About David and MetaSkill Consulting
About David and MetaSkill Consulting
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Most recently David has been a leadership coach with the Victorian State Government Barring Djinang Leadership Program which focuses on coaching identified First Nations leaders within the Public Service and associated community organisations. This program was based on a Narrative Coaching approach and was offered in partnership with David Drake, the inventor of Narrative Coaching. This program continued a long association David has had with the Indigenous community, going back to when he was responsible for setting up the KooRight Program in response to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, bringing university–level programs to Aborigines in prisons across Australia. This was the most successful program of its kind in Australia and was developed when David was a lecturer at the Institute of Koorie Education at Deakin University.
Based in Bahrain for 7 years, David was initially the joint Project Director for the National Employment Project and later established a Bahraini government-accredited training institute in Bahrain before returning to Australia in 2012. During this time MetaSkill formed partnerships and client relationships with many of the best-known brands and family companies, particularly in Bahrain, but also Kuwait, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. MetaSkill also represented many well-known Australian and international brands in the Middle East and maintains strong contacts within the region. As an example, during this time MetaSkill was the Middle Eastern distributor for the Facet5 Psychometric Assessments. Clients at that time included the Islamic Development Bank in Saudi Arabia.
On returning to Melbourne, David developed and delivered accredited Front Line Leadership programs (Cert IV In Leadership and Management) which have been offered through locally based RTOs (Registered Training Organisations) in Melbourne and Victoria. Clients have included General Mills, Diamond Valley Pork and KR Castlemaine. These programs were offered in partnership with TQMS and the National Food Institute.
Before that, David trained as an academic philosopher and worked as an academic at Melbourne University before making the switch to business, coaching and training. His interest in philosophy and logic continues as it informs both his coaching and his Critical Thinking workshops and as a trained philosopher and logician, David brings great rigour to training and coaching interactions, cutting through the obscurities that often cloud our vision and undermine the clarity and articulation required for successful professional outcomes. As a trainer for hire, David's clients for Critical Thinking and Decision Making include Telstra, Australia Post and the ATO.
David is also a mediator trained by the Queensland Alternative Dispute Resolution Division conducted on behalf of the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement in South Australia. David was selected to participate in Native Title Mediations in Outback SA and was part of the mediation training team for the SA Environment Court.
Coaching with David
Coaching with David
David is a trusted advisor, coach, trainer and consultant, and is recognised for his combination of thoughtful, theory-driven but immediately practical training programs.
Although able to present training and workshops in most soft skill areas, David likes to specialise in leadership and management skills, in particular, those relating to coaching, conflict management, critical thinking and effective leadership.
David brings an excellent understanding of the applications and benefits of modern Psychometrics. MetaSkill Consulting was the Middle East distributor of Facet5, guaranteed to give you and your team a fundamental understanding of your current strengths and challenges, as well as knowledge and skill gaps over a wide range of professional and life competencies.
David’s coaching is informed by:
David’s coaching is informed by:
Narrative Coaching, developed by Dr David Drake a regular program partner with MetaSkill
Results Coaching Systems, developed by Dr. David Rock
Psychosynthesis coaching is based on the work of Roberto Assagioli, a collaborator of both Freud and Jung, who insisted on including the greatest potentials of being human and the riches of Western and Eastern cultural achievements as part of the template and model for our development
David has studied wisdom traditions for over 40 years and involved himself in human potentials training, auditing and contributing to programs in Transpersonal Counselling and Shamanic Studies through the Phoenix Institute in Melbourne
David has practiced martial arts for nearly 40 years and has a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a 3rd Dan Black Belt in Aikido. David teaches and trains in Aikido regularly, and he is also a qualified yoga teacher.
Whatever direction your training or coaching journey takes, David will likely have the tools and resources, depth and resonance to be a trusted guide.
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