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Our Team
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Lindsay Tighe
Lindsay is the CEO of Inspirational Coaching and an executive coach and trainer who has worked in the corporate world for 20 years. She established the business in 2002 and has been coaching and training managers and executives for over six years. Before finding her true passion in coaching and training, Lindsay was an Administration Manager where she had responsibility for leading a team of 50 people. This leadership role has led her to develop a real passion for exploring the topic of what makes great leaders and she sees her coaching and training roles as ways to be influential in this field.
Accredited in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and the BarOn EQ-I assessment tool (which measures people’s emotional intelligence), Lindsay combines her coaching and training with tools that effectively gauge a true understanding of people so that meaningful and personalised strategies are used to achieve the desired results. Lindsay holds an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management and regularly speaks at a variety of functions. She has also been featured in Women’s Day, Good Medicine, New Idea and the Qantas in flight magazine.
Lindsay is an incredible woman that exudes inspiration in every word she speaks. She is renowned for her success in coaching executives and assisting individual and teams to perform at their peak. She has unique qualities that make her a success with her relationships, business, products and workshops internationally.
Email: lindsay@icoachu.com.au
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Mike Tighe
Mike’s passion is working with businesses to improve their performance. He does this by offering fun, practical training tailored to meet specific client requirements. He specialises in the areas of Leadership, Risk Management, Process Improvement, Problem Solving and Systems Auditing. Mike’s desire for helping business has grown during his twenty five years of experience working in the corporate sector. A strong advocate for personal development, he has been awarded an MBA from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
During his working life, Mike has worked extensively in the automotive and service sectors in a Quality Management or General Management role. He has also worked with hundreds of clients in the capacity as either Systems Auditor or Trainer. The work has taken him to Europe, Asia, Australia and the US and has exposed him to the latest in leading business practices.
One of Mike’s favourite quotes is "If we did all the things we are capable of we would truly astound ourselves".
Mike has a wealth of knowledge within a range of varying industries, which enable him to connect and understand many people on an array of topics. His ability to listen, understand and then ask strategic questions, has empowered him to attract clients who keep coming back for more of his inspiration and knowledge.
Email: mike@icoachu.com.au
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Lisa Trenchard
Lisa has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management Communication, accreditation in DISC behavioural profiling, and a Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training. She is also a graduate of the renowned Life Coaching Academy.
Lisa has been coaching, training and developing mentoring programs for the past 10 years. She is known for her ability to create a learning environment where people feel empowered to step out of their comfort zone and be open to new ideas. She previously worked as the Victorian Training Manager for Nokia Australia and has broadened her knowledge and experience in the UK, where she was the Learning and Development Manager for Ernst & Young in their financial services office. More recently, as a corporate trainer and executive coach, she has been working with high profile government, community and corporate clients.
Lisa is passionate about adult learning, creating change and challenging people to reach their true potential. She’ll make sure that you are too.
"It's never too late to be what you might have been" - George Eliot.
Lisa is passionate about creating positive change in others, and is dedicated to helping clients reach their full potential. Lisa’s attitude towards learning, healthy working relationships and celebrating success leaves clients feeling excited about the future and with a real sense of empowerment. Lisa can’t wait to hear more about people’s dreams and aspirations. She is a creative visionary and believes we can all create a successful future and challenges clients to do so.
Email: lisa@icoachu.com.au
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Jane Gravell
Jane has completed Business Studies at Swinburne and has also completed a course in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). She has been with Inspirational Coaching for five years and plays a critical role in the day to day running of the office. Jane is responsible for ensuring that trainers and coaches have the resources they need and is always happy to answer and respond to enquiries from clients. She also supports the three directors for the company and is passionate about working with Inspirational Coaching and its declaration and commitments to all their clients.
Jane is bubbly, positive, proactive, and efficient. She is not only the first point of call of the company, but she is also considered part of the solid foundation for our business. Her experience and knowledge of the company is valued and treasured. She is the enthusiastic voice on the other end of the phone, who is has developed a reputation among clients as being reliable and efficient with all enquires.
