“Pat Stanley has made a valuable contribution to the management of our personnel in a variety of capacities, including trainer, workshop leader, management consultant and mediator. She is a skilled communicator who conducts workshops that address issues in a nonthreatening way. One of the keys to Pat’s success is her ability to evaluate people very quickly and adapt workshop content that reach a range of personnel, from labourers on the workshop floor to highly educated professionals.

Her workshops have proved to be both popular with staff and successful at achieving the desired outcomes for managers. Her vast life and work experiences give her a large repertoire of realistic examples to use with participants. Her professionalism, wisdom and trust has seen us call on her to address underlying issues and
provide on-going support for people management challenges that have the potential to develop into major problems.”

Tracy Thompson
Shutterflex

“I have had the privilege of working with Pat Stanley on both a professional and personal level.  Pat has delivered numerous training sessions, facilitated team building workshops and worked with senior management as a mentor/coach for the organisation.  Pat brings extensive knowledge and global experience to all facets of her training and mentoring, delivering real life examples in a non-confrontational environment. Participants return to the workplace with skills and strategies that can be implemented immediately. Pat is always accommodating and flexible to adapt content to ensure all participants are actively engaged in the session, whilst meeting the organisation’s objectives.  With her expertise, emotional intelligence and professionalism, I have no hesitation in engaging Pat for ongoing training and support.”

Melissa Gladman

“I’ve attended Training by Pat Stanley who has a great range of skills delivering across all topics, leadership, communication you could need. I’ve partnered with her for customised leadership training… her audience and cohorts loved her reference to real situations and experience drawing the best from your people! She was also highly regarded by the executives for getting their new leaders to step up and out of their comfort zones to showcase new initiatives they wanted to develop for the department. Call her and discuss what your specific needs are… you won’t be disappointed in what she brings to the table.”

Amanda Maystone-Towell

“Pat is an excellent trainer, engaging, informative and with a personal flair that brings even the most mundane material to life. She is able to personalise each training course to the company and to the course participants, so it is never a dull day for those attending. Everyone is thrilled to have Pat back again to do another days training.”

Amber St Clare

“I am happy to endorse Pat Stanley as a competent and experienced facilitator delivering practical guidance on a range of human service topics. In 2018 I attended Pat’s workshop on ‘dealing with difficult people’ and found the content to be relevant and interesting. Pat draws on her extensive work experience to share theory backed by practice examples which keep the workshops dynamic and participant’s engaged.

I have also worked with Pat for 1:1 managerial  performance coaching and found her approach honest, genuine, consistent and applicable in my work context.  I welcome the opportunity to recommend Pat to others seeking to reflect and improve their leadership skills.”

Tania Schmakeit

Manager-Human Service Industry.