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"Our Transdisciplinary School’s group of early and mid-career academics benefited greatly from Gunther's experience across industry and academia and his academic development approach, which involved group trainings and individual coaching."

- Prof Martin Tomitsch, Head of Transdisciplinary School, University of Technology Sydney

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“Gunther uses data to inform planning and strategic direction. He develops strategic plans alongside a structured implementation framework to ensure the strategy can be actioned.”

- Prof Kate Jolliffe, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney

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"Gunther drew on his expertise and provided us with a comprehensive training program. I appreciated Gunther’s flexibility and willingness to adapt the training to our needs."

- Prof Markus Rittenbruch, Academic Lead research, School of Design, Queensland University of Technology

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"Gunther provided the best, most comprehensive, most appropriate coaching that I could have ever imagined."

- Dr Tarek Rashwan, Lecturer in Sustainability and the Smart Environment, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Open University UK

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“The training day covered a lot of topics and ideas. The following individual “Learning by doing” sessions provided constructive clear feedback and allowed me to apply the approach and tools to my research creating tangible outcomes.”

- Dr James Bruce , