Anne Riches Travels from Sydney, NSW

Topics

Change Management
Facilitator
Female Speaker
Law
Leadership
Strategy and Planning

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Anne Riches was a barrister and a senior lecturer in law at Sydney University. She then moved on to lead several challenging start-up and change agent projects in the private and public sectors. Anne brings credibility and leadership experience from her senior corporate roles in strategy, as a change agent and as a human resources director responsible for leveraging the people resource to deliver the organisation's strategic outcomes.

Anne is retained by organisations looking to develop sustainable change capabilities and leadership qualities in executives, managers and team leaders. Her material is tailored to address specific objectives. Anne's work makes a significant contribution to improving staff performance, reducing friction and politics and creating a positive culture of personal responsibility rather than blame.

Anne has been a member of several boards and held numerous leadership positions including President of the Women Lawyers’ Association of NSW and State and Territory Councillor of the Australian Human Resources Institute.

She is the author of one book, has co-authored four others and written over 200 publications including articles, papers and e-books on a range of subjects including neuroscience and leadership, organizational change, leadership and human resources management, organizational development and a variety of ethical and legal issues.

Anne is also certified in the best practice Prosci Change Management Process Methodology and to use DiSC, TMS, EQ Map and TalentSmart Emotional Intelligence assessments.

Keynote Titles

Hearty ideas for dealing with difficult people
Do you see the forest or just the trees?
Mastering change in a fad-free zone
The human side of business - now and the future
Life after outsourcing - stop worrying about change and thrive on it instead
Better management - unlock the potential of your staff
Managing people - generating success

Testimonials

Anne's presentation was intriguing, touching, personal, refreshing, surprising and energising all in one. She challenged the conference attendees to look outside their own square, seeking barriers to change within themselves. I will never forget Anne's memorable words and presentation - she is amazing. I cannot recommend Anne Riches highly enough to any industry in any situation - she knew very little of our industry when we first met but you would never have known with such a well prepared and delivered presentation.

ABPNS Conference

Please accept my strong congratulations and deep gratitude for the excellent facilitation process you managed for us last week. ...I feel sure that the action plans that flow from the meeting will serve to empower stronger and more cohesive growth from an already blossoming property venture. Thank you for your excellent role in aligning the group towards shared vision and goals with clear expectation of each other's roles and responsibilities.

Kings Cove Metung Pty Ltd

Anne's training made a fundamental difference to the approach we take... We see the lasting, embedded value of her work in the refined philosophical base ....and the enhanced understanding, skills and enthusiasm with which we do our work.

ICAC