THE DIRECTOR

Dr Sherene Suchy

Director of DUO PLUS Pty Ltd, Dr. Sherene Suchy is an Australian based educator, coach, author, and consultant in change management. Born in the United States, Dr. Suchy has commuted for over thirty-five years between Australia and Oregon for research, consulting, and family. She taught two programs for over ten years in the MBA program at the University of Technology Sydney: Effective People Management and Organisation Change and Adaptation. With a passion for museums, Sherene advocates the role that museums play as keepers of stories for our communities.

A qualified counsellor, Sherene provides confidential coaching services with a choice of three levels: facilitating short-term change, nurturing medium term targeted performance development, or supporting longer-term individual or organisational development goals.

As a specialist in individual and organisational change, Dr. Suchy’s expertise is based on over twenty-five years' experience in corporate, government and non-profit organisations. This experience includes human resource management positions and consulting roles in health, telecommunications, public utilities, architecture, banking, insurance, science, government, and cultural institutions.

Her change management skills were honed as an expatriate (USA, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore). Enjoying a strategic alliance with Global Interface and the International Consultants Centre, Dr. Suchy coached over 500 international managers and their families preparing for overseas assignments; advocating museums for cultural orientation.

Dr. Suchy was a practitioner from 1989-1998 in Career Path Appreciation with the Brunel Institute of Organisation and Social Studies (London). She coached over 200 executives through organisational challenges in large organisations and used the tool for international doctoral research on leadership and change management. Key outcomes and the business case for emotional intelligence are described in her book Leading With Passion: Change Management in the 21st Century Museum.

The importance of emotional intelligence (self-awareness, trust, resilience, intuition, and creativity) is integrated into programs designed and facilitated by Sherene: Leading With Passion © 1998, Change Agent Skills © 2001, Shift Your Life © 2003, and Family Memory Making: Matching Stories to Heirlooms © 2004.

Professional qualifications include a Bachelor of Social Work (Psychology), Grad. Dip. Communication Management, Master of Art Administration, and a Ph.D. (Performance, Fine Art, Design). Accredited in the EQ Map, the MBTI, the Overseas Assignment Inventory, and Stress Management. Memberships include the Australian Association of Social Workers, Oral History Association of Australia, and the International Council of Museums.

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