MBA, (Uni Melbourne), M Health Services Mgt (Monash), Churchill Fellow, GAICD (Order of Merit), Accredited Professional Coach (ANZI), Accredited in Kirkpatrick Four Levels (R) Evaluation (Bronze Level), Accredited MBTI and EIR
“We work in the world of possibility and that’s a nice place to be. So when people get bogged down in the negative, we’ll empathise, but then always say, ‘so, what needs to happen, how can you move from there?’”
– Sharon Butler
Sharon Butler is a trusted consultant to many businesses and not-for-profit organisations. Many of her trusted clients have relied upon her services since 1997. She is an accomplished expert in process facilitation, strategic planning processes, professional coaching, and leadership development initiatives. Her passion is Family, School and Community Partnerships and she is frequently engaged to speak as an expert on these partnerships.
Notably, Sharon’s consulting portfolio includes:
- Design of the Professional Coaching for Principals Program which provided individual, team and collegiate group coaching to more than 450 school principals over four years
- Design and co-facilitation a number of women’s leadership development programs since 2000.
- Design and delivery of customised leadership development programs across the state for education and corporate clients
- Facilitation of strategic planning processes for a number of not-for-profit organisations
- Facilitation of focus groups across Victoria for the school governance review that was conducted as part of the review of the Education and Training Reform Act (2006), followed by the development of the School Council Toolkit for Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Extensive involvement with the central offices of Department of Education and the Catholic Education Office Melbourne
- Presentation at the 16th International Roundtable on Family-School-Community Partnerships in Vancouver in 2012