Email: jane@icoachu.com.au
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Anna Meirelles
Anna is a trainer, facilitator and coach with over 20 years experience working in education, psychology (counselling, coaching and research) and business development. Facilitating learning, creating change and challenging people to reach their true potential are Anna’s passions. Her dynamic presentation style keeps participants engaged and keen to explore new strategies and ideas. Specialising in Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Skills, Anna is an accredited trainer in a number of complementary individual assessment and self-management tools. These include: Genos Emotional Intelligence (EI) questionnaire and coaching methodology - the only Australian Emotional Intelligence assessment instrument designed specifically for workplace applications and with methodologies proven to enhance EI. Anna also has many years experience in using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); a widely used and reliable personality inventory and DISC a behavioural profiling tool; both used as a tool to develop self-awareness and a better understanding of others.
Anna has a very professional, polished style but an infectious easiness; she has a strong energy and is an excellent presenter. She is expressive, animated, and passionate about coaching and assists individuals and teams to reach their potential. Her academic background is very impressive and she loves sharing her wisdom and knowledge with others.
Email: anna@icoachu.com.au
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Vanessa Parsons
Vanessa has a Bachelor of Education (Primary) and is also a graduate of the renowned Life Coaching Academy. During her eight years as a primary school teacher and as a mother to two beautiful children, Vanessa has developed a passion for supporting and challenging individuals to be the best they can be. It was this passion and the benefits that coaching had to offer teachers that led to Vanessa’s initial interest and then transition to coaching and training. Vanessa has supported hundreds of individuals to grow and achieve success and she is an expert at creating a safe and supportive learning environment in which individuals and groups are willing to step out of their comfort zone to create new possibilities. Vanessa believes that continual growth and success are choices that are available to all of us and she is excited about working together with schools to inspire teachers, parents and students to be the best they can be!
Vanessa has amazing qualities that attracts teams and individuals to listen carefully to every word she states. She has the ability to step into the shoes of others and see their perspectives. Her success with each client she coaches, and workshop she facilitates is evident through the repeat business she attracts as she leaves every client wanting more.
Email: vanessa@icoachu.com.au
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Margaret Smith
Margaret has a Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Development, Bachelor of Arts majoring in Sociology and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. Her commitment is to supporting and nurturing people to achieve their full potential whilst enjoying the journey of discovery and learning. With 18 years experience as a learning and development facilitator, Margaret has developed teams and managers in many workplaces including the public service, call centres and the retail sector.
Margaret’s passion for training is evident in her ability to create a learning environment that is fun, challenging and nurturing. She believes it is important for people to enjoy a process of learning that adds value not only to their working lives but also to them personally.
Margaret’s past work has included working for The Body Shop Australia, where she was able to combine a strong commitment to ethics along with an emphasis on stakeholder fulfilment. A quote that has always inspired and guided Margaret’s work ethic is to "Be the change you want to see in the world" - Gandhi
Margret is an incredibly impressive presenter, who has the ability to entertain and capture your attention from the moment she starts speaking to the conclusion of her workshops. She has quotes, stories, and an energy that amazes, engages and inspires clients.
Email: margaret@icoachu.com.au
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Sandra Stephenson
Originally an early childhood teacher, Sandra has well over 20 yrs practical workplace experience in a variety of roles in private, local government, education and community sectors, and this has resulted in a broad and practical understanding of workplace issues. With most roles at management level, Sandra has strong leadership and team building skills, and an enviable reputation for effective operational management. (Sandra doubles as our office manager.)
As facilitator, Sandra is particularly interested in leadership, team building, communication, group dynamics, workplace culture, and managing conflict, stress and workloads. She brings a practical focus to improving personal and workplace effectiveness and loves delving into the skills and behaviours that contribute to individual and organisational achievement. Sandra ensures her training is relevant to the participants, and is results oriented rather than simply informative. Having managed budgets for many years, she is mindful that staff development is a critical investment, and one that must lead to enthusiastic action in the workplace.
