University of New South Wales - - OSDS, Human Resources

Marg joined UNSW as a Leadership and Management Consultant in November 2006, bringing with her a breadth of experience in the leadership and management development, performance management and learning and development fields.

Over the last 20 years Marg has worked in a number of organisations, such as, IBM, Caltex Oil and recently Qantas Airlines, where she has had many opportunities to hone her consulting, strategy, project management and implementation skills.

Marg is passionate about leadership and management development and sees it as a vehicle to drive genuine organisational change. She sees an integrated approach linking performance management, talent and succession planning and management development/assessment to core management capabilities, as the key to success.

The outcomes of this integrated approach are that the development of supervisors/managers is more targeted, resulting in individuals feeling more confident and competent in their roles, and ultimately leading to improved performance. It also makes good business sense, as it help to align both individual and organisational goals.

Marg holds a Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of New England and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. She is also accredited in Myers Briggs, Team Management Index and Situational Leadership.

Julie Tippett

Julie Tippett, Learning and Development Manager

Julie joined UNSW in 2005 as an OSDS Consultant having previously worked in a range of learning and development areas including University of Western Sydney, Department of Community Services (DOCS) and Honeywell.

Julie holds an Associate Diploma of Social Welfare from UWS, a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is an accredited Covey Facilitator. Julie is also an accredited MBTI Type Facilitator.

Julie's areas of expertise include communication skills training (conflict resolution, negotiation etc), managing people (coaching, performance management, team building etc) and designing and facilitating tailored interventions that meet the needs of specific groups.

For Julie, it's all about making a difference, it's about enabling people at all levels of the organisation to harness and build on their strengths, maximise their potential and to build confidence which leaves people feeling good about themselves and the organisation they work for.

Julie believes that learning can be fun and uses a variety of methods in design and delivery to facilitate a creative, interactive, learner centred environment in which people learn what they need to learn.

Denise Ferguson

Denise Ferguson, Learning and Development Consultant

Denise joins OSDS, in 2008, as a Learning and Developmennt Consultant, bringing with her a long career in the TAFE system and in industry, both in New South Wales and Victoria.

Denise is interested in training to enable people to grow in their jobs. She has an absolute belief that people come to work to do a good job and the provision of targetted training can help staff stay motivates and happy in the workplace.

Denise holds a B.A. (Latrobe), a Graduate Diploma of Education (Melbourne College of Advanced Education), Graduate Diploma in Business (Victoria Uni) and a Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training. Denise is also an accredited Myers-Briggs facilitator.

Adrianne Harris

Adrianne Harris, Knowledge and Project Consultant

Adrianne has worked at UNSW for over twelve years. Beginning in the Counselling Service, Adrianne joined Staff Development in 2001 for a three month secondment, and has never looked back.

Adrianne's professional associations include being an Associate member of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), a committee member on the New Generation Policy and Advisory Group (NGPAG) as well as Co - Convenor of the NLS2006 Conference held in the Scientia Building on the 1st and 2nd of December 2006.

Adrianne holds a B.A. (Syd), and a M.App.Sc. (Library and Information Management) (CSU). Adrianne is an associate member of ALIA (AALIA) and holds a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.

She is passionate about providing grass roots development and support for staff of the University. Providing expert library services, and coordinating and delivering short development courses. The OSDS Resource Centre, which she manages, is a pivotal library for staff wishing to update skills, prepare for change and apply for new positions.

Adrianne is particularly skilled at finding you the right information in a fast and cost effective manner. She loves a challenge and welcomes discovering information that will help UNSW in its operational and strategic decisions.

Adrianne also looks after the UNSW Professional Development Framework which included the WP&CDS Funding initiative, the U2! Fellowship Scheme and the Staff Recognition Awards.

Published Papers and Presentations

2004 TechTrain Conference Presentation: Capturing your competencies

Mind Mapping for Career Success

Published as part of the ALIA New Librarian Symposium online pre symposium program 2004 (referred article)

ALIA Career Development Workshop: 2004 Workshop for new librarians

Energise >>enthuse>>inspire: NLS2006 Incite article: New Librarian Symposium 2006

NGPAG: Looking towards the future

http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2006/audio/leadership-panel.MP3 '>NLS2006 Leadership Panel

The session aims to explore all aspects of leadership, from being a leader in a prominent role to leading from the bottom up. Panelists include: MC, Adrianne Harris, Kate Sinclair, Tania Barry, Alan Smith, Andrew Wells

NLS2006 Convenor's Report