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A coach and facilitator with over a decade of experience, Phil works with leaders to help them integrate purpose, meaning and performance.

Phil takes a developmental approach to coaching, helping leaders ‘level-up’ and see things about themselves and the world around them they were previously blind to. There is no faster path to help individuals leverage their creative gifts, mitigate their blind-spots, and ultimately develop the habits and strategies that allow them to show-up and perform their life’s work.

Translating insight into action isn’t always easy, and Phil serves as a transformation partner for his clients. Providing space for reflection, incisive questions, and accountability.

With a background serving in the Australian Army, James has experienced first-hand the importance of strong leadership when driving success in stressful environments.

James is passionate about improving other people’s lives and creates superior outcomes through his straightforward coaching.

Since moving into Coaching and Facilitation, James has worked with start-ups to ASX listed heavyweights in Technology, Banking & Finance, Insurance, Government, Engineering, as well as the Oil & Gas sector.

Juliette is a strategic customer centric professional with a unique skill set in designing high impact engagement and experience for employees and clients across the board. 

Juliette has over 20 years’ experience in leading strategic initiatives in learning, education, consulting, professional services and health. 

Drawing from her experience in implementing and managing large global projects across multiple verticals, Juliette now couples her strong passion and belief in relationship and engagement strategies with operationalising strategy. 

Juliette is motivated by influencing strategic direction, promoting culture and embedding sustainable practices to maximise results for her chosen partners.

Mark has a broad background, beginning his career serving nearly a decade in the Australian Army as a Psychology Officer. This provided him the opportunity to provide individual, team, and Organisational Psychological intervention both in Australia and overseas on operations.

During this time, Mark also had the privilege of working with Australia’s elite Special Forces in human performance, workplace mental health, and selection and assessment. Mark concluded his career in the Australian Army as the commander of a health centre with over a hundred staff across multiple professions. He was awarded an Australian Defence Force Gold Commendation for his motivational and supportive leadership in this role.

As a psychologist, facilitator and coach, Mark has worked across industry in human factors, human performance, workplace mental health strategy development, psychosocial risk assessment and management, and leadership development.

He is passionate about providing solutions that impact 5 in5 employees, not just the 1 in 5 who may experience mental ill-health at anyone time.

Mark has applied these skills across industry including professional sports (Western Force Rugby and NRL), police and emergency service agencies at the state and federal level, mining and resources, professional services, and finance and insurance.

Mark has helped countless senior executives find the best versions of them so that they lead through wellbeing.

Tracy Butler has over 25 years of managerial and leadership experience working with corporations, non-profits, and small to medium sized enterprises.

Tracy has a unique blend of executive experience across operations, marketing, business growth and rapid tech. In her coaching career, she has worked with individuals creating career change and assisting with job transitions, bringing teams together through practical and easy to implement models, and delivering development workshops and facilitation for corporate, not-for-profit, and government groups.

She has designed programs and facilitates learning in the areas of individual and team effectiveness and operating styles, career planning, management and leadership tools, and personal branding.

One of Tracy’s primary purposes is to help others in; business, personal growth, and charitable causes. She is practical, service driven, and optimistic in her approach.

Leonie is an experienced innovator who partners with clients worldwide to create effective organisational transformation and high performing teams. Over 25 years she has gained experience and held senior executive roles in consulting, sales and marketing and general management in Australia and Asia Pacific. 

Leonie has a natural ability to build trust, inspire individuals and align personal and business objectives. 

Leonie has a deep passion to help organisations do better by creating access to development to all individuals in an organisation. She had a senior position in corporate mental health and wellbeing organisation, managing a team of organisational and clinical psychologists developing mental health programs and preventative solutions for high risk workforces over a diverse client base.

Nicole Stinton has worked in learning and development for over a decade in Australia, Asia and Europe. Her passion for people development has led her to work as an executive coach, key-note speaker, and facilitator across all corporate levels.

