Dr Leigh “Doc” Kibby is an eminent academic, author of many publications, research papers and a mentor who continually practices what he teaches.

As a person with lived cognitive disabilities and a colourful career trajectory, Doc’s knowledge and lived experience have been critical in changing the ways of working and achieving measurable results for many organisations.

But don’t take our word for it, hear and see for yourself.

Empathy & Emotional First Aid

Helping people manage life’s stressors through listening to the “Intelligence” of Emotions.

It is our feelings - our emotions - which connect us together. It’s all about the feelings we have for GIVE.

These feelings-based connections and ties create Social Capital which is the strength that keeps us together through the tough times.

Learn about Noetic skills and the psychology at play that help build resilience, happiness and adaptability that drive behaviours, operationalise work and increase productivity in this engaging and interactive event.

Career Trajectory

Teacher (Primary)

ASIO Spy
High School teacher
Professional Storyteller
Business Consultant (Banking Sector)
ICT Programme Manager
Performance Improvement and Systems Thinking
Director at NDIA

Personal and “Lived” Experience

Autism

Bi-Polar (One)
Anxiety
Two artificial knees
Hearing aids
Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Disability Sector

Co-Founder and Former Chair, VPS Autism Success Network

Former Vice-President Education Council, VPS Enablers Network
Former Council Member, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) All Abilities network.
Direct coaching and mentoring of people with Autism and Bi-Polar
Working with long-term unemployed and immigrants

Career Achievements

A proven record of success as a manager, leader, coach and mentor to managers and senior Executives up to C-Level achieving outstanding results in:

financial bottom line ($15m in savings)
running project management teams (42 staff and $20m - $30m in projects)
revenue growth of sales teams ($20m to $100m)
back-office operations (restructure from 120 staff to 20)
re-engineering offshore service providers (error rates from 90% to 10%)
service-based operations (error rate of four in ten thousand)
forensic review of operations (serious outages reduced from 15/month to one every two months) and
staff engagement (51% to 89%).

Papers and Publications

Joint Winner of the Best Paper Award at the 2002 International Emotions In Organisations Conference.
“Noetic Leadership”- 2003 British Academy of Management Conference
“Servant-leadership” - 2003 British Academy of Management Conference
“Noetic Leadership”- 2004 Gallup Leadership Conference, USA.
"Servant-leadership Skills” - 2004 Gallup Leadership Conference, USA.
“Noetic Leadership: A Conceptual Model” - 2006 Gallup Leadership Conference USA.
Co-author of 'Intelligent Emotions Management' in “Key Issues in Organisational Communication”
“Well-being through Responding to Affect: Core Skills and Techniques” presented to the 2006 Australian Quality of Life Conference
“Coaching Skills for Responding to Affect” International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 2007
“Ethics, Morals and Behaviour through Coaching Skills for Responding to Affect” paper Accepted for British Academy of Management, 2007

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