Higher Education
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"Pippa is not like other mentors, coaches, facilitators, or confidantes that I have worked with, and she is all these things and more. My personal experience in working with Pippa as my own coach and mentor has been to expect a subtly powerful process of self-exploration and growth painlessly delivered in a calm and caring conversation, or through the sharing of thought-provoking resources.
Pippa guides, encourages, and resources your exploration of yourself as a leader and the world you lead within. She helps you to step outside yourself to understand your world, and to see yourself and how you create, influence, and respond to that world. For these reasons, I have also commissioned her to work with a wide variety of staff each looking for very different processes and outcomes from leadership coaching… Pippa has found ways of mentoring that worked for every one of them, with very positive outcomes. |
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The depth and impact of our interactions can be deceptive. I have sometimes left a conversation with Pippa thinking “that was interesting” only to discover a week or so later (after subconsciously exploring behind the door of insight that she had quietly opened during that chat) that I had profoundly shifted in my understanding or response to an event or relationship in my professional life.
In my long-term collaborations with Pippa, she is a companion and empath… making leadership roles that are often very isolating by their nature a shared experience. That helps in times of challenge, and in good times it gives me someone who really understands the context and the achievement with whom to share and celebrate."
Professor Catherine Bennett, Chair of Epidemiology, Deakin University and Founding Chair and President of the Council of Public Health Institutions Australia.
In my long-term collaborations with Pippa, she is a companion and empath… making leadership roles that are often very isolating by their nature a shared experience. That helps in times of challenge, and in good times it gives me someone who really understands the context and the achievement with whom to share and celebrate."
Professor Catherine Bennett, Chair of Epidemiology, Deakin University and Founding Chair and President of the Council of Public Health Institutions Australia.
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"For leaders in Higher Education our biggest challenge is how to maintain core business in periods of unprecedented change. Change is fast paced with both intrinsic and extrinsic drivers. Adapting dynamically to these drivers is often the differentiator between a successful and unsuccessful organisation unit. As Head of a new 'super' school including Medicine, Paramedicine, Psychology, Medical Research, Pharmacy and two research institutes I was challenged to balance longstanding disciplinary identities with a vision for an integrated group that worked together in new ways...Pippa's unique expertise not only successfully supported key leaders to enable this to happen but opened minds to see spaces and opportunities that no-one knew existed before. Pippa has a deeply sensitive but effective way of working that empowers individuals but challenges their fundamental way of seeing themselves and their disciplines. Always pragmatic in her approach, Pippa has been able to support effective macro and micro change whilst ensuring core business continues, which gives great peace of mind to a leader."
Professor Justin Walls, a former Head of School of Medicine, University of Tasmania |
CALM - Career and Life/Leadership Mentoring
Early to Mid-Career Academic Staff Testimonials: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University
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“The sessions with Pippa provided an opportunity for me to down tools for an hour or two each month to reflect and discuss my current activities, workings and way forward. I realise now that this is incredibly important to do and will continue to seek and create the opportunities for this. CALM has provided me with problem solving techniques and leadership guidance that will continue to enhance my long term development.”
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“What I valued most about the experience was learning about communication strategies, particularly those specific to difficult conversations. I cannot overstate how much of a positive impact this made on my daily working life. It enabled me to be more efficient with my work and achieve more (in research, teaching and the other aspects of my job) and definitely reduced my overall stress levels.”
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“I found this support very valuable for many reasons. It was particularly timely as I was contemplating applying for promotion – the meetings assisted not only in assessing my readiness and getting my application started and drafted, but were particularly useful to ensure I focussed on the bigger picture of how this application fits with and progresses my life goals and career goals.”
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“I can’t explain in words how beneficial working with you has been. For me, it is more from a personal level at this stage. As we keep working together I know this support will assist in my career progression by helping to identify the right type of opportunities for me to be where I want to be. I think this type of support is invaluable and beneficial to many, both female and male.”
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“I felt more prepared for my Performance Review as a result of meeting with Pippa, as I was able to look at not only promotion criteria, but also my overall career goals and where I wanted this year to take me in terms of those. I definitely think that the experience and development I have had with Pippa would be of benefit to almost anyone, and I appreciate that I have learnt a lot in being only at B/C level.”
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