Equipped with a CEG Coaching qualification, a Graduate Diploma in Education and a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Workplace, Nicole focuses on developing highly successful leaders, who are impactful, articulate, and dynamic in their communication. In addition to her executive coaching work, key skill focus areas include public speaking, emotional intelligence (EQ),communication, impact and personal brand, creative thinking, cultural diversity, and women in leadership.

One of the unique value-adds Nicole brings to her coaching is her experience outside the corporate sector as a director and actor in the performing arts industry. During sessions she draws from EQ and interpersonal best practices from both the arts and business arenas, to assist leaders in becoming more communicative, self-aware, and adaptable. Because of her arts experience, when needed Nicole is able to utilise acting skills to demonstrate techniques effectively and simulate work-place discussions realistically for coachees.

The quality of our lives is dependent on the quality of our relationships.

Nicole is a Designer, Master Coach and Facilitator with unique insight into human behaviour, systems and relational intelligence.

Nicole’s greatest strengths lie in galvanising the potential of the collective to meet the challenges of the moment in creative and inspired ways.  Through building relational intelligence within individuals and team, Nicole’s objective is always that the whole is much greater than the sum of its parts.

Nicole’s style of delivery is highly facilitative, addressing challenges in a constructive and solution-oriented manner.

Her diverse business background spans multiple industries including; Banking & Financial Services, Professional Services, Accounting, Government, FMCG, Defense, Professional Sport, Pharmaceutical and the Not-For-Profit sector. 

Kiki is a seasoned coaching professional, with over 20 years of experience nurturing individuals through various life stages. Her career in mental health services began in India, providing crisis support and cognitive behavioural therapy at one of the country’s largest private institutions.  

Over the next two decades, Kiki built a successful career as a global leader at Google, leading culture transformations across 13 countries to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.  

During this time, Kiki’s focus and impact centered on creating safe, fair & respectful workspaces, forming communities with underrepresented groups across the globe and building the capability of leaders so that they could amplify their impact.

With over 15 years of executive coaching experience, Kiki is a registered as a professional certified coach(PCC). She has successfully coached industry, community and not-for-profit leaders to achieve meaningful outcomes. This includes enhanced business impact, authentic executive presence, empathetic leadership, managing conflict, navigating complexity & ambiguity, delivering impact during times of personal and professional crisis, anchoring on life purpose and values, organisational influence and people leadership.

Kiki has a passion for social justice and equity, which has been a core focus of her career for decades. This has enabled her to develop deep expertise and specialist support for women entrepreneurs and executives through an intersectional lens, particularly in times of transformation, such as parenting, relationships or professional acceleration.

She strongly believes that mental health is key to living a productive and engaged life and is committed to providing an inclusive, non judgemental and safe space to all her clients through holistic coaching to support their journey towards their goals.

She is fluent in English, Hindi and Tamil.  

Mel is an experienced Executive Coach, Strategic HR Consultant and Change Manager. She has led and managed her own HR, Consulting and Sales Units, Specialist ER functions and also operated as an integral part of various Executive Leadership teams.

Insightful,  pragmatic and highly approachable, Mel quickly gains trust even in difficult, testing situations.

High level coaching, facilitation and strategic consulting skills are coupled with an HR/ER/IR employment law background and over 20 years of experience across a diverse range of industries. Industries include banking & finance, engineering & manufacturing, FMCG’s corporate law firms, tertiary education and not for profits.

Liz is a registered Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor with over 20 years experience specialising in the areas of psychological wellbeing and its impact on quality of life and workplace performance.

Liz holds a depth of experience in supporting and addressing mental health and trauma impacts on individuals, as well as coaching for individual personal development, executive and leadership coaching, and specialised expertise in high-risk and high-performance environments.

She is an expert in psychological safety and trauma-informed practice, as well as team culture and its impact on organisational performance. Whilst high performance for teams and organisations has been a significant part of her career history, she also has a passion for supporting individuals.

