Introducing AltusQ

AltusQ is an alliance of business coaches, founded in 1999 and operating across Australia. We deliver business, executive and team coaching to assist with the growth of organisations and the development of leaders.

Our coaches are all expert facilitators skilled in guiding teams (both leadership and functional), partners and boards to a shared view of their culture, opportunities, goals and strategies. Alignment is then the foundation on which we help businesses build their capabilities to lead and engage their employees.

All of our coaches are selected for their extensive business experience at a senior level.  As such, they value practice over theory, and focus on ensuring that clients realise a material ROI from coaching.

Our coaching methodologies and frameworks are globally recognised as industry best practice by the EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council), of which we are an accredited member. We are a Founding Member of the Asia-Pacific Branch of the EMCC.

AltusQ works with clients large and small, including large corporates, Federal & State Government organisations, Co-operatives, mid-tier and emerging businesses.

Our people

AltusQ coaches are people who blend a truly unique set of skills. They all come from the real world – they’re experienced business people who value practice over theory. They have awareness and presence – the ability to discern, and to ask, the hard questions that need to be asked. Above all they are passionate about helping businesses and people realise their true potential.

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Stephen Shepherd

Director and Coach
Focus: Strategic facilitation - helping boards and senior leadership teams set their direction, agree their path and execute their plan.
Chris Spinks

Chris Spinks

Associate
Focus: Chris is an expert in building high performing teams with a focus on unlocking team dynamics that drive a clear outcome for the organisation, team and individuals within the team. Through a team coaching approach Chris is able to build leadership capabilities, create a culture of generative collaboration and establish a solid platform for sustained performance.
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Barry Thomas

Technology Strategist and Mentor
Focus: Following a long career in IT spanning major banks, high-tech R&D, innovative start-ups, technical standards bodies and a stint as an Assistant Secretary in Federal Treasury, Barry now focuses on helping businesses come to grips with AI.
Akram Sabbagh

Ak Sabbagh

Associate
Focus: Creating space for growth, both personally and commercially. Helping people and businesses to get out of their own way so they can achieve their full potential.
Ivan Gavran

Ivan Gavran

Associate
Focus: Getting leaders out of the trenches. Leaders who don’t have time to lead are a common feature of growing businesses. Ivan can fix that.
Pat Skalsky

Pat Skalsky

Executive Coach supporting Female Directors
Focus: Pat is an exceptional ‘results based’ Executive Coach whose particular niche is developing a leader’s confidence to challenge themselves to perform at a higher level in their current role or advance to their next role in the organisation.
Chris Collings

Chris Collings

Associate
Focus: Helping clients to achieve a clarity of vision by distilling complex environments and challenges down to their core issues. This will then enable the structural and cultural business transformation necessary to achieve sustainable growth.