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Who's Anneli?

  • 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.

One of YMag’s Top Ten Women to Watch in 2019, two-time Telstra Business Women’s award nominee and Certified Speaking Professional (one of only 150 in Australia and only 50 women), Anneli is the co-author of several books on shifting human behaviour with her latest book, Developing Direct Reports: Taking the guesswork out of leading leaders,’ providing a reference guide for developing leadership performance on the job. Currently she is working on her next book, ‘The Gender Penalty: The penalties that sideline women at work and the power plays that even the playing field,’ drawing on her extensive experience in supporting women to navigate the leadership landscape and accelerate their careers.

Anneli’s client list includes Mercedes-Benz, Vanguard, 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 

Awards

  • 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

  • PSA - Professional Speakers Australia

  • Accredited Master Coach with Australian & New Zealand Institute of Coaching (ANZIC)

  • Corporate Member of Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI)

  • Member of Organisational Development Australia (ODA)

  • 2012 Leadership Team member of ODA

  • 2009 Secretary of the ICF Victoria

  • 2009 MCEI (Marketing Awards) Judge

 

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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.
— Robert Klupacs, Executive Chairman Magdajano Pty Ltd