Gavin Didsbury Email & Phone Number

Australia

We have a perspective or ‘point of view’ about recruitment and how the boundarylessness of online recruitment and how the impact of data – especially predictive analytics - can be potentially harnessed to identify talented individuals and provide a strong competitive advantage. A major concern about the traditional recruitment paradigm is that it operates almost without data. Post ad - receive resumes - read resumes - store resumes - phone screen – interview - interview with multiple interviewers – place. Whether the placement is highly successful or disastrous, there’s really no quantitative data to explain why. By providing innovative, web-based psychometric tests and assessment tools and company-specific psychometric assessment strategies, Capable People provides benefits at several levels: strategic, innovation led competitive advantage, best practice, the development of data analytics and return on investment. Building online selection systems to client specifications provides a different marketing proposition for clients, differentiating their company in the marketplace, introduces the boundarylessness of online recruitment and the impact of data – especially predictive analytics that can be potentially harnessed to provide a strong competitive advantage.Along the way it also shreds "time to placement" and "cost of hire" metrics as well as providing retention / lower turnover benefits. So let's use social media to advertise, intelligent screening and assessment tools to swiftly identify capability relevant to the role, video interviewing to review, rate and respond regardless of geography, and hire capable people before traditional methods have been able to respond. We utilise such innovative approaches for forward thinking companies.

Psych Press is a business psychology company which develops and distributes specialist on-line e-recruitment software, psychometric assessment and development tools for businesses worldwide. From Hiring Success to Organisational SuccessFew decisions are as crucial as employing the right people to help your organisation succeed. Hiring, promoting and developing the best talent is simply “mission critical”.Today the Internet and social media provides access to new methods of communicating with candidates, as well as a rich source of applicants. When companies can have access to more applicants than they can effectively assess, online screening has proven to be highly effective. Soft Skills - Hard MeasuresPsych Press enables companies to derive a competitive advantage from understanding and measuring the various ‘soft’ competencies - abilities, attitudes, values, culture and personality attributes which organisations depend on for both survival and success. Psych Press provides the measurement of human behaviour that managers need, but so often find elusive. Psych Press understands how to identify the right people, who will remain the right people throughout the entirety of the employment life cycle.Beyond Geographical BoundariesPsych Press provides custom-built assessment solutions for various roles and industries as well as web-based assessment systems for global clients. Assessments provide real-time dashboard scoring and reporting. Psych Press assessments can be used to enhance the selection and development of employees to build organisational capacity and stand-out success against relevant performance metrics.Accessible Affordable AccurateOn-line pre-employment tests measure candidates’ full potential, enhance productivity, reduce training time, and shred time-to-hire, cost of hire and turnover metrics. They can be customized for your employer brand, and integrated into existing HR or IT systems

With his business partner, Terry Coyne Gavin sold Coyne Didsbury Pty Ltd to Personnel Decisions International (PDI) Australia, a global organization that had established competitive presence globally in the areas of Leadership and Performance Development. He worked in a development capacity with senior executives of PDI clients in Africa, Middle East, Europe and Asia, such as Shell, Microsoft, Cadbury Schweppes, Saudi companies such as Saudi Aramco, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and SADAF, as well as Coca-Cola and others. He jointly managed PDI Australia with Terry Coyne until 2006.Gavin’s insight into organizational structures and the ‘intangibles’ of organizational knowledge, people assets, culture and motivation are backed by the very tangible commercial experience of day-to-day management of major consulting businesses. Coaching and developing talented people has been a core part of Gavin’s professional and business life for 20 years.

With Co-Directors Brendon Keane and Terry Coyne, Gavin developed the concept of off-field development of elite athletes in the area of education, career development, health and welfare and founded CD Sports Pty Ltd, with the Australian Football League and Cricket Australia becoming foundation clients. CD Sports provided coaching, education and career development services to most major sporting codes in Australia. The company employed psychologists in each Australian State providing services to every listed Australian Football League player as well as elite athletes in other major sporting codes. This experience brings to clients the perspective of elite athletes and an understanding of the business impact of sporting ideas, approaches and strategies.

Coyne Didsbury became Australia’s leading firm of Consulting Psychologists, directly involved in many of Australia’s major human resource selection and development projects. The focus was on assessment, selection, management and leadership development. With a very wide range of clients in both the private and public sectors, the firm became well known for its extensive knowledge in the areas of selection and development. The services offered were tailored to specific organisational needs and included the provision of decision making tools and developmental programs to assist organisations in building and enhancing their competitive advantage by enabling them to consistently identify, manage and retain top performers.Coyne Didsbury Pty Ltd employed 18 psychologists in Sydney and Melbourne and provided talent management, coaching and development services for a wide range of both publicly listed and Australian Government departments at Federal, State and Local Government levels. Gavin consulted widely with major Australian and international companies in the area of assessment and development of staff, as well as strategic commercial issues. His experience enables clients to close the gap between individual development and commercial success.

Behaviour Research provided counselling, training courses and legal reports for clients appearing at metropolitan Magistrates Courts.

Gavin’s professional career as a psychologist commenced within the field of clinical psychology – assessing and treating clients and developing innovative education and treatments programs within in the public sector. As a result of his work in the government arena, Gavin was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to continue his studies in the USA, UK and Germany, and consequently through his study and experience, developed an extensive knowledge of major psychometric assessment and development tools and the companies and individuals worldwide that have created and developed them.

Following research into treatment programs as part of post-graduate study in clinical psychology, Gavin continued work in a metropolitan hospital setting managing outpatient programs after his appointment as a psychology officer.

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

Post-Graduate Dip. Clin. Psych, Clinical Psychology

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.)