Deborah May Email & Phone Number

I am a deep thinker and experienced and courageous practitioner who uses research and contemporary thinking to create awareness and understanding of our cultural conditioning, implicit biases and human proclivities to value some over others. With 25 years of experience, and insufficient change, it is time to change the paradigm that continues to perpetuate the status quo. It is time for an approach that creates the opportunity for everyone to participate in creating a community or workplace that values everyone equally.To do this * I build community, create spaces and craft restorative conversations for groups of people to understand each other, unite and move beyond the divisions that separate ‘us’ from ‘them’ to create an environment of ‘we-all’, where everyone is seen, heard and valued.* I advise and coach leaders and groups who seek to create relational, diverse and vibrant workplaces where everyone has equal opportunity and feels equally valued.* I assist workplaces address gender, racial and other bias and bullying using a restorative approach that shifts the onus from individuals to the collective and:1. Builds understanding of the cultural conditioning and implicit biases that inform who and what is valued, rewarded and privileged in the workplace.2. Generates self-awareness and commitment to ameliorating the impact of bias and repairing relationships.3. Heals and rebuilds confidence and esteem in those affected by bias and bullying.4. Engages the collective in healing and co-creating unified, inclusive and strength based working relationships.As Principal and Founder of The May Group and Principal at Nous I worked with many clients to advance gender equity and cultivate inclusion. These included Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Victorian Transport Accident Commission, Department of Defence, The Treasury, Geoscience Australia, IBM, ACCC, Kellogg’s, Swinburne University, and the Australian National University. I am an Honorary Fellow of University of Canberra for my research and advocacy on gender equity and unconscious bias in the public sector, a frequent speaker at conferences and have a lived a full and interesting life.

Listed skills include Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Leadership, Change Management, and 17 others.