In Profile - Who we Are

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Qld Public Sector

A bit About Us...

As suggested by our name, The Change Forum's business is change. We are an independent consultancy specialising in designing innovative workplace improvement and culture change processes where leadership and organisational learning are keys to success. From our base in North Queensland, we work in collaborative learning partnerships with managers, senior executives, project groups and workteams to:

	Deliver creative change solutions to help strengthen organisational leadership capability and deepen learning capacity at organisational, team and individual levels
	Assist managers and leaders build vibrant work cultures and high-performing self-directing teams
	Develop participative change processes tailored to particular needs and workplace contexts
	Transfer skills to change agents, leaders and teams to improve self-management, self-awareness and working more effectively in teams.

The Change Forum through its founder and principal, Bill Cropper, has a wealth of practical experience in participative change management, leadership learning, conversational coaching, team formation, team-building, organisation renewal, strategic planning and group facilitation on both small and large scale projects in a wide range of public and private sector organisations throughout Australia.

From time to time we partner with other independent consultants sharing similar values, principles and approaches to workplace change and leadership development, who collaborate as associates on particular projects or assist with presentation of our public leadership learning events. We are pleased to welcome Leigh Bennett (principal of Enterprise Innovations) to our consulting team to assist with presentation of a number of projects throughout the coming year.

A Profile of each Consultant is available through these links:

Bill Cropper - Director and principal Consultant

Leigh Bennett - Associate

"We engaged Bill Cropper of The Change Forum to assist our regional management team with strategic planning and learning; coach individual managers and manager/staff groups and to facilitate one of our community Action Learning Teams in the Whitsunday Region. We found Bill's approach to be professional and well organised. The impact of his work in coaching our teams towards becoming a learning organisation had a profound and sustainable impact on the workplace. Bill quickly analysed the areas for improvement in our communication and thinking and was able to challenge us to confront our mental models both as individuals and as part of a team. The blend of listening, analysing, confronting and coaching was successful in creating change. All the resources left to support our continued progress were both thorough and easily understood by all levels of staff. I can definitely recommend his services to you." Michael Bishop, former Regional Director, Department of Families, Mackay Whitsunday Region