Samantha Johnson

Centre for Public Management

Samantha has eleven years’ experience consulting to clients from a broad range of government departments and is an experienced and well regarded facilitator, trainer and coach who has worked with people at all levels to enhance work performance and management capabilities.  As a management consultant with CPM she presents on several public leadership programs as well as in-house leadership programs for departments such as AusAID, Customs and Border Protection, the House of Representatives, the Department of Defence including Head Quarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC).

Prior to joining CPM Samantha consulted with two other Canberra based consulting firms where she designed, developed and delivered programs that covered many aspects of individual and team performance. In one of these firms she was responsible for establishing the learning and development arm of the business, which continues to operate successfully in the Canberra market. Prior to this she was a public servant herself, working in the Australian Public Service Commission.

Samantha has a particular passion for exploring performance from a behavioural perspective and as such she focuses much of her consulting work on the fields of emotional intelligence, social intelligence and practical intelligence. As a coach and trainer she strives to assist people to develop self awareness and a greater capacity to understand how and why they behave and operate as individuals, managers and team members and how to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours that enhance personal and professional performance.

Samantha holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in psychology and politics from Monash University, a Grad Dip in HRM from the University of Canberra, a Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training and she is currently completing a PhD in Management and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Canberra. She presents regularly at conferences and seminars for the Australian Institute of Management (AIM), Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI) and the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD). She has presented at the prestigious Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meetings in Chicago in 2009 and in Texas in 2011.

Other accreditations that Samantha holds include the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Team Management Index (TMI), the Herrmann Brain Dominance Index (HBDI) and several DiSC Behavioural Profiles.  She is a Certified Professional with the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) and a member of the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) and the Academy of Management (AOM).  She is also an accredited Executive Coach with the Australian Institute of Executive Coaching and is accredited in several 360 feedback tools.