Ralph Gurr is a business consultant committed to facilitating organisational development and change via human resources development strategy and initiatives. Born in Western Australia, Ralph commenced his successful career as a secondary school educator before progressing to small business and consulting. His education qualifications have been supplemented by studies in Business, including a graduate degree in Human Resources Management and a Masters degree in Business Administration, in addition to extensive personal learning and an incomplete graduate degree in Health Science. Ralph has combined his consulting work with part time teaching at Edith Cowan University (Faculty of Business and Public Management – School of Management) and Monash University, where, for ten years he has achieved excellent evaluation reports and feedback from staff and students alike. Courses taught include Management, Training and Development, Organisational Development, Organisational Change, Organisational Behaviour Recruitment and Selection, Strategic Management and Human Resources Management to undergraduate, post graduate, masters and international students.
Ralph has extensive broad-based life and professional experience acquired from diverse pursuits and a demonstrated commitment to life long learning. He is widely regarded as an excellent communicator with people from across a broad age range, with an interpersonal style that successfully combines the strategic and the practical. His record of achievement provides evidence of a quality performer with an exceptional work ethic and commitment to further learning and development.
The combination of academic qualification and life experience provides Ralph with an excellent base from which to facilitate client-based development and in so doing continue his personal career development. His personal and interpersonal skills combined with friendly disposition have enabled him to establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of people and customers. Ralph is equally comfortable and competent working as a part of a team and/or in roles that have greater autonomy and responsibility.
His strengths lie in his attention to detail and desire for quality performance, coupled with skills in designing, planning, organising and the implementation of strategy, systems and processes conducive to achieving organisational performance via human resources development initiatives. Ralph is also a licensed employment agent.
Ralph’s life values include quality, honesty and life balance. He is a parent, a responsible community member and maintains good health.
