Coaching can assist you to:

• Develop more effective “people management” skills.
• Manage your emotional responses more effectively in difficult situations.
• Improve performance or leadship skills.
• Develop more confidence or belief in yourself.
• Live your life with more purpose, meaning, and satisfaction.

Judi Pears - Business and LIfe Coach

Judi Pears has a Masters Degree in Organisational Psychology.  Having worked in management roles, Judi has first-hand knowledge of the kinds of difficulties associated with managing people.  Judi owns and operates ALTERNATIVES Consulting Psychologists, a consultancy business that provides coaching for leaders, managers, and supervisors across a range of industries.

As an Organisational Psychologist, Judi’s expertise is in achieving behavioural change that improves performance, workplace relationships, and well-being.  Judi utilises her understanding of organisational and individual behaviour to provide interventions specific to the client's work environment.

Some organisations for whom Judi has provided coaching

• BHP, Goonyella-Riverside management.
• Hudson Recruitment.
• Coca-Cola Qld.
• Government departments: Education, Health, Natural Resources, GoPrint, & SDS.
• WBM Engineering.
• Chubb Security.
• Legal Aid.

Approach to Coaching

As an Organisational Psychologist, Judi Pears’ expertise is in achieving positive behavioural change. Judi’s coaching style is outcome-focused. She focuses on strengths, develops strategies for improving specific skills/capabilities, and overcomes blocks to achieving desired goals. She challenges clients to extend their capabilities and provides practice for embedding new skills.

Judi Pears’ experience supports her coaching style. She challenges and motivates, uses reflective practices, questions rather than advises, addresses difficulties, and provides accountability. Over several years she has observed these practices to be effective in assisting clients to achieve their goals.

Experience in Business Coaching

Judi Pears’ coaching experience includes facilitating behavioural change with Executive and Senior managers, as well as middle-managers, supervisors, and team leaders. She brings to her coaching extensive experience in a range of organisational interventions, including mediation, conflict management, group facilitation, consultancy work, rehabilitation, and team development.

Some examples of Judi’s coaching work includes:

• Coaching for resilience: working with antagonistic managers / work colleagues, ‘managing upwards’, implementing change, handling demanding work responsibilities / timeframes.
• Coaching to improve self-management skills: anger management, managing unreasonable behaviour from others, managing change, managing emotional reactions.
• Coaching for performance: to gain promotion, meet performance requirements.
• Leadership coaching – developing wisdom in leadership, self-evaluation & reflective practices, interpersonal and communications skills.
• Supervisory skills for middle- and front-line management – building confidence, understanding group dynamics, improving communication and interpersonal skills.

Accredited Supervisor for Post-Graduate Psychology students

Judi Pears works with Griffith University to provide supervision to assist Post-Graduate students to gain their Registration as a Psychologist.  She works with students in the Griffith University Post-Graduate Organisational Psychology programs to develop their professional competencies for Registration.

Areas of Expertise

• Emotional self-management.
• Improving relationships through effective communication & interpersonal skills.
• Building resilience and mental toughness.
• Providing challenge and accountability to achieve desired outcomes.
• Enhancing performance through wise decision-making.

Professional Associations

• Australian Psychological Society (APS).
• College of Organisational Psychologists.
• Coaching Psychologists Interest Group.

Feedback from clients

“Thank you for the excellent job you have done with K.  Rarely do we hear about such and impressive change in a coaching client! Fabulous job!“ Vicki W, Manager, Recruitment Organisation.

“I found Judi to have a welcoming and friendly manner which made it easier to discuss issues which were causing me problems. Having good strategies gave me more confidence when dealing with staff issues and developing more effective ways of managing my staff is good for my business.” Adam K, Proprietor, Manufacturing Business.

“Thank you for your encouragement and for challenging me! You have a special gift … continue to shine with it!”  Fay J., Senior Executive, Qld Public Service.

"The cost of the coaching program was a worthwhile investment."   B.P.  Finance Manager, Qld Public Service.