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Phil D'Adamo

Phil D'Adamo
Co-Founder | Strategy & Change Management Consultant | Facilitator | Executive Coach | Speaker

Meet Phil

With over 30 years of executive leadership experience leading large-scale transformation, Phil partners with leaders navigating complexity, strategic reset and sustained growth.

 

Phil’s C-suite career spans CEO, COO and Head of Strategic Planning and Change roles across diverse sectors. He understands the pressure of leading from the front and in aligning strategy, mobilising people and delivering results in environments that rarely stand still.

 

He holds a Business Degree in Accounting, a Master’s degree in Leadership and Management, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors in corporate governance. He is a Certified Professional Coach and an accredited Four Rooms of Change® Practitioner, with advanced training in leadership development, strategic planning and change management.

 

Phil believes modern leadership is fundamentally about leading constant change. Strategy, structure and systems matter but the most demanding part of leadership is enabling people and organisations to transform.

 

That is where most change efforts succeed or fail.

 

Through change management consulting, facilitating and executive coaching, Phil works alongside leaders over time, creating solution-focused conversations to ignite team engagement, boost change leadership capability and launch growth and productivity. 

Meet Rita

Rita’s empathetic nature and dedication to making a difference to people’s lives are the cornerstones of her professional and personal journey. 

She has a background in behaviour change and her commitment to health and well-being is evident through her leadership in pivotal health education initiatives in WA, including the acclaimed Quit Campaign and the Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer screening campaigns.

 

As a versatile entrepreneur, Rita has successfully established and launched a trio of ventures: a social marketing consultancy, a fashion styling service and The Change Lounge, each reflecting her multifaceted expertise.

 

Her changing career trajectory is a testament to Rita’s adaptability and competency in playing multiple roles; including Microbiologist, Health Educator, Campaign Manager, Social Marketing Consultant, Personal Fashion Stylist, Mum, Volunteer, Co-Founder and Business Development Manager  for The Change Lounge. Her academic qualifications, a Bachelor in Science, majoring in Microbiology and Pathology are complemented by postgraduate studies in Health Promotion. Embracing her creative flair, Rita trained as a Personal Fashion Stylist.

 

She has an avid interest in mindfulness and a love of Philosophy, which she is currently studying.  Rita has a passion for taking on new challenges and The Change Lounge is her latest adventure drawing on her project management expertise.  

Rita D'Adamo

Rita D'Adamo

Co-Founder | Business Manager

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