With over 25 years experience coaching leaders at all levels, David brings original thinking and innovation when supporting companies to build a strong team culture.

As a Registered Psychologist, his main focus is on leadership development and culture. He supports leaders and teams to develop their companies, inspire teams, and generate the change needed in order to meet the organisation’s strategy and purpose.  

He has worked professionally with companies including Westpac, ABN AMRO, Goodman Fielder, Baxter Healthcare just to name a few.

Theresa is an executive coach with experience across corporate, start-up, and scaleup environments. Since 2018, she has focused on coaching early-stage and scaleup founders, using her extensive background to help clients overcome business challenges and reach their goals. Theresa's coaching approach is centred around creating safe spaces that foster self-awareness and uncover blind spots.

She helps clients enhance their well-being, manage uncertainty, and develop critical thinking skills essential for solving complex problems. Her focus on improving focus, resilience, inclusivity, psychological safety, and compassion in the workplace reflects her commitment to nurturing effective leadership in diverse, intergenerational, and cross-cultural teams

She also supports organisations in building high-performing teams by improving collaboration, accountability, and aligning teams with a shared vision.

Tipu has worked as a learning and development professional for over 20 years across 4 different continents and specialises in leadership, culture, productivity and creating high performing teams across a diverse range of sectors.

Tipu has a flexible approach that allows individuals and teams to realise their full potential, unlocking mental barriers and self belief that will allow clients to thrive in the volatile, uncertain and complex environment we live in today.

Tipu combines his friendly and persuasive approach with deep insights and highly practical tools that assist clients to create sustainable change.

He has gained unique insights into how businesses can build and sustain high employee engagement and productivity, from recruiting, induction, technical and behavioural competence development through to performance and resource management and critically also leadership development.

Cherie is a highly accomplished business transformation expert and executive coach who is passionate about helping organisations and their people thrive in the face of disruption.

With extensive experience in strategy and complex change, Cherie has an impressive track record leading projects with Accenture, large corporates, Government departments and NFPs.

Cherie has a global network across a broad spectrum of established and emerging disciplines, including agile, human-centred design and new ways of working. With a keen interest in progressive business and culture models, she tracks organisations that are achieving ground-breaking results across a range of sectors, and brings the benefits of that knowledge to her clients.

As an active member of global agile and innovation communities, Cherie actively participates in international forums to keep up with emerging practices, innovations, and case studies.

Justin is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years’ experience consulting to individuals and organisations. He is driven by his desire to support organisations to create a more harmonious, productive, and engaging workplace, where people can come to work and fulfil their potential.

Justin has worked extensively with leaders across Australia and internationally in areas such as building high-performing teams, emotional intelligence, dealing with stress, conflict management, and resilience. He also regularly coaches leaders, providing a space for reflection, insight, focus, and growth.

Just has also worked closely with the Australian Defence Force and a number of Emergency Service agencies and has always maintained a private practice, supporting people with mental health issues such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Depression, Anxiety and addictions.

Sarit is an experienced organisational coach and facilitator who has worked locally and globally, supporting organisations from a cross section of industries including retail, banking and finance, manufacturing, legal, government, education, and the social purpose (NFP) sector.

Having led teams herself in the retail, finance, and professional development industries, Sarit has an acute understanding of the pressures and complexity that come with leading in both large and small organisations in our current changing environment.

Over the past 12years Sarit has walked alongside leaders and their teams to lead transformational organisational change. Her approach is tailored and consultative to suit organisational needs, whether it be strategic planning, cultural transformation, executive coaching, team coaching, and leadership skill enhancement towards greater organisational impact.

Sarit is passionate about equipping leaders at all levels with the skills they require to elevate their leadership. Her areas of expertise include Emotional and Social intelligence (EQ/SQ), coaching skills, giving feedback that lands, having the tough conversations, team motivation and engagement, confidence building, managing stress and succession planning.

