Noelle Greenwood | CV

strategy. change. people. impact.

Senior Strategy Consultant | Meanjin (Brisbane) QueenslandHelping senior leaders of purpose driven organisations to build engagement, compassionately manage change and streamline processes. Empowering you to foster inclusive environments where your whole workforce can thrive.

Effortlessly blending high-level strategic thinking with high-impact brass tacks implementation, if you've got a project doing good in the world, I want to be part of it.”

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Give me any people, process, product or positioning problem| ⮕ |I'll help you figure out how to solve it.
Pitch me any dream you want to achieve| ⮕ |I'll help you draw the map to get there.
Point me towards any opportunity you've spotted on the horizon| ⮕ |I'll help you grab it with both hands.

Meet Noelle

As a business strategy and workforce development specialist, Noelle works with high performing executive leaders to optimise your business processes, lead change respectfully and engage your employees to drive organisational outcomes.With a special interest in the social impact, community development, advocacy, disability, arts and culture sectors, Noelle specialises in employee engagement, change management, leadership development and business process improvement.With over two decades experience in corporate environments, she has:

  • driven community engagement and communications for major state-level projects across health, environment, tourism + more

  • led digital, brand and marketing teams of high growth ethical startups

  • overseen brand mergers and the integration of new products into existing organisational structures

  • driven change, innovation and year-on-year staff sentiment improvement in one of the largest purpose-driven technology houses in the southern hemisphere.

Reach out if you need help with:

  • Improving your culture and building psychological safety

  • Strengthening your team's leadership capability

  • Fostering a truly inclusive approach to your operations

  • Implementing neuro-first work practices to help all employees thrive

  • Auditing your internal processes to uncover better ways of operating

  • Integrating a new stream / vertical to your organisation

asking questions. solving problems.

strategy

Noelle's greatest strength is her ability to ask the right questions of the right people at the right time to unlock thoughtful strategies for driving towards your success.With a systems-thinking brain that thrives on complex challenges, Noelle will help you drive efficiency across any part of your business. Across her strong track record she has:

  • overseen the operational integration and brand relaunch of a newly acquired fund into the divestment portfolio of Australia's leading ethical superannuation fund, as General Manager of the new product line

  • designed robust and proven internal communication and senior leadership engagement strategies, improving trust, psychological safety and innovation across the whole employee lifecycle

  • audited the employee engagement landscape of a leading disability employment social enterprise and delivered a bespoke framework and plug-and-play toolkit to begin uplifting staff sentiment immediately

  • facilitated strategy, leadership, team cohesion, problem solving and innovation sessions with senior leadership teams and operational business teams; guiding them through tried-and-tested processes to plan, upskill, bond, ideate and innovate

  • led business process automation projects for creative and technology teams, streamlining and automating dozens of complex business processes to improve governance, reduce red tape and drive administrative efficiencies.

“You've got all the expertise + knowledge sitting within your organisation already.You just need a process to get it out. That's where I can help.

leading with compassion. delivering methodically.

change

Noelle has a proven proficiency in leading complex and sensitive change management programs with compassion and transparency, including the closure of several large technology projects due to changes in government direction.Drawing on best practice models such as McKinsey’s Four Building Blocks of Change, the ADKAR model and the Kübler-Ross Five Stages of Change, she's executed comprehensive programs of work to support people through organisational change, including:

  • transitioning to hybrid/flexible work while maintaining productivity and protecting culture

  • implementing new operating models, preparing the workforce for the change, fostering buy-in and ensuring adoption

  • leading sensitive workforce reduction and project closures, while tracking staff sentiment to monitor for risks and adjusting change plans in real-time to reflect staff feedback and reduce disruption and uncertainty.

Beyond targeted initiatives, Noelle has strengthened long-term change resilience across organisations. She's led Change Champions networks to drive peer-led positive change adoption, fostered change capability in the leadership cohort with practical tools such as leader pocket guides, team formation toolkits and ‘leading through change’ masterclasses.Noelle is a skilled change management practitioner, driving enterprise-level change, influencing strategy and building enduring organisational change capability.

“Your people deserve to be led through change with transparency, compassion and rigor.Blending a strategic view with my signature detail-oriented precision, I can help you confidently transition your workforce through change.Work with me to build lasting change resilience and transform even the most cynical resistors into enthusiastic advocates.

building capacity. driving exceptional experiences.

people

Noelle has led the engagement and workforce strategy for a 1,000+ strong blended workforce (contractors and employees) of technology professionals to achieve year-on-year improvements in staff sentiment scores, even during turbulent times when the rest of the organisation saw downturns in results.With a passion for helping create an exceptional employee experience, she has:

  • designed and delivered leadership development programs and tools to uplift people skills in an otherwise very technically oriented middle leadership team

  • led training and development initiatives across marketing, communications, change management, employee engagement, innovation and more

  • developed staff mentoring programs to drive knowledge transfer, staff mobility and sustainable business practices

  • conducted skills gap analysis and business continuity planning exercises to inform workforce planning and ensure sustainable operating practices

  • shaped workforce engagement and capability uplift through targeted response strategies to staff sentiment surveys, using results to guide performance conversations, development plans and team-level improvements.

Noelle has consistently delivered successful outcomes across high profile and high impact programs.Her methodical, people-centred approach fosters sustained engagement through large scale transformations and business-as-usual periods alike.Noelle's ability to deliver lasting impact is reflected in positive staff feedback, recognition from senior leadership and year-on-year improvements in staff sentiment results.

“Clichéd as it might be, your people are your greatest asset.When you are deliberate about workforce design, creative about role development and treat your workers as whole people, you will foster the kind of environment in which they can truly thrive.Let me help you get there.

making a difference. following the spark.

impact

Noelle has a special interest in all things social justice, advocacy, community building and creative arts. Over the last two decades, she's carved out a career specialising in the intersection of social impact and ethical technology.As an artist, writer and advocate in her spare time, Noelle is compelled to ensure her day-to-day work is always making a difference. She's worked on a range of social impact and profit-for-purpose initiatives and projects including:

  • ethical finance and divestment startups

  • disability employment social enterprises

  • social services, welfare support and aged care

  • political campaigns for federal independent candidates

  • climate and environmental advocacy projects

  • disability arts initiatives

  • autism research projects

  • + more.

With over two decades of marketing, communications, change and leadership experience under her belt, Noelle chooses her clients carefully, working mostly with social enterprises, NGOs, ethical startups and purpose driven organisations.At her core, she's always looking at how she can use her skills to drive positive changes in our community.

“Nothing lights me up more than working on meaningful projects with good people who give a sh!t about the world.There's nothing I can't help you achieve when you've unlocked that spark inside me.Reach out to start working with me today.

don't be shy. get in touch.

contact

If you've got a project doing good in the world and need help solving a people, process, product or positioning problem, get in touch with Noelle.

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