Experience

The Alternative Board Australia

• Australia
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner, Coach and Peer Board Facilitator - The Alternative Board Townsville Region

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  The Alternative Board (TAB) is an invitation only membership organisation that brings focused, driven and like-minded business leaders together in group settings to share practical, real-world solutions and invaluable hands-on experience. TAB has helped thousands of leaders from diverse industries achieve business success and balance in their work and personal lives. Business owners, CEO's and MDs make better decisions by harnessing the real-world knowledge and experience of other owners, and from investing time working on their business, not just in it. TAB creates, manages and facilitates advisory boards that comprise local business owners, managing directors and CEOs who run non-competing businesses. Board members meet monthly to learn from one another's successes and mistakes and advise each other on the opportunities and challenges they face, to grow their businesses to the next level. Owners and CEOs who join TAB get to work on their business instead of in it and the board is both an invaluable advisory resource and a peer group that demands accountability. Members also benefit from one to one coaching sessions with their coach and facilitator focused on their business and personal goals and access to The Alternative Board's business tools designed specifically to help business owners. If you are a business owner, ask yourself the following questions: 1. Are you ready to take your business to an entirely new level? 2. How are you at balancing your business and personal lives? 3. Do you need help seeing the opportunities available to you? 4. Do you feel like you’re fighting fires all alone? 5. Where do you turn to for the truth about your business? If you’d like to learn more about our invitation-only membership model and how it may be able to help you with your business, let’s connect and explore if TAB might be a fit for you. I look forward to connecting!



HR Business Essentials

• Founder & Director

  • Sep 2008 - Present

  Mary Stevenson is the Director of HR Business Essentials, a company she founded in 2008. As an accredited HR Coach and member of Australia’s largest human resources coaching network - HR Coach, Mary is passionate about working with organisations and managers to plan, resource and implement effective people management strategies that link employees and their activities in the workplace and with organisational goals. Planning + People + Performance = Profitability Outcomes for business are streamlined processes, retention of key employees, improved performance and increased productivity, delivering real business growth. With an extensive background in managing teams and coaching managers in areas including operations, sales, logistics, engineering, mining, purchasing, marketing, IT and finance and with a strong background in human resource management Mary has worked with managers and business owners helping them to identify solutions to their business challenges. Services include: Executive coaching, strategic planning, KPI development, leadership and sales development programs, coaching for managers, performance management, industrial relations, remuneration, recruitment & retention, benchmarking, staff systems implementation and compliance audits. Prior to establishing HR Business Essentials Mary has held a variety of operational and human resources management positions including that of General Manager - Human Resources for the Australian subsidiary of a specialist global retail organisation. Mary is Genos and DiSC accredited and a member of the HR Coach Australasia network, with exclusive access to the latest business research from the HR Coach Institute, Mary provides integrated solutions to her clients and delivers outcomes that are essential for business to remain competitive and sustainable in todays challenging environment.



LHH

• United States
• Human Resources Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Mar 2014 - Present



HR Coach Australasia

• Australia
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Network Member

  • Sep 2008 - Present



Dreamtime Learning

• Ingham, QLD

• Executive Director

  • Feb 2012 - Dec 2018

  Dreamtime Learning is a training organisation that has arisen out of an industry need to provide practical and effective training for hospitality workers. It specialises in the training of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and offers a comprehensive program called Choices for Change which gives a variety of options for students to move forward in their lives. There is an emphasis on the acquisition of skills, the building of confidence and the development of work habits which help their transition from non-employment to successful career development. The Program has a solid psychological framework which underpins all aspects of the program. It is called the 6 Cs program and each C represents an underlying pillar for success. The pillars are: COMPETENCE CULTURE CONFIDENCE COMMITMENT CONSISTENCY CONTINUITY These factors are addressed to gain and sustain success. Training courses offered include: • Diploma of Management • Diploma of Hospitality • Certificate III Hospitality • Certificate III Tourism • Certificate III Business • Certificate III Retail • Certificate II Kitchen Operations



Australian HR Institute (AHRI)

• Human Resources
• 100 - 200 Employee

• State Council Member - QLD - Volunteer

  • Nov 2012 - Oct 2016



Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us Australia

• Australia
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager - Human Resources

  • May 1993 - Aug 2008



Toys R Us - Australia

• HR Manager

  • May 1998 - Jun 2001



Various Companies

• Operations Management

  • Feb 1981 - Feb 1997