Patrick Herd, Principal Consultant of Community Business Australia has 30 years of organisational, in senior management positions and consulting experience in the employment, education, training, disability, aged and community care and community sectors. Through his many years as a senior manager with community businesses Patrick understands how to balance customer expectations, contract compliance and the requirements to deliver results to all stakeholders. As well he has a depth of understanding of all the practicalities of strategic relationships and partnerships and has assisted organisations develop a range of such alliances and partnerships. Patrick’s skills and experience include facilitation of strategic planning and business planning workshops, mergers, amalgamation, partnerships and alliances, organisational reviews, board governance training and coaching, recruitment of CEO and senior manager positions. Patrick has a wealth of experience assisting Boards, CEOs and senior management teams to move through significant or cultural change and has assisted many NfPs/community businesses to work with federal and state government contracts.