Experienced, flexible and all about you.
Founded in 2013 and operating out of Brisbane, J&G Consulting are a boutique, business improvement consultancy that helps Boards, CEO's and executive leaders of medium to large enterprises to drive significant change in their business strategy, organisational design and human behaviour.
We hold deep sector expertise in education, health, government, NFP and faith-based environments and focus on shifts in organisational, team and individual performance. Our services include:
Governance & performance
Organisational reviews & redesign
Enterprise & workforce strategy
Organisational design & restructures
Transformation & change
Building workplace resilience
Executive development & search
We're here to help.
For a confidential discussion about how we can help with your organisational change, contact us today.
➤ HEAD OFFICE
88 Tribune Street, South Brisbane, QLD 4101
☎ CONTACT
hello@johnstongoldsmith.com.au
0432 511 480
We drive change.
Playing your strengths and leveraging opportunities are critical undertakings in organisational improvement.
Our aim is to enable your evolution.
Strategies & Plans
Governance Frameworks
Service Delivery Models
Structures and role design
Business Processes
Policies
Capability & capacity
Culture & climate
Change & Communication
Partner with Pro's.
Boards and Executives engage us as trusted advisors as they seek to apply contemporary business ideas in complex settings.
Always deal with consummate professionals.
Registered Psychologists
HR practitioners
Behavioural and social scientists
Board members
Business Strategists
Data analysts
Executive coaches
Well-networked and respected leaders
And, we have heart.
Known and trusted for our personable and real-world approach, we offer a level of service that the big firms just cannot compete with.
Personably powering change. For good.
We take the time to understand unique circumstances
We are emotionally honest, flexible and authentic in our work
We deliver on time and on budget
We partner and form authentic, long-lasting relationships
We work with those who wish to make a positive difference
We are an independent, privately owned, Australian company
We offer personal and bespoke service levels
We live to inspire and empower change
We innovate for your context so that the change you select is the one that sticks
Your consultants.
Bringing our core philosophy to every engagement, our interest is in helping you diagnose and respond to organisational challenges expertly and promptly.
CEO
Fleur Johnston
Co-Founder and Director at J&G, Fleur Johnston has more than 2 decades experience helping executive leaders of large organisations navigate organisational performance improvements.
With a background in workplace psychology, Fleur is a highly accomplished Organisational Development and Strategic HR strategist, specialising in large scale business and cultural change.
Fleur's ability to develop interventions that improve employee engagement and organisational performance are highly regarded. She is an Executive Advisor to the Queensland University of Technology Graduate School of Business’ Executive MBA Program, graduate of the Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), Chartered member of the Australian Human Resources Institute (CAHRI) and holds a BA (Psych) from the University of Queensland.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
BA (Psych)
Expertise
Business strategy and service delivery improvement
Program and project management
Organisational design and development
Executive coaching
Change management
Strategic workforce planning
Memberships
Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
Australian Human Resources Institute (CAHRI)
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
James Christie
Experienced Project and Client Relationship Executive
Strategic and creative problem-solver
Collaborator and solution co-designer
James is a Consultant, Facilitator and Experience Design expert with experience across the public, private & not for profit sectors. An experience Strategy & operational professional, with a focus on social impact. Deep expertise in Customer and Employee Experience lead strategy and design, James is passionate about bringing ideas from his international consulting career to Australian organisations seeking to innovate to drive change in their communities.
James' consulting experience encompasses management of the project life-cycle from project scoping and exploration through to delivery and evaluation for diverse clients both large and small. James has designed and delivered initiatives to support clients with their strategic organisation design, customer and employee experience, digital solution design, program and project management.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
B.Comm
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
GDBA Marketing
Expertise
Strategic & business planning
Business transformation
Customer and Employee Experience strategy & engagement
People & organisation capability development
Design thinking and co-design of solutions to complex problems, keeping the needs of the customer at the heart of the process
Proactive engagement with diverse stakeholder groups throughout periods of significant change
Consulting Psychologist
Meg Hooper
Meg Hooper has over 17 years experience in consulting and has delivered solutions covering the full employee lifecycle. Over the past 7 years, Meg's focus has been on building change management capability and leadership within organisations. She has coached managers on increasing their personal effectiveness through improving communication and change management capability.
As a registered psychologist with a PhD in organisational psychology, Meg is well placed to understand human behaviour and design pragmatic solutions accordingly.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
PhD (Organisational Psychology), School of psychology
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Bachelor of Arts (Honours in the field of psychology)
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science (major in Science, Technology and Society)
Qualifications & Accreditations
National registration to practice as a psychologist (previously registered to practice in the state of Queensland).
