Lindy brings to this role 20 years experience in both community and organisational capacity building working in local government and public sector organisations as a facilitator, internal consultant, manager, trainer and change agent. Lindy has also held senior roles as an internal consultant and Manager in local government with a people, culture and business improvement focus. With a style that has been described as intuitive, provocative and solutions focused, Lindy’s insight into systems dynamics gives her consulting and coaching an edge that powerfully catalyses change.
Lindy’s outstanding work in promoting an accessible and inclusive organisational culture saw her receiving 2 industry awards for innovation, leadership and integrated planning through the Victorian Local Government Accessible Communities Awards in 2000 and 2002.
Lindy’s specialist expertise includes:
- Facilitating team strengthening and strategic planning workshops to help groups have conversations that matter and translate thinking into action
- Creating and holding spaces for learning, reflection and self-awareness to emerge for individuals and groups
- Flexibility to work constructively with intensity of feelings and challenging encounters in groups
- High levels of competency in using a range of methods to bring out the best in groups
- Strategic foresight and future planning; bringing high level analytical and conceptual skills to anticipate scenarios and think at both big picture and detail levels
- Maintaining the drive and resilience for achieving results under pressure
Professional Qualifications and Memberships:
- Professional Doctorate – Therapeutic Arts Practice, Organisation Dynamics (MIECAT)
- Masters Applied Science Organisation Dynamics (RMIT)
- International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) certified practitioner
- Advanced Certificate – Group Facilitation (Groupwork Institute)
- Diploma of Business Management (Swinburne University)
- Ass Dip Social Science, Community Services (Swinburne University)
- Accredited Analytic Network Coach (AN Network, United Kingdom)
- Accredited facilitator for the Enneagram System (IEQ9, Enneagram in Business, Enneagram Spectrum)
- Advanced practitioner of the Team Management Profile Suite (TMS)
- Open Space Technology facilitator
- Mental Health First Aider
- Member of the International Enneagram Association (IEA)
- Member of the Victorian Facilitators Network