I’ve been working with leaders for more than 30-years—hundreds of them…
About Carolyn Stevens
Hello, I'm Carolyn Stevens
- Some were irritated because they weren’t climbing the ladder like they wanted to.
- Others needed to figure out how to deal with difficult situations and tricky people at work — and sleep better as a result.
- Quite a few were eager to learn how to persuade their boss, peers or team members.
- And others had to tackle a poor performer in their team, but were avoiding it because they felt uncomfortable about having the conversation.
When I first moved into human resource development…
In 1999, I had a realisation that would give leaders (and me) an opportunity to really step up…
Although we created unusually good results in our group work, I recognised that leaders had:
- An understandable impatience to concentrate on the situations most important to them, rather than focusing on what was important to others in the group.
- Conscious or unconscious blocks that caused them stress they didn’t disclose to the group.
It struck me that these leaders would reap huge benefits from customised development in a more intimate setting. They were crying out for conversations sculptured especially for them, which directly tackled their individual wants, needs, fears and concerns.
That’s when I began working with leaders one-on-one. And that’s when really sizeable and lasting shifts began. Through our individual, focused work we could get directly to the crux of what the leader was battling with.
My Experience
For eleven years I was with a well-known consulting house, the last six as a partner. Since 1989 I’ve run my own boutique human resource development company.
My experience is with leaders in the finance, manufacturing, marketing, IT and services industries, as well as in government with organisations such as:
AccessEAP, AMP, Amgen, Autodesk, Avaya, BHP, BlueScope, Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College, Brightpoint, Caltex, Credit Suisse, CSIRO, Defence Department, Energetics, Expedia, Fresenius Medical Care, Frontline Management Institute, Gold Coast University Hospital, Harper Collins, Hilti, James Hardie, Justice Health, Konica Minolta, Lucent Technologies, MasterCard, Medtronics, Memjet, National Prescribing Service, NSW Institute of Psychiatry, NSW Ministry of Health, Novartis, Oki, Pandora, Pentair, Queensland Health, ResMed, Rheem, Rothschild, SAI Global, Seafolly, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Sophos, Sydney Water, Tennis Victoria, Tolmar Australia, Toshiba, UXC Connect, Wesley College and Yokogawa.
My Certifications
I’ve completed studies at undergraduate and post-graduate levels in psychology and allied disciplines at Macquarie University and University of Technology.
I’m LSI and MBTI II Certified and a NLP Master Practitioner.
I was awarded the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential by the International Coach Federation (ICF) in 2001 in recognition of my training, applied skills and experience. I’ve held roles on ICF’s international Ethics Review Board, International Credentialing Committee and Australia & New Zealand Board.