Sandra is a dedicated, experienced, organised, and thorough office manager, coach and facilitator. She takes extreme pride in her work, and challenges individuals and teams to operate at their potential. Sandra is multi-skilled and has the ability to be creative, inspirational, motivating and knowledgeable all at the same time. Sandra makes each topic she presents practical and informative.
Email: sandra@icoachu.com.au
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Ross Bell
Ross is a highly credentialed and successful Executive Coach, Trainer and Facilitator with 20 years of experience in a range of professions spanning management consulting, project management, organisation development, commercial management, group facilitation and leadership training. Ross is passionate about people, teams and leadership. His vision is to combine his diverse professional experience to facilitate greater team and individual effectiveness and performance.
Ross has worked across a wide range of industries including financial services, resources, professional services, energy, IT&T and government. He holds a Masters from Oxford University, Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment & Training and is an accredited Myers Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) practitioner and Occupational Personality Questionnaire (SHL) user. Ross is currently undertaking a Masters in Organisation Dynamics at RMIT University.
Ross brings a pragmatic approach to his clients and their organisations. Whether training and facilitating groups or coaching individuals, he has a direct, honest and results focussed style, which is balanced with a supportive and encouraging nature. He enjoys the challenge of aligning people with processes and systems to achieve strategic and operational goals.
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Lynora Brooke
Approachable and adaptable in style, Lynora is an insightful and compassionate coach who empowers people to operate effectively and powerfully in their environment. Passionate about helping people realise their full potential and identify their own passion, Lynora works as a professional coach with individuals from varied backgrounds and areas of responsibility, with many clients being senior executives in corporations who face daily work/life balance challenges. Lynora tailors the coaching process to best suit the individual and what it is they want to achieve.
She also facilitates discussion or conducts formal mediation for parties who are in conflict. Lynora facilitates strategic planning reviews and organisational change initiatives for corporate and not-for-profit organisations.
Lynora has 30 years experience working in corporate environments. In recent years, she has been operating as an executive coach and mentor, facilitator and conflict coach, and mediator of disputes.
Her diverse business background spans various industry sectors, across a number of countries and gives her an appreciation and insight into many of the issues faced by business leaders in today’s fast-paced world.
Lynora has worked in areas such as IT, client relationship, program, project and business management in sectors that include property, information technology, recruitment, financial services, indigenous advocacy and international trading.
Lynora is an accredited Neuro Semantics Meta Coach, certified Cinergy Conflict Coach, accredited LEADR mediator and NLP practitioner. She is on the NSW Chapter Executive of LEADR (Association of Dispute Resolvers), is a member of the Australian Institute of Management, Sydney Facilitators Network, Conflict Coaching Network Australia, International Coach Federation and the International Society of Neuro Semantics.
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Tina Dolphin
Tina Dolphin is a training and development expert who combines her extensive experience, skill set and passion to design and deliver development programs that maximise the potential of individuals, teams and organisations.
An experienced trainer and a professionally trained performance coach, Tina has been coaching, training and mentoring for over 10 years across a diverse range of industries including; advertising, recruitment, pharmaceutical, healthcare, travel and retail in Australia and the UK.
From one-on-one coaching at executive level through to group workshops for customer service personnel, Tina has the ability to engage participants of all levels and experience and work with them to recognise their full potential, create behaviour change and improve performance.
Specialising in personal development or ‘soft skills’ coaching, Tina combines a range of coaching methodologies, NLP and questioning techniques to help individuals identify key areas of development and establish strategies for success. Tina describes her style as intuitive, challenging, empathetic and down to earth with an ability to ‘get to the heart of the matter’ and quickly move clients forward.
Tina is passionate and proactive in the development of coaching and remains at the forefront of emerging coaching methodologies.
