Experience

Mac has a strong Human Resources and Executive Management background having originally worked for ExxonMobil and then Dulux Australia where he was the HR Executive during a major acquisition. He has since been successfully consulting to organisations across a range of industries in the private and public sectors. He coaches at the CEO and senior level of many organisations and presents on Leadership Development Programs at the Melbourne Business School.

Mac is passionate about people optimising their performance and realising their full potential in the work environment. He strongly believes in the importance of open communication and the power of feedback in establishing more effective working relationships, building trust among team members and achieving improved business performance at the organisational, team and individual levels.

His approach to executive coaching is based on creating a relationship which encourages and supports self-examination and development, setting goals and executing a plan to achieve them.

His lifestyle interests revolve around family, golf, sailing, skii theatre and entertaining.

 

Coaching & behavioural science qualifications

• Narrative Coaching, MBS-Mt Eliza Executive Education, 2003
  
• Evidence Based Executive and Workplace Coaching, University of Sydney, 2000
  
• Member, APS Special Interest Group for Coaching Psychologists (IGCP)

Business qualifications and business experience (selected)

• Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Melbourne, 1979
  
• Associate Program Director, Melbourne Business School
  
• General Manager HR, Dulux Australia & NZ
  
• HR Manager, ExxonMobil Australia
  
• Business Round Table Chair, Family Business Australia

Selected client organisations

Clients include: Schweppes Australia, Toyota, Snowy Hydro, AMP, WHK Australia, United Group, Swann Global, Leightons Asia, Family Business Australia, Defence Materiel Organisation, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, VicRoads.

Registrations, Memberships and Affiliations

• Registered psychologist
  
• Certified Member, Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)

Instrument Accreditations

Benchmarks, Change Style Indicator (CSI), FIRO-B, Life Styles Inventory (LSI), Group Style Inventory (GSI), Hogan Leadership Inventories, MBTI, Situational Leadership II, Skillscope, Spectrum CPI, Team Management Systems (TMS)