PEOPLE MEASURES - Key Persons
Anna Heywood is a Director with People Measures and an experienced OD professional with a focus on Leadership and Talent. She has over 25 years' experience in a variety of roles and across both the public and private sectors. She works with a range of individuals from mid-level managers to the most senior executives. She has previously worked in the private sector responsible for the design and delivery of leadership development programs and in the Education sector with a strong focus on career pathways and development.
Since joining People Measures, Anna has been heavily involved in the design and delivery of assessment and leadership development solutions for clients. She uses a range of aligned approaches and models and has completed training in human-centred design. Her approach is informed by Heifetz' Adaptive Leadership philosophy and she was, the inaugural Secretary for the Board of the Australian Adaptive Leadership Institute. She is sought after for her skilled facilitation, both face to face and online.
Anna is a highly experienced and qualified coach who has worked with clients from a range of cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds. She has a deep understanding of the challenges and stressors encountered by senior executives. As a coach, she is passionate about helping talented individuals navigate the complexities of their careers, all facets of leadership including women in leadership, resilience and change.
Qualifications and Accreditations
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Chief Executive
- Director
Chloe is the Chief Executive and a Director at People Measures and has 20+ years' experience working with executives, CEOs and boards. Chloe is a strategic and commercial leader known for her ability to deliver high performance through impactful, measurable business and people strategies in complex environments. She draws on her experience and qualifications in Organisational Psychology and has demonstrated a proven track record aligning culture and leadership teams to realise tangible business value.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Scientist
- Principal Consultant With
Jan Anderson is a Principal Consultant with People Measures, with over 25 years' experience in the public and private sectors, and academia. She is a former senior and mid-level executive, with a strong history leading staff, culture change and strategic direction in organisations. Prior to joining People Measures, Jan led the design and/or delivery of leadership development programs at the Australian Public Service Commission, supporting senior and mid-level executives across the Australian Public Service. Before her work at the APSC, she oversaw leadership development at the former Department of Immigration and Citizenship (now Home Affairs) at their offices worldwide.
Jan is a behavioural scientist, a highly qualified and experienced leadership development professional (design and facilitation), and an executive coach. She has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in industrial and workplace culture change, an Advanced Diploma in Group Facilitation (one year intensive practical), and advanced internationally accredited coaching qualifications. She also has accreditation and experience with a range of assessment tools for talent identification and development. Jan is a highly trained adaptive leadership development practitioner with more than 100 hours of formal training from Australian and US institutions, and over nine years' experience designing and delivering adaptive leadership programs.
Qualifications and Accreditations
Job Titles:
- Principal Consultant
- Leadership and Organisational Development Specialist
Kim is a leadership and organisational development specialist with over 25 years' experience in leadership assessment and development, coaching and organisational development. Kim holds a PhD in Organisational Psychology, with her thesis focusing on the key leadership determinants of successful organisational change. She commenced her career as a registered psychologist in New Zealand before moving to Australia in 2007. She has worked with the People Measures team since 2013.
Job Titles:
- Coach
- COO
- Director
- Executive
- Owner
Jamie Sims is a People Measures owner/director and a registered psychologist with over 20 years' experience in assessing, debriefing, coaching and facilitating with leaders from CEO/Secretary level to high potentials across the Public, Private and the not-for profit sectors.
Originally from the UK, Jamie arrived in Australia in 1989 and after a brief career as a psychologist clinician, worked in a NSW government agency before her keen interest in assessment and measurement saw her recruited to consulting role at Right Management where she lead the Talent Assessment portfolio for Australia and New Zealand. During her time at Right Management Jamie built strong relationships with a wide range of clients particularly in Commonwealth and State government departments. At People Measures Jamie has continued her strong relationships with public sector leaders and has also built strong relationships with clients in the private and not for profit sectors. While still very much engaged in talent identification Jamie has continued to build on her strong facilitation, coaching and leadership development skills.
Jamie is an experienced executive coach and finds it particularly rewarding to unlock the potential of female leaders who, when they exercise leadership, do so in a way that often creates significant impact and produces tangible and sustainable results for them and their organisations. Jamie shares the People Measures philosophy related to executive coaching. That is, coaching needs to be engaging, practical, results focused, and relevant to the development needs of the individual. In addition, a clear understanding of required outcomes between the coach, the coachee and the sponsoring organisation is critical. Jamie coaching approach is underpinned by her ability to integrate her psychology background and keen interest in contemporary leadership frameworks and adult development and learning theories and models. Her coaching process is both structured and emergent, evidence-based and outcome focused.
Jamie keeps up to date by actively engaging in continuous professional development and ongoing coaching supervision with her peers. She is an accredited supervisor and regularly supervises students from Deakin and Macquarie Universities. Jamie is currently an adjunct lecturer at the University of Macquarie.
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Natalie is a highly experienced and engaging facilitator, designing and delivering leadership development programs across the public and private sectors and for participants ranging from emerging through to executive level leaders. She has facilitated programs on topics including adaptive leadership, personal brand, effective communication skills, building high performance teams, leading change and influencing. Natalie has extensive experience in assessment for development, recruitment and selection. She has been trained in the YSC methodology of deep dive narrative interviews and has worked with hundreds of leaders - either assessing their fit for senior roles or working with them on their own development in role. Natalie is also an accredited executive coach (Associate Certified Coach, International Coach Federation). She has particular experience in working with high potential individuals seeking career progression or transitioning to a new role, and high performers who are seeking to work more effectively in their current role.