Amanda Spalding Consulting
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With over 30 years' experience in empowering organisations to deliver outcomes
About Us
INTRODUCING AMANDA
SPALDING
Amanda Spalding is an experienced management consultant with a career of over 30 years spanning a variety of international and Australian organisations at executive management level.
Amanda is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. She has exceptional leadership and communication skills and is a skilled facilitator. She ran successful management consultancy, Darrell Hair Associates, for a number of years with private, public and not for profit clients in Victoria and NSW. Amanda has been a regular speaker at conferences on a variety of issues including strategic planning; reorganisation of local government; economic development; tourism; community engagement and women’s sport.
Amanda is the Treasurer of Arts OutWest and Orange Community Broadcasters (FM107.5), a Director of the Orange Business Chamber and a founder member of the Central West Women's Forum and Put Orange First.
INTRODUCING DARRELL HAIR
Darrell Hair has extensive experience in Sales, Marketing, Freight Management and Community Consultation. Darrell is also a qualified NLP Practitioner (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and has a Diploma in Mediation.
Darrell gained much of his knowledge and resilience skills during a career as an International Cricket Umpire spanning 20 years and he also gathered crucial “on the job” training in cultural awareness and cross cultural differences.
Darrell is also a successful writer having written two books about his cricket career as well as assisting the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) as Laws of Cricket Consultant and in producing a groundbreaking booklet “Cricket Umpire’s Technique Manual”.
Darrell is an accomplished presenter of topics such as Resilience and Coping With Pressure in both the workplace and on the sporting arena. During 2012, Darrell make several presentations as part the NSW Police Leadership Program.
Our main areas of expertise are:
Amanda Spalding is an experienced management consultant with a career of over 30 years spanning a variety of international and Australian organisations at executive management level.
Amanda is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. She has exceptional leadership and communication skills and is a skilled facilitator. She ran successful management consultancy, Darrell Hair Associates, for a number of years with private, public and not for profit clients in Victoria and NSW. Amanda has been a regular speaker at conferences on a variety of issues including strategic planning; reorganisation of local government; economic development; tourism; community engagement and women’s sport.
Amanda is the Treasurer of Arts OutWest and Orange Community Broadcasters (FM107.5), a Director of the Orange Business Chamber and a founder member of the Central West Women's Forum and Put Orange First.
INTRODUCING DARRELL HAIR
Darrell Hair has extensive experience in Sales, Marketing, Freight Management and Community Consultation. Darrell is also a qualified NLP Practitioner (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and has a Diploma in Mediation.
Darrell gained much of his knowledge and resilience skills during a career as an International Cricket Umpire spanning 20 years and he also gathered crucial “on the job” training in cultural awareness and cross cultural differences.
Darrell is also a successful writer having written two books about his cricket career as well as assisting the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) as Laws of Cricket Consultant and in producing a groundbreaking booklet “Cricket Umpire’s Technique Manual”.
Darrell is an accomplished presenter of topics such as Resilience and Coping With Pressure in both the workplace and on the sporting arena. During 2012, Darrell make several presentations as part the NSW Police Leadership Program.
Our main areas of expertise are:
- Strategic Planning
- Grant sourcing, writing, submissions and acquittal
- Community engagement
- Facilitation
- Professional development of Councillors and staff
- Business improvement and service reviews
- Organisational reviews and change management
- Team building
- Business and service planning
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Leadership and management development
- Experienced conference speakers
We recognise that our home and workplace stand on the Aboriginal lands of the Wiradjuri People; We recognise and value the culture, strength, resilience and capacity of all Aboriginal Peoples; We deeply respect all Elders past and present; We honour the Ancestors; and will champion that which is Sacred to the Aboriginal Peoples all the days of our lives.
What People Say
Amanda Spalding facilitated ten community consultation sessions to assist Bega Valley Shire Council in the development of its first Integrated Planning and Reporting framework. The ten sessions consisted of six place-based community forums and four issues-based forums. I found Amanda to be a skilled facilitator who listened carefully, giving feedback to the forum about her understanding of what was being said. She also dealt easily with some community members who had entrenched views of Council and the direction that the future should take. . She reported back on outcomes from the sessions and recommended best practice for strategy presentation. The final plan incorporated many outcomes from these sessions and ensured a completed link to the community input into the final adopted Council plans.
Leanne Barnes, General Manager: Bega Valley Shire Council
I am fortunate to have Amanda Spalding as my mentor. She is generous in her support and knowledge of the sector, and shares her own experiences and insights when she thinks it will help in my decision making. As a mentor Amanda is not seeking to make clones. Rather she is attuned to my particular strengths and is honest about where I can develop. I believe that an effective mentoring relationship requires the mentee to be open and vulnerable in order to learn and be receptive to a mentors insights. Amanda has proven herself time and again to operate in this relationship with utmost integrity. To be someone I can trust to use that sensitive knowledge to help me, never to harm me or further her own interests (this is vital because in my experience some mentors can abuse that information shared in confidence for their own gain). When helping me at a crossroads recently, she shared what she would do but held the space for my very different personality, obligations and ambitions. She helped me draw focus from a mass of data, and make an informed decision that was my own. Amanda gives me the boost, with her wit, intelligence and directness, to come into my own potential, and often introduces ideas and options that I simply didn't see. I am grateful to have Amanda on my team as a professional who I respect, admire, and happen to like immensely!
