Our aim is to promote and supply professional services to organisations, communities and individuals in all aspects of human resources management, development and learning.
Company Profile
AuStrategies is a privately owned consulting business with the Director consulting in Australia since 1989. AuStrategies works in a cooperative partnership and association with a range of national and international consultants providing management consulting services to public and private sector organisations in Australia, South East Asia and the Pacific.
Our core business centres around a range of areas within organisational and social consultancy:
human resources management systems and processes;
human resources training and development and workshop facilitation;
organisational, community and personal psychology and emotional intelligence;
client, public and community consultation and social impact assessment;
psychodrama and playback theatre.
AuStrategies Pty Ltd
ABN: 88 074 796 446
ACN: 074 796 446
Ethics
Australian Psychological Society (APS) members are required to abide by principles of professional conduct, responsibilities and confidentiality. These are set and monitored by the Society in its Code of Ethics.
Our Team
Bruce Austin
Director and Registered Psychologist
As a social and organisational psychologist, Bruce Austin has extensive experience consulting to private, public and community organisations and applying participative practices as a solution to conflict between stakeholders in a variety of settings. He has taught Business Communication, Strategic Human Resources Management and Organisational Psychology at Universities and has the following qualifications and affiliations:
Postgraduate Honours Degree Psychology
Bachelor of Arts (Double Major Psychology)
Member Australian Psychological Society
Registered Psychologist
Associate Fellow Australian Institute of Management
Founding Member Brisbane Playback Theatre Company
Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment
Since 1989, Bruce has run his own consulting business. Through management learning and development and implementing HRM systems, Bruce's expertise and enthusiasm have helped organisations and individuals develop and establish keener processes and techniques in many areas including career management and development, communication, leadership and management, performance management, personal improvement and development. Bruce has conducted successful,and stimulating programs throughout Australia for thousands of individuals and managers in managing their businesses and staff, developing their careers and balancing their lives. His programs offer many enlightening perspectives on gaining the keys to successful self management, career directions throughout all stages of of life. Bruce's programs are well-regarded and provide participants opportunities to discover many practical tips and techniques that are useful in all aspects of self management and management of others.
Bruce's main interest is in facilitation, training and development, human resources management, strategic planning and community consultation and communication especially as it relates to major organisational, social and cultural change. Bruce has worked extensively with local, state and federal government and private organisations in identifying the social and human resource implications of change associated with work, community and cultural roles.
Julie Newdick
Senior Consultant
Julie Newdick has post graduate qualifications in psychology and over 21 years experience working in organisations in both the private and public sectors. Since 1992, she has worked part-time, and at times, full-time, for a consultancy firm in human resources management and professional community and social consultation. Julie managed this business while undertaking her training in psychology. She has also been directly involved in many aspects of the work.
She has the following qualifications:
Bachelor of Science (Majoring in Psychology)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Psychology)
Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment
As a senior consultant with AuStrategies Consulting Network, Julie has managed the consulting business as well as being directly involved in many aspects of the work. Her direct relations with clients has had her conducting convergent interviewing in community and public consultation projects as well as in social impact assessment programs. Julie has been instrumental in helping a large public sector client establish regional service centres throughout Australia, which included being involved in training the new centres' staff.
Julie specialises mainly in facilitation and training and development projects as well as establishing appropriate systems for the administration of human resources performance management. She has conducted training courses on job application and interview skills, stress management, train the trainer, giving feedback and emotional intelligence. Her programs are thought-provoking, stimulating and provide participants with tips, techniques and skills in developing career and personal goals as well as ways to better manage the performance of others.
Julie has conducted training on the implementation of a new performance management system for Commonwealth Government agencies involving conducting workshops for managers, team leaders and all other staff. The workshops comprised the performance system as well as performance communication – giving and receiving feedback – skills training.
She has been involved in training managers from all over Queensland in accredited Diploma in Business programs, customised to meet organisational needs and requirements. Besides up-front delivery, Julie has also managed the assessment for the managers' qualifications.
