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/ Miles Protter

  • Individual and group mentoring

  • Transformational team workshops

  • Inspirational public speaking and keynotes

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MENTORING For over two decades I’ve had the privilege of guiding hundreds of leaders and business owners in unlocking their full potential, whether it's developing their capabilities, reigniting careers, navigating transitions, or empowering teams. They are seeking more than traditional solutions like executive MBAs or leadership courses can offer. Instead they want a mentor to travel with them on a whole of life, transformational journey to develop their inherent values, strengths, and purpose to reshape their lives and organisations. They need a safe space to be honest, vulnerable, and process their suffering.

My clients benefit from the experience (and battle scars!) I gained from 25 years in banking and consulting, bringing a deep understanding of strategy, organisational dynamics and the essence of leadership. They say I’m encouraging, non-judgemental, catalytic, a great listener and dedicated to learning and growth.

My mentoring offerings are:

1. Executive mentoring: Personalised 1:1 sessions totalling nine hours over approx. three months designed around your specific aspirations and challenges.

2. Leadership mentoring: Join a peer group of up to five other leaders on-line for four x 1 hour group sessions plus two x 1:1 sessions to accelerate your personal development in an affordable format.

3. Sustaining: After completion of a mentoring programme, you can benefit from four refreshers over subsequent 4– 6 months to reinforce learning, provide accountability and stay on course.  

TRANSFORMATIONAL TEAM WORKSHOPS Many leaders have sought my coaching expertise because their teams and organisations fall short of their potential. There's a lack of excitement, collaboration, information sharing, ownership, and constructive challenge among team members, as if everyone has settled for politeness, silos, and coasting along. Yet, beneath the surface, problems simmer. I encourage teams to understand each other's viewpoints in a safe environment that deepens relationship and trust. They identify the most important issues beneath the symptoms. They establish a shared vision and values, while clarifying the necessary support each person needs for success and fostering effective collaboration over time. Teams learn to tackle complex challenges adaptively, resulting in not just improved outcomes, but a fundamental shift in how they collaborate.

My experience (and battle scars!) gained from 25 years in banking and consulting gives me a deep understanding of organisational dynamics and the essence of leadership. My clients say I’m encouraging, non-judgemental, and strategic. I’m a catalyst for change, and dedicated to learning from failure as well as success.

My transformational workshops are:

1.      One day alignment workshop (+ interviews beforehand) to identify the main challenges, create a vision & negotiate expectations + four weekly coaching sessions to build new habits and mindsets for team members.

2.      Half day Values workshop to develop organisational values for the team’s context and create strategies to bring them to life  + four weekly coaching sessions to build new habits and mindsets.

3.      Four sustaining refreshers over following 4-6 months to reinforce learning, develop habits, and provide accountability.

INSPIRATIONAL PUBLIC SPEAKING: People yearn for lives filled with purpose and authenticity, driven by their core values rather than other people’s opinions. Yet, many find themselves trapped making decisions based on fluctuating emotions, inconsistent reasoning, and societal pressures. The key to overcoming these challenges lies in embracing one's values, but often individuals are unsure of what truly matters to them. In my presentation, I guide audiences on a transformative journey to discover their deepest values and empower them with actionable strategies to embody their values every day. Participants emerge inspired and equipped to make meaningful, whole-of-life change and live authentically.

My keynote presentation is usually a 45–60-minute interactive talk for organisational away days, retreats, conferences, and group meetings. It can be customised for your group.

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After graduating with a B.Comm from Queen’s University in Canada and an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge, I worked in investment banking in London, mostly at UBS, helping CFOs and Treasurers at multinationals (ExxonMobil, GM, Toyota, Dupont, Chrysler, etc.) and governments (Latin America, Eastern Europe, Middle East) borrow in the international capital markets, and central bankers (Mexico, Czechia) to manage market instability.

In 1998 I had an epiphany about living my values, and chose to leave investment banking to pursue my burgeoning interest in developing people. My wife, Deborah, and I established The Values Partnership to offer executive coaching, mentoring and consulting to medium sized organisations.

In 2006 I moved to Perth, Western Australia to take up a role at the culture

change consultancy JMJ Associates, and soon was appointed managing director for Australia, leading our work with the some of the world’s largest resource, engineering, and construction groups. We were recognised by industry as partners in transforming Australian safety culture.

In 2016, I rejoined my wife at The Values Partnership, offering one-to-one mentoring, transformational workshops and inspirational public speaking. We have mentored hundreds of leaders in the engineering, power, oil and gas, mining, construction, rail, government, services, and not-for-profit sectors using our unique approach based on strengths, values and purpose, and offered workshops for dozens of companies..

 
 
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