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Team
Liz Burke
PRINCIPAL
Liz is a leader, executive coach, leadership consultant and enthusiast for life. A change agent able to shift organisations to a desired new state, Liz has worked with and within businesses to reinvent organisational culture, increase leadership capability and organisation wide performance.
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Liz unlocked her leadership passion in the ‘90s, working in Contact Centre Management, which was scientific management gone mad! As she progressed from Front Line to Executive Leadership roles, Liz strived to be a better leader through practice, study and hard work. Her commercial nous was developed by working in a range of corporate roles within listed companies, small business, large corporations and multi nationals. Over the last 10 to 15 years, Liz has worked alongside and within State Governments, in Victoria and Western Australia both being a leader and developing leadership.
Today, Liz helps executive leaders to build on their strengths, reflect on challenges and take action to achieve their goals. Liz trains, mentors and coaches leaders to increase their leadership impact.
A lifelong learner and avid reader, Liz is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, has a Bachelor of Business Degree (Human Resource Management) and Project Management Diploma. Liz has a Brain Based Coaching Certificate (Neuroleadership Institute), Certificate of Organisational Coaching (Institute of Executive Coaching), GENOS Emotional Intelligence (EI) Certification Program, Certified PRINT© Coach and is The Leadership Circle Profile certified.
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On weekends, Liz can be found at the beach, exercising, or socialising with friends. She is mum to 3 gorgeous kids and partner to a handsome Dutchman.
Angela Skehan
LEADERSHIP COACH
Angela is a leader, coach, and leadership development specialist. Her line and general management experience, has ensured she “practices what she preaches” as she helps leaders in fast and complex environments.
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With over 25 years in organisational and leadership development, Angela has worked as a consultant, coach and facilitator in Financial Services, Mining & Resources, Health and State Government sectors.
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Being a leader, Angela understands what it takes to deliver organisational outcomes through people. She helps leaders to manage their inner and outer self. Crucially, it is important to find a ‘natural habitat’, where we can flourish and where leadership supports organisational outcomes.
Angela says it is the experience on the job, in a VUCA environment, that helps her to help others succeed. She has strengths in systems thinking and sustainable productivity.
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Angela has formal qualifications in Executive Coaching (Coach School), Master of Applied Science (Innovation & Service Management), Bachelor of Science (Education), Genos Emotional Intelligence (EI) Certification Program, The Leadership Circle Profile and is a Certified PRINT© Coach.
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Angela is a fund raiser, adventurer and enjoys trekking around the world. On the weekends you can find her hanging out with friends and walking.
Claire Burke
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
A superstar EA and project officer, people are Claire’s passion and prowess is to get stuff done!
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Fun, professional, unflappable & brave. Claire supports The Leadership Imperative in a consulting capacity via YES BOSS!
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A natural leader with a warm consultative style and close to 20 years experience helping CEO’s, COO, CIO’s and GM level executives. Claire can support driving culture, champion change and support engagement.
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Toby
EMPLOYEE #1
Meet our four legged friend Toby, adventurer, escape artist and all round enthusiast. He spends way too much time social loafing.
Toby is our resident foot warmer and plays a big part in our wellness at work campaign.
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Toby is a designer mutt and our loyal friend.