About the authors
Darren Hill is one of Australia's most in-demand strategists with a client book of Fortune 50 and ASX Top-20 companies. The culture-change programs Darren works on have been used in PepsiCo, McDonald's, Siemens, Suncorp Bank and the Australian Federal Government to name a few.
Darren is a best-selling author whose work has appeared regularly across the Fairfax Group (including the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age), News Limited (The Daily Telegraph and The Courier-Mail), Business Insider and Smart Company. He now writes exclusively for BRW, and has appeared on the ‘Today' show and Sky's ‘Business News'.
A behavioural scientist and Executive Director at Pragmatic Thinking (www.pragmaticthinking.com), Darren understands people like few others do. It is his intricate knowledge of people and culture that sees him not only delivering international keynote presentations at conferences but also designing, delivering and implementing complex, cross-layered multiyear culture-change programs inside organisations.
Alison Hill is a psychologist who frequently appears on Channel 9's ‘Mornings' program, regularly has articles published with Business Chicks, and is highly sought after to assist individuals and teams transition through the ‘tough stuff'.
Her work has found its way inside a few big businesses you may have heard of … PepsiCo, Sydney Water, BHP Billiton, Bond University, Griffith University and BlueCare, just to name a few.
Alison presents her unique and authentic message as a sought-after keynote speaker, engaging her audience with humour, practicality and real-world thinking.
Alison is a founder and director of the super-cool behaviour and motivation strategy company Pragmatic Thinking.
Dr Sean Richardson is a registered psychologist with a PhD in the psychology of excellence. He has a wealth of experience with elite sports teams, both as a high performance consultant and as a former world-class athlete. Sean has helped a number of professional sports teams go from middle of the pack to number one, and has delivered leading-edge, high-performance presentations and programs into the likes of Suncorp, Johnson & Johnson, Chrysler, ANZ, AMP and Mercedes.
A successful TEDx speaker, mentor to pro coaches and executive leaders, and facilitator for elite performing teams, Sean is known for his powerful messages on the mindsets of excellence, and delivers game-changing IP to individuals and organisations on the five sciences for building and delivering sustained high performance.