Managing Director of Linkage Australia and New Zealand and a member of the Linkage global partner team.

 

Colin is an experienced strategist, facilitator and executive coach. His expertise is in leadership strategy and development, human resource practice, change and transition, process innovation and high performance team development.

 

Colin has consulted with multiple organisations to improve their business performance and results at the C- and senior management level and is known for his conceptual, strategic but pragmatic approach to leadership reinvention. In addition Colin has successfully led large-scale project implementation, organisational and leadership strategy, structural and cost reform agenda. He has held senior roles in the financial services, agribusiness, research, government and coal mining industries.

 

Colin is a qualified practitioner in a variety of psychometric instruments and diagnostic assessments. Colin's qualifications include an MBA, a Doctor of Business Leadership and tertiary qualification in chemistry.

 

David Giber is a Principal Consultant at Linkage with more than 20 years of experience in transforming companies into high-performing organisations by creating integrated human resource and leadership systems with measurable business impact. Internationally known as a leader in the field, David has consulted with leaders from a wide variety of international organisations on issues such as succession planning, management development, action learning, executive coaching, workforce assessment and developing performance and selection systems.

 

He is also the editor of several landmark books, including Best Practices in Leading the Global Workforce (Linkage Press, 2004), Best Practices in Organisational Development and Change (Jossey-Bass, 2001), and Linkage, Inc.'s Best Practices in Leadership Development Handbook (Jossey-Bass, 2000), as well as a contributing author for The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching (John Wiley & Sons, 2004).

 

Prior to joining Linkage in 1992, David was a human resources and leadership development executive at several high tech, financial services and travel companies. He is an industrial/organisational psychologist who received his BA degree from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from Duke University.

 

Co-founder of Linkage Australia and New Zealand and a member of the Linkage global partner team.

 

Christine is an experienced senior executive/board member with extensive commercial experience across a range of industries including health, finance, retail, manufacturing and food.

 

Christine has a reputation as a leading innovator with outstanding strategic leadership skills and a proven ability to deliver commercial outcomes. She also has extensive experience as a consultant and coach and has worked with many senior executive teams in areas such as innovation and growth, strategy development, change management, and development of high performance teams.

 

Christine’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Health Administration from the University of New South Wales (Sydney) and a Doctor of Business Administration with a specialisation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

 

Joshua Soo is an Associate Consultant with Linkage Australian & New Zealand. He is involved in designing leadership development programs and talent assessments, preparation of Linkage corporate proposals, development of client communication plans, as well as increasing Linkage’s corporate presence in Australia and New Zealand. Joshua has worked with KPMG in Malaysia and prior to joining Linkage, he worked in an advertising agency where his primary responsibilities included idea and concept generation. The combination of his interpersonal and communication skills makes him a good presenter, facilitator and communicator.

 

Joshua has a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing and Finance) and a Master of International Law from the University of Sydney.

 

Sylvie has 25 years experience in the HR field. She worked in various industries including engineering, IT, telecommunication, banking, airline, media and transportation.

 

Until recently, Sylvie was the Director of People for Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), a professional consulting firm employing 2,400 employees in ANZ and more than 12,000 world-wide. After joining PB in 2005, in alignment with the PB growth strategy and in partnership with the senior leadership team, Sylvie's team recruited over 2,000 employees, doubling employee referrals and tripling the size of the organisation. Employee turnover also reduced by half and was below industry average. Sylvie led the implementation of an organisational culture enhancement program, introduced flexible working options, established a women's network and put in place talent management programs covering graduate development, coaching and leadership development.

 

Sylvie was AHRI's (Australian Human Resources Institute) 2009 HR Leader of the Year runner up. She is now the Director of Parlure Consulting (an alliance partner of Linkage), a company that specialises in helping organisations achieve unprecedented levels of workplace performance.

 

Sylvie was AHRI's (Australian Sylvie's qualifications include a Doctorate and Masters Degree in Educational Technology and tertiary qualifications in arts (social sciences).

 

Peter has been a career consultant since 1988. Prior to that, he held a number of senior positions in the public sector including responsibilities for developing public policy, marketing and staff development.

 

In the private sector he has undertaken significant projects with household names in the food, metal, manufacturing and financial industries. His is a foundation presenter on leadership in the graduate level, PSM Program and has completed major assignments with State, Commonwealth and Local Government bodies. In 2000 he was a visiting lecturer in the International MBA, Waikato University lecturing on change management. In 2004 was awarded Bronze in the NSW Premier's Public Sector Awards in the Business, Management and Financial Performance category.

 

He holds qualifications in agriculture, arts and with a doctorate in education. He is a Rotary Graduate Fellow - a competitive award enabling three years of graduate studies at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants Australia and AITD. Accreditations include Belbin Team Role, Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument, DISC, Apollo, Full-circle Feedback, Conflict Dynamics Profile and BarOn EQi.

 

Madelyn is principal consultant at Linkage with over 20 years of experience working with organisations, teams and individuals to create high performance workforces and implement major change initiatives. Identifying collaboration as a pivotal factor in performance, she cultivated a distinct expertise in the "Art and Science of Collaboration".

 

Bringing cutting-edge thought leadership and hands-on practical experience to her consulting, Madelyn developed The Synergistic Collaboration Model, a comprehensive implementation methodology. The model provides a strong conceptual framework and practical tools to sustain high performance collaborations. She provides strategic consulting, executive coaching and leadership training to clients for a broad range of collaborative engagement, including strategic alliances and joint ventures; organisational restructuring;; cultural transformations; multi-stakeholder /multi-team initiatives; cross-divisional initiatives; customer/supplier relationships; and critical work teams.

 

Madelyn brings unrivalled experience and perspective to her consulting having gained an in-depth understanding of the strategic imperative of collaboration, when she managed a Harvard Business School research project for Rosabeth Moss Kanter, investigating what positioned countries, cities and companies to be world class in the 21st century global economy, resulting in the book, "World Class". In addition she had the opportunity to study with thought leaders such as Chris Argyris, Jim Sebenius, Richard Hackman and Peter Senge.

 

Madelyn holds a Masters degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government with joint studies at the Harvard Business School. She studied International Relations at Coventry University in England and holds a B. A. from The College of New Jersey.