Tiffany Lee-Shoy: Culture Strategy - Senior Strategic Project Leader City of Parramatta
Amanda has been a long time member of ALGWA NSW. ALGWA NSW President, Lithgow City Councillor Cassandra Coleman [centre] visited Orange recently and took the opportunity to catch up with Orange City Councillor Joanne McRae [R] and Amanda Spalding [L] who was named one of the Top 50 Public Sector Women of NSW in 2018.
Australian Local Government Women's Association NSW
In July 2018 Amanda Spalding was awarded the Inaugural Top 50 NSW Pubic Sector Women award recognising women’s inspirational leadership within the public sector and outstanding leadership in building high performing teams and transforming communities.
Inaugural Top 50 NSW Pubic Sector Women award
Amanda was part of the organisation of the very successful 2019 Rainbow on the Plains Festival in Hay, NSW. Amanda worked on a voluntary basis as a member of a small Board, organising and promoting the entire event. The second annual festival was a major success with 40 groups and over 400 marchers in the Parade and a similar number attending celebration events on Saturday evening. It is estimated the weekend’s event generated some $200,000 spend from visitors for the local economy of Hay.
Krista Schade, Chair Hay Mardi Gras Inc.: Role as a Director
‘The Workshop was well worthwhile, and useful; it was practical and well set out. The handbook and checklists are excellent resources.’
Central West Region Community Home Support Program: Teresa Ashworth, CEO – Bathurst Seymour Centre
“Our club (Emus Rugby Club) has been successful in achieving a NSW Government Stronger Country Communities grant for over $360,000. This funding secured the capital to build woman’s changerooms at our facility. We received assistance from local grant writer Amanda Spalding, who gave us excellent guidance to make a successful application for funding.'
Orange Emus Rugby Club: Jamal Khalfan, President, Orange Emus Rugby Club
‘The Workshop was well worthwhile, and useful; it was practical and well set out. The handbook and checklists are excellent resources.’
Central West Region Community Home Support Program: Teresa Ashworth, CEO – Bathurst Seymour Centre
Our Services
• Strategic Planning Grant sourcing, writing, submissions and acquittal • Community engagement • Facilitation • Professional development of Councillors and staff • Integrated Planning and Reporting • Business improvement and service reviews • Organisational reviews and change management • Human resource management • Mediation • Team building • Advocacy and lobbying • Strategic financial management • Business and service planning • Coaching • Mentoring • Leadership and management development • Experienced conference speakers
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Our History and Clients
Our History
Amanda Spalding Consulting previously operated as Darrell Hair Associates - Management Consultants from 2010 to 2013.
Our Clients - Leeton Shire Council
Assisted Leeton Shire Council to draft a submission to the NSW Parliament Rural Health Inquiry in November/ December 2020 through research and stakeholder and community engagement.
How to Get the Best Out of Our Councils
I have been asked by Orange City Life to write a weekly column on How To Get the Best Out of Our Councils with the aim to help communities to understand local government better and exercise their responsibilities. The weekly columns are on this website under Articles. #localgovernment #informed #accountability
Manly - Ombudsman Report
In 2010 when I was Deputy General Manager at Manly Council I led the review and change management of the Council’s Advisory Committee system, reducing from 52 to 16 Committees meeting bi-monthly or quarterly rather than the previous monthly cycle which was very resource intensive. The governance procedures were refreshed and the Chair of the Bicycle Committee didn't like the changes and so made a complaint to the Ombudsman. The full report into the complaint and investigation is available at the NSW Ombudsman's website: https://www.ombo.nsw.gov.au/ Unfortunately the complaint was in my name. I was exonerated by the Ombudsman and his letter is available by clicking on the link above. It says that the report 'makes no adverse finding or comment about your conduct as the Deputy General Manager of Manly.'
Whistle blowing - disloyalty or duty of care?
Amanda made this presentation to the National Australian Local Government Women's Association in May 2019. Very positive feedback was received from conference delegates about the choices Amanda made. The presentation and feedback are attached.
Rockdale End of Term Report 2012 and Rockdale City Plan 2013 - 2025
The Rockdale End of Term Report 2012 is best practice. The Rockdale City Plan 2013 - 2025 is an example of Results Based Accountability. Amanda led the development of the Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework as Director of Corporate and Community at Rockdale City Council.
Our Clients - Not for Profits
Affordable Community Housing Ltd. DHA's Amanda Spalding was contracted by the Board to provide coaching to 13 members of staff; to assist the Executive Management Team to operate more effectively, and to run a workshop on decision making to improve reporting to the Board.
Our Clients - Not For Profit
Amanda Spalding undertook a review of the Learning Solutions business of the NSW Local Government and Shires Associations (LGSA).
Our Clients - Councils' - Integrated Planning and Reporting
Darrell Hair Associates assisted many councils in developing their first IPR frameworks, including Bankstown, Hawkesbury, Rockdale, Armidale, Fairfield, Dubbo, Glen Innes Severn and Bega Valley Shire.
Our Clients - Victorian Government
Darrell Hair led a leadership seminar with 100 managers at the Victorian Traffic Accident Commission on Dealing with Pressure and Meeting Deadlines.
Our Clients - NSW Police - Leadership and Resilience
Darrell Hair made several leadership presentations to the NSW Police on the Senior Leadership Program at Hawkesbury and the Police Academy at Goulbourn. Amanda and Darrell developed a Resilience Program for the NSW Police.
Our clients - Liverpool City Council
We presented a Councillor Professional Development Program including: The Legal and Ethical Responsibilities of Councillors; Time Management for Councillors, and Planning Legislation and Regulations.
