Nautilus Leadership partners are accredited in, and experienced practitioners of, The Leadership Circle™ 360 Assessment tools. We are also trained coaches, backed by extensive and diverse industry experience, and recognised for our established reputation and credibility within the field of leadership, team and professional development.

The Nautilus Leadership partners are:

   Jo Saies
Jo brings 30 years-experience leading, coaching, training and inspiring people to achieve their personal and professional potential. She has held leadership positions in SA and the ACT across diverse portfolios including disability, sport (in Australia and overseas), justice, and as Area Manager SA/NT for the Australian Public Service Commission, where she was responsible for leadership and workforce development across the region. In this role Jo worked closely with senior Commonwealth leaders, providing coaching, advice and support to help them achieve personal and organisational objectives. As a consultant, Jo has continued to provide services to the APS on behalf of the Merit Protection Commissioner and Public Service Commissioner.

Jo specialises in the application of evidence based interventions from the exciting field of positive  psychology to help unleash leadership and organisational potential. Complementing her qualifications in Psychology, Human Resource Management, Positive Psychology and Executive Coaching, Jo’s credentials as a leadership, career, performance, development and resilience coach, together with her experience as an outdoor adventurer and former Australian representative athlete, provide a unique blend of experience, wisdom and insight with which she supports her clients. Jo is a credentialed coach (ACC) with the International Coach Federation, serving as SA Branch President from 2018-2020, and has been recognised by the Australian Human Resources Institute with the highest level of professional membership, as a Fellow and Certified Practitioner Human Resources (FCPHR).
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  Wendy Taylor
Wendy has over 25 years’ experience in strategic HR and organisation development, holding internal consultant roles at senior levels in major public and private sector organisations in NSW and SA, before joining KPMG Management Consulting Division in SA in the early 1990’s. Manager and executive coaching has been part of that work throughout, alongside corporate governance, change management, and workforce development strategy. She has a holistic and systems view of organisations and society, married with a drive for pragmatic application at the personal level.

Wendy’s approach to coaching builds on a long career in leadership development, as a foundation of effective organisation development.    Her work in coaching is framed on personal transformation to achieve changed behaviour for greater personal, group and organisational effectiveness. Typically, this model has been framed within agreed organisational competencies and the individual’s assessment against these, but Wendy has more recently moved to the evidence-based competencies of The Leadership Circle as the basis for her coaching methodology. She uses structured sessions for reflective learning and action planning, supporting leaders at all levels to face their behavioural challenges, roadblocks to effectiveness and realise their potential for influence and impact. Key components include establishing the developmental level of the client and the pathway to greater insight. The Leadership Circle provides significant, overt evidence for the client on which to frame their agenda, with the coach’s support.
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Associate Coaches

We work with a pre-vetted group of experienced associate coaches across Australia, including

• Kerrie Ashcroft PCC
• Philippa Hurford PCC
• Kath Milne MCC

e: contact@nautilusleadership.com.au
p: 0412 319 394 (Jo Saies)