Director's Profile
Barry McMaster
Barry's clients comment on the versatile and practical approach he brings to his work.
He has a strong business acumen. This comes from over twenty years in senior roles in a range of industries including insurance, financial services, car rental, information systems and building products manufacturing.
Barry is an expert in people development. He is highly skilled in the design and delivery of effective learning programs.
He is in high demand for his impressive facilitation skills. He has remarkable success working with teams to solve problems and develop clear and agreed plans going forward.
His outstanding communication skills allow him to work effectively across all organisational levels and across cultures. He has worked with organisations in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, New Zealand and the USA.
Barry's qualifications are Bachelor or Arts (Psychology) from Macquarie University and a Master of Business Administration from Deakin University. While working in the insurance industry he achieved the qualification of F.A.I.I. (Fellow of the Australian Insurance Institute). Download pdf file
Barry specialises in:- Leadership Development
- Executive Development
- Sales & Marketing
- Change Management
- Team Planning
- Team Building
Accreditations:
- California Psychological Inventory (CPI)
- Lominger Career Architect - Voices & Choices
- Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), "Professional Accreditation", "Expanded Interpretive Report", "Team Building"
- Achieve Global Trainers Accreditation
- Fortune Group Trainers Accreditation
- DISC - Thomas International
- DISC - DTS International - I & II
- TTI - Emotional Quotient (EQ)
- TTI - workplace Motivators
- TTI - TriMetrix EQ
- Potentia Interview system
- Situational Leadership - SLII
- Huthwaite - SPIN Trainer "Making Major Sales", "Coaching for Sales Effectiveness"
- Spencer Johnson Partners - "Change and Win", "Gaining Change Skills"
- Associate - 20/20 Insight Gold
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAA40104)
- KPMG Accredited Facilitator
- Maura Fay Group Accredited Facilitator
Memberships:
- Australian Institute of Management (AIM)
- Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD)
- American Society of Training and Development (ASTD)
- Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)
- Sydney Hills Business Chamber
Feedback on past programs
Participants' Scores on Barry's "Trainer Effectiveness":
|
# of Participants |
Avg Score out of 10 |
|---|---|---|
Australia USA Philippines New Zealand Australia USA Philippines |
66 67 55 44 45 138 72 |
9.1 9.4 9.5 9.2 9.3 9.5 9.7 |
Comments on Barry's overall performance from participants:
"A rewarding program delivered very professionally" - Finance Manager, Sydney
"Excellent program, great facilitation skills" - Divisional Manager, Melbourne
"Barry, your skill and professionalism greatly impressed my team" - General Manager, Sydney
"Your presentation performance and the relaxed atmosphere you generated were instrumental in providing an interesting and totally absorbing session" - Divisional Manager, USA
"The best program I have attended in years" - Finance Manager, New Zealand
"The program was well designed, well presented and appropriate to our practical needs" - Production Manager, Brisbane
"Barry certainly does his job well, getting information across while making the session enjoyable as well" - HR Manager, Philippines
"Barry is an interesting person with some great anecdotes" - Manufacturing Manager, USA
"Barry has a mastery of his subject and provided excellent execution" - General Manager, Adelaide
"You do an excellent job of presenting this course, relaxing, yet effective" - Sales Manager Asia, Kuala Lumpur
"Barry has done extremely well, Very brilliant. Thank you!" - Production Coordinator, Philippines
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