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Gwen Pinnington

Director | Ways of Working | Change | Leadership

Gwen is passionate about making a positive difference in the world and sees change as an opportunity for authentic excellence and growth.  An innovative results-oriented leader, facilitator and coach, she is motivated to inspire others for transformative change through compassion, courage, trust, awareness and accountability.

“I stand for Compassion Based Leadership, that is in service to ourselves and others. My personal commitment is to facilitate individual and collective effectiveness in others that is sustainable and based in a higher-level consciousness so that people and communities can thrive.”

Gwen has a global reputation for highly-effective coaching, leadership and transformational change using a simple equation "People + Process + Compassion = Excellent Outcomes".  Gwen builds strong relationships and adds value and authenticity through her work, whilst delivering positive outcomes. She loves helping leaders to expand their skills, awareness, confidence and conscious effectiveness. She walks alongside her clients to partner their success and deliver results in organisational design and development, HR advisory, high-performance team development, leadership and effectiveness coaching, process improvement and whole-system change. Gwen’s most rewarding work is facilitating the personalised Individual Transformation Programs with people who want to live with purpose, meaning and ease and be the best leaders they can be.

She started her career as a business analyst with a global consulting firm and evolved into strategic & enterprise analysis, coaching, change management, business improvement and leadership roles across a variety of industries and clients around the world. She has led cross-functional teams accountable for Human Resources, IT, Business Improvement, Change Management and Communications. She has held Executive positions and not-for-profit Director roles, and served as IIBA Regional Director – Asia Pacific from 2010 to 2014.

One of the highlights of Gwen’s career was in 2014 when she was 1 of only 200 global leaders invited to attend the Spirit of Humanity Forum in Iceland. For 3 days, she shared in dialogue, change and enquiry with Nobel peace prize winners, Royal advisors, global politicians and business executives. Gwen was invited back and attended the 2019 Forum as well.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors in Business, Communication & Psychology, University of Minnesota, USA

  • 1 of 200 leaders invited to the Spirit of Humanity Global Leadership Forum (Reykjavík, Iceland) – 2014 & 2019

  • National Board Member – Charter for Compassion Australia

  • Accredited Facilitator/Coach and Affiliate Partner - Patrick Lencioni's Working Genius

  • Certified Effectiveness Coach – Emerson Suite

  • Accredited Facilitator/Coach – The Leadership Circle

  • Accredited Facilitator/Coach – The Richards Trauma Process

  • Accredited Facilitator – Compassionate Integrity Training

  • Accredited Facilitator – Executive Leadership Development & Personal Transformation Programs

  • University of Tasmania – Applied Coaching Skills

  • Harvard Business School – ‘Management Essentials’ & ‘Stepping Up to Management’

  • Impact Solutions International – Master Consultants Training Program

  • Masters Forum – Executing Strategy using the Balanced Scorecard (by Dr. David Norton)

  • Leading Effective Teams, Certificate Series

  • Immunity-to-Change Training, with Lisa Lahey of Minds at Work

  • The Essence of Compassion, Charter Institute

  • Business Process Analysis, Innovation and Design Training

  • PMBOK Project Management Training

  • HR, Financials & Supply Chain Certified Consultant

  • Keynote speaker

  • IIBA Regional Director – Asia Pacific (2010 to 2014)

  • Nominated for Deloitte Businesswoman of the Year

  • National Values Award Winner – Deloitte Award

  • First recipient of “Living the Values - Employee Recognition Award” (Manpower Group)

What People Say

  • “Our team was falling short of its potential both collectively and individually.  The sessions/workshops that you developed and facilitated enabled our team to raise, identify and discuss the issues and processes that were hindering development, and develop agreed communication and trust and build a picture of the team’s and individuals’ aspirations going forward.  There have been immediate tangible positive results as we progress along the path to our goals.  Without your support and insights, we would still be looking for that path.”

    CFO, Government

  • “Your unique combination of high emotional intelligence, warmth, and business acumen effectively facilitated both corporate and human transitions in organisations that are disrupted due to change. The efficiency and effectiveness of our transition would not have been possible without your expertise and skill.”

    Board of Director, Health Sector

  • “My work with you in the coaching was rich in reflection, challenging thinking and active mentoring.  It has recalibrated assumptions I had about leadership in general and about myself as a leader. I now feel so much more self-aware as I work with others, I’m confident in my role as a member of a leadership team, and a spark of ambition has been lit to explore the next steps in my professional journey.”

    Director, Education Sector

  • “It has been a privilege to work with Gwen and her team. The work gave us a clear way forward as we strive for inclusive communication, leadership from the heart, trusting relationships, brave conversations and the courage to change in a considered manner. Your personalities, values and manner of working were in complete harmony with the values and ethos of our school.

    Deputy Principal, Private School

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