About - Sal Lauder Consulting

Sal Lauder

Psychologist | Management Consultant | Program Creator

As an experienced leader, organisational psychologist, and business consultant, I work with senior leaders to improve their businesses, develop people capability, and foster sustainable growth. My primary goal is to deliver value by listening carefully to clients’ needs and leveraging insights from psychology and neuroscience to strengthen individual, team, and business outcomes.

With leadership experience across government, ASX-listed companies, and start-ups, I bring a diverse skill set that enables me to tackle complex challenges and deliver measurable outcomes. Whether leading large-scale transformation projects, administering psychometric assessments, or aligning global teams, my approach is grounded in practical solutions that produce results.

In addition to consulting, I leverage my experience in education to offer online programs designed to provide clarity and facilitate informed decision-making, concentrating on organisational reviews, strategic transformation, and leadership alignment. As a registered psychologist, I also provide therapy services through my private practice, supporting individuals alongside my consulting efforts.

My broad experience – including entrepreneurship, board memberships, and diverse consulting projects – enables me to create impactful solutions tailored to each client’s unique needs. Holding professional accreditations as a registered psychologist, executive coach, and change management practitioner, I am committed to empowering individuals and organisations to achieve sustainable change and drive long-term success.

RECENT PROJECTS

Developed program for alignment and integration of global EPC/EPCM project teams piloted with a $500m+ EPCM project in South America.
Managed change program and transition to a new operating model of $5b ASX100 company.
Led merger of two divisions within construction, engineering and mining to form a $3b business.
Led review and change program for underperforming division with revenue of $1.6m.
Conducted organisational reviews across the private and public sectors to inform change programs, process improvement and cultural change.
Developed a health and well-being strategy and action plan to address the systemic challenges of mental health and wellness for physician college members.
Managed stakeholder engagement and change program for the National Health Reform Transition Office (Queensland).
Implemented suite of new psychometric assessments for applicants to the Queensland Police Service.
Co-founded an integrated platform for customized 360 feedback profiles that included assessments for leadership, resilience, employability skills and culture fit.

EXPERTISE

Enterprise change management
Strategic and change communication
Organisational review and design
Leadership alignment and development
Development of high performing teams
Executive coaching and mentoring
High impact workshop design and facilitation
Psychometric assessment design and administration.

QUALIFICATIONS

Arts Hons (Psychology)
Graduate Diploma Psychology
Bachelor of Education
Diploma of Teaching

ACCREDITATIONS

Company Directors Course (GAICD)
Accredited Executive Coach
NeuroPower Leadership Intensive
DISC Advanced® Accredited Consultant/ Facilitator
Change Management Practitioner (APMG-International)
Mediation Course (Bond University)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Accreditation

Leeanne Bond
Non-Executive Director and Board Chair

Mining3 is a membership-based research and innovation company for the mining industry. A number of external factors required us to make significant changes to our membership agreement approach and operating model. We also needed to reflect a more nimble, commercial organisation.

I had seen Sal’s work at other companies and invited her to assist me in my role as Chair. Together with management we looked at the options available to us and designed the most effective organisational structure to suit the new operating model. Sal also assisted in the initial phase with stakeholder engagement and communications.

Sal continues to be one of my valued advisors on organisational transformation.

Brendan Petersen
Director, BP Advisory

When I became the new CEO of a $1.5b, 5,500 employee sized national business in Downer EDI I brought Sal on, reporting directly to me, to lead comprehensive process of learning the business, building new leadership teams and implementation of a new operating model. She helped me create and deliver on a very effective 90 day plan.

Sal worked directly with my new Executive Leadership team to plan, prepare and implement a new business strategy, new operating model and new organizational structures.

The business transformation we undertook required significant changes to leadership, personnel and work processes. All of this work was undertaken highly professionally and effectively.

I would highly recommend anyone facing a similar task to connect with Sal and learn from the work she has undertaken with me.

Mark Cornwell
Vice President – East, DRA Global

Sal was engaged to assist and support our Global Projects Group through a period of significant internal and external disruptive change. When at Ausenco, our business had just embarked upon ~$1BN of fixed price project delivery across several continents, representing a significant increase in our project delivery pipeline, all against the backdrop of a global pandemic and its far reaching impacts. During this period of rapid growth and increased risk, Sal was engaged to develop an alignment and team integration program for global projects, with the pilot rolled out on our largest project in Chile.

She then developed and facilitated a range of engagement and alignment workshops for some of our high-risk projects in Canada, Chile and Australia. This work involved extensive consultations across our business, project teams and clients.

As a result, areas requiring improvement and attention were effectively identified, and strategies/programs implemented; Sal’s input and guidance throughout this process was instrumental in its success. I would not hesitate in endorsing Sal’s skill set and dedication to anyone contemplating a similar challenge or undertaking.

Andrew Foster
Managing Director, Mineral Technologies
A Downer Company

Over the past 6 years I have had the benefit of Sal's change management expertise on several large-scale, change programs conducted in Downer.
To name a few:

Refocussing and reorganising the Next Generation Technology business including a strategic review, organisation redesign and change management

Combining two of Downer’s construction businesses – Industrial, Mineral Resources, Gas, Power Systems and Renewables engineering and construction business into one refocussed organisation – 3500 employees with $1.5bn turnover

Standing up a digital technology business (a corporate start up) within Downer including searching for a suitable leader.

Sal’s experience in this space was invaluable, she was highly professional and was able to work to deadlines, often under extreme time pressure. I would highly recommend her for any similar type of work with any organisation

How can I help?

Sometimes it is just knowing where to start.

I am available to discuss your unique opportunities and challenges, general enquiries or if you would like to learn more about my services through the following:

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@optimise_consulting

info@optimisingpeople.com

Alternatively, complete the form below to tell me more about yourself, and I will be in touch as soon as I can.

Sal Lauder

Psychologist | Management Consultant | Program Creator

How can I help?

Sometimes it is just knowing where to start.

Clarity. Capability. Change.