Hallo!

I’m Esther.

I’m a professional change specialist, with a focus on empowering individuals and businesses to adapt and thrive. I speak, coach, train and facilitate, and have a background in change management and transformation.

I believe change should be an opportunity for people to thrive, not struggle. By fostering a unified work environment with transparent dialogue, trust, authenticity, compassion, and a growth mindset, we can transform challenges into opportunities.

Now more than ever, it’s essential to stop unnecessary struggles and embrace change as a natural part of life.

What I do

Are you struggling with low staff engagement, high turnover or resistance to change?

Do you fear not being able to deliver on promises and maintain profitability?

Do you want to alleviate change fatigue and optimise collaboration to retain and attract talent?

I can help.

Unite your people for change success.

I offer leadership and change strategy sessions and execution. I’ve also designed, developed and delivered countless programs on behalf of institutes including Macquarie Group, QANTAS, AMP, NAB and BT Financial Group. For more than twenty years, I’ve run programs on change leadership and management around the world. If you’re looking for a keynote speaker, custom training, coaching or facilitation, click here to kickstart the process.

What my clients say

  • Esther has worked with the Allied Credit team for nearly a year as we rapidly transitioned via acquisition and organic growth to become one of the largest independent auto financiers in the country. The insight and expertise Esther brings to all aspects of change faced by the people in a company like ours has been instrumental in the success we have achieved. We couldn’t have done it without you, Esther!

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    Jon Moodie
    Chief Executive Officer, Allied Credit Group

  • I have had the pleasure of working with Esther on two occasions in the past 6 months. More recently my organisation engaged Esther to lead a series of Vision workshops with all staff. Esther is a consummate professional and has excellent facilitation skills. She prepared well and was able to facilitate the workshops with participants face to face and online. Balancing time and interactions to ensure all participants were engaged. We achieved great outcomes and Esther continues to help guide the process . I would highly recommend Esther as an excellent Leader of Change.

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    Tonina Harvey AM
    Harvey Consulting Group

  • Esther has been working with our team for the past 6 months as we transition through a significant organisational change. It’s a given that her professional knowledge and experience in change management is exceptional. What has impressed me most is her ability to listen, understand the range of responses and needs across a broad team and from that to build and constantly adapt a framework of themed interventions that have kept pace with the team’s appetite and engagement levels. Esther is responsive to adapting at short notice, incredibly professional and is a warm, interesting and engaged person to guide any transformational change management program.

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    Helen Williams
    Director, Transport Integrated Systems Capabilities, Transport for NSW

  • Esther led our change activity for our SALESFORCE implementation at Ahpra. Esther is an outstanding change director highly focused on people and the outcomes sought by the organisation. She went beyond the scope of her role , facilitating Executive strategic workshops and co-ordinating the development of a Change Management model, methodologies and tools for the organisation whilst delivering all the change needs of the Program. I highly recommend Esther as a flexible, and highly committed Change Director

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    David Watson
    Program Manager, AHPRA (Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency)
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Businesses I work with

I’ve worked with a wide cross-section of businesses, including Healthcare, Infrastructure, Rail, Financial Services, Airline, Government, Medical Device Sterilisation, Chemical Manufacturing and Tourism.

During this time, I’ve gained extensive experience in what it takes to lead change as it’s happening, while also ensuring the change is embedded and the business benefits are realised.

With over twenty years of experience, I have supported executives and middle management through complex mergers, high-profile business transformation projects, and implementations. My track record includes creating transparency, building trust, and fostering highly collaborative work environments where everyone can thrive and achieve successful change.

Empowering Leaders and Teams to Embrace Change and Thrive Together

After spending several years managing change in large blue-chip organisations, I came to learn that the success of any change – big or small – is determined by the role that senior leaders play. I also learned that change resistance or change fatigue aren’t real problems; they’re symptoms of something underlying that can be prevented.

In the early stages of recognising the crucial role of leaders, I wrote a book outlining four pragmatic steps to achieve sustainable change success. These steps include creating clarity about what is changing, providing context for why the change is necessary, fostering collaboration through transparent dialogue, and maintaining control over risks and issues with transparent reporting and mitigation strategies.

Since then, neuroscience research has advanced significantly, enhancing my understanding and enabling me to link my expertise in leading organisational change to fact-based science. I believe that guiding staff through change should be an inherent part of leadership and that managing and adopting change is the responsibility of everyone in the organisation. Both leaders and staff need support to become aware of their roles in enabling sustainable change success and to learn how to integrate this into their daily work.