Experience

With a strong commercial and action-oriented focus, Dianne draws on sound corporate experience that includes 12 years with investment bank Goldman Sachs JBWere, where she was an Equity Partner.

As a member of senior executive teams for leading organisations, she built bench-strength and talent pipelines for sustained business capability and leadership, while achieving improved business results and change effectiveness. She actively contributed to strategy sessions; merger, joint-venture and restructures from pre-transaction to post-integration stages; partnership committee and nomination processes; high-potential development, leadership reviews; and executive committees.

Having worked at C-suite and partner levels, she has a real understanding of talented executives, how they think, achieve success and which actions are needed to take performance to the next level. Dianne has been a confidential sounding board to CEOs and their direct reports.

Dianne’s approach is evidence-based. She also utilises action learning, adaptive leadership, self-directed learning and other coaching models to be a trusted thought partner who stretches, challenges, explores choices and sharpens focus. An action plan, developed and owned by the executive, is the ongoing execution map for the identified business and professional challenges. Improved performance ratings or 360° feedback, promotions, greater business outcomes and shifts in leadership capability are typical outcomes from her coaching.

Published on leadership and diversity, and recognised by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency as a Diversity Leader for Advancement of Women, Dianne also works with talented women wanting to be better positioned for promotion and board roles.

 

Coaching & behavioural science qualifications

• Advanced Counselling Skills, Cairnmillar
  
• Core Essentials Coaching Program, Coach U Inc (USA)
  
• Organisational Dynamics and Team Building, Adizes Institute (USA)

Business qualifications and business experience (selected)

• Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne
  
• Group Manager and Equity Partner, Goldman Sachs JBWere
  
• National Manager, AAMI
  
• National Manager, Sussan Corporation

Selected client organisations

Clients include: Hudson, Schweppes, Rio Tinto, Standard & Poor’s, UBS, NAB, Grant Thornton, Jetstar, B2B Lawyers, Linfox, Fairfax, Australia Post, Allens Arthur Robinson

Registrations, Memberships and Affiliations

• Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
  
• Member, International Coaching Federation (ICF)
  
• Member and Associate, Women On Boards

Instrument Accreditations

MBTI, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Management Model (TKI)