- 'Deeply cynical about the efficacy of executive coaching I quickly came to see the value in what Mark Oliver can offer those who aspire to be better leaders through understanding themselves' - Dr David Cox, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
- 'This has been the best training I have participated in throughout my working life and am certainly trying hard at putting into practice the concepts of the course. I am also really encouraged to see others… also consciously putting these concepts into practice and getting some great results. As you said, the trick is to continuously try and put these leadership concepts into practice so that it becomes second nature… think that one of the most important things that I have gotten out of this course is that I need to become more Self-Aware in order to Self-Lead in order to Lead Others… this causes me to examine myself more in terms of motivations,...attitude etc which in turn will help me to lead myself and therefore others better… Thanks Mark for conducting the training with enormous energy, enthusiasm, belief and a conviction in what you were sharing with us. The course was never boring and kept me interested the whole time… this is amazing in itself! It has made an impact in our group… Thanks Mark' - Filomena Palmer, Project Manager, CitiPower and Powercor
- ‘Mark Oliver is very impressive. I have met very many mentors and leadership developers, many of whom add absolutely no value. Mark Oliver, on the other hand, is highly intelligent and well qualified, very down to earth and competent and his offerings are straightforward and structured’ - Paul Bennett, Principal, Fish & Nankivell Ogilvie Watson
- ‘And thank you again for your work and guidance through this process. You gave us the mindset and confidence to manage through these difficult conversations with compassion… it has added another "a heart" dimension to this process’ - Julia Tzanakakis, Head of Business Development, Technology Operations, Nab
- ‘Good content/ good energy/ well constructed and thought provoking......... Role plays and group exercises - Brilliant!' - Richard Skinner, Testing Strategy and Transformation Manager, Nab
- ‘We all certainly thought that Day 2 with you was time well-spent... and uncannily timely... all of us will have ample opportunity to practice the insights from your session!' - Steve Ballengee, Head of Testing Services, Nab
- ‘Interesting well presented [assessor] course, and worth attending, it made me more comfortable and more aware of my role as an assessor’ - Amal Hussein, Project Manager, Nab
- ‘Another great session, always learn something new’ - Graham Robertson, CEO, McCormick Foods Australia
- ‘I love your course... I really like your [UHM] model - it's excellent’ - Sunita Kadambi, Department of Human Services
- ‘Great insights into life examples [during interviewer training]’ - Nina Marshall, Client Manager, Adaps
- ‘I did want to say "thank you" for your help in the group intervention some months ago. … there has been a significant change in the attitudes and atmosphere within the group - which encourages me greatly’ - Randel Fang, Manager Virology Department, CSL
- Participants' written feedback after ten half day workshops on 5 different leadership topics in 2006 and 2 in 2008 at the CPA Annual Congress: (There were up to 55 participants at each workshop and the average rating across all participants was 4.6 out of 5 in 2006 and 4.7 out of 5 in 2008 where 4=very good and 5=excellent) - 'Excellent session probably the best I have ever been to', 'Great speaker, great insights', 'Excellent, very useful and I found this session extremely interesting and feel that it was very worthwhile', 'Excellent presentation and skills taught', 'Excellent content & presentation'
'Excellent presenter, funny, engaging and well worth listening to', ' Challenging and insightful' 'One of the best sessions I have been to over the last years of the CPA Congress', 'Excellent presenter', 'Excellent session. I will highly recommend this to work colleagues', 'Very interactive', 'Enormously entertaining and with a wider meaning than just in a business content', 'Great'
- 'Your presentation on "Authentic leadership" during the CPA Congress had a great impact on me and the other group members. You are brave enough to challenge the current leadership image/profile and provide the real leadership capabilities through the UHM model. As you rightly pointed out, leadership is more than gaining power. Fantastic work ... developing individual and organisational leadership abilities' - Sunita Kadambi, Project Leader, Department of Human Services
- ‘Re: the session yesterday -- it went very well, and clearly we could have spent a full day on this topic. The discussion was very open and we surfaced some of the big topics around communication, trust etc. Very healthy discussion. The key will be the next steps… we definitely needed Mark as a facilitator to keep it moving, review the concepts. Mark -- you did a great job keeping us focused, thank you for that. It was invaluable to have your guidance and facilitation as a 3rd party and more neutral advisor. Greatly appreciated’ - Janet Ramey, Senior Director, Cisco Systems
- 'Great day today. I really enjoyed it and learnt so much but I was tired by the end. ... The feedback I received was fantastic'
- Deb Elliott, Head of Core Banking Solutions, Consumer Product Solutions, National Australia Bank
- [What should the course start doing?] 'Great as it is' & [What should the course continue doing?] 'Providing new, valuable self learning skills' - Andrew Pritchard, QA Systems Coordinator, McCormick Foods Australia
- ‘[The] role playing was excellent’ - Daniel Barron, Packaging Technologist, McCormick Foods Australia
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