Sally Aves focuses her energy on multi-organisational partnership and collaborative activity, seen by many as a panacea for the complex, so-called wicked issues of society. Until her return to Sydney, Sally was established as a leading advisor in the UK on partnership, leadership and learning through her directorship of a specialist consulting company. Prior to this, as a Fellow within The Business School Bournemouth University, Sally established partnership:exchange, a centre of excellence for partnership working where her research focused on leadership in a collaborative setting, culminating in the development of the ground breaking post graduate certificate in Partnership Working.   An economist with over twenty years corporate sector experience in brand building, strategic planning, corporate development and community investment in the UK, New Zealand and Australia, Sally has worked widely in a range of business sectors and as a consultant across the public, private and community sectors.   Sally’s experience is supported by formal qualifications in economics, management and adult learning; she is also a trained and experienced Coverdale Leadership Coach.   Sally’s practice is underpinned by Appreciative Inquiry, an organisational development process which takes the best of ‘what is’ and adds ‘what might be’ to generate the passion, energy and confidence required to effect real, lasting change.

Recent projects:     Facilitation & Strategic Development   ·         Partnership establishment and strategy development for a range of local and regional strategic and community partnerships and local authorities.   ·         Global strategic review, culminating in full conference of middle & senior management for Hamworthy PLC.   ·         Regional partnership team strategy development for national Food Standards Agency.     Learning & Development   ·         Member of the faculty developing ‘Leadership for Sustainable Communities’ and facilitator of ‘The Partnership Experience’ for senior civil servants for the Cabinet Office/National School of Government. ·         Action Learning Facilitator Development Programme for creating:excellence (a centre of excellence for regeneration & renewal).   ·         Action Learning Set for chief executives of the regional centres of excellence for regeneration & renewal. ·         Action Learning Set for senior HR policy makers responsible for embedding new retirement legislation within their organisations.   Research, review & evaluation ·         Partnership Literature Review for DECC.   ·         Community Learning Plan for a local authority. ·         On-going evaluation of a drug-related crime-reduction partnership.   ·         Evaluation of learning events promoting sustainable development to developers, building consultants and local authorities.   ·         Evaluation of partnership working between local Councils for Voluntary Service.

Papers: ·         Partnership Working – A sub-regional view (2003) ·         Power in Partnerships (2003) ·         Learning how to influence: A comparison of approaches in Local Strategic Partnerships within a sub-region (2003) with Colin Armistead & Paul Pettigrew. ·         Effective Networking for Strategic Community Partnerships (2004) ·         Partnerships that Move and Shake: Conversations with Change Agents (2005) with Armistead & Pettigrew ·         Leadership in Multi-sector Partnerships (2007) with Armistead & Pettigrew