Simon Popley
Background
Simon has over 20 years of coaching experience and success in senior leadership roles from a wide range of industry sectors. Simon has deep experience in leadership development for public sector and financial organisations. During his time as a coach, he has conducted several 360 debriefs for EL2 and SES leaders across ACCC, AER and the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry.
Coaching philosophy
Effective coaching is about supporting and further building your ability to develop greater perspective taking capacity and think critically about how you are experienced by others. Becoming aware of your impact is a key area of focus in the way that Simon coaches. His aim is to support you in making the impact you want to have on purpose.
Professional Snapshot
Areas of expertise
- Ten years in private practice, supporting numerous C-suite executives and senior leaders across the private sector and government to develop their leadership. Many have gone on to secure more senior roles within their current organisation or moved up externally.
Qualifications and accreditations
- Profession Certificate of Advanced Study in Coaching Supervision, Oxford Brookes University (UK)
- Master of Science in Coaching Psychology, University of Sydney
- Master of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, University of Sydney
- International Performance and Reward, Loyola Business School (Chicago, USA)
- Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership, Organisational Coaching
- Bachelor of Nursing, University of Sydney
- Internationally Certified Disability Management Professional - National Institute of Disability and Research
- Accredited in a range of 360 assessment tools, include The Hogan 360 Suite.
Group and team coaching
Simon is a highly experienced team coach, with expertise in coaching executive teams. He has worked with numerous executive teams across the department of education and in the private sector.
Talent assessor
Simon has expert experience in the following tools, with particular expertise in 360 assessment and personality measurement:
- Hogan HPI, HDS and MVPI.
- Human Synergistics LSI,1 & LSI,2
- Human Synergistics Group Styles Inventory
- High Performance Team Questionnaire - Hogan
- The High-Performance Team Questionnaire – People Measures
- The Occupational Personality Questionnaire – SHL
- Saville Wave Professional Styles – Wills Tower Watson
- Leadership Multi Rater Assessment of Personality 360 - LMAP
- The Leadership Circle Profile™ 360
- Leadership Circle Profile™ Manager Edition 360
- Leadership Culture Survey™
- Hogan 360
- The Strengths Profile – Langley Group
- MTQ48 - Mental Toughness Questionnaire
- Global Leadership Wellbeing Survey (GLWS)
Coaching supervisor
Simon has trained as a coach supervisor at Oxford Brookes university in the UK. He provides both individual and group supervision to coaches in private practice. His supervision is rooted in evidence-based coaching psychology.
Success stories
- Coaching executive leaders as a part of the NSW Leadership Academy, developing leaders’ program, People Measures and Nous Group, specifically in New South Wales Treasury
- Coaching for executive leaders across NSW for AbSec the NSW Child Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation, building strategic thinking and strategies to better navigate complex relationships
- Lead facilitator to build trust and engagement across AbSeC, conducting 40 face-to-face interviews with team members and administering the Gallup Strengths Finder and used themes from interviews to shape and craft interventions
- Coaching for senior executives for the Diocese of Broken Bay, focusing on leading the team through a large-scale restructure and transformation
- Worked as a registered nurse and has coaching experience working with clients with a disability
- 85 per cent of Simon’s coaching clients are women and he has extensive expensive in coaching female leaders in primary and tertiary education, including at the NSW Department of Education and Macquarie University