Merryl Semple

Sydney Metropolitan all areas

Interstate & Regional Areas

I am a down to earth, results focused, executive coach, consultant/mentor and workplace trainer and deliver programs and services that add value to leadership, communication and change. I also have significant expertise is in stress management coaching and group training.

Executive Coaching style

1. I use a solution-focused coaching model  which explores goals and current challenges in the client’s role
2. We set agreed professional development goals, targets, action plans & accountability levels
3. We explore behaviours and attitudes, knowledge of self, systems and culture and check in with motivation levels for hidden barriers to achievement
4. We monitor and evaluate the learning to ensure the client sees value in the work we do together
5. We look at the impact of stress as interference to optimal performance within the context of work challenges.

1. I am a creative thinker and optimist, with a warm, professional and engaging style.
2. I enjoy adventures, and exploring new places and new ideas. I regularly complete on-going professional development activities to challenge myself and grow personally and professionally.
3. I have a strong belief that people learn from experience as well as a general interest in spirituality and personal transformation technologies. In my coaching, these beliefs and tools enable me to work with the whole person and integrate the mind-body-heart connection.
4. I value authenticity, openness and integrity.

Executive Coaching

• Coaching managers in times of change and transition and to improve current performance
• Coaching to build & develop leadership & management skills, and resilience in working under pressure.
• Coaching to develop professional & personal growth, improved interpersonal and communication skills
• Managing feedback and development opportunities
• Assisting managers to achieve a measurable and sustained heart-based leadership style and improved health and well-being

Stress Management Group Training

One day and half day programs enable measurable improvements (using psychometric assessment instruments) in performance, health and wellbeing and contribute to a positive organisational climate.

Outcomes of these programs and services assist Managers and Organisations gain insight into how stress is impacting performance and the workplace climate. The program learning enables them to take control of ineffective behaviours and establish new ways of thinking and behaving to build resilience. In the Australian workforce and with stress increasing as a workplace statistic, this powerful program enables organisations to add value to their health and well-being strategies and leadership development programs and receive a measurable return on investment.

• Leadership development
• Behavioural change
• Communication and influencing skills
• Stress management

• Manufacturing
• NSW Government  and Public Sector
• Professional Services

• People oriented, with strong value placed on ongoing personal and professional development
• A focus on goals and motivations and  evaluating effectiveness
• Work easily with the bigger picture, process & procedures

• Executive Coach- Institute of Executive Coaching
• Masters Education
• Cert IV Workplace Training & Assessment
• Grad Dip HRM
• Grad Dip TESOL
• Associate HeartMath Aust
• Member Australian Institute of Management

I have a background and qualifications in Education and Human Resources Management which, supported by coaching accreditations, provide a sound methodology and practical insight into how to facilitate learning for personal and professional growth. I give people a respectful space to discuss challenges and explore new ways of thinking and behaving that improve their personal and professional performance.

I have a holistic approach, exploring the mind/heart/body connection so that the client works through challenges within the context of their values, beliefs and attitudes. We scope the program together to ensure that our work is relevant and meaningful to the client, and target specific development areas. We evaluate to ensure the client receives value from the engagement.

• Senior managers and executives in transition, either new to their role or seeking alternative roles
• New or emerging leaders learning on the job, including Graduates and Frontline Supervisors
• Any manager who is overwhelmed by workloads and at risk of burnout

Before moving into the field of Executive Coaching, I was responsible for large scale management and leadership development programs in the public transport sector.

My early career was in Education both as a high school teacher and Adult Migrant Education as a workplace trainer.

I have travelled extensively, Papua New Guinea, South East Asia, the Pacific and Europe

As a skipper of a yacht racing on Sydney Harbour, I understand the importance of visible leadership, building teamwork and effective communication.  [and dare I say, knowing the rules of the game.]

Sailing

Travelling

Yoga

Theatre

Bushwalking