Joanne Fitzgerald

Joanne Fitzgerald is an organisational psychologist and socio-analyst with sound business knowledge that informs her consulting practice. She has over 20 years professional and management experience in the government and non-government sectors in Queensland, Western Australia, and Victoria. In 1996, she started her own organisational consultancy in Perth to enable teams, individuals and organisations to strengthen their functioning and embed effective long-term change. For the last seven years, Joanne has worked successfully from Melbourne.

Joanne’s work with Designed Interventions has a strong focus on organisational and culture diagnosis, and sustainable change.

Joanne has strong capability in: Transition and implementation processes for mergers & acquisitions; Managing culture and change projects; Organisation review and restructuring; Action learning; and Team development.

She has taught at post graduate level at Swinburne and Monash Universities in Victoria and at the University of Western Australia.

Qualifications

	Masters in Applied Psychology (Organisational Psychologist) Murdoch University, WA
	Bachelor of Science, Honours in Psychology, University of Queensland
	Fellowship in Socio-Analysis, Australian Institute of Socio-Analysis, Melbourne (All coursework components)
	Qualifications in interpersonal development approaches: eg. MBTI

Directorships

	Director, Designed Interventions Pty Ltd
	President, Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria

Professional Memberships

	Member, The Australian Psychological Society (APS)
	Member, The APS College of Organisational Psychologists
	Member, Organisational Development Australia
	Member, International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organisations (ISPSO)
	Member, Group Relations Australia

“Working with people is the most demanding, satisfying, frustrating and exciting work there is! And what organisation exists without its people? None. My work enables organisations to become more robust as people learn and enjoy working together. Everyone benefits and the organisation prospers.”