Guest Speaker Profiles

Glenn Wheatley - Key Note Speaker
Bouncing Back in Corporate Australia
For more than four decades Glenn Wheatley has been known on the Australian music scene as both the bass player of the 1960’s pop group The Master’s Apprentices, and as the successful music manager of John Farnham, Little River Band and Delta Goodrem. He was also one of the forefathers of FM radio in Australia, founding EON FM in 1980 and later establishing the Triple M network.

In a global industry that is fraught with peril and well placed traps, Glenn has demonstrated over and again the resilience and fortitude that is required to remain as a principle patron of his industry. Told with candor, courage, and nods to his glory days, this is Glenn’s story of going from entertainment magnate to sweeping a prison factory floor, and how he has rebuilt his life under the scrutiny of the public eye.

degree from the University of South Australia, a Company Director’s Diploma and a Graduate Certificate in Management Psychology from the Charles Sturt University.

Tino will examine the potential causes of stressors in the boardroom, its impact on both board and individual effectiveness. He will outline strategies to build resilience to assist the disaffected individuals to maintain effectiveness in a potentially difficult environment.

Lindy Powell QC
Glass Ceiling Resilience
Having practised law since her admission to the Bar in 1973, Lindy has been exposed to work in the law business as an employer, a partner in a middle-sized firm, the Director of a Government instrumentality employing more than 150 lawyers and support staff, the leader of her professional body and many years at the independent bar.

The role that each participant plays in the legal team is crucial. Because everyone needs to be performing at his or her best, we have to look after each other through the process. Every legal matter is like a little microcosm of intense effort. They each have their beginning, their process and their end, playing out over differing time frames.

One thing that Lindy has learnt from each of these individual matters, no matter how short or long, is the importance of all who work together in the legal team being supported by each other and supportive of each other. That support must be both professional and personal if the best is to be achieved for the client. All the participants have to withstand difficult conditions. If those about them don’t recognise those difficulties and give assistance to cope with them, then the proper and just result is less likely to occur.

Her research and consultancy is in the area of work stress and she holds a PhD on the topic. She has worked with human service workers, correctional officers, Salvation Army officers, call centre workers, ambulance officers, nurses, farmers and police officers, and has developed best practice models in psychological injury prevention and
management (Vic Workcover; NSW Workcover; NOHSC; Office for the Commission of Public Employment, SA).

Maureen will explore the theory that corporations are stealing the libido. Evidence is presented from the Australian
Workplace Barometer study examining workplace risks (e.g. psychosocial safety climate, bullying, work pressure, working hours, low control), health status and the relationship between them, in Australian workplaces.

- create company vision and mission statements that are actually embraced and acted on by employees;
- develop project plans that are clearly understood by all stakeholders, can be easily managed for scope, and get a strong buy-in from the people working on the project, where they can see how they can contribute, why their contribution is required, and the benefit that will have to the project goals;
- improve idea generation, problem solving, decision making, communication, and presentations

.People are at their happiest when they are contributing effectively to well defined goals that they understand are important and worthwhile. This can be achieved easily through the tools and techniques that Gideon teaches.

Dave Flanagan
Stand Up With Confidence
Dave Flanagan has been coaching people in the corporate area very successfully for many years. He is the founder and principal of the Adelaide School of Comedy (ASC), which has trained 4 National Raw Comedy Winners and has been instrumental in the success of many of Australia’s finest and funniest comedians.

The Team building program uses the same proven techniques to produce positive associations within an organization, helping employees to learn more about themselves and their business. Dave’s Confidence Building program (Stand Up With Confidence) has been specifically designed to assists CEO’s, sales executives and employees to produce first rate, influential presentations, successful sales pitches and helped solve many administration issues. Dave cleverly uses his amazing knowledge of comedy as an educational tool to successfully coach and motivate people to regain, build and maintain confidence in the work place and in their daily lives. As a motivational speaker, Dave is in constant demand throughout Australia and overseas.

worked extensively on radio as a host and commentator and his quick wit, attention to detail and professionalism makes him is an extremely sought after host on any platform.

Workshop Speakers Profiles

Chris Hamilton
Wellness Workshop on Mindfulness
Leading Industrial Psychologist, a commentator both in the written and electronic media. Chris
Hamilton has practiced as a consulting psychologist based in Australia with his work taking him to
the U.K., North and South America, South Asia and parts of Southern Africa and the Middle East.
His specialties include: Trauma Counselling; Life & Management Coaching; Psychological Profiling

and Assessment; Team and Organisation Development; Facilitation of Strategic Planning. Chris has worked with many organisations around Australia in addressing a best fit when recruiting or building teams, providing tools for employees in dealing with difficult people.

Dale speaks on motivation, leadership, goal setting, mental resilience, stress management, conflict resolution and more effective communication strategies (both with yourself and others) and how it relates to the mind. In short, Dale will help you to ‘connect the dots’.

Dave Flanagan
Resilience with Humour
Lack of confidence breeds a dull and lifeless workforce. It is the primary reason for inefficiency in
business. Dave inspires confidence and self achievement which are the spark plugs that motivate and
generate success. His workshop “Stand Up With Confidence” has also been used to assist young, unemployed people re-establish their self esteem, refocus their lives and re-enter the workforce as reliable and motivated employees.

Dave has achieved outstanding results in a very short time and its success has been noted and acclaimed as visionary and groundbreaking, by many informed critics of other employment programs.

Jacky Dakin
Staying Stress Savvy in a Tough World
Jacky Dakin has worked as an Organisational Psychologist for over 20 years. She has run Halifax House Consulting since 1995 and provides services in both organisational and private psychology. In the corporate arena she works in areas including leadership development, conflict mediation, creating work/life balance and with dysfunctional teams. Jacky is active on a number of boards and committees, frequently mentors younger colleagues and was a former finalist in the Telstra Business Woman of the Year.

With constant change occurring, increasing mental health problems, reduced work resources and global financial impacts, both personal and workplace resilience is necessary to manage the pressures that people and teams may be exposed to. This workshop will include a brief snapshot of how well participants are faring at the moment stress wise, provide practical self care strategies and tips for effective self management along with proven techniques for de- stressing workplaces.

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Resilience at Work - Workshop Categories
WELLNESS WORKSHOP ONE
MINDFULNESS Chris Hamilton - Industrial Psychologist

WELLNESS WORKSHOP TWO
OWNERSHIP Dale Hicks - Neuro Linguistic Programming

WELLNESS WORKSHOP THREE
STRESS Jacky Dakin - Staying Stress Savvy in a Tough World

WELLNESS WORKSHOP FOUR
RESILIENCE Dave Flanagan - Resilience with Humour

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