Michael White
Speaker/Presenter/Trainer/Author & Creator of Aus IDentities
Michael has been running workshops throughout Australia for the past ten years, assisting literally thousands of people to improve the quality of their personal and professional lives. More recently Michael has been working with Schools and Universities, as well as QASSP (Queensland Association of State School Principals), QELI (Queensland Education Leadership Institute) and the Indigenous Education Leadership Institute, through the development of Aus IDentities – a program designed to recognise and bring out the best in people from all walks of life, in particular our young people that are currently enrolled in education.
Michael spends much of his time delivering to local community organisations working with groups such as long-term unemployed, disengaged youth and womens and mens groups, where he conducts regular training sessions. He is also in demand as a guest speaker, delivering to organisations such as Rotary, Lions club and the Business Women’s Network. Michael has been a frequent guest on ABC radio and appeared on several of the local community radio networks, as well as featuring in some well know local publications.
Author of 3 books on the subject of Personality (which are available through this website), Michael is rapidly becoming a much sought after Presenter and Key Note Speaker. Widely recognised for his humorous and entertaining presentation style, Michael is passionate about his work and about sharing his insights into human behaviour, helping people to gain a better understanding of themselves and the way that we choose to communicate and interact with others.
Michael also supervises the 2-Day Professional Facilitator Training Programs that we run around the country, which provides the neccessary tools and knowledge for Teachers, Trainers and Private Individuals to deliver the Aus IDentities program in their individualised settings. If you would like to know more about these trainings, or about any of the other programs that we offer, please contact us through the link on the website, and someone from our organisation will get in touch with you.
Pav Cosmatos
Counselor/Trainer & Behaviour Management Specialist
Originally applying his skills as a chef in Sydney for over 20 years, Pav relocated to the Queensland with his family in 2001. It was then that he discovered personality profiling and began to develop a clear and deeper understanding of his true values and nature.
After graduating from college with an Advanced Diploma of Counselling, he became interested in the welfare of youth and started working for TAFE, where he piloted the first MAD program (Making a Difference), designed to enhance the lives of students at risk of being disengaged from school.
Currently still working as a teacher and coordinator at TAFE, Pav also follows his passion for counselling and facilitating. He teaches the theories of psychology and family systems theory at Quest College, creating a fun and interactive class environment. Through combining his skills as a counsellor an Aus Identities facilitator, he is able to educate and guide others towards their full potential.
Pav has been inspired by the Aus Identities model and implements the foundations and philosophy throughout all of his teachings.
Clare Edwards
Corporate Trainer & Professional Facilitator
Clare spent 16 years working at senior management level with European and American organisations before making the decision to follow her vocational path into people development where she worked with leading teambuilding companies, assisting organisations to take their teams to the next level of performance.
In 2005, after three years with two of the UK’s leading teambuilding and development organisations and working with clients that included the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and 10 Downing Street, Clare relocated to Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, where she consults, coaches and facilitates various programs for her corporate and public sector clients.
In 2006 Clare met and has now partnered with Michael White, Author of Aus Identities Personality Profiling. She is a qualified Aus Identities Practitioner and is passionate about the company’s core purpose: “Awakening people to their true potential”. Clare is currently introducing Aus IDentities to corporate businesses helping teams and individuals to understand themselves and their colleagues at a deeper level.
Clare holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies from the University of West London and she is a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming, using the principles and values of NLP as the basis for all of her programs. Clare also holds a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAA04).
Clare’s personal mission is simply one of inspiring potential. When you work with Clare you embark on a journey that challenges your capabilities and assumptions beyond their limiting horizons, often leaving you with amazing results. Her vision is to play an integral part in the success of organisations both locally and nationally.
Clare’s coaching and facilitation style is based on trust and strong rapport and her attitude to personal growth is one of helping the team or individual to uncover their own resources and challenge their current boundaries of high performance.
Jodie Barrett
Life Coach & Social Media Consultant
Jodie has had a very interesting journey in her own personal life, and now guides others to a more fulfilling and abundant life for themselves. Jodie made the decision to leave behind a safe and secure career and instead become an accredited Life Coach, a decision that has taken her around the world, coaching literally hundreds of people on how to live life with greater awareness.
As part of that journey, Jodie has teamed up with the crew from Aus Identities to add a new dimension to her work, one that recognises personality differences and how success can be very different for each of the four types she now works with. An upbeat and inspirational woman with a passion for life, and for helping others, Jodie brings a wealth of information regarding personalities and life strategies to her work.