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The Directors/ Senior Consultants:

Performance Edge has offices in Melbourne and Tasmania, working in the field of cultural change, strategic alignment and performance management. Principals Dr Michelle Lucas and John Dryden are strategy designers and consultants in organisational culture and improvement.

The Performance Edge team provides:

	A history of success
	Multiple and complementary fields of expertise including leadership development, executive coaching, organisational culture development and change management
	Principals involved in the day-to-day delivery of projects, rather than devolving this responsibility to junior staff
	Ample capacity to meet the delivery demands and timelines of this project
	Personnel resource backups to safeguard project delivery
	The capacity to provide separated support to minimize any conflicts of interest

Dr Michelle Lucas B.Mus.Ed., B.Mus., M.Ed., D.Ed (Org Change and Development) M.A.C.E

A strong professional history of executive leadership

Doctorate in Education investigating the links between the objectives of a Learning Organisation and the values articulated in organisational vision and realised in the organisational culture. The thesis interrogated the premise that a humanist approach to meaningful change challenged the transference of espoused theory into sustainable change practices.

Broad experience as consultant, presenter and facilitator nationally in the fields of culture, education and training and organisational strategy.

Topics of published works include

	Organisational Change
	Culture and inclusivity
	Governance

ACADEMIC HISTORY

2005	Doctor of Education (Organisational Change and Development) (University of Melbourne) Post-Graduate Research Scholarship
1995	Master of Education (University of Melbourne)
1985	Bachelor of Music Education (University of Melbourne) Bradford Scholarship
1986	Bachelor of Music (French and Music) (University of Melbourne) Performance Scholarship

John Dryden Dip.Ed., B.Ed., Grad.Dip.Ed.Admin., M.A.C.E

	Comprehensive leadership experience in the areas of organisational culture and education. A founding Director of Performance Edge Consultancy (Australia) in the corporate and commercial field.
	Seminars and workshop delivery and change consultancy in the areas of; organisational culture, the new learning paradigm, and whole of organisation communications, focusing on the inner dialogue.
	A focus on professional learning, including the development and provision of part day, whole day and complete University courses.
	John brings to his projects a sensitive, yet rigorous approach combined with the clarity of an external perspective.

ACADEMIC HISTORY
2006 ongoing	Masters of Education (final stages) University of Melbourne
1998	Graduate Diploma Educational Administration University of Melbourne
1991	Bachelor of Education Deakin University
1983	Diploma of Education Phillip Institute Victoria

Examples of Performance Edge Industry Experience:

Industry Sector	Department/ organisation	Responsibility	Date
ICT	Management and Executive Software	Cultural review and improved service through Action Research. Balanced Scorecard Design and Implementation. National series of change workshops for local governments	2004 - 2006
Energy Corporation	Origin Energy	Cultural Review for National Energy Corporation. Aligning team members operating state-wide and with diverse responsibilities	2004 – 05
Energy Corporation	Origin Energy Tasmanian Gas Team	Introduction of Professional Action Learning Teams	2004 – 05
Energy Corporation	Aurora Energy	Balanced Scorecard Design Action Team establishment across Metering Team. Consultants in change process around Whole of Organisation entry into National Electricity Market	2005
Energy Corporation	Aurora Energy Network Division	Consultants in change process around Whole of Organisation IT systems change to TVD	2005
Local Governments	Victoria, WA and SA	Consultancy on Action Research for strategy implementation	2004/05
Education	South Eastern Coalition of Learning	Synergies and aligned Strategies with a focus on child/ student at the centre for five schools within the Department of Education, LSS	2009
Education	Dept of Education, LSSE	Cultural shift and five year strategic direction for Corporate Team: determining nature and type of service provision	2008 - 2009
Education	Dept of Education, LSSE Support Services	Organisational culture renewal and redefinition of allocation and service; unifying a culture of diverse professional groups and differentiating resource allocation. This team investigated the implementation of consistent and transparent eligibility determinations for accessing the services.	2008 - 2009
Education	Kilvington Girls’ Grammar	Developing a culture of continuous renewal to ensure a viable market space through targeted and outstanding service provision.	2005 –2009
Education	Dept of Ed, School One	Connecting community and organisation to enhance perceptions and to guarantee service provision	2007– ongoing
Education	Dept of Ed, School Two	Developing a culture of Action research and continuous improvement to move from ‘good to great’. Collective strategic design and implementation through Action Learning	2008 - ongoing
Education	Dept of Ed, School Three	Cultural and systems review leading to five year strategic plan and managing a cultural shift towards an environment with a focus on research, accountability and measurement. Organisational restructure.	2007 - ongoing
Sport	Clarence United Premier A League Football Club	Strategic Design and Implementation guidance/ mentoring for thirty soccer teams and associated administrative bodies	2009