About us
Our Mission: To provide a comprehensive range of expert psychological services
in order to enhance the effectiveness of organizations and individuals.
SMC is a Australia-wide network of highly qualified, experienced professionals under the leadership of its President and CEO Denis Mccarthy. Denis McCarthy is a registered Clinical Psychologist, who also has a Masters in Organizational Psychology and postgraduate degrees in education and training. He brings a depth and wealth of life experience to his consultng, EAP counselling and Executive Coaching.
All the SMCs principal management consultants have a vast wealth of knowledge in their respective disciplines. All have extensive training, consulting, and academic credentials. Each of these consultants is thoroughly knowledgeable about the statistical analysis of the data you collect and have a wide range of performance and workforce management skills. The knowledge and academic preparation of our consultants is second to none. SMC's consultants are not simply knowledgeable. A prerequisite to be a SMC consultant is to be a great teacher—one who can help simplify management in a complex business world.
SMC’s management consultants not only have the highest academic training, but also have a wealth of experience in consulting, involving performance management with small, medium, and large organizations within the business, construction, manufacturing, service, education and health sectors.
SMC is uniquely qualified to help solve your performance management and workforce management managerial problems. For additional information contact us. To download our brochure, click here
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANTS:
Denis Mccarthy - Denis Mccarthy received his Masters in Applied Psychology (Occupational) from Murdoch University in 1996. He is President and CEO of SMC. He conducts numerous workforce management workshops and seminars in employee involvement and empowerment, team building, managing change, customer service, dealing with emotions at work, improving communication skills and interpersonal relations. Most of his training efforts involve one, two, or three day workshops as well as one-on-one consulting. Before consulting, he previously worked in a number of management positions including state manager of Clivus Multrum Australia, Caliper Corporation, Permaculture Consultancy and Institute. From 1981 until 1994 he managed NAM Distribution, a successful wellness marketing company, . He has been state manger of Wilson Banwell Pty Ltd, a global human resources consulting company, since 1997.
He has provided consulting and workshops for, among others: Alcoa Australia; Banque Nationale De Paris; BP Australia; Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd; Placer Dome Asia Pacific (Giold Mining); Transfield Corporation;and has worked for several shire councils, state and federal government departments and their agencies, and the three main universities in Western Australia. Most of his training activities deal with conflict resolution, team building, leadership, performance appraisal and organizational change.
Expertise:
- Building Teamwork & Conflict Resolution
- Employee Involvement and Empowerment
- Managing Culture and Organizational Change
- Improving Communication
- Performance Management
- Emotional Intelligence
- Motivational Issues
- Optimism/Pessimism and Effects on Workplace Behaviors
- Workplace Aggression
- Handling Emotions in the Workplace
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Josie Brown - Josie Brown is an organizational psychologist {M.A., Psychology, University of Edinburgh} and was first introduced to Denis McCarthy in 1996 through their joint alliance with Wilson Banwell Pty Ltd, a global company specializing in organizational psychology and EAPs, and subsequently joined Conflict Resolution & Dispute Mediation Services' team of associates, contributing her tremendous skill and enthusiasm for mediation.Josie completed her Master of Arts psychology degree in 1976 and the following year joined Technical Education Department of WA as a vocational counsellor. Then in 1980 she returned to Scotland where she became director the Edinburgh and District Council on Addictions. This led to work as EAP program coordinator (Westrail, 85-86), HR Manager (Horwath & Horwath, 86-87), Senior Personnel Development Officer (Woodside Offshore Petroleum, 87-91) and OD consultant (Exxon Coal and Minerals, 1992). Josie's move to freelance consultant in 1993 was an inevitable outcome of her very high level of skills, experience and knowledge in the areas of change management, strategic planning, performance management, quality and business process improvement, training and development, facilitation and work place mediation.
Martin Dempsey - Martin Dempsey is psychologist, mediator and management consultant {M.B.A. (Univ Tech, Sydney), B. Psych (UWA), Dip App. Sci. (Media)}, is a highly experienced consultant and trainer in conflict resolution and dispute mediation. After completing his Psycholgy degree in 1979, Martin worked in a number of management and consulting roles, including consulting psychologist for Beilby Management Services (1989), the Department of Employment Education and Training (1983) and the Community Initiatives Centre in Fremantle (1983). During 1990-1993 he was Senior Manager for the National Australasian Bank (WA) and handled all grievances in the business and rural portfolios in WA. Between 1994-1996 he was post-graduate representative on several Edith Cowan University committees, plus the Faculty of Business Board and the Academic Board, where he gained recognition as a facilitator in appeal and dispute situations, and particularly those involving international students. In 1996 he travelled to Sydney where he completed his Master's thesis on "Commercial Dispute Resolution and Advanced Mediation in Australia". In 1997 he became a member of the Citizen Advice Bureau WA Inc's team of mediators and currently sits on their Board. In 1997 he formed the Independent Centre for Conflict Management and consults widely to industry and government. In 1998 he founded the Mediation Alliance Project of Australia.
Cheryl Lange - Dr Cheryl Lange is an expert on group formation and process who been involved in a variety of social change activities since the late 1970s. Her Anthropology doctorate, completed in 1995, examined social change movements, focusing on The Greens W.A. Since the 1980s she has trained, facilitated and consulted in conflict resolution, group process, organizational change, staff and community development. Cheryl has completed the LEADR (Lawyers Engaged in Dispute Resolution) Advanced Mediation Training in Family Mediation & Interpersonal Disputes. She has done post-doctoral research at the University of W.A. and is involved in a several University research projects. Dr Lange has over 25 years experience working with ethnic communities and advocating multiculturalism.. She is available for consultancy work in her areas of expertise.
Linda Saveramutto - Linda Saveramutto, B.A. (Law), graduated from the Sri Lanka Law College and was admitted as an Attorney at Law. She moved to Australia in 1988 and was admitted as a Solicitor in 1991. She has worked at the Gosnells Community Legal Centre, specializing in Family Law, including Child Support, since 1992. In 1997 Linda completed Mediation Training and contributes her valuable legal expertise to family and marital dispute mediation.
Paul Llewellyn - Paul Llewellyn, (B.Sc, M.Sc.) is an environmental scientist, strategic and community planner, educator and change agent. He is a very experienced, excellent and enthusiastic group facilitator. During the 1970s he led training groups on nonviolence theory and practice, conflict resolution, dispute mediation and is still active in many green development issues.
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