Panel of executive coaches

Professional Background

Paul Holland has built significant careers in both the interactive media industry and the education and training sectors. He has been a company director, c-level executive, software developer, business consultant, executive business coach, lecturer and teacher. 

After a long career developing educational technology, Paul moved to the private sector and became General Manager and Director of ICE Media, a national multimedia company. He carried out several international consultancies during this time.

He was then appointed Chief Executive Officer of QANTM, one of Australia’s leading new media education and production companies. In this role, he worked directly with major international corporations and the federal and state governments. He was a Director of QANTM and sat on boards associated with spin-off companies and the incubator sector.

He established his own business consultancy practice, Creativity Well Pty Ltd, in 2004 and is Managing Director. He is also co-owner and director of VASE (Victory Audiosonic Sound Equipment), a boutique valve amplification company that services the international music industry.

Paul was the principal commercialisation consultant at ACID, the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design at QUT and was a Visiting Fellow within the Faculty of Creative Industries. He has lectured in Australian and International Universities and Colleges over the past thirty-five years.

Paul has taught in the Australian Institute of Management’s MBA program since 2004.

Coaching Philosophy

As a professional coach, Paul combines his educational background and considerable organisational leadership and management experience to challenge his clients to grow to be greater than they thought they could be. He seeks to re-awaken creative potential and grow communication skills which are essential in leading today.

Relevant Qualifications and coaching experience.

Paul holds Masters Degrees in Education and Creative Industries and a range of other teaching qualifications. He has coached in the private, public and NFP sectors since 1995.

He has provided coaching in UQ’s Management Framework Course since 2014 across student 22 cohorts.

Professional Bodies

Paul is a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders and a Member of the Australian College of Educators. He has led and sat on boards and advisory committees of a range of other professional associations over the past 35 years.

Rupert is a career executive coach and has 20 years’ experience in developing leaders in organisations. He is currently working with CEOs and senior executives of publicly listed companies and throughout his career as a coach has worked with over half of the ASX Top 50. Rupert is the Director and Founder of Performance Strategies, a successful leadership development consulting firm specialising in creating a coaching culture and capability through coaching skills for leadership.

Formal qualifications:

• BSc Psychology University of Utah 1994;
• Master of Organisational Psychology
• University of Queensland 2005;
• Registered Psychologist
• Member Australian Psychological Society
• Certificate IV Workplace Training

Rupert provides development programs for organisations that include running mentoring programs, executive coaching and facilitating workshops on topics that help individuals, teams and organisations improve productivity, performance and organisational culture.

Rupert is passionate about creating better organisations so leaders and staff can thrive and find meaning and purpose in their work. He has a unique ability to help all people in workplaces manage the challenges and complexity of our modern life and work.

Specific Expertise/Specialisations:

• Executive team development and building cohesive high performing teams;
• Leadership development coaching for managers (making transitions);
• Cognitive and behaviour shifts for sustainable change;
• Leadership capability for cultural and organisational change.
• Overcoming self-limiting beliefs and behaviours
• Personal effectiveness and communication skills for all levels of staff.
• Developing strategic thinking capacity
• Developing personal resilience for change, stress and anxiety
• Designing leadership and coaching programs

Professional Memberships

• Australian Psychological Society
• APS - Coaching Psychology Interest Group
• International Coaching Federation
• Australian Institute of Management
• Accredited AHPRA Supervisor for Masters and PhD Students

Leonie is a highly experienced and well-regarded executive coach of executives and senior managers with more than 20 years experience. Her coaching style supports both current and aspiring leaders to be high performing, successful, agile and resilient. Leonie is a registered business psychologist with a PhD in organisational change.

She has previously worked in senior management positions in large organisations and in senior consulting positions in award-winning consultancy firms. For the past 11 years Leonie has co-owned and operated a successful Brisbane based management consulting practice. 

Leonie’s first-hand experience as a senior leader, company director and business owner combined with her high level expertise in business psychology and leader effectiveness make her an excellent coach for MBA and EMBA participants. 

Approach and coaching philosophy

Leonie’s executive coaching style will help you as the coaching client to identify and act on powerful goals and career intentions, aligned with your values and priorities. You will gain new perspectives and insights, and new knowledge, skills and strategies. Leonie will help you to identify and explore the ways in which your thoughts and behaviours help you, and when they may hold you back. 

You will feel listened to and supported, and you will also be challenged to move outside of your comfort zone. Leonie provides practical guidance and support for specific challenges. She brings warmth, humour and optimism to her sessions and draws on a strong evidence-base. 

Qualifications and experience

• Registered Business Psychologist. This requires a minimum of six years of specialist training with supervised practice plus rigorous ongoing professional development each year. 
• PhD in psychology (organisational change). A PhD is a minimum 3 years full time study or part time equivalent in a focused area of practice and/or research.
• Accredited Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
• Accredited in the Human Synergistics LSI and GSI, the Hogan Leadership Forecast Series, Myers-Briggs-Type Indicator (MBTI) and Team Management System (TMS)
• Coached over 80 clients with more than 600 hours of coaching time

Affiliations with relavent professional bodies

• Leonie is a member of the Association for Coaching, an international professional association of coaches with membership from over 70 countries worldwide
• Leonie is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) which requires its members to operate with a high degree of professional expertise and ethical practice