Rod Sherwin - Change Facilitator
Rod Sherwin coaches individuals, teams and organisations to better respond and adapt to change.
Rod has coached, trained and facilitated change in business agility values, principles and practices across government, telecommunications, utilities, civil and electrical engineering industries. He has coached sales, recruitment, marketing, human resources, engineers, software developers and data analytics teams to improve their ability to respond and adapt to change.
Rod is a leading expert in the Solution-focused approach to change which focuses on what's wanted, what's helping to make this happen and how to notice forward progress. This is particularly useful in complex situations where the cause of the problem is not obvious and endless analysis wastes time and money. The Solution-focused approach is foundational to his daily conversations, training and workshop design. Rod is a member of the Solutions-focus in Organisations (SFiO).
Rod’s professional background includes more than 20+ years in IT delivery and the most recent 10+ years designing and facilitating organisational change, training and professional coaching. Rod designs unique workshop experiences that help people learn from practising both within a session and with follow up coaching to develop true competency that can't be gained in the classroom.
Rod brings empathy, keen insight, humour, and warmth to all his interactions. He has a knack for helping others recognise their own strengths and abilities to navigate our complex world.
More about Rod’s experience and qualifications below. Connect with Rod on LinkedIn.
Experience Snapshot
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Global IT Services Organisation
Co-designer and facilitator of Business Agility training for 6,500 staff across ANZ
Reinforced training with Lunch & Learn sessions, internal social media platforms and virtual instructor-led training
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Specialist Analytics Service Provider
Designed and delivered Agile DevOps course to Pre-sales and Data Scientists team with the view to improving project delivery and sales success
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Workplace Insurance Provider
Agile Team Facilitator for AI Chatbot based on IBM’s Watson Technology.
The Chatbot helped onboard new starters and freed up more senior staff to handle more complex cases.
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Regional Digital Transformation Delivery Centre
Design job interviews to find the most talented staff. Design and deliver Agile Masterclass to onboard 70+ staff as part of onboarding
Use agile practices to coordinate the HR, facilities and marketing groups for a Digital Transformation Centre.
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Electrical Engineering Service Provider
Delivered Agile Masterclass to senior executives, logistics, warehouse, HR and IT support staff. Trained over 150 staff from ANZ region
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Leading Australia University
Lead coach shifting an IT Development group to a Business Agility mindset
Developed and delivered training or Mindfulness, Growth mindset and Courageous conversations
Qualifications
Professional Coaching
Member of International Coaching Federation
Advanced Solution-Focused Coach, International Alliance of Solution-Focused Teach Institutes
Solution-Focused Business Professional Certificate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Change Management
OpenSpace Agility
Lean Change Agent
Lean Change Management
Training Design and Delivery
Training from the Back of the Room
Institute of Learn Professionals Design for Learning Certificate
Institute of Learn Professionals Design for Transfer Certificate
Bikablo Visual Facilitation
Certificate IV in Training & Design
Agile at Scale
Certified LeSS Practitioner
Certified SAFe Agilist
Certified SAFe 4 Program Consultant
Kanban University
Kanban Management Professional
Kanban System Design
International Consortium for Agile (ICAgile)
ICP - Coaching Agile Transitions
ICP - Business Agility Foundations
ICP - Agile Coaching
ICP - Agile Team Facilitation