About (BU 2023.03.18)

I have worked internationally as a corporate consultant, mentor and confidante to leaders in business, government, education, sport and the arts. My focus is on  organizational change and learning, corporate leadership, and individual and team development.

My experience in the field of individual and organizational development spans almost 40 years.  I am a graduate of the University of Michigan where my studies had a multidisciplinary focus in psychology, group dynamics, sociology, urban studies and educational psychology.

I have given lectures at leading institutions throughout the world, including Harvard University, Princeton University, The University of California, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, and the Australian Academy of Science. I have made numerous guest appearances on radio and television through the USA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and India.

I was founder and managing director of Anderson Holmes, a corporate consultancy, also co-creator and co-owner of The Country Place, one of Australia’s premier conference venues. During that time, I managed leadership and change initiatives and facilitated successful training programs for a number of organizations both in government and the private sector.  

In 1991, after deciding that managing a consultancy was taking me too far from my passion of working with people, I went solo with L. Holmes Pty. Ltd.  In 2001, I had a vision to work with a group of talented like-minded consultants to “create the next wave of leaders”.  I realized this vision and became a founding member/director of  “Just Add Water” - a coalition of professionals dedicated to that end.

Working mostly with high profile organizations in a wide range of private and public industries, I focus on assisting organizations to develop change management strategies that work, with an emphasis on leadership, peak performance and teamwork.  These days, all of my work is organized under the title of  “Practical Wisdom”. A former college basketball player, I have also developed a unique system of sports psychology and peak performance coaching, Mindsports, to assist in my work with professional sporting teams and individuals.  

I have an ability to make profound and complex issues crystal clear. I enjoy entertaining audiences with humour and anecdotal stories as a means of guiding people to grasp the relevance these stories have to their own lives.