Tim is an Organisational Development (OD) facilitator, capability leader, and team coach with over 20 years of experience. He specialises in aligning strategy and business objectives with impactful capability development across diverse industries.

As a leadership and business transformation expert, Tim explores the dynamics of strategy, change, and interpersonal relations. Using a systems psychodynamic perspective, he offers pragmatic, results-driven interventions to enhance organisational behaviour.

Passionate about leadership development, Tim believes in the power of OD initiatives to shape team culture and unlock individual potential. An accomplished executive and team coach, he is committed to fostering high-performing teams and effective leadership.

With a high level of national and international expertise, Brett is a dynamic trainer and facilitator who leverages the concepts of accelerative learning in the groups he works with.

For over  fifteen years, Brett has been working as a design and training consultant and facilitator with business entities from manufacturing, finance, professional services and government.

Cross cultural communication is also a passion for Brett as he has facilitated groups and delivered training in over 30 countries around the world in places as varied as Pakistan, Mexico, South Korea, Malaysia, South Africa, Slovenia and Spain.

With a specialisation in leadership and being able to make the complex simple for learners, he is a highly engaging and effective member of the delivery team.

Prescilla is a versatile and approachable professional, dedicated to supporting others. As the Hub and Experience Manager at encountas, she manages the end-to-end coordination of operations, ensuring the smooth and seamless delivery of all experiences. Her attention to detail and excellent organisational abilities enable her to deliver a high level of service and support to both clients and internal teams.

Prescilla is focused on achieving outcomes, supporting inclusive and engaging experiences that drive success on both an individual and organisational level.

With a background in business, complaint management, and customer service delivery, Prescilla’s career has spanned various roles in customer relations, project management, and operations. Prescilla is equipped with a unique combination of expertise and a strong focus on delivering value. Her ability to bridge the gap between operational efficiency and customer satisfaction makes her highly effective in driving learner and client outcomes, ensuring success at every stage of the process.

Advising business leaders through times of acute pressure and change has fuelled Nina’s passion for supporting individuals and teams to navigate complexity and uncertainty.

Nina works with business leaders to help them inspire and cultivate better team dynamics. She focuses on supporting clients through transition; from promotion or leadership change, metabolising the impact of M&A or retrenchments on teams and leaders, to adjusting to work life after the arrival of a baby.

Nina’s coaching and advisory business is built on 20 years of experience working closely with senior management teams and financial market advisors, supporting and counselling them in their ongoing critical communications with their different stakeholders; across investors, financial analysts, media and internal audiences.

Lou is a highly adaptable and personable professional, dedicated to empowering others and driving success. As Community Director at encountas, Lou leads the seamless coordination of operations, marketing, and community engagement and ensures every experience and event runs smoothly while fostering strong connections within the community. Lou's keen attention to detail and strong organisational skills empower her to provide exceptional service to both clients and internal teams, fostering a positive and collaborative environment.

With a background in business, project management, and customer service, Lou brings a wealth of experience across customer relations, marketing strategy, and operational delivery. Her ability to bridge operational efficiency with impactful and meaningful community connections makes her instrumental in driving success for both individuals and organisations. Lou is passionate about creating inclusive, engaging experiences that lead to tangible, lasting results.

Greg is a psychologist and people leader with over 15 years’ experience working in mental health, corporate psychology, executive coaching, and trauma and disaster response.

He is recognised as one of the leading psychologists in Australia for trauma and disaster response, having completed training with world leaders in this field and leading the response to major incidents such as the 2014 Sydney Lindt Café siege, the 2015 Nepal earthquake, and the death of Australian cricketer Phil Hughes.

Greg facilitates learning programs to a wide variety of companies including PWC, KPMG, Minter Ellison, Allens, NSW Police, Coca-Cola Amatil, Charles Darwin University, and the Department of Immigration. He has developed and run training programmes in areas including vicarious trauma, developing leaders, mental health, and disaster response.