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Mary Mangos
Mary is a consultant with Inspirational Coaching and has over 20 years experience in learning and development. As an expert facilitator Mary has facilitated programs for Senior Executives, Senior / Middle Managers, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Professionals and Graduates in Manufacturing, Finance and Banking, Marketing and Sales, Distribution, Local Government, Product/ Business Development and Call Centre Clients.
Her approach is based on proven psychological tools and practical industry experience, to assess development needs, identify goals and to design and deliver programs. Mary has extensive expertise in facilitating for improved Coaching Capability, Effective Communication, Relationship Building, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Performance and Resilience, Team Collaboration and Performance and managing Work Life Balance.
Mary has gained considerable Human Resources line management experience, covering graduate recruitment / development, learning and development, organisational / personnel planning and employee relations. Her achievements include supporting Ford Australia to achieve the ACCI Work and Family Awards and BF Goodrich Chemical in achieving its Training Employer of the Year award.
Accredited in the Genos Emotional Intelligence assessment and coaching tool, Mary ensures proven psychological models are utilised with practical mindset. Mary also holds a Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training and runs tailored workshops to meet organisational requirements.
Mary is a registered Coaching Psychologist and a member of the Australian Institute of Training and Development and Member of the International Positive Psychology Association. She is a published author. A case study of her work "Group Coaching, National Custodian Services" has been published in the book: Releasing the Potential of Managers - Australian Coaching, Deakin Prime (2003).
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Kathy Rodwell
Kathy is an Executive Coach, Training Facilitator and the Australian Regional Director of the Meta-Coach Foundation (MCF). Specialising in executive, personal and career coaching, she approaches her coaching partnerships with respectful curiosity and has a way of getting to the heart of things quickly. Using advanced coaching methodologies Kathy's unique and powerful programs have helped people transform their lives, careers and business results.
Prior to founding her coaching, facilitating and mentoring career Kathy enjoyed a corporate career including 15 years in sales management, product marketing and service standards development. With considerable experience in the service industry Kathy was responsible for the learning and development functions of Ansett’s workforce at domestic and international airports during rollout of a major organisational change program, and she developed service and presentation standards for Ansett. She has also managed major projects involving protocol and logistics for Prime Ministerial, Heads of State and VIP visits within Australia and overseas.
Kathy is proud to have been involved in the pioneering phase of coaching in Australia, and has coached extensively since 2001, gathering a number of pertinent qualifications and accreditations along the way, and considerable experience working with senior executives, middle managers, politicians, entrepreneurs and professionals from many walks of life. She focuses on helping people develop their individual talents and capabilities so they are completely resourceful at navigating change for a fulfilling career and life. Using a strengths based approach, her programs have a focus on the practical and sustainable strategies people require to take their life and work in their chosen direction.
Kathy’s pro-bono work includes working with Activate Australia to develop leadership in young people from low socio-economic areas of Melbourne that results in them creating positive change in their own lives and within their communities.
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Evie Weaver
When you ask Evie how long she has been coaching, it feels like she has coached others all her life in some capacity. She is an accredited Life & Business Coach with a Certificate IV in Life Coaching and NLP Practitioner. Her Diploma in Professional Counselling and Post Graduate Teaching Qualifications has afforded her the opportunity to better understand human behaviour and thus has been able to help people from all walks of life.
Evie has worked in a variety of businesses and modalities - education, health (medical, radiology & pharmaceutical) marketing and public relations, cosmetics and IT. She has created successful relationships within all levels of businesses and this has afforded her the growth and success she has experienced and brought to these businesses and individuals alike.
Due to her vast experiences in life, Evie can relate very well to people of all ages and works with them, to help them move on from emotional attachments and limiting belief systems to establish an empowering desired new way of life.
Evie is dedicated to coaching in a holistic way, and as an Aura-Soma Practitioner, she is able to provide additional help, as she truly believes that there are no individual parts to anyone. Our personal lives, our business or career and our spiritual development are all integrated aspects, which need nurturing, and in combination, make us who we really are.
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