Brad Skinner

Brad Skinner has more than 20 years of experience in a range of public sector leadership roles, including senior management and executive positions. His clients experience the transformational impacts of his expertise in leading and mobilising teams; communication, collaboration and creating connected teams; strategic employee relations and mediation.

As CEO of Coach, Brad brings world-leading solutions to driving workplace communication culture change to measurably increase psychosocial safety. Brad has implemented comprehensive corporate governance and communication frameworks to support some of the most significant reforms and projects the state of Queensland has seen. He has coached executives to steer teams to achieve exceptional results across all corporate performance measures — including finance, workforce, performance reporting and executive support.

He is an expert executive coach and quickly forms lasting and beneficial connects with his candidates. Brad partners with his clients to unpack their strengths, skills and qualities to celebrate, and to improve identified areas of challenge. Brad shares stories, insights and examples of innovative leadership techniques honed over two decades of celebrated achievement. Providing strategic workforce support to clients, Brad is an exceptional HR strategist who brings insight and a frameworks approach to resolving complex problems and moulding strong managers and leaders. His approach:

  • cultivates productive working relationships by facilitating partnerships, and empowering staff through involvement, encouragement and recognition

  • delivers results by marshalling expertise, steering and implementing change in environments of uncertainty, monitoring progress and building individual and business capability

  • coaches staff to communicate with influence through confident, professional, clear and meaningful messages

  • applies objective, systematic, strategic analysis to produce accurate conclusions and evidence

  • uses principles of professionalism and respect to cultivate strong, respectful and productive workforce conduct.

 

 

Dr Anna Blackman

Dr Anna Blackman is the Co-Founder and Director of Talent Insight Solutions and former Associate Professor of Business, James Cook University (JCU). She specialises in the areas of Business Management, Human Resource Management, Human Behaviour and Communication, Coaching and Mentoring, Leadership and Technology for Innovative Teaching. Her expertise extends into E-Learning, Career Development, Coaching, Facilitating, and Research Design. She has over 60 academic and practitioner published outputs. 

Under the leadership of Anna and eDISC Master Trainer Kylie Ellwood, Talent Insight Solutions specialises in Coaching, Human Resource Management, Business and Project Management, Rural and Regional Leadership and Technology for Innovative Teaching techniques. With a special focus on helping rural and regional business and industry thrive, TIS equips teams to perform at their best in a climate of trust, support and psychosocial safety.

While making waves in academia, Anna’s true love is in the hands-on, industry-based side of her work where theory comes alive in the realities of organisational practice. She also has a decade of experience in running and managing small businesses. Her goal is always to help organisations find the best way to develop people and link them to the skills they need for success. Anna holds a PhD in business coaching, and is an Extended DISC Consultant, an Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Certified Practitioner Fellow, AHRI Queensland State Councillor, Future Shapers Alumni (ANU), Associate Fellow Australian Institute of Management (AFAIM), Academy of Management member and is the Vice President of Research for the EMCC Asia Pacific Region.