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 Jacqui Chaplin Director & Coach |
 Paula Rucker Associate & Coach |
 Graeme Schache Associate & Coach |
Talking About Pty Ltd delivers its range of services through a number of high calibre advisory and coaching teams.
Our people have one responsibility - to help you achieve your corporate and personal objectives through the development and implementation of a disciplined and focussed strategy.
The TA team will review and monitor your plan and work with you in partnership to attain the desired result. Our principles, practices and recommendations are underpinned by extensive study, research, analysis and hands-on experience.
We are proud to
present our team:
Chris Chittenden - Director & Coach
Chris
is a Director of Talking About Pty Ltd and has been actively involved in the
world of coaching since 1994. He began his coaching work with Gaia Consulting
Group where he worked for six years before establishing Talking About with
Jacqui Chaplin in 2004.
Chris has over 4000 hours of coaching experience with both individuals and groups, including providing executive coaching to clients overseas in countries such as the US, UK, Taiwan and Hong Kong. He specialises in executive and leadership coaching, and in developing new coaches. He has created and written Talking About’s program for training new coaches and is currently the course director. He has written and theorised on the subjects of leadership, coaching and the human condition since 1994 and continues to research and develop new ideas in these fields.
Chris is a graduate of Newfield Australia's Diploma of Ontological Coaching, holds an Executive Diploma of Business Leadership Coaching and is a member of the International Coach Federation. He is also qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and has been trained in the use of MBTI Step II. He is accredited and actively uses a number of Human Synergistics profiling tools including Life Styles Inventory (LSI), Leadership Impact (L/I), Group Styles Inventory (GSI) and Coach. Chris also holds a Diploma in Training and Assessment Systems (Certificate 4).
Chris works mainly in the corporate sector and has worked in a wide variety of industries. Chris' clients have included SP-Ausnet, Salmat, CSL, Country Fire Authority, Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board, Blake Dawson Waldron, ExxonMobil, ANZ, Westpac, Ansvar Insurance, City of Greater Dandenong, Edelman, Olex Holdings, Securency, Sensis, Standard and Poors, and Vicroads.
Contact Chris
See Chris' Complete Profile
Jacqui Chaplin - Director & Coach
Jacqui
is a director of Talking About Pty Ltd and has been involved in the coaching
field since 1998.
She previously worked with Gaia Consulting Group for over four years before
forming Talking About with Chris Chittenden in 2004. She has over 1000 hours of
coaching experience with both individuals and groups, including providing
executive coaching to multi-national clients.
Jacqui specialises in executive and leadership coaching, and is involved in
coach training in internal business settings. She also supervises students in
TA’s program for training coaches.
She is a graduate of Newfield Australia's Diploma of Ontological Coaching, holds
an Executive Diploma of Business Leadership Coaching and is a member of the
International Coach Federation. She has completed a Master of Business
Administration and is also qualified to administer the Human Synergistics’
Organisational Culture and Effectiveness Inventories, the Lifestyles Inventory,
Groups Styles Inventory, CoACH tool, and the Leadership/Impact program. She also
holds a Diploma in Training and Assessment Systems (Cert IV).
Her clients include ExxonMobil, CSL Limited, Cochlear, Westpac, Country Fire
Authority, Sensis, TXU Australia, RMIT University and the Royal District Nursing
Service.
She is available for professional speaking engagements in the areas of
leadership, well being and networking. In 2004 she co-authored and
self-published her first book, Infomaniac, which is available on CD-ROM through
Talking About.
Contact Jacqui
See Jacqui's Complete Profile
Paula Rucker - Associate & Coach
Paula’s
background is in Financial Services having worked with Westpac and NAB for the
last 16 years. Her most recent role was National Business Coach for General
Managers & Senior Sales Leaders. Her achievements include accountability for &
delivery of Westpac’s Sales Leadership frameworks in Consumer Banking in
Victoria and Tasmania. This included the development of strong measurable
relationships with leadership teams across lines of business and geography,
‘Coaching Coaches’.
In addition Paula’s experience includes: Sales & Distribution Leadership,
Channel Sales & Program Management, Customer Satisfaction, Distribution
Marketing, and Project Management.
Paula holds a commerce degree (University of Melbourne), a Certificate III in
Executive Coaching (the Australian Institute of Executive Coaching [AIEC]) and
has been actively involved in studying Ontological Coaching with Talking About
Pty Ltd since 2006. Paula holds a Certificate in Training Small Groups and has
over 1000 hours of coaching with both individuals and groups. Paula is a member
of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and AIEC Alumni.
Paula’s focus is always on maintaining respect, care and client confidentiality.
Her open and constructive coaching style and passion lies in supporting &
empowering individuals, teams and businesses to unlock their potential and
achieve high quality outcomes.
Contact Paula
See Paula's Complete Profile
Graeme Schache - Associate Coach
His special interests in the business and
coaching domains include: coaching in, and designing and conducting
workshops on, topics such as – leadership, building relationships, team
members, mood management, performance management, conflict resolution and
mediation, embracing diversity, and process consulting. The Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator and its implications for individuals is also a special
interest for Graeme.
Graeme became a Certified Ontological Coach following studies in the USA in 1994
and is qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). He
is a member of the International Coach Federation.
In his ongoing role of coaching
consultant, Graeme has worked with large chemical and petrochemical
companies, emergency services organisations and other government
organisations. He has also worked in the insurance, transport, retail, and
advertising industries.
Prior to commencing work in his first consultancy venture in 1990, Graeme was a
senior manager in a large government organisation working in such areas as
engineering, finance, management and supervisory training, change
management, policy development and implementation, organisation
effectiveness review, organisation restructuring and Human Resource
Management.
Graeme worked with
Chris and Jacqui at Gaia Consulting Group and now continues his work as a
Coach through his own business,
Graeme J. Schache & Associates and as an
Associate at Talking About.
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