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What I do as a leadership development specialist, coach, educator and speaker:

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I design, deliver and evaluate leadership development courses and programs.

These courses/programs include face-to-face, online and blended program designs. I have designed and built courses/programs for emerging leaders and executive leaders, as well as open enrolment and bespoke in-house courses/programs. These products include postgraduate university courses linked to Master degree and Graduate Certificate programs, as well as non-degree courses/programs ranging from one-day masterclasses to 10 month feedback intensive leadership development programs.

The focus of these courses/programs has been broad. To date, they have including topics such as self-leadership (e.g. resilience, emotional intelligence and time management), ethical leadership, purpose-driven leadership, sustainability leadership, power and influence, social networking, team leadership, authentic leadership, innovation leadership, key communication skills, adaptive leadership, servant leadership, champion-driven leadership, situational leadership, strategic leadership, and leading in a crisis.

I have a particular interest in sustainability leadership, ethical leadership, purpose-driven leadership and emergent leadership (e.g. the champion phenomenon).

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I engage in coaching and mentoring.

I undertake individual and group coaching with a leadership development focus. I do most of my coaching with people who are participating in a leadership course/program I am facilitating, but also coach leaders outside of such courses/programs. A typical coaching relationship might involve working confidentially with a coachee for three one hour sessions over 2 to 3 months, and focus on 1-3 key leadership challenges.

In addition to coaching I frequently mentor developing leaders, especially emerging leaders in the sustainability and water sectors. Often, this mentoring is linked to leadership development courses I facilitate.

I deliver thought leadership workshops, masterclasses and presentations.

I design and facilitate short workshops, masterclasses and thought leadership presentations to clients, both face-to-face and online, on those leadership topics for which I have a high level of knowledge and/or experience.

These include sustainability leadership, leadership in the water sector (including at the Board level), ethical leadership, purpose-driven leadership, the importance of trust in leadership, aspects of self-leadership (e.g. resilience) and strategies to accelerate one’s growth as a leader.

Example projects:

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Designing, facilitating and delivering leadership develop programs and courses:

  • Led the design, construction, and facilitation of numerous courses and programs at the International WaterCentre (Griffith University), including the IWC Water Leadership Program, the Graduate Certificate in Water Leadership, the AWA/IWC Online Team Leadership Course, and the Building Leadership Capacity to Achieve Water Sensitive Cities course.
  • Led the design and construction, and co-facilitated, the ‘Leading Change for Sustainable Development’ Masters unit within Monash University’s award-winning Master of Environmental Management and Sustainability.
  • Led the design and construction of the ‘Leadership in a Complex Environment’ course (Masters of Business and Technology, MBT program) and the ‘Leadership’ course (MBAx program) at the University of New South Wales Business School. I was the Course Coordinator for these programs as well as a Class Facilitator. In 2014 and 2017 I received Australian Graduate School of Management (@UNSW Business School) teaching awards.
  • Lead the design and construction of the ‘Leaders in Global Development’ MOOC within the University of Queensland’s Micro-Masters in Leadership in Global Development.
  • Lead the design, construction and facilitation of the ‘Leading with Purpose’ executive education course for the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales. This online course focused on purpose-driven leadership, an introduction to ethics and ethical leadership.

Testimonials and recommendations from clients, coachees and students can be found on my LinkedIn page. Additional referees or testimonials can be provided on request.

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Coaching and mentoring:

  • For the first seven years of the award-winning IWC Water Leadership Program I coached all of the program participants doing the 9 month program (i.e. approximately 420 coaching sessions).
  • I have coached developing and executive leaders in association with in-house leadership development programs I have design, built and facilitated (e.g. those run with staff from the Alluvium consulting group, including one program for their executive management team).
  • My mentoring throughout the water industry was recognised in 2014 via the Australian Water Association (NSW) water awards (Kamal Fernando mentoring award – highly commended).

Thought leadership workshops, masterclasses and keynote presentations:

  • Leadership to deliver water sensitive communities: The case for a new mindset. Keynote presentation, Stormwater Victoria’s annual conference, 2018, Melbourne.
  • Building leadership capacity to drive sustainable water practices. Keynote presentation, Australian Water Association’s 4th National Water Education Conference, 2011, Melbourne.
  • Strategies leaders can use to build resilience in themselves and their teams. Online thought leadership workshop, Vic Water annual conference for executive water leaders, 2020, Melbourne.
  • How to become more influential: An IMCAN masterclass to help leaders boost their capacity for influence. Online thought leadership workshop, Inner Melbourne Climate Adaptation Network, 2021, Melbourne.
  • Numerous presentations and workshops over more than a decade as a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), Club Mentor and Area Governor with Toastmasters International.

Clients I have worked for include:

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  • Alluvium.
  • Auckland Regional Council.
  • Australian Graduate School of Management (Executive Education), University of New South Wales.
  • Australian Water Association.
  • Blacktown City Council.
  • Brisbane City Council.
  • Campbelltown City Council (the Upper Georges River Urban Sustainability Project).
  • Central West Catchment Management Authority.
  • Clearwater Capacity Building Program (Melbourne).
  • Coffs Harbour City Council.
  • Co-operative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities.
  • Edge Environmental.
  • Gladstone Regional Council.
  • Healthy Waterways Limited (Brisbane).
  • Hunter and Central Coast Regional Environmental Management Strategy.
  • International RiverFoundation.
  • International WaterCentre (Griffith University).
  • Lower Georges River Sustainability Initiative (Sydney).
  • Melbourne Water.
  • Monash Infrastructure Institute, Monash University.
  • Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University.
  • National Water Commission.
  • Port Macquarie – Hastings Council.
  • Queensland Urban Utilities.
  • Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Association.
  • The former Department of Environment (Western Australia).
  • The former Department of Environment and Resource Management (Queensland).
  • The former Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (NSW).
  • The former Maroochy Shire Council (Queensland).
  • The former South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Partnership.
  • Vic Water.
  • Victorian Environment Protection Authority.
  • WRM Water & Environment Pty Ltd (Brisbane)

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