Tim Hicks
Background
Tim has 11 years as an executive and leadership coach, team coach, facilitator and leadership capability consultant with more than 2,500 hours of one-on-one executive and leadership coaching experience supporting executive and senior leaders operating in a large range of corporations, industries and sectors.
He is highly experienced with individuals during transition to more senior roles where leadership performance and impact is paramount to be achieved. He is also highly experienced with individuals who are existing leaders who may be faced with complex and challenging situations borne from context; environment, culture, restructuring and or performance.
Coaching philosophy
Tim values the whole person in the context of life and their role at work. He values relationships because leadership is fundamentally built on relationships. He values systems awareness and the contribution and impact leaders have upon the broader system they’re a part of.
Tim designs 100 per cent customised coaching solutions. He’ll meet coaching clients where they’re at in their journey, and want to achieve, not where he thinks they should be. He is attentive to the organisational context.
He listens deeply, respecting what his clients think, feel, and want to share rather than what he wants to hear. The success of coaching is measured by the observable, measurable and sustainable changes the coaching brings about. He measures what’s important to his clients through both quantitative and qualitative means as shared by the client and stakeholders.
Professional Snapshot
Areas of expertise
- Executive Coaching
- Leadership Coaching
- Team Coaching
- Psychometric Assessment
- Leadership Development
Qualifications and accreditations
- Post Graduate Diploma (Psychology), University of Technology Sydney
- Master Applied Science (Coaching Psychology), University of Sydney
- BSc – Human Movement Science, Wollongong University
- Master of Management, Macquarie Graduate School of Management
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC) - International Coach Federation
- Hogan Personality Inventory - Hogan Assessment Systems (PBC)
- The Leadership Circle (TLC)
- LifeStyles Inventory (LSI), Human Synergistics International
- Realise2 Strengths Assessment, Centre Applied Positive Psychology
Group and team coaching
Tim holds the Team Coaching Practitioner qualification from Coaching and Mentoring International and Turner International, facilitated by David Clutterbuck and Tammy Turner. He has team coached two teams for extended periods: the leadership team of Interflow, a construction engineering company, and the leadership team at the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA).
Tim’s framework for coaching teams is based on two concepts: key principles and process framework. Key principles include always team coaching with a co-coach, agreeing on learning objectives for every team session together, contracting for feedback for each other after every session, creating a team learning plan, and agreeing on what to take to supervision together.
His process framework includes discovery interviews with his co-coach and the team leader to establish readiness for coaching; high performance team (HPT) diagnostic using the PERILL model; contracting with the team individually and collectively on goals and timing; modelling and creating the reflective space for dialogue; seeking feedback from the team at the conclusion of each session; and evaluation
Talent assessor
Tim is a credentialled provider of Hogan Assessment Systems, The Leadership Circle (TLC), Lifestyles Inventory (LSI), Realise 2 Strengths Assessment (R2) and SHL Psychometric Assessment systems.
Success stories
- Coached the newly appointed country CEO of a global public relations consulting firm to enhance local leadership challenges and navigate global stakeholder landscape
- Coached Head of Tax in a global beverage company to support strategic influencing capability, stakeholder and team engagement
- Coached the Deputy Chief Information and Digital Officer of a leading Australian university to prepare for Chief Information and Digital Officer succession
- Coached a partner in a rapidly expanding global law firm to enhance leadership capability and impact and support bench strength development
- Coached the CFO of a wealth management firm to enhance impact and optimise productive relationships with the CEO and executive leadership team peers
- Coached the Director of a major NSW government organisation to operate optimally and be associated with and recognised for transformation and culture change achievements