About Me - My Biography

Judi has many years experience in senior line management, human resource development, organisation development, executive coaching, recruitment, career and performance management, career development and outplacement across private and public sector organisations. Her experience has been gained through line management and human resource development roles, together with twelve years experience in consulting. Judi's early experience included six years as a wine consultant and retail manager with Crittenden's Wine Merchants, and seven years at Myer Stores. At Myer Stores her roles included store management and human resources, and she was also Regional Training and Development Manager for the Melbourne and suburban stores. Judi has worked for the Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, where she designed and co-ordinated learning programs. Using her management and human resources background, Judi began consulting in 1985, focusing particularly on human resource development, executive coaching and executive recruitment. In 1991, Judi re-joined Myer Grace Bros. as General Manager HR, Retail Operations, a role responsible for human resources issues relating to 28,000 employees across Australia. In 1994 Judi returned to Consulting in her own company, Judi Anderson & Associates In 1999, Judi worked in Asia delivering an intensive assessment and interviewing program to executives and managers in one of the world’s leading international banks. Judi joined the Waite Group in February, 2000 as Associate Director of the Career Centre, which included services including Outplacement/Career Transition, Executive Coaching, Leadership programs as well as the Steps programs (Board Step, Ultimate Step, Top Steps), in-house programs and developmental workshops. She is also a skilled Facilitator of large and small groups, including where there are groups in conflict or where groups are seeking to find common ground in complex environments. In March, 2006, Judi returned to her own consulting business, Judi Anderson & Associates, in which she provides consulting services to organisations and individuals in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in the following areas: • Career development and Outplacement • Executive Coaching & Mentoring • Board and Executive Development, including governance, board audits and reviews, & developing an effective board culture • Developing organisational effectiveness and robust cultures (HR & OD) • Workplace investigations, mediation and conciliation • Group Facilitation, using a variety of techniques to work with groups of all sizes, to help people engage in, manage and cope effectively and creatively with all of the changes that surround them. Judi’s formal qualifications include an Associate Diploma of Marketing and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Careers Counselling. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Australian Institute of Management, OD Australia, the Australian Human Resources Institute, the Career Development Association of Australia, the Australasian Facilitators Network. After 19 years on the Board, the last 7 as President, I have recently retired from the Board of Relationships Australia (Victoria) (www.relationshipsvictoria.com.au ).