Gayle Christine Avery

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• Ph.D.in Philosophy in Psychology of Monash University, Melbourne
• M.S. in Town and Country Planning of University of Sydney
• B.A. with first-class honours in psychology of University of Sydney

TEACHING INTERESTS:

Prof. Avery teaches Leadership and Motivation for students in Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney, with a focus on leadership within organisations. She is a regular presenter in public programmes, including the Foundations of General Management, Macquarie Advanced Management and Macquarie University Global Leadership programmes. She also delivered the first public programme based on the Integrative Leadership® Model that she co-developed in 1999. Since 1999, she has organised European Study Tour: Sustainable Leadership and guided groups of MBA students to meet with senior executives at 8 best practice organisations in Germany and Switzerland (sometimes France) to investigate 23 sustainable leadership practices. Prof. Avery’s research interests include organisational leadership and sustainable leadership practices.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Prof. Avery has published extensively in international journals, including the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Leadership and Organisational Development, Journal of Business and Economics Research, etc. She is the author of Leadership for Sustainable Futures: Achieving Success in a Competitive World and Understanding Leadership: Paradigms and Case. Her new book The Human Dimension of Corporate Governance will be published in Germany soon.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE:

Prof. Avery has designed and taught extensive management development and leadership programmes for corporate clients, including: Abbott, Allianz, AMP Capital Investors, ANZ National Bank of NZ, Audit Office of NSW, Aussie Home Loans, Avant, B Braun, Committee for Economic Development of Australia, Covance, Delta Group, Deutsche Bank, Lumley, McDonald’s, Macquarie University Global Leadership Program, Munich Reinsurance Australia, NSW Sport & Recreation, Pfizer, ProVision, Qantas, Rail Access Corporation, Reserve Bank of Australia, Shanghai Hospital Pharmacists, Xian-Janssen Pharmaceutical, Siemens, Sun Microsystems, Tamworth TAFE, TMP, Thomson’s Publishers, Westpac Banking Corporation, Woolworths and etc.

She also has extensive experience working in government, private enterprise and universities in Europe, Australia and the USA. She is an entrepreneur, General Manager, Professor, Applied Researcher, Author, Convention Speaker and Consultant to government and private enterprise.