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Coaching is a powerful tool for enhancing leadership effectiveness and well-being.

Over the last 12 months leaders with the DECYP have accessed coaching for several reasons, including:

• To increase awareness and learn strategies to support their own personal wellbeing needs.  

• To learn how to manage personal stress and how to lead staff through complex and stressful situations.  

• To develop strategies to be more effective and efficient decision makers.  

• To learn how to set and manage personal and professional boundaries, to better balance work and life demands.  

• To develop strategies to effectively manage diverse teams across a range of management levels.

Through coaching, you'll gain clarity, build resilience, and develop stronger, more cohesive teams—ensuring both your personal well-being and professional success.

Ready to start? Register your interest by sending a request to the staff Well-being team.

Once approved, you will be offered six sessions with your coach of choice over six months.

Ben Pangas - North, Northwest

As a leadership development specialist, Ben combines his expertise in community and human development with 20 years of experience in grassroots and international development. He understands what it takes to lead meaningfully and effectively in diverse environments. As an accredited counsellor and developmental coach, Ben collaborates with senior leaders who seek the depth and clarity necessary to build stronger teams, foster richer connections, and create lasting impact.

Bens experience in development has shown: “The process of becoming a leader is, if not identical, certainly similar to the process of becoming a fully integrated human being.” – Warren Bennis

Ben offers accredited counselling, executive coaching, and designs team development programs. He works with purposeful leaders across various sectors and levels of influence. Most individuals seek coaching from Ben for three primary reasons:

In Transition: Taking on a new roles or responsibilities and requiring expanded capacity and perspectives.

Navigating Team: Addressing differences and strengths, leading with lower reactivity, and building trust.

Feeling Wobbly: Experiencing feelings of being stuck, stressed, or anxious, and exploring what needs to shift.

Ben is also a host at retreat a space on the beautiful NW coast of Tasmania dedicated to the development of contemplative leadership. His approach deepens a leaders capacity to listen deeply, navigate complexity and lead the emerging future.

Qualifications

• Msc Coaching Psychology (Sydney University)
• BA Counseling and Coaching (Australian College of Applied Psychology) 
• STAGES Certified for Coaching, Counseling & Psychotherapy
• Center of Action & Contemplation 'Living School' Graduate

Credentials/Awards

• Accredited in the Leadership Circle™ Profile
• Certified Integrative Enneagram™ Coach
• PACFA Accredited Counselor
• BOFA Innovative Tasmania Learning Award 2017

Read more on Ben's LinkedIn Profile

Steve Willing - South

Steve is an experienced facilitator and certified coach with over 30 years of developing team and leadership capabilities. He has facilitated leadership and team development programs, workshops, and coaching across various sectors, including education, social services, health, agriculture, government, and emergency services. Steve is also a facilitator for the Tasmanian Leaders Program.

With a decade of front-line experience and management in Outdoor Leadership expeditions, including working with youth-at-risk, Steve understands the demands of the field and the need for support and self-care. His experience in the Tasmanian State Service environment, including a decade in Organisational Development with the Tasmanian Fire Service, gives him a deep understanding of public sector dynamics. Steve's approach is backed by neuroscience and psychology, and he has extensive experience supporting and working with neurodiversity.

Steve’s purpose is to nurture wisdom through deepening self-awareness and uncovering greater perspectives. He helps clients apply these insights to address complex challenges, from difficult interactions to finding purpose and leading change. His calm, supportive manner and kind accountability create a safe, effective space to explore development needs and achieve growth.

Qualifications:

• Graduate Business Qualification, Leadership & Management, Curtin University
• Results (Neuroleadership Insititute) Certificate of Coaching
• Cert IV in Training and Assessment
• Graduate of Generating Transformational Change Leadership program, Pacific Integral

Certifications:

• Accreditation in STAGES international adult development matrix for diagnosis and interventions
• Accredited Leadership Circle Profile practitioner
• Certified Integrative Enneagram practitioner
• Accredited Genos Emotional Intelligence practitioner
• Accredited Lifestyles Inventory practitioner

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Jill Currey - South

Jill Currey is a compassionate and certified Integral Associate Coach with a wealth of experience in public service, business, facilitation, and leadership development. Drawing inspiration from contemporary thought leaders, Jill’s coaching approach encourages authentic leadership by helping leaders reflect on their practice and explore new avenues for growth.

Jill specialises in working with senior public service executives committed to self-awareness and responsibility in navigating complex challenges. Her coaching enables clients to gain clarity, build sustainable skills, and lead with purpose, particularly in times of uncertainty and change.

With decades of experience in coaching and mentoring, particularly for senior women in leadership, Jill has supported women at all career levels to enhance confidence, presence, and effectiveness. Her insightful and respectful challenges have inspired many of her clients, with women in her programs reporting increased promotions, recognition, and confidence.

Jill holds a deep commitment to helping people take charge of how they present themselves and contribute to the world. A graduate of the University of NSW as a social worker, Jill has worked as a counsellor, mediator, trainer, manager, and researcher, and her coaching and facilitation practices are informed by these disciplines.

Her coaching clients span public service, small business, not-for-profits, and senior executives.

Qualifications:

• Certified Integral Associate Coach™
• Bachelor of Social Work, University of NSW
• Graduate of Generating Transformational Change Leadership program, Pacific Integral

Certifications:

• Certified Leadership Circle™ Profile practitioner
• Certified Leadership Circle Culture Survey
• Certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator™
• Certified iEQ9 Integrative Enneagram practitioner

Read more on Jill's LinkedIn Profile