Leading Self Through Change

As we prepare for our transition to the new Adelaide University, we may face challenges to our energy, our sense of purpose, and our professional identity. We recognise that change will necessitate the adoption of new strategies, helping us navigate uncertainty and create opportunities for innovation and growth.

We invite you to join Dr. Josie McLean and Dr. Sam Wells for a series of two-hour workshops designed to support you with practical skills to help guide you through this period of change. Open to all professional and academic staff, the three sessions build upon each other, to create a comprehensive learning experience.  We encourage teams to attend together where practical to develop a shared understanding and build further connection.

Between sessions, participants will be asked to implement one new idea and share their learning experiences at the following workshop, creating a practical framework for lasting change.

Facilitators

Lead Facilitator, Dr Josie McLean is the founder of The Partnership Pty Ltd and is recognised as a pioneer of the professional coaching industry in Australia. Her early career as a financial analyst and corporate strategic planner ignited a lifelong fascination with people, processes, and change.

For more than 25 years, Josie has worked with people within blue-chip corporates (including BHP, Coles, NAB, Schweppes, Telstra), each of the three tiers of government (including DSTO, Dept Transport and Main Roads (Qld), City of Marion) and many smaller enterprises (including TAE Aerospace, UrbanEnvirons, Volunteering SA&NT).

A solid academic background supports Josie’s practice. Her PhD thesis employed a systemic emergent action research methodology to explore Embedding sustainability into organisational DNA (University of Adelaide).

Dr Sam Wells became South Australia’s 1979 Rhodes Scholar and completed his PhD at Oxford University. He spent 18 years in corporate human resource management, which has included overseeing major restructures and leading enterprise bargaining.

Before leaving the University of Adelaide in 2021, Sam was the Academic Director of the MBA program and Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour and Systems Thinking for Managers. He was the inaugural Director of the Yunus Social Business Centre, University of Adelaide.

Sam has been a senior consultant with The Partnership since 2009 and supports Josie in program design and facilitation. Sam has co-facilitated leadership development and cultural change programs with Josie, bringing a robust and coherent understanding of Josie's work.