Certification - Managing Successful Programs Foundation (MSP) (2009)
Accredited practitioner of the Prosci Change Management Methodology as well as “train the trainer”
Network member of Full Range Leadership Model (FRLM) products: MLQ360, MLQ Coaching, and ODQ leadership culture
Big Five psychometric assessment material through CentACS. Specifically: Workplace Big Five Profile and NEO-PI-R
MSCEIT (Mayer, Salovey and Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test)
SHL product suite
Onetest product suite
Pearson product suite
ACER products for psychometric assessment
Memberships
Associate Member of Australia Psychological Society
Member of Women in Technology (WiT) Brisbane Chapter
Network member of the Change Management Institute
SENIOR managementCONSULTANT
Caron Yep
As a qualified and experienced Organisational DevelopmentProfessional, Caron has an extensive background working for large global companies both in Australia and in the UK across a broad range of industries including Mining, Retail and Investment banking, Recruitment, Management Consulting and Technology.
Caron’s applies her knowledge in organisational psychology, emotional intelligence, human resource management, change leadership, applied neuroscience and systems thinking, to develop solutions and utilises a variety of learning and development tools and methodologies to get results and increase performance.
With skills in leadership development and coaching, program management, facilitation, training design, delivery and evaluation and organisation culture and employee engagement, Caron can provide expertise and consultancy services to design and deliver high quality cultural and capability programs that make a real impact.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY, CHRISTCHURCH, NZ
Master of Science in Organisational Psychology (First Class Honours)
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO, DUNEDIN, NZ
Post Graduate Diploma in Science in Psychology (Distinction)
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO, DUNEDIN, NZ
Bachelor of Science (Physiology)
Qualifications & Accreditations
Qualified in Hogan
Development SurveyAdvanced Presentation Skills
Think on your feet’ (Horizon Training)
Executive Coaching training (PDI)
Behavioural based interviewing (DDI)
Performance Consulting
Various in-house Leadership
and Management Skills CoursesExposure and understanding of
OPQ, DISC and Myers Briggs
Expertise
Leadership development programs
Organisational Development initiatives
Inclusion and diversity
Coaching for individuals, leaders & teams
Talent identification
Consultant
Kathryn Adams
Kathryn has an engaging interpersonal style and brings a blend of strategic thinking, analytical skills and knowledge of behavioural science to the successful delivery of significant bodies of consulting work.
As a Consultant, Kathryn supports J&G Consulting in providing client solutions to a variety of organisational challenges including but not limited to services in Organisational Reviews, Strategy, Service Transformation, Strategic HR and Organisational Development Services, Governance & Performance, Capability & Leadership Development and Building Resilience at Work. Kathryn’s experience to date has fostered her ability to leverage both quantitative and qualitative insights to develop positive outcomes and deliver exceptional results, exceeding client expectations.
Kathryn’s engaging style with colleagues and clients positions her well to ensure that J&G programs are delivered on time, on budget and exceeding client expectations when it comes to engagement coordination.
Education
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
B.Bus (Accounting) and Behavioural Science (Psychology)
Expertise
Project delivery and co-ordination
Consultation
Relationship development
Qualitative and quantitative analysis
Behavioural Science knowledge and understanding
Our Broader Impact.
In the Community. J&G consultants view our opportunity to work with industry clients as a significant privilege – one which affords us the capacity to give back to those less fortunate. In addition to volunteering our services and our time to take action, each year we donate part of our revenue to charities chosen by the team. To date, we’ve been grateful for the opportunity and proud to support:
Anglicare – Home Away from Homelessness
Australia’s CEO Challenge – workplace partners against domestic violence
Brisbane Youth Service – FebFast
Canteen
Care Australia
CARITAS
Guide Dogs Australia
Mercy Foundation
Movember
Salvation Army
For the Environment. J&G limit the impact our business has on the environment by actively seeking ways to reduce our resource use and to minimise and prevent adverse environmental impacts of our work. We seek to reduce our footprint through mindful accommodation decisions, carbon neutral air-travel, recycling and participation in activities which support the recovery and repair of our natural systems.
In the Workplace. As specialists in organisational performance, we know that healthy and safe workplaces which inspire our team’s best contributions, and the attainment of their higher purpose, are fundamental to our business. J&Gh live and breathe workplace flexibility, family friendly practices and generous reward for effort.