Savi People

Tina Daisley
Managing Director

I’m an organisational change specialist with a passion for helping people be their best, individually and together.

In over 20 years of senior management roles in the public sector, I’ve built many high-performing teams and delivered projects I’m proud to say I was part of.

Some of these include:

As its General Manager — People and Culture, taking the National Disability Insurance Agency from trial to full scheme implementation. This included growth from 7,000 to 184,000 participants; 500 to 2,500 employees and 4 to 83 locations. We also increased our number of employees with disability by almost 30% during this period.
In various leadership roles across People Services, Capability and Strategic Coordination at the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) I implemented a change management agenda that reduced our operating budget by 26%, re-engineered work practices, redesigned the organisational structure and introduced new executive leadership programs.
At Comsuper, where I held Director roles across Service, Facility Management and Learning & Development, I successfully proposed and implemented an IT change initiative that digitised our end-to-end workflow, reducing rework by 50% and leading to a significant increase in customer satisfaction. I also successfully implemented the organisation’s first suite of Leadership Development programs.

Since leaving the public service, I’ve continued my passion for leadership development as the Director of Savi, and as a facilitator with the Jeff Whalan Learning Groups. As a trained Executive Coach, Mediator and DISC facilitator, I’ve worked with dozens of organisations and had the privilege of delivering hundreds of workshops.

I’ve also been continually refining everything that my career journey has taught me about organisational health, particularly the bedrocks of Trust and Integrity that, when modelled from the top-down, have an infinite capacity to build an engaged, high-performing culture. When people at all levels feel able to raise issues or challenges, and debate is encouraged rather than avoided, workplaces can authentically build a way of operating that is open, honest and transparent. Employees will feel free to bring their whole selves to work; and workplaces reap the benefits of having full access to people’s passion, commitment and expertise. I know this to be true, because I’ve used this approach when building my own high-performing teams, and I’ve seen it succeed amongst the organisations that Savi has worked with.

Tangible, measurable change is my end-game and I work tirelessly to ensure that teams can solve complex people problems, build organisational resilience and lead change using intentional, transparent and practical strategies.

Meet the Savi Team

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Richele Olsen

Business Analyst and Facilitator
Richelle is our business process specialist and expert facilitator. With a 20 year career as a Consultant Business Analyst in Australia, London and Abu Dhabi, she has mapped business processes within government and commercial sectors, including telecommunications, banking, airline industries. In 2015, she founded Escaping Your Comfort Zone, a women's body-positive adventure organisation, with a team of 30 volunteer leaders, and over 2000 members around Australia. Her superpower is to communicate without jargon, to understand the "why" of both the individual and the business, without judgement, to simplify and streamline business processes.
Richelle is an experienced facilitator, MC, trainer and adventure leader.
Michelle Jones

Human Resources Consultant
Michelle is our people (HR) expert.
Michelle specialises in translating cultural aspirations and organisational goals into people policy and programs. She has particular expertise in workplace relations, enterprise bargaining and people policy development. With a career spanning almost 30 years, Michelle brings deep experience leading teams and getting the best out of people. Her super-power is the ability to keep complex things simple and practical. She doesn’t get distracted from the intention, with an uncanny ability to cut through the fluff and get to the heart of an issue.
Michelle is also an experienced trainer and facilitator.
Adam Hall

Designer
Adam is our Creative Strategist.
Adam has over 15 years experience partnering with corporate organisations and all levels of government, to build visual narratives with purpose. Adam’s super-power is his ability to find clarity and amplify that through design. He believes in the power of engagement through internal communications to create an empowered team who will be your best (and happiest) brand advocates. Adam will help you navigate the big world of collateral and product to identify where you spend your attention, when you build, launch and grow your brand, culture and values.
Samantha Dellamarta

Quality and Safeguards
Samantha is our safety and wellbeing expert.
She’s built a career in leadership and consulting roles within a range of government and non-government agencies. She’s led safeguarding projects with local, state and national bodies including Girl Guides Australia, YMCA Australia, the Australian Football League (AFL), Gymnastics Victoria and the Queensland Academy of Sport. With a focus on policy development, risk, education and training, her goal is to build sustainable governance structures, implementing change from the grassroots, enabling meaningful shifts in organisational culture in a way that prioritises safety and wellbeing, for everyone.
Melanie Kelsall

Coach and Facilitator
Mel is our go-to specialist for enhancing individual and team growth.
With a diverse professional background spanning 25 years, Mel has worked with people, leaders and teams in both state government and financial services. She brings deep strategic expertise and a passion for supporting people and teams, with a focus on coaching. Mel's "superpower" lies in her ability to blend psychological insight, developed from her background in Social Welfare as well as Neuro-Linguistic Programming, all brought together with a pragmatic style of business acumen. Using her coaching superpower, she unlocks potential within individuals and organisations, guiding them every step of the way towards their goals.