He is a highly skilled clinician with particular interest in the areas of anxiety, perfectionism, executive health, and well-being frameworks.

Tia’s career in People and Culture started with a passion for humanising the workplace and grew into a love for facilitating lifechanging transformation and embedding highly engaged cultures.

Tia’s blend of expertise gained from over 15 years as a People and Culture Specialist and in more recent times, as a Performance Coach in her own business puts her in a strong position to assist her clients to become their best self and fulfil their ultimate potential, in and out of work.

Tia has a flair for diversity, perspective, and innovation, all of which is reflected in her work history. Tia’s time as a People and Culture Specialist spans across several different industries ranging from FMCG, Tech, Banking to Retail, of various team settings from start up to multi-national organisations, and showcases her involvement in multiple organisational development initiatives. This has included designing scalable people frameworks, optimising team culture, and coaching leaders and individuals through change and for high performance.

Drew holds a highly successful leadership and consulting background consulting with large corporate and public sector enterprises. He specialises in leadership, practical ethics, cultural development, executive coaching and strategic planning.

Drew quickly develops a deep and practical understanding of the challenges and opportunities of every client group he works with.

Under Drew’s guidance, clients quickly develop an appreciation of the impact of their current leadership style and approach. They are supported and challenged to seek the behavioural changes that will develop the positive leadership impacts they will have on those they lead and influence.

As the Director of the Hub and Community, Georgia is passionate and driven to ensure that the encountas team and our clients work together cohesively to deliver impactful and targeted experiences.

Georgia has extensive experience in the VET sector, managing learner experiences and developing and supporting systems to compliment this. Georgia has successfully managed complex projects and experiences with a variety of stakeholders and builds strong relationships through genuine connection, self-awareness, and effective communication.

She is committed to going above and beyond for clients, participants, and coaches, ensuring every point of contact is a positive, helpful, and meaningful one.

Indra delivers coaching programs in the area of leadership competencies development for Directors to Senior Leaders, diversity and inclusion, empowering exit employees due to restructuring, as well as behavioral expectations and embedding company culture for Leaders. She has also acted as a  trusted advisor and external BOD for employee placement, career and  performance issues for an international affiliated communications agency.

Indra’s experience in coaching and facilitation have been in individual transformation and human connectedness - working with individuals in their understanding of "being" and facilitating their "becoming".

What does Indra care about? Life of course!

She cares about how life is being lived and experienced and her purpose is to support her clients to live any facet of their lives optimally or differently, as  they desire.

Sean is a passionate change leader and executive coach with the ability to influence across all levels of an organisation. His diverse business background spans many industry sectors, giving him an appreciation and insight into many of the issues faced by business leaders and their teams.

Sean’s coaching style focuses around understanding and maximising people’s strengths in order to nurture their professional growth and enhance performance. His forward-thinking and analytical mindset combined with his empathetic and collaborative style forms a unique and creative approach to tackling and solving organisational challenges. He achieves this by harnessing the power of team diversity and establishing frameworks that foster innovation and drive performance. This approach has been the foundation of his success in delivering IT and transformational projects across the world.

As the encountas Hub and Experience Manager, Dannii assists both clients and the encountas team to ensure all experiences are seamless, meaningful, and enjoyable. Understanding that behind every task there are humans with unique needs and goals, Dannii provides personalised support and guidance and creates an inclusive and supportive environment.

With a background in Vocational Education and Training (VET) and eLearning, Dannii’s career journey has equipped her with skills across compliance, operations, and records management, bringing a unique combination of organisation and regulatory expertise with a focus on the client and learner experience.

With technical proficiency and a detailed, forward-thinking mindset, Dannii effectively manages multiple projects and priorities, and takes on challenges with a solution-focused perspective to consistently deliver results.

Dannii is passionate about making a positive impact both professionally and personally with a human-centered approach, always bringing warmth and friendliness to every interaction.