Sebastian is the Director and Principal of Professional Consulting & Training Service (PTS) Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia. He is a business psychologist – a global leadership development expert, executive coach, facilitator, speaker, applied researcher, and author. His work takes leaders and their teams to new levels of performance and business results. With over 20 years of professional experience working across a diverse range of market sectors and industries, Sebastian works with C-level and other senior executives on building the leadership capacity they require to thrive in an increasingly demanding global economy, where hyper-complexity and adaptive challenges are the new norm. He also assists emerging and high-potential leaders to unleash their leadership potential and fast-track their careers.
Sebastian works in Australia, USA, Europe, UAE, China and Singapore, assisting global leaders to minimise the business risks of working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, acquire a global mindset, enhance intercultural effectiveness, drive innovation, and achieve unprecedented business results. He has assisted some of the top Fortune Global 500 companies bringing floundering projects back on track, reduce costs while increasing customer service standards, managing risk, and dramatically increasing levels of performance and business results.
His passion is moving from opinion-based discussions to evidence-based solutions by developing best practices. His uniqueness is applying them creatively. His purpose is to use them to take my clients to the next level of performance and business results.
Publications
- Salicru, S. (2017). Leadership Results: How to create adaptive leaders and high-performing organisations for an uncertain world. Wiley & Sons.
- Salicru, S., Wassenaar, E., Suerz, E., & Spittle, J. (2016). A Case Study of Global Leadership Development Best Practice.OD Practitioner, 48(2), pp: 12-20.
- Salicru, S. and Chelliah, J. (2014). Messing with corporate heads? Psychological contracts and leadership integrity. Journal of Business Strategy, 35(3), 38 – 46.
- Salicru, S. (2015).The Global Leadership Psychological Contract Model – Actionable to Shape the Future. In M. Sowcik (Ed), Leadership 2050: Critical Challenges, Key Contexts, and Emerging Trends (pp: 159-173). Emerald Group Publishing.
- Salicru, S. (2015). Global Leadership Development. In P. Grant (Ed.), Business Psychology in Action: Creating flourishing organisations through evidence-based and emerging practices. Leicester, UK. Matador, Troubador Publishing.
Education and Training
- PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney.
- Master of Science (Creativity and Change Leadership), State University of New York.
- Master of Management Research, UWA Business School, University of Western Australia.
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Psychology), Curtin.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology, Curtin.
- Graduate of the ‘Art and Practice of Leadership Development’ – Adaptive Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School.
Professional Memberships
- Founding Principal Member of the Association for Business Psychology (ABP).
- Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).
- Member of the International Leadership Association (ILA).
- Member of the International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP).
- Fellow of the Institute of Coaching (IOC) - McLean/Harvard Med. School.