accreditations 16PF, Benchmarks, California Personality Inventory (CPI), Change Style Indicator (CSI), Conflict Dynamic Profile (CDP 360), Evpengage, FIRO-B, Genos EI, Hogan Leadership Inventories, KEYS, MBTI, Skillscope, Workplace Big Five