The Peak Performance team is dedicated to transforming your business objectives into measurable results.
Our consultants, facilitators and coaches are all experienced leaders with significant commercial acumen, able to quickly understand your business and your challenges. We are a well-qualified, internationally-experienced team of professionals who consistently achieve outstanding ratings and results.
Complementing our core team, Peak Performance works closely with a select group of partners across the globe whose tools and expertise help us solve client problems.
LINLEY WATSON
As co-founder and CEO of Peak Performance International (PPI), Linley energises her organisation's purpose to "connect people and ideas to unlock potential, inspire peak performance and accelerate growth."
Linley builds relationships that create value for team members, clients and partners. Her strength lies in understanding each client's unique business challenges and bringing the right people and tools together to solve them. Linley has a special interest in assessing and developing organisational culture. She is an authority on merger and acquisition (M&A) culture integration and the author of “Avoiding the M&A Failure Club (What the numbers don’t reveal)”. Linley is also a sought-after executive coach and mentor.
DEBORAH TRUTER
Co-founder of Peak Performance International, Deborah is a customer-centric culture change specialist. Rated as a top-notch change leader and highly engaging facilitator, Deborah designs, develops and delivers customised learning and development and culture change initiatives for significant organisations. Her workshops have benefited tens of thousands of people in sales, service and leadership roles.
ROSEMARY FISHER
Rosemary is a strategist, communications and customer experience specialist who works with senior executives to develop businesses, develop people and launch significant initiatives. She is skilled at improving team performance, facilitating change and driving cultures of innovation.
MELISSA LE MESURIER
Melissa has more than 25 years leading corporate communications for blue chip companies. Originally trained as a journalist, Melissa’s expertise covers all corporate affairs disciplines including internal and external communications, social media, CSR and crisis communication. She specialises in advising boards and executive teams on all aspects of reputation and brand, with a particular focus on developing strategic narratives and communications to support business transformation and cultural change.
PAUL MISCHEL
Paul brings a unique blend of business nous, learning and development experience and therapeutic expertise to create transformative learning experiences. He has extensive qualifications and professional accreditations in neuro linguistic programming (NLP), coaching, profiling tools, and training and assessment as well as various remedial therapies.
As a consultant, senior facilitator and coach, Paul is attuned to the needs of the individual and the organisation, ensuring his sessions deliver a positive return on energy and investment.
DANA EISENSTEIN
As a senior facilitator and coach, Dana draws on her deep international experience, her strong academic qualifications and extensive professional development to help people build awareness, shift their mindsets and change their behaviours.
An accomplished communicator, Dana is known for her authenticity, positive energy and courageous ability to challenge deep-seated assumptions. She creates fun, inspiring and significant learning experiences that have practical application for individuals, teams and organisations.
DEB CACCIOTTI
Deb is a senior instructional designer, facilitator and coach who is highly skilled in all aspects of learning and development. Her focus extends beyond the classroom, incorporating activities and tools aimed at positively impacting business results. She works closely with leaders to get the best out of their people and to encourage transference of learning back into the workplace.
ANDREW CASTLE
Andrew is an internationally experienced business consultant focused on organisation effectiveness. For 30 years he has consulted to major corporations across the Asia Pacific region to design and implement a wide range of organisational development initiatives. Expertise includes: Culture and Change Management, Talent, Succession, Leadership, Strategic Planning, LEAN 6 Sigma Black Belt and Executive Coaching.
LOUISE THOMSON
Louise helps team members grow their leadership skills through coaching, mentoring, designing and delivering workshops. Her strengths are described as direct, creative, authentic, focused, inclusive and respectful.
JEREMY GOLDBERG
An intuitive and engaging facilitator and coach, Jeremy is one of Australia’s leading experts on influence and engagement of people. Through strategy, people and team dynamics, Jeremy supports businesses and their leaders, to become clear about how to truly lead and get the best from their team.
BARBARA GRIFFEN
Barb is a collaborative and commercially focused HR, organisation development and change consultant with senior HR business partner, learning strategy and delivery, project management and career management experience.
GABRIEL EDWARDS
Gabriel is a highly regarded thought leader in leadership and workplace mental health & wellbeing. She designed and facilitates a pioneering workplace mental health & wellbeing program that enables public and private sector leaders to maintain mentally healthy workplaces and has a unique counselling practice to fill the current gap in mental health support for leaders across Australia. Gabriel works with Peak Performance International as an Associate and Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing expert.