What Tara brings to the table
Tara is at her best on the big people challenges: leadership development, talent and capability strategy, culture change and inclusion. She works with your executives to define the capability your organisation needs. Then she designs the leadership programs, talent processes and learning strategy that build it. As a trained organisational coach, she’s as comfortable coaching a senior leader as she is shaping a company-wide program. Tara ties every piece of learning back to performance, so your investment shows up in results. She also champions inclusion and engagement, so your people strategy works for everyone.
Experience and qualifications
Tara ran leadership and talent development for about 10,000 people in Commonwealth Bank’s Technology, Operations and Financial Services division. Before that she held the same role at Bankwest. She was Head of Learning and Organisational Development at MLC Life Insurance and Head of Talent and Capability at Australian Payments Plus. She has also led inclusion and engagement at David Jones and organisational effectiveness at Western Power. Tara holds a Bachelor of Business (Management) from Edith Cowan University. She has completed Level 1 Organisational Coaching with the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL).