Professor Maria Garcia de la Banda, Faculty of Information and STEMM Network Chair, Monash University
Top Qualities: Skillful, Engaging, Focused
Monash University is committed to a STEMM Network to ensure academic women get support which enable them to thrive. We engaged Wendy to assist us plan and facilitate our initial session, capturing ideas to help us move our goal forward. Wendy's first-hand experience in the sector, together with her passion for the subject area and skills as a facilitator ensured the session was focused, engaging and responsive to the needs of all present. We are off to a great start!
Trevor Hogan, Director of Research, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University
Top Qualities: Skillful, Highly Engaging,
"I was absolutely delighted with the engagement of all the staff present and especially as it was a good time for them to talk across their different disciplines and departments and I am very appreciative of your skillful teasing out of the issues and putting them at ease."
Julie Moss, Manager Learning and Diversity, Canon Australia Pty Ltd
Top Qualities: Thought-provoking, knowledgeable, engaging,
"The unconscious bias workshops were designed in a way that challenged thinking through thought-provoking content delivered in a highly engaging way. This has created an excitement and momentum that far surpassed our expectations! The unique combination of knowledge, engaging facilitation and ability to present the information in an impactful way turned even the most hardened non-believers around."
Mary-Anne Gallagher, Executive Director People and Culture, Cabrini Health
Top Qualities: Professional, Erudite, Engaging
"I engaged Wendy to partner with me on a major organisational review project of 6 months duration for Cabrini Health. This review required extensive consultation with the executive team and a range of stakeholders across our six campuses and four thousand staff. Wendy's collaborative working style and significant expertise in engaging a very diverse range of people enabled the collection of high quality data from our people. Wendy further assisted in the qualitative and quantitative analysis of this data. She was able to apply models to the analysis to make sense of the information and present eruditely to our executive team. Wendy delivered on-time, on-budget and was the consummate professional at every stage of our project."
Glenn Evans, CEO, Australian Refrigeration Council
Top Qualities: Business Acumen, Strategic
Wendy brings a fresh oversight to the table – demonstrating a unique business acumen and understanding of strategic and operational drivers. Wendy regularly assists the ARC with policy, employment and contract law advice, specialist referrals, executive recruitment and coaching. As a small business in the complex and fast paced business and industry environment Wendy's assistance and guidance is invaluable.
Josie Daw, Program Manager, Igniting Leadership Program, Leadership Victoria
Top Qualities: Engaging, High Impact, Effective
Feedback both informally and formally after your session once again showed the group really enjoyed learning about Change Management. The presentation was informative and detailed, yet presented in a way that mean the learning's were accessible and enabled the participants' space for reflection on their own experience of change. Thank you for a wonderful session!
Amanda Millar, Principal Consultant, Centre of Expertise, Human Resources,
The University of Melbourne
Top Qualities: Expert facilitator, professional
On behalf of the HR Professional Practice Group, our most particular thanks to you for your fantastic work as facilitator of our Q&A Panel Discussion and the Global Cafe session at the HR Summit. The day was seen as a great success by us and this was due in no small part due to your professionalism as a planner and facilitator.
Bronwyn Johnson, Organisational Development & Policy, HR Division, Monash University,
Top Qualities: Personable, Expert, Good Value
I have engaged Wendy on several occasions and am happy to recommend her to others. Wendy has provided consulting services (Staff Attitude Survey Action Planning process) and facilitation of three Future Research Leaders' Program modules: 1) "Governance & Compliance: protecting yourself, your research and your university", 2) "Commencement & Collaboration: putting ideas into practice" and 3) Leading and Managing in a Research Context.. Wendy has received consistently positive feedback from clients and participants on the program."
Jed McCartney, Director, Avteq Pty Ltd – Locomotive Engineering
Top Qualities: Great Results, Personable, Good Value
"Wendy was fantastic. She designed a program for our staff development in consultation with senior management and then delivered the program over several session, including follow-ups. Our staff found her delivery very easy to understand and all felt that that had gained from the experience. I would highly recommend Wendy for any workplace development issues."
