Vision

Our tagline, “The Art of Leadership”, recognises that mastering executive leadership is an art - a skill and discipline requiring ongoing intellectual capital, diligent application and careful evaluation.

Our vision is to remain at the forefront of executive development and leadership - refining and enhancing our capabilities, services and intellectual capital - with a clear focus on enabling executives to attain advanced levels of personal and professional performance, aligned with the priorities of their organisation.

Values

AT SMG, our core values inform everything we do:

• We value responsibility
  We play a critical role in developing the business leaders of today and tomorrow. This is not a responsibility we take lightly. It compels us to deliver the highest quality in everything we do and comes with a very clear accountability.
• We value our practice team
  We value their knowledge, experience, commitment and determination to achieve the best available outcomes, and we value their appetite for new knowledge and experience.
• We value our knowledge growth
  We operate in a world of change. The knowledge base is growing daily and we are at the forefront.
• We value ethical and professional behaviour
  We are entrusted with considerable confidential information which we treat with complete respect. Our growth has come from building existing client relationships and advocacy amongst our coachees. Trust and ethical behaviour underpin all our relationships.
• We value our relationships
  Our clients are our most valued assets. They, in turn, give us access to their most valuable assets - their current and future leaders. It is these relationships which provide us with opportunities to demonstrate our strengths and capabilities.

Ethics

SMG operates in accordance with the highest level of ethical conduct.

The firm’s equity partners, Virginia Mansell and Joe Fischer, are bound respectively by the Codes of Ethics of the Australian Psychological Society (via Virginia’s Professional Membership as a Registered Psychologist), and the Australian Human Resources Society (of which Joe is a Fellow).

Our commitment to ethical behaviour flows through SMG. We keep abreast of all relevant ethical standards through our membership of Standards Australia Coaching Guidelines Working Group.

Significantly, SMG was a member of the Working Committee which prepared Australia's first guide to coaching in organisations published in June 2011.