Meet the team

Clifford Morgan

Director/Principal

BPsych (Hons)
MOrgPsych

Member of the Australian
Psychological Society

Fellow of the
College of Organisational
Psychologists

Cliff is passionate about partnering with leaders and their organisations, helping them to unlock their potential and perform at their peak. A registered organisational psychologist with over a decade of service with the Royal Australian Air Force, he brings a wealth of experience that provides him a unique perspective to assist his clients. His approach combines his military discipline and focus with the application of psychology in a way that challenges mindsets, influences culture and empowers people.

As a coach, he has worked with military commanders, business leaders, lawyers, and professional services consultants. In a consulting capacity, he has experience in organisational culture, leadership development, employee engagement and peak performance programs. He derives great satisfaction in seeing those he works with achieve success, knowing that his contribution has made a difference.

Experience

• Cultural transformation and organisational change projects across multiple Air Force organisations
• Development and delivery of the Air Force Leadership Coaching Program
• Executive coaching programs with technology and community service organisations
• Executive coaching of Queensland Treasury and Queensland Health executives
• Delivery of High-Performance Teams Programs within Queensland Health and Education Queensland

Areas of Expertise

• Executive coaching
• Leadership development
• High-performance teams
• Cultural change and development
• Corporate strategy
• Psychometric assessment
• Human performance

Mara Morgan

Business Manager & Consultant

BBehSc (Psych)

Cert IV of Workplace
and Business Coaching

Level 2 Procurement
Certification (IPAA)

PRinCE2 Foundations

Mara is passionate about people discovering who they are and becoming the best version of themselves. With an extensive understanding of the not-for-profit and government sectors, Mara can draw on her knowledge and experience to help people on a journey to discover their strengths and how to leverage them to perform at their peak.

Mara has a strategic mind and a unique way of harnessing the power of language to distil complex messages, making them simple and applicable to real-life situations. A strong operations professional and program management specialist, Mara is also the Business Manager of Lumian Consulting, ensuring the business is a well-oiled machine, and clients receive the best possible service.

In her spare, or not so spare time, she is a Mum to two beautiful girls and enjoys taking out the week’s stresses on the hockey field.

Previous Experience

• Delivery of team development programs within not-for-profit, local and state government sectors.
• Delivery of executive coaching within small business contexts.
• Extensive project management experience contributing to and delivering various projects in the public sector.

Areas of Expertise

• Team development
• Psychometric assessment
• Executive coaching
• Stakeholder engagement
• Project management
• Risk management

Emily Douglass

Associate Consultant

BSc (Information Systems
and Mathematics)

GradDip Sc (Operation
Research and Statistics)

BPsych (Hons)

MOrgPsych

Member of the Australian
Psychological Society

Fellow of the
College of Organisational
Psychologists

Emily is passionate about enabling people to deliver their best performance in their professional lives whilst also maintaining awareness and balance in their personal lives. A registered psychologist with over two decades of service with the Australian Regular Army, she draws on her first-hand experience of what it means to be a resilient, ethical and effective leader. Emily began her career as a Logistic Operations Manager, embarking on a career change when she discovered her skill for unlocking human potential.

Emily has worked across a variety of managerial appointments, from leading small teams to acting as a trusted advisor for larger parts of the organisation. Her career has enabled her to develop the skills required to analyse problems, develop practical solutions and ensure appropriate action is taken. As an experienced facilitator, she has trained thousands of military members in resilience. Emily has published her research on running effective meetings and has presented at conferences her research on maritime safety. Emily combines her experience with research from a range of disciplines in order to develop bespoke products to benefit your organisation.

Previous Experience

• Delivery of executive coaching programs for technology and community service organisations.
• Development of change management training for mid and senior leaders of a large freight company.
• Development and delivery of workplace wellbeing programs for health professionals.
• Delivery of resilience training for a broad range of military personnel.
• Selection and assessment for critical roles.

Areas of Expertise

• Resilience Building – individual, team and leaders
• Leadership growth
• High-performance teams
• Training facilitation
• Psychometric assessment
• Strategic planning for employee wellbeing

Simon Sauer AM, CSC

Associate Consultant

MMgt (Defence Studies)

Member of the
Order of Australia

Conspicuous Service Cross

Simon is passionate about working with senior leaders and assisting them to adjust to the responsibilities and stressors of executive leadership; helping them develop both people and organisational capability in their chosen industry. Simon brings over 30 years of experience with the Royal Australian Air Force, including tours as Commanding Officer, a range of Operational Service both domestically and abroad, prior to becoming Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Combat Support Group.

In 2015, Simon discharged from active duty and took on the role of Chief Executive Officer of Mates4Mates, a charity providing support to injured and ill, current and former members of the Australian Defence Force. Since 2017, Simon has balanced his civilian consulting commitments with active involvement with the Air Force Reserves. He continues to provide executive coaching, mentorship and training to both new and senior Commanders and their teams. Drawing on his extensive military and civilian leadership experience, he has a unique ability to assist leaders in thinking strategically about the development of high-performing organisations through organisational resilience and leadership development at every level.

Previous Experience

• Delivery of the Air Force Leadership Coaching Program.
• Deputy Commander COVID-19 Assist Sydney.
• Delivery of leadership training for Queensland Corrections Academy.
• Review of program delivery and engagement for the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Areas of Expertise

• Executive coaching
• Leadership development
• Strategy development
• Organisational resilience
• Team development