Personal development

An integral and powerful part of the Keogh suite of services is a deep understanding of people in organisation. Keogh works to identify, explore and develop the ‘talent bank’ that exists within each person. The Keogh challenge has been the progressive development of tools and processes that support and guide individuals, across the life of their career, to identify and unleash their potential.

Keogh assists people to grow and develop so that they can create and achieve personal and professional goals and visions which are aligned to their purpose.

The cornerstone model for personal growth and development is the ‘Wisdom Wheel’ – a model developed by Allan Keogh – which enables the individual to profile, explore and develop behaviours and skills to support and grow universal, global, emotional, spiritual, physical and technical wisdom.
Keogh approaches personal development with the following transformation focus:

  • Exploration
  • Discovery
  • Transition plans as an integrated part of the personal development plan
  • Execution and implementation of plans
  • Momentum for progression and sustaining application
  • Support and celebration of success

Industry Experience

Extensive industry experience extends across the following areas – oil and gas, mining and mineral processing, energy, banking and financial services, health, community and government, primary industry, manufacturing and technology, hospitality, tourism and entertainment and education and profesional services.

 

Who is most likely to take the challenge of personal development?

Individuals who know or acknowledge they need to know how to:

  • Thrive on diversity
  • Collaborate to manage in a highly networked world with conflicting stakeholder needs
  • Work effectively with constantly changing organisations
  • Developing a range style competencies required to relate effectively to stakeholders, shareholders and the broader community
  • Constantly improve cognative and relationship based skills and behaviours
  • Maintain an awareness that the individual & their role is an integral part of the whole organisation and its success

Planned staged interventions have been designed and developed for the following client groups:

Examples of Keogh Consulting board members and executive clients who independently sought professional coaching and mentoring:

  • Beach Petroleum
  • Bridge Oil
  • Cancer Council
  • Gallery Gold
  • Michell
  • Moreland Community Health Service
  • Niugini Gold
  • Parker & Parsley
  • Red Dome Gold
  • South Australian State Theatre Company
  • Spirit Telecom
  • Western Health

Examples of Keogh Consulting clients sponsored by their boards

  • AMPCI
  • Business SA
  • Castrol
  • Ceramic Fuel Cells
  • EDL
  • Esso
  • Gallery Gold
  • Leviathan Resources
  • Michell
  • Motorola
  • Niugini Gold
  • Perseverance
  • Red Dome Gold
  • Santos
  • SEMF
  • Treasury Corporation of Victoria
  • Wattyl
  • WMC Resources
  • Woodside

Examples of Keogh Consulting clients being developed in alignment with succession plans and / or developing  performance capacity

  • EDL
  • Esso
  • Gallery Gold
  • Halliburton
  • Motorola
  • Santos
  • Treasury Corporation of Victoria
  • Woodside

Examples of Keogh Consulting client sponsored personal development programs

  • Bendigo Bank
  • Business SA
  • Castrol
  • EDL
  • Esso Australia
  • Exxon Mobil
  • Financial Services Institute  
  • Gallery Gold
  • Halliburton
  • Motorola
  • Santos
  • WMC Resources
  • Woodside

Level

Keogh offers personal development to people at all levels of the organisation as a means to support their professional and personal development. 

PD Case Studies (click on the link below to download a PDF document):

 
Team Development

A powerful part of the Keogh suite of services is optimising and leveraging the inherent synergies in high performance teams.

The Keogh Approach

The Keogh approach is based on a deep understanding of the individuals, the organisation and the business, and early engagement with sponsors and mentors.

Keogh utilises a range of tools and processes that have been designed to support teamwork and maximise long term team effectiveness. These include:

  • Regular reviews and alignment of individual, team function and business plans
  • Staged and integrated development programs focusing on all (soft and hard) aspects of team development underpinned by personal development
  • Accelerated learning
  • E-learning
  • Core competency base
  • Environments focused on learning and empowerment and characterised by accountability and responsibility& working towards common goals
  • Experiential activities including role rotation
  • Online and 1:1 support
  • Partnering
  • Sponsors, coaching and mentoring
  • Corrective and confirmative feedback
  • Developing heart and soul integration – teamwork with integrity.

Industry Experience

Extensive industry experience extends across the following areas – oil and gas, mining and mineral processing, energy, banking and financial services, health, community and government, primary industry, manufacturing and technology, hospitality, tourism and entertainment and education and professional services.

This is a Keogh signature service offer and a preferred practice area

This extensive experience has seen Keogh produce its best results when a number of critical elements are in place. They are:

  • A sound understanding of the business
  • Significant and tangible support for executive management, general managers and team leaders-all on side, willing and able to lead by example, modelling vision, mission, values & strategies 
  • Engaged sponsors and champions
  • Clear performance goals and standards of excellence
  • A willingness to sustain development systems and an approach which consistently builds the ‘right teams’

Clients

Who is most likely to take up the challenge? Leaders at all levels of the organisation who choose to improve team effectiveness and high performing teams and who underestand the commitment required to optimise the investment.

Planned staged interventions  have been designed and developed for the following client groups:

  • Chief executive and executive teams
  • Joint venture teams
  • Project teams
  • Senior management and direct reports
  • Middle managers/team leaders and their teams
  • Functional and cross functional teams
  • Frontline managers and their teams

Level

Keogh has worked at all levels of the organisation designing and delivering customised team development programs.

Examples of Keogh Consulting team development programs

  • AMPCI
  • Bendigo Bank
  • BP Kwinana
  • Business SA
  • Cadbury China
  • Cap Gemini
  • CLP Power Hong Kong
  • Esso Australia
  • Financial Services Institute
  • Mattel
  • Melbourne Health
  • NZ Electricity Commission
  • Princess Alexander Hospital
  • Queensland Department for Health
  • Santos GLNG
  • Santos
  • Standard Bank
  • Western Health
  • Women’s & Children’s Hospital
  • Woodside

TD Case Studies (click on the link below to download a PDF document):