Staff profile

Vanessa Eckhaus

Vanessa Eckhaus

Swinburne Professional Facilitator
Human Resources

As a highly regarded business professional, Vanessa has extensive experience in delivering strategic learning solutions to a large range of sectors and industries, including corporates, the health sector and not-for-profit organisations. She has worked with a diverse portfolio including the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, Berry Street Victoria, InTouch Multicultural Family Violence Service, Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency, Australia Post, Crown, Herbert Smith Freehills and Metro Trains.

Vanessa initially qualified and worked as a solicitor in employment law. She was regularly involved in legal and industrial litigation as well as creating learning programs on employment-related topics for management teams, unions and solicitors. After a number of years in legal practice, she moved into the human resources profession, where she has successfully utilised her legal knowledge and training experience to help managers develop their skills and lead high- performing teams.

Vanessa is an engaging facilitator, able to develop a rapport with all levels of an organisation, to determine their needs and to provide tailored interventions. Her areas of expertise include effective workplace communication, resolving workplace conflict, bullying, harassment & discrimination and increasing team effectiveness (including managing poor performance).

Specialised Skills

  • Training and Assessment
  • Belbin Team Roles
  • Honey and Mumford Learning Styles
  • DISC-Style Communication Inventories
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution

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