About Amanda
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Business mentor, Change Agent, Connector, Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Event planner, Idea generator, Marketer, Parent
Bio
Amanda is an experienced and highly respected business leader and Human Resources practitioner. She has over 20 years of business experience and expertise and has worked across industries including Banking & Finance, Professional Services, FMCG, Management Consultancy and Search & Recruitment.
Amanda built her successful senior HR career in Australia working within organisations including Deloitte, Westpac, AMP, Sydney Olympic Games, and Burger King. She has deep experience in Organisational Development (OD), Leadership Development, Learning & Development (L&D) and Diversity & Inclusion (D&I). Her strengths include talent acquisition, recruitment, talent management, leadership development , facilitation and OD strategy.
In recent years, Amanda has worked in management consulting firms where she has combined her consulting, OD, and recruitment skills with her business development, marketing and commercial management skills. In 2009 Amanda started her first consultancy and in October 2011 launched her very successful HR consultancy, One Degree HR.
In January 2016, Amanda became the General Manager of Xplore for Success, a consultancy that specialises in Gender Equality and the Career advancement of women and men.
Energetic, pragmatic and astute, with a sharp business mind, Amanda is passionate about working with clients to assist and support them to develop, grow and strive to build their organisations and employees capability and inclusion.
Specialties: Gender Equality, Inclusion and Diversity, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition and Development, Career and Executive Coaching.
I'm passionate about
Gender equality and parity. Creating work cultures that are inclusive and where people feel they truly belong and can be themselves.
Raising girls and boys to have greater self esteem, by breaking down the current unhelpful and often harmful stereotypes of each gender.
I love spending time with my family and my greatest joy is travelling and exploring this beautiful world in which we live and breath.
An idea worth spreading
Raising our children to 'Be Me'. Playing my role through education of todays adults so that we can ensure the next generation of girls and boys have a greater sense of self and higher levels of self esteem, by breaking down the current unhelpful, and often harmful, stereotypes of gender.
Areas of expertise
Career Coaching, Executive Coaching, Facilitation, Gender Equality, Inclusion and Diversity, Inclusive Leadership, Personal Brand, Speaking
The TED story
Still working on my courage ...
Things you might not know
Kicking a football!
