About us
Meet our team as we continue to grow and evolve
Our purpose is to bring out the best in each and every one of us
Collective Strength is a team of professionals who work in an agile, collaborative way to deliver high quality, scalable solutions for our clients. Each of us are recognised as experts within our field. We bring together compliementary, yet varied experiences across industries, geographies, both in-house and external consulting.
We unite in our commitment to partner with integrity, humour and professionalism
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Liz Payne
DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL PSYCHOLOGIST
MOrgPsych I BA (Hons) PsychologyLiz is a registered Psychologist and Executive Committee Member of the National College of Organisational Psychologists. She is a trusted advisor, having worked with leaders across all industries for almost 20 years.
Prior to founding Collective Strength, Liz led Liz Payne Consulting, an independent management consultancy for 10 years and was a management consultant at KornFerry (Hay Group) for 5 years. Liz is acknowledged for her capacity to understand business issues and apply psychological principles in a pragmatic and sustainable way.
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Elly Simmons
EXECUTIVE COACH & FACILITATOR
BA PsychologyElly is a leadership coach who partners with leaders from small business owners to leaders within a variety of industries and not-for-profit organisations.
Elly has held senior, generalist HR roles within CBA, Microsoft, Dimension Data and Deloitte. In these roles, she partnered closely to advise and support leaders with a range of complex people matters including performance issues, restructures, talent management and succession planning.
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Marina Markovic
EXECUTIVE COACH, PEOPLE & CULTURE SPECIALIST
BA PsychologyMarina has performed a variety of HR leadership roles across a wide range of industries including media, music, entertainment, digital, government, banking & finance, IT and professional sport.
Marina’s skills include talent management, employee experience, employee value propositions, and day-to-day HR functional management including recruitment, remuneration, performance, policies, compliance and employee relations.
Partners – Psychometric and Assessment tools
We partner with some of the world’s leading psychometric and
assessment tool providers, giving you a choice of assessment tools.
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Hogan Assessments
Trusted by 75% of the Fortune 500, only Hogan examines personality from every angle. By measuring the bright side, dark side, and inside of personality, Hogan achieves the highest level of predictive validity in the industry. Highly trusted by C-suite, Hogan provides insights at the individual, team and organisational level.
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KornFerry
KornFerry is a global leader with high calibre assessments to match. We are accredited to use multiple KornFerry assessments including Leadership Architect, KornFerry 360, Leadership Styles and Climate and 360 ESCI
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Human Synergistics
The Human Synergistics assessment tools specialise in measuring and developing organisational cultures, leadership strategies, team synergies and individual behavioural styles. The most well-known Human Synergistics tools include the world-renowned Organisational Culture Inventory® (OCI), Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI) and Group Styles Inventory (GSI)™
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SHL
A pioneer in psychometrics, SHL continues to help companies attract, develop, and grow the workforce they need to succeed now in the digital era. Powered by powerful and transparent AI technology, data science, and objectivity, SHL empowers talent strategies to unlock the full potential of organisation’s people.
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TalentQ
TalentQ assessments are used by employers to measure personality, ability, competency and motivation at work. TalentQ psychometric assessments can be used for recruitment and selection - to help them identify the right person for the job, and/ or for development - to gain valuable insight into your strengths and development areas.
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TetraMap
TetraMap is a globally proven learning model designed to grow everyone's potential. The wisdom of nature and the universal knowledge that people learn from metaphors underpin their approach. Tetramap has been a game changer for teams in many global organisations, including Astra Zeneca.
Hear from some of our clients
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Disability Services Australia
Fiona Fahey
Executive General Manager (People & Culture)
“When we needed a team effectiveness program, I knew the first place to go was Collective Strength. Having worked with Liz for many years, I knew that a high quality service and personable approach would be provided. We look forward to continuing working with Collective Strength.” -
Campos Coffee
Melissa Toa
Head of People + Culture
“We couldn’t be happier with the leadership program Collective Strength developed for us. They took the time to know our business and culture and designed a program that was engaging, interactive and hit the mark with what we needed right now. Big thanks to all involved.” -
National Disability Services
Priya Subrahmanyan
Head of Human Resources
”Collective Strength designed and facilitated our inaugural virtual leadership program for all levels of leaders at NDS. Drawing on evidence based research and practical examples, the program met our changing needs and was delivered in a highly engaging manner.”