Dr Rea Dennis
Senior Associate Consultant
Dr Rea Dennis combines her experience as a teacher, researcher, writer and theatre performer in her roles as an Organisational Development Consultant. With over fifteen years experience conducting training and development using active and integrative methods, she combines her skills as an academic researcher, with her extensive experience as a group worker and facilitator, to target systemic and social processes associated with Human Resources Management, Strategic Planning, Consultative & Evaluative Processes and Research and Communication functions in both the public and private sectors.
Doctor of Philosophy
Masters Social Welfare Administration & Planning (Research)
Graduate Certificate in Arts (Creative Writing & Publishing)
Graduate Diploma Teaching (Secondary)
Bachelor of Applied Science
Member Brisbane Playback Theatre
Member International Network of Playback Theatre Professionals
Member Queensland Writers Centre
Member Electronic Artists Society
Dr Lawrence Sim
Senior Asssociate Consultant
Lawrence Sim has around 30 years experience in the health sector and hospitals in a wide variety of roles. Initially trained as a Teacher and then a Medical Physicist, he has worked as High School Teacher, Cardiac Investigations Scientist, Hospital Physicist (Diagnostic), Director of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Change Management Officer, Project Manager and PACS Support Manager. These experiences complemented his academic training to establish expert competencies in equipment and technology planning, procurement and management, to support clinical services provision. Lawrie has published and presented internationally, with 21 refereed journal and proceedings articles, 25 abstracts and numerous internal publications. His other specialised training includes QH Level II and III purchasing accreditation, ACHSE programs in financial management, quality assurance assessment and management development workshops. He is accredited for design and inspection of premises where medical radiation practices are performed. Lawrie was founding partner of Queensland Radiation Advisory Services, 1991, later incorporated as Wrenco Pty Ltd and continues to trade in Radiation Protection consultancy, and Medical technology advice to hospital development projects. Consultancy services presently offered:
Project Management
Technology for Hospital Services
Medical Radiation Protection (Queensland Radiation Advisory Services)
Digital Imaging (PACS)
Hospital/Medical Equipment Planning and Procurement
Qualifications and Memberships
Ph.D. Queensland University of Technology (1996).
B.Ed.St. University of Queensland (1981).
M.App.Sc. (Medical Physics) Queensland Institute of Technology (1979).
Dip.Ed. University of Queensland (1973).
B.App.Sc. Queensland Institute of Technology (1972).
Member – Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine
Member – Australasian Radiation Protection Society
Dr Lyn Clark
Senior Associate Consultant
Dr Lyn Clark is a senior associate consultant with AuStrategies Consulting Network. Her qualifications, professional affiliations and achievements include:
Doctor of Philosophy
First Class Honours Degree in Organisational Behaviour & Human Resource Management
Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Majors in Organisational Behaviour & Human Resource Management and Economics)
Member, Australian Human Resources Institute
Member, Golden Key National Honour Society
Ronald Edwards Honours Scholarship in Human Resources awarded by Australian Human Resources Institute
Kerry Meehan
Senior Associate Consultant
Kerry Meehan is a Senior Associate Consultant with AuStrategies Consulting Network. She is an organisational psychologist with over 35 years’ experience working and consulting in organisations. Fifteen years have been in leading edge change management where she worked in organisational and human resources development in state government departments and a large city council. She has managed a Human Resources Unit and currently consults to organisations in facilitation, training and development and human resource management. Kerry has worked at universities and has the following qualifications and affiliations:
Postgraduate Honours Degree Psychology
Bachelor of Arts (Double Major Psychology)
Registered Psychologist
Member of Australian Institute of Management
Her vast experience includes facilitating work redesign, developmental and specialist training, organisational and structural reviews. She has project managed work redesign outcomes, implemented outcomes for structural efficiency projects, introduced and implemented EEO into organisations, which included setting up respective structures for its operation. In her roles of managing HR units she was involved in business planning, managing key result areas of training, rehabilitation, redeployment and redundancies and implementing corporate consistencies of merit-based recruitment and selection and work and family issues. She has also managed strategic occupational health and safety and personnel management information systems.
