Who's Anneli?
Award-winning author and expert
Professional People Whisperer
Skilled parallel parker
Running, salsa and roller-blading addict
Anneli is on a mission to humanise the leadership landscape and change the way we see each other. Known affectionately as the ‘Professional People Whisperer’ (don't hold that against her), Anneli has become the trusted advisor for many executives and leaders when it comes to increasing their influence, engagement and interpersonal impact for better business results - for themselves, for their teams and for their companies.
Anneli uses her vast knowledge and decades of experience decoding people, to bring the everyday behaviours and communication habits to the forefront of getting results. It’s often the simplest shifts that create the biggest results, but the key is knowing what to shift. The way we interact, communicate and connect with others has a dramatic impact on our ability to get results.
Anneli’s clients’ know that social skills are the skills for the future - Customer service, collaboration, leadership, culture, change management, sales, negotiation, all require an ability to read people, to connect with people and to understand what makes them tick. People skills amplify technical skills. No connection, no competitive advantage. And the choice is always ours.
HR Service Provider Award (Bronze) for Learning and Development, 2024, AITD’s L&D Professional of the Year, 2021, GOLD Stevie Award Winner for Entrepreneur of the Year, 2021, BRONZE Stevie Award Winner for Women helping Women, 2021 and Certified Speaking Professional (one of only 150 in Australia and only 50 women), Anneli is the author of several books on shifting human behaviour including her Amazon best-selling and 3-time award-winning book, The Gender Penalty: Turning obstacles into opportunities for women at work and When men lead women: Navigating the facts, fears and frustrations of gender equality as a male leader, drawing on her extensive experience in supporting women to navigate the leadership landscape and accelerate their careers.
Anneli’s client list includes Mercedes-Benz, Ernst and Young, Telstra, Victoria Police, NAB, JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys, and many more. She has been featured as an expert on the documentary ‘The Gender Narrative’ (8-episode series) as well as across multi media publications including Foxtel's Sky News-Business Success program, The Australian - Business Review, Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, The Advertiser, The Courier Mail, HuffPost, 3AW, and Modern Business Magazine, to name a few.
Oh and she’s a nifty parallel parker, a keen runner and a salsa dancing addict who loves any meal cooked by someone else! :)
She may also love her cat more than she loves her husband… but she will neither confirm nor deny these claims…
Expertise
Communication & Influence
Creating conversations
Interpersonal intelligence
Team dynamics
Presentation impact
Self Awareness
Employee Motivation and Engagement
Leadership Coaching & Mentoring
Qualifications
Bachelor of Business (HR Major)
CSP - Certified Speaking Professional (One of only 150 in Australia and only 50 women)
Diploma of Coaching
Certificate IV in Coaching (Advanced Practitioner)
Neuroleadership 101
Certified iWAM Trainer and Profiling Practitioner (Inventory of Work Attitudes and Motivations)
Certified LAB Profile Consultant and Master Trainer (Language and Behaviour)
Certified Results Coach of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment
Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ) Enhanced Skills Practitioner
Accredited Master Coach with Australian & New Zealand Institute of Coaching (ANZIC)
Awards
HR SERVICE PROVIDER AWARD (BRONZE), 2024
Learning and Development
BRONZE ASIA-PACIFIC STEVIE® WINNER 2022 -
Corporate Innovator
AITD L&D PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR WINNER, 2021
Dr. Alastair Rylatt Award
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER 2021 -
Female Entrepreneur of the Year – Business Services –10 or Less Employees
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER 2021 -
For the Women at Work Program
Women Helping Women - Social Change Category
AITD Excellence Awards Finalist 2021 for:
Best Diversity and Inclusion Program
Best Blended Learning Solution
2019 YMag’s Top Ten Women to Watch in 2019
2018/2019 Two time Telstra Business Women of the year nominee
2014 LearnX Impact Award Finalist, Best Talent Management – Performance
2010 ‘Coach of the Year’ Finalist, ANZI Coaching
2008 MCEI Winner - Professional Achievement Category
Memberships and Leadership Positions:
2022 President VIC/TAS chapter of Professional Speakers Australia
2021 Leadership Team member of Professional Speakers Australia VIC/TAS chapter
2012 Leadership Team member of Organisational Development Australia
2009 Secretary of the ICF Victoria (International Coach Federation)
2009 MCEI (Marketing Awards) Judge
Member of Professional Speakers Australia (PSA)
Member of Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD)
L&D Professional of the Year Excellence Awards Winner 2021 Dr. Alastair Rylatt Award
Female Entrepreneur of the Year – Business Services –10 or Less Employees
For the Women at Work Program
Women Helping Women - Social Change Category
Corporate Innovator
Check out Anneli’s youtube channel HERE.
“Anneli has been a tremendous asset to our organisation. She has the truly unique gift of being able to cajole, probe, challenge, nurture, communicate and interrogate in such a way that she makes all who work with her become better people and to bring out the latent talents we all possess. ”