Christine McDougall’s expertise is in facilitating the navigation of high integrity, high performance leaders, politicians and people of influence,through the treacherous waters of political and corporate life, vigilantly supporting the maintenance of the very integrity and passion that inspired them to the leadership journey.

Christine believes that leaders who operate from a place of personal principle and integrity are desperately needed in all domains of life,and yet have to daily battle the existing systems that either say one thing anddo the other, or operate from sneaky politics, sly back stabbing and an ~us orthem~ mentality, or are simply not geared to operate within a high ethics, highflex, rapidly changing and increasingly transparent world.

Christine works with men and women to support them instaying in their own truth, finding alternative ways to live and work withtheir principles intact, within traditional organizationalstructures.

Christine is a Master Certified Coach, the highest international commendation awarded tocoaches by the International Coach Federation. She is one of the leaders incoaching in Australia and New Zealand, with eleven years full time experience.She was the first coach in Australia and New Zealand to receive the qualification of Master Certified Coach.

Her work is leading edge, combining a systemic perspective with daring and compassion, using models such as Wilber’s integral theory, Buckminster Fuller’s systems theory, developmental models including spiral dynamics, and her own models supporting unconditional responsibility, cultures  of commitment,appreciative inquiry processes and the ability to speak the truth with compassion. 

Recently,Christine developed the Dare to Care programme which has been delivered to hundreds of people in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA.  Dare to Care transforms the way leaders communicate at all levels, from junior to the most senior executives.  The programme teaches people to become aware of how they are perceived by others in communication and to become more conscious of the impact and consequences of their communications. 

Dareto Care also supports individuals and groups to implement changes in order tocommunicate more effectively with clarity, integrity and “heart”.  Ultimately, the new ways of communicating lead to better relationships, more effective problem solving,enhanced negotiation skills, an open and trusting workplace and greater skill in dealing with difficult workplace situations and conflict.  All of which can positively impact a companies bottom line.

Christine would describe herself as a permanent student, working on her own lifelong PhD.She is currently exploring the fields of economics and alternate currencies,world politics, archetypal and mythological studies, including Jung, Cambelland Myss, emergent models of business, systemic cultural change, natural design, geometry, history and perennial philosophy.

Prior to executive coaching and training, Christine has been a business owner and entrepreneur since she was 24 years old, with experience in professional services and manufacturing, both locally and internationally.

Christine holds a Bachelor’s Degree as a Doctor of Chiropractic from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1983. She is a certified Level Two Spiral Dynamics practitioner and teaches a Spiral Dynamics experiential workshop. She is also certified in DISC, PIAV and Reiss Values Profile. 

Her corporate clients include Australia and New Zealand based mulitnationals in banking, finance and realestate and include: A.N.Z. Bank, NAB, St George Bank, Remax and Australia Post. She has lectured to MBA students at both Bond University and Queensland Institute of Technology. Her individual clients are located around the world.Christine has conducted over ten thousand hours of coaching with senior executives both face to face and via the telephone.  Business leaders seek Christine out because of her extraordinary ability to inspire people to speak and act with truth,responsibility, integrity, courage and love.  Christine’s ideas combine practical application with philosophical and spiritual depth.

Christine has been a Board member of the International Coach Federation (USA) for five years, in her last year in theposition of Vice President. She was the inaugural President of the International Coach Federation Australasia. These roles gave her experience inworking within a not for profit organization, working virtually with groups around the world, and working with the natural design of a global start upbusiness. Christine is on the editorial board of the International Journal forCoaching in Organizations, the first professional coaching journal to be published and distributed worldwide. Once a year, Christine joins 60 executive coaches from around the world for the Executive Coaching Summit, an invitation only event comprised of a diverse global network of senior executive development experts researching and integrating best practices in the field.Christine is also a founding member of the International Consortium for Coaches in Organizations. She has been a keynote speaker at many coaching events around the world, as well as other industry bodies, including Institutes of Managementand Human Resources.

She has travelled extensively, particularlywithin North America, making the trip across the Pacific over 45 times.

Christine lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland,Australia, with her 17-year-old daughter Natalie. Beyond her work, Christine enjoys travelling, and outdoor activities, which include running, swimming and snowboarding. She has completed over 16 marathons and four ultra-marathons and an Ironman Triathlon.  Without a doubt, her endurance sport has contributed to her value as a coach, in the spiritual, physical, emotional and mental domains.