William Gooderson
Brisbane,QLD
Summary
I am passionate advocate for developing people at a personal and professional level, supporting them to achieve their ultimate potential via informed choices and reflecting on lived experience. Through a combination of one-on-one coaching, workshops, and keynotes, I support the development of the complete spectrum of leaders, leveraging my experiences gained leading teams from an operational to a strategic level, across the globe. Harnessing the leadership lessons learned from the world’s leading school on leadership – The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst – and sharing the experiences gained from overcoming mental trauma and post-traumatic stress, I thrive on supporting the development of high performing individuals in the areas of resilience and leadership.
Executive leader with deep experience driving organizational success and fostering collaboration. Skilled in strategic planning, financial oversight, and stakeholder engagement. Known for adaptability, resilience, and delivering results in evolving environments. Strong interpersonal skills, effective communicator, and results-driven approach.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director
Unconventional Leader
06.2020 - Current
- Founder and lead facilitator of Unconventional Leader, a company that specialises in delivering leadership and resilience training to public and private organisations through workshops, keynotes, and one-on-one coaching. Following a professional career of almost two decades, a need was identified to deliver effective leadership training to senior and emerging leaders, who had previously undertaken training focused on business management and with little ongoing support.
- Entering its second year of operation, the company has assisted hundreds of individuals across the leadership spectrum, with established programs now operating within state government and private enterprise. Combining workshops with coaching, we have supported team leaders, executives and organisational leads reflect and refine their leadership styles, leveraging prior lived experience to generate real-world skills that have a resilient mindset as an underpinning foundation.
- Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, and performance evaluations.
Senior Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers
09.2018 - 06.2020
- Part of the People and Organisation (P&O) team within the Brisbane office of the firm, focusing on leadership and coaching support to clients across the country. Sat within the leadership group in Brisbane responsible for business development and stakeholder relationships within the Queensland market. Through the role, was a lead within the healthcare leadership team and worked extensively with Queensland health delivering workshops on change, culture, communication, and resilience. Part of the executive coaching panel for Queensland Health, delivering one-on-one coaching for c-suite members of both the Department of Health and the 16 Hospital and Health Services. Additional role within the firm was the P&O lead for the national ‘Perform’ methodology that delivered an accelerated capability building program to create capacity and immediately realise results via coaching all levels of an organisations leadership. Supported multiple departments within the Federal Department of Human Services.
Performance Consulting Associate Principal
Crowe Horwath / Findex
03.2017 - 08.2018
- Built a performance consulting practice within Queensland to support both the national consulting practice and the existing network of clients held by the firm’s northern offices. Focusing on leadership I headed up both the Queensland and New South Wales teams as the hub leader, managing staff careers and driving strategic focus for the group. The role involved both the recruitment and development of a consulting focused team, stakeholder engagement and promotion of the new service offerings both internal and external to the firm, and the establishment of a new pipeline of client portfolios.
Performance Audit Manager
Queensland Audit Office
01.2016 - 03.2017
- Responsible for the successful delivery of audits across a diverse range of local government, state government departments, corporations and statutory bodies. Responsibilities include: leading teams whilst project managing multiple audits looking at any aspect of the performance of public sector entities; and how effectively, efficiently and economically their objectives were being met. Projects entailed reviewing hospital utilisation of high value equipment, analysing policies, procedures and frameworks to identify best practice and ensure service delivery efficiency. Leveraging prior experience, the role included; client engagement and stakeholder management, developing and reviewing audit findings, conclusions and recommendations, and the production of parliamentary reports.
Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers
10.2014 - 01.2016
- Worked as part of the National Capital Projects team; providing clients with core skills in project risk and procurement management, leadership and communication. Delivery involved working in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Queensland, New Zealand and Indonesia writing Program Management Plans, undertaking studies of project management efficiency, governance and auditing mining, rail and road infrastructure projects that ranged in scale from $800million - $2.5billion.
WHS/Compliance Manager
Shadforths Civil Contractors
12.2012 - 10.2014
- Responsible for all aspects of Occupational Health and Safety in a company of 400+ individuals that delivered upwards of 80 projects a year varying in size from low A$100,000s to over A$25 million. The role required running a safety team of five advisors whilst demonstrating compliance with the AS:18001 Safe Management System and providing the company with direction on all matters of Health, Safety and risk management. Reporting included; undertaking monthly audits of all live projects, incident and injury tracking including trend analysis, and quarterly reports to the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner.
Project Manager
Shadforths Civil Contractors
12.2012 - 12.2013
- Lead manager on an AUD$25million industrial sub division site; managing teams varying in size from 10-45 personnel daily. Also led redevelopment work for company across the Lockyer Valley following the 2011 floods and was present during the 2013 floods. Included rapid reacting during the flooding followed local infrastructure reconstruction following the devastation .Roles included; daily client liaison, engagement with council and superintendent representatives on a daily basis, de-conflicting equipment delivery and maintenance, organising manpower and traffic management and managing the budget for monthly claims and reviews.
Staff Officer (Major) – Senior Director
Royal Engineers, British Army
10.2003 - 12.2012
- Multiple roles held across nine year career including: two year deployment to Germany running construction projects with the local community; construction tours of Cyprus and Northern Ireland to aid the local community with infrastructure upgrades and civil unrest; seven month deployment to Afghanistan conducting peace keeping operations involving clearance of explosive ordnance, rebuilding critical infrastructure and providing security stability to the local communities.
- Team leading roles varied in size from 30 – 1,000 and courses including passing selection for the special force’s community and human intelligence groups as well as explosives, small weapons, and armoured vehicle training.
Education
Bachelor of Arts with Honours -
University of Salford
01.2003
Skills
- Relationship building
- Strategic planning
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Decision-making
- People management
- Operations management
- Project management
- Project coordination
- Organizational development
Certification
- Being the best leader you can be (Public Sector Commission) Dec 2016
- People Matters (Public Sector Commission) Jun 2016
- OGC Gateway Review Team Member Feb 2016
- Cert IV Training and Education (TAE) May 2014
- Cert IV Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Jan 2014
- Construction Law for Engineers Course Nov 2013
- Association of Project Management (IPMA Level D, SCQF Level 7) Feb 2012
- PRINCE 2 Feb 2008
CAREER SUMMARY
- Inspiring Brighter Futures (Facilitator and Mentor) 2022 – Present
- University of Tasmania (Adjunct Lecturer) 2021 – Present
- Unconventional Leader 2020 – Present
- PricewaterhouseCoopers 2018 – 2020
- Crowe Horwath 2017 – 2018
- Queensland Audit Office 2016 – 2017
- PricewaterhouseCoopers 2014 – 2016
- Shadforths Civil Contracting 2012 – 2014
- British Army – Royal Engineers 2003 – 2012
SPEAKER and FACILITATOR CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS
- Vantage Performance – High performing leaders Jan 2023
- Queensland Health – Leading with resilience Nov 2022
- BDO – Bend not Break Aug 2022
- Oper8 Global – Resilient Leadership Jul 2022
- Pinnacle Safety – Battlefield to Boardroom Jul 2022
- Star Entertainment Group – Leading in complexity Jun 2022
- PwC – Awareness to Action Jun 2021 – Present
- Gen Physio – Resilient teams Jun 2021 – Present
- Professional Development Schools Network – Leading in complexity Jun 2021 – Present
- University of Tasmania – Learned resilience Feb 2021 – Present
- TMA – Battlefield to Boardroom Feb 2021
- Vantage Performance – Leader in the face of COVID May 2020
- Turnaround Management Association – Resilience in the workplace Feb 2020
- XEROCON – Warzones to Workplace Sep 2019
- TANDA – WS:CON Finding and training good managers July 2019
- Tax Institute – Battlefield to Boardroom Oct 2018
- Chartered Accountants ANZ – Battlefield to Boardroom Aug 2018
- FoundX – Start-Up Sustainability July 2018
- TANDA – Beyond: Workforce Success Conference June 2018
- Puma Energy – Learning to Lead Feb 2018 – Sep 2019
- CEO Institute – Traits of Leadership Feb 2018 – Present
- Crowe Horwath – Culture in the Workplace Sep 2017 – Aug 2018
- Western Downs Regional Council – Start-Up Sustainability July 2017
- PricewaterhouseCoopers – Learning to Lead Nov 2015 – Mar 2016
Timeline
Director
Unconventional Leader
06.2020 - Current
Senior Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers
09.2018 - 06.2020
Performance Consulting Associate Principal
Crowe Horwath / Findex
03.2017 - 08.2018
Performance Audit Manager
Queensland Audit Office
01.2016 - 03.2017
Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers
10.2014 - 01.2016
WHS/Compliance Manager
Shadforths Civil Contractors
12.2012 - 10.2014
Project Manager
Shadforths Civil Contractors
12.2012 - 12.2013
Staff Officer (Major) – Senior Director
Royal Engineers, British Army
10.2003 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Arts with Honours -
University of Salford
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