Janis McKenna

Strategic Business Specialist

An award-winning business and community leader with global commercial experience and expertise, Janis brings an agile, entrepreneurial focus to organisations, working quickly and efficiently to enable thriving businesses.

Janis provides strategic, governance and business and digital transformation advice that is grounded in global, real-world experience that genuinely transforms organisations. With a diverse background and networks, she brings an inclusive approach to facilitation and stakeholder engagement activities.

She has deep expertise in aged and disability care, healthcare and community businesses and provides frank and fearless advice to boards, CEOs, and senior leaders, building capacity that enables them to achieve prosperous and sustainable futures for their organisations. Janis is committed to ongoing professional development which enhances her ability to work with executives and senior managers to create prosperous and sustainable organisations through entrepreneurial thinking, expertise, a healthy risk appetite, and plenty of guts.

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Capabilities

Transformation and change

  • business model and strategy review
  • organisational design review / strategy
  • technology, systems and processes review / strategy

Strategy, risk and governance

  • board evaluation / development / mentoring
  • constitution and governance reviews
  • business improvement
  • stakeholder management

CSR and ESG

  • CSR strategy / framework
  • sustainability analysis and strategy
  • ESG audit / reporting
  • stakeholder communications

Organisational and business planning

  • strategic planning
  • business coaching

The Community Well

  • Protect: Governance & Board Reporting

Qualifications and recognition

Telstra Business Women’s Award (Tasmanian winner)

Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business Leader of the Year Award

Graduate, AICD Company Directors Course

Master of Business Administration

Digital Transformation Sprint, IMD

Design Thinking, IDEO U

Board member, Nyaho Healthcare Limited

As a hospital working with multiple stakeholders, we needed a comprehensive and objective approach with a focus on international best practice. An immediate result of working with Janis was the clarity that came with understanding our current state and the required end state.

Dr Elikem Tamaklo,
Managing Director, Nyaho Healthcare Ltd

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