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Founding Partner of SMG, Virginia has over three decades of experience in business, leadership in HR and executive development. Virginia led the business as Chair and CEO to become one of the leading executive development firms in the APAC region.
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Virginia brings over three decades of experience in business, leadership in HR and executive development. Her corporate experience – backed by a clinical skill-base – position her at the forefront of the executive coaching and leadership development profession. As Founding Partner of SMG, Virginia led the business as Chair and CEO to become one of the leading executive development firms in Australia and the APAC region.
As an organisational and clinical Psychologist for 30 years, executive coach and leadership development facilitator, Virginia understands the critical and complex business and leadership issues facing CEO’s, C-Suite and senior executives.
Virginia is a published author and her book “The Focused Executive” is a guide to enabling leaders to transition from operational management to strategic leadership. At SMG she has introduced a range of new programs, including ‘Advanced Leader as Coach’ (now the key training program for all SMG coaches and mentors), ‘Women’s leadership Program’, and ‘Leadership at the Peak’.
First and foremost, Virginia believes working with people in a holistic way within their specific context is critical to their personal and professional development.
Working in the current context, understanding the business combined with a deep awareness of the psychodynamic-systemic approach at individual and organisational level, identifies challenges and issues which can then be addressed through appropriate interventions leading to significant long-term behavioural changes within the organisational system.
She is committed to providing genuine, evidence based though leadership, ensuring her clients have access to the best practice thinking on how to effect change.
Virginia remains active in the business and professional community. She enjoys spending time with extended family and friends, physical fitness – swimming, yoga, golf, snow skiing – travelling, cooking & reading.
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