Lea Symonds

Personal Strengths Aust is the Australian /New Zealand representative for Personal Strengths, an international publishing and consulting group, with offices in eight global locations.

Lea Symonds, the Managing Director and Senior Consultant with Personal Strengths Australia, has over 25 years experience in people management as an organisational development specialist, consulting to private and public clients. Prior to establishing Personal Strengths Aust/NZ, Lea’s career included senior roles in education, accounting & financial services and banking.

Lea has held leadership positions on Not for Profit Boards and Professional Associations as well as project steering committees and advisory committees for educational institutions. She is an experienced conference presenter and has authored articles about people in the workplace and contributed to published training resources.

Drawing on her qualifications in education, coaching, psychotherapy and business, Lea specialises in working with organisations who have a real commitment to building strong relationships. She also has a keen interest in helping teams to get “unstuck” when they face difficult situations or dilemmas. Lea has gained a strong reputation for her expertise in facilitating conflict resolution.