Credentials

Profile

Deborah Kneebone is the principal of Action Ideas, a specialist consultancy business which focuses on bringing out the BEST in people and the products and services they represent.

Services include coaching, career management, workshop facilitation on a variety of topics which enhance individual and group performance such as Emotional Intelligence and the role of personality differences in the workplace using the Myers  Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI^®). 

Deborah is a qualified Executive Coach, Career Practitioner with accreditation to deliver a number of world-renowned learning and development assessment tools including:

• Emotional Intelligence - EQ & EQ360
• Personality - MBTI®
• Whole Brain Technology - HBDI™

With a 20 year background in successful, large corporate and small, privately owned businesses Deborah excels in the following areas using internationally recognised tools and methodologies to deliver exceptional results:

• Strategic Positioning for personal & organisational competitive advantage
• Innovative Product & Business Development
• Facilitation - small groups
• Emotional Intelligence @ Work (EQ-i and EQ360)
• Personality @ Work (MBTI®)
• Whole Brain Thinking @ Work (HBDI™)

Distinctive Contribution

• Seeing potential and possibilities in people, products and services.
• Sensitively identifying and addressing ‘core’ issues in a manner that empowers people
• Successful broad industry experience in competitive, fast-paced changing environments

Qualifications & Memberships

• Post Graduate Degree, Business
• Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Member, International Coach Federation
• Accredited Coach
• Professional Member, Australian Association of Career Counsellors
• Certified Professional, Australian Human Resource Institute
• Accredited Workplace Trainer & Assessor
• Co-Founder – Women’s Network NT Inc
• Accredited practitioner - BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory
• Accredited practitioner – BarOn Emotional Quotient – 360 Multi-rater Feedback
• Accredited practitioner – Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI^®)
• Accredited practitioner - Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI™)

Client List

• Individuals who are already effective and want to improve their quality and / or performance in specific areas of their life.
• Small & Medium private business enterprises, Federal and State/Territory Government Departments, Professional Associations, Defence and Not-for-Profit organisations

Maintaining client confidentiality is more important than securing new business by ‘name dropping’, however selected personal references are available on request.