Corporate Testimonials

Recruitment and Coaching

In my capacity as Director of ARC Recruitment Pty Ltd, I have had several opportunities to engage the services of Pamela Wakefield-Semmens in the areas of psychometric testing for the recruitment of senior management personnel for clients, in addition to referrals for coaching for candidates registered with me. I have also called upon Pamela’s life coaching services for myself recently.

I use the services of Pamela as the first point of reference because of her broad technical skill base, high level of empathy and interpersonal skills. This is consistently supported by excellent feedback which I receive from my clients. People are amazed at how accurately Pamela is able to assess personality, skills set and organizational fit. She is very adept at ingratiating herself with clients to understand how they operate. Her approachable, friendly and non-threatening style is very appealing and no-one has ever disputed her professional conclusions and marvel at her accuracy. I could highly recommend the services of Pamela
Anna Rosemeyer
Director
ARC Recruitment Pty Ltd
(2003)

Training Program Design, Mentoring, Facilitation

We have worked with Pamela as an Executive Consultant, Coach and Trainer over a period of 6 years. Pamela has mentored and coached members of our Executive and Management Team and has extended our consultants through exposure to a number of Tools available through Pentangle.

When we have required Educational Resources for Executive Management and Senior Management in the areas of Managing Change and Problem Solving, Managing Empowered Workplace Teams and Strategic Financial Management, Pamela has designed and developed programs around the national competency standards to Diploma and Advanced Diploma levels. These programs have been delivered to International and National client groups and have been very well received. Pamela is a highly skilled facilitator and is able to draw on her extensive understanding of human nature and character differences to develop assessment processes that suit a wide range of learning styles.

Workright Australia has over 300 training programs designed by a range of highly qualified and experienced Educational Managers, and the series that Pamela has written on Teams, Managing Change and Finance are amongst the best of our resources. based on our experience of working with Pamela, we can highly recommend her to assist in Change Management, Implementing a Learning Culture, Mentoring or Coaching.

Pamela is an exceptional woman, with many strings to her bow!

Luceille Outhred, Director,
(2003)

Market Research Surveys

Pamela has worked with Digislide in designing market research surveys and psychographics for a number of our products.

The largest market research program we undertook included over 500 respondents, aged from 14 – 35 years, over a 2 week period. It was imperative that our research findings were accurate and comprehensive, as we were designing a new video projector aimed at previously ignored markets – gamers and family entertainment. We were about to spend $2m on Research and Development, so it was imperative that we were heading in the right direction – and we were designing a product that was so different from anything the projection market had ever seen it was vital we had the market feel right. Pamela designed the research questionnaire, which was later described by the Global Products Manager of Eastman Kodak, NY, as “the most comprehensive and penetrating Voice of the Consumer Market Research I have ever seen”.

Since that time, Pamela has assisted us with the design of Focus Group surveys and this and Pamela’s previous work has led to Ivan de Favari of the Centre for Innovation Business and Manufacturing in SA saying “No-one has done the depth of market research that Digislide has done towards the production of the MantaRay – now you just have to get out there and do it.” MantaRay was released to market in September 2003 and the market place reaction from gamers and lower end income families has been fantastic. Pamela’s research skills enabled us to identify and target Primary, Secondary and Tertiary demographics and design a product that would meet the needs of each group.

Tim English
Marketing Manager
(2001)

Training system implementation and coaching

Pamela guided and advised on the implementation of the Workright Training System. I found her to be thorough, professional and responsive to our requests. I have used her services for Recognition of Prior Learning. She is a highly skilled facilitator and coach and provided helpful and constructive feedback. We are delighted with the outcomes from her work and would have no hesitation recommending her.

Jay Cohen National Training Manager
(2000)