Bio – Cassandra, change catalyst –
career and life coach, creativity coach and mentor
Cassandra is a high energy, positive professional who proactively combines a broad range of strategic and operational experience with a results driven approach to business.
Cassandra has over twenty years of experience in the coaching and leadership field. Her specialist areas are leadership development, transformational change, coaching and talent management strategies.
She is highly regarded internationally as an expert in the career and personal development field. She believes in continually staying updated with best practice techniques and sharing these with others. She is the author of Happy at Work for mid-lifers and for over 5 years she wrote a regular career column for the Dominion Post. Most recently she has been writing for the New Zealand Herald on career and business issues.
She believes in staying abreast of change and regularly updates her knowledge of best-practice career management techniques, particularly those related to mature job seekers and 3rd age careers. She has presented her unique Passion Driven Work model to a world forum of career professionals at the International Career Practitioners conference in San Francisco, and attended a symposium of career professionals in Venice, Italy.
Her unique insight and in-depth understanding of human and organisational behaviour, particularly the various ways people embrace or reject change, and increase leadership capability, is gained from diverse business experience, qualifications and training in the areas of commerce, coaching, counseling, psychology, HR and strategic change communications. She has been on both sides of the fence giving her a rare ability to bring a fair and objective perspective to employment issues.
Cassandra is passionate about helping others to thrive and survive in the wake of change, work to their strengths, pursue their passions, and fulfil their potential. Put simply, she is passionate about what she does and does it well.
Cassandra’s qualifications and professional expertise
Cassandra favours positive psychology, solutions focused and appreciative enquiry approaches to create positive, transformational and lasting change. She has experience using the Lominger FYI Development and Coaching System, Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator and Team Management Profile and Belbin to enhance leadership development coaching and facilitation.
Her professional qualifications include:
- Bachelor of Commerce and Administration from Victoria University where she majored in Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour
- Diploma Psychology – holistic approaches to wellness
- Diploma of Counselling
- Certification as a Career and Life Coach
- Cassandra is qualified to administer and interpret the Myers Briggs Personality Indicator (MBTI)
- Bachelor of Design – Wellington Institute of Technology (2yrs of)
- Reiki – Second Degree of the Usui System of Natural Healing
- Certified Image and Colour Consultant
Cassandra is regularly sought after as a keynote speaker and by media seeking an experts opinion. She has also contributed to publications such as “Employment Today”, “Career Edge” and “Marie Claire” and been interviewed on National Radio and nati0nal television. In 2008 She was the resident coaching expert on Television One’s Good Morning Show.
She is a well-known writer in the area of “passion at work.” .For four years she wrote a holistic careers column for the Dominion Post has contributed to publications such as The New Zealand Herald, Marie Claire, Employment Today”, and Career Edge.
…and yes she does still manage to maintain work-life balance! In her spare time, she travels, nurtures her daughter’s passions, paints, sculpts and writes travel memoirs and romance novels! She is currently writing her first art-related novel of historical fiction set in Renaissance Italy.
Follow your passion not your pension – Listen to Cassandra being interviewed on Radio Live radio live iv
Check out her media page for other interviews and podcasts – click here
Visit www.worklifesolutions.co.nz for a comprehensive overview of her services
Watch Cassandra on The Good Morning Show:
TVNZ One » Creative goal setting
TVNZ One » Change your thoughts, change your life
Visit her Worklife Solutions site and learn how Cassandra and her team can help you life and work with passion >>
Cassandra has personally assisted individuals from a variety of career paths and organisations such as:
Organisations
Department of Corrections
ANZ
Contact Energy
Department of Labour (OSH)
PowerCo
Ministry of Defence
The Department for Conservation
Ministry of Education
Te Papa
EDS
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Mental Health Commission
Tower (NZ)
Department of Internal Affairs
Citi Bank
The Department for Internal Affairs
KPMG
Accor Hotels
Inland Revenue
Ministry of Fisheries
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Buddle Findlay Telecom
National Library
Air New Zealand
Country Road
Ministry for Courts
Fujitsu
ESR
Individuals
Lawyers and Barristers
Accountants
Web Designers and other creative people
IT Professionals
Nursing and health care professionals
Secretaries and Administrative Staff
Teachers
Engineers
Marketing and PR Professionals
Prison Guards
Creatives
Hotel Managers
Students
Policy Analysts
Recruitment Consultants
HR Managers
Vets
Sales Professionals
Self-employed entrepreneurs
Account Managers
CFO’s
CEO’s
