About Us
Trusted advisers on Strategy, Leadership, Governance & Transformational Change in Australia & ASEAN
The “Australia in the Asian Century” White Paper highlights both the importance of more effective engagement with the Asia Pacific region – and the challenges which leaders of Australian public and private sector organisations will face in making this happen. Asean Development’s Executive Directors, Ian and SienaDune Buchanan, have between them over 60 years of hands-on experience in strategy development, leadership, governance and transformational change for organisations and individual leaders in both Australia and the region.
Asean Development serves as Trusted adviser to leaders in business, government, academia and NGO’s on issues of leadership effectiveness, strategy and governance in Asia and Australia. Our services include strategic advice for Australian firms seeking to strengthen their insight, networks and governance models in ASEAN in particular plus transformational coaching and consultancy to help create a culture which will support successful engagement with the region. Given the importance of self-awareness for effective leadership we also provide team and individual mindful awareness based coaching and counseling incorporating ceremony and celebration.
List of Services
To read more on the role of a trusted adviser see ‘Who Advises the CEO?‘ By Andrew Sobel
Our Philosophy
We believe that leaders in all walks of life must gain insight, clarity and self awareness if they are to skilfully lead their organisations in this age of continual change and uncertainty. They must develop a wisdom that takes them beyond vested self interest, inspires a sense of meaning and higher purpose and reveals a understanding of the connected nature of life.
Our experience suggests that this requires a fundamental shift in perspective, a willingness to be transparent, to hold to high standards of governance and integrity and to be accountable, both to themselves and their stakeholders, to a clearly articulated value system.
Organizations change through leaders who empower their teams to successfully discover and adapt to new opportunities and develop resilience in a world where the fundamentals are constantly shifting and new challenges inevitably arise. This requires a mind that looks forward, constantly seeks to better understand and allows for a broader and more inclusive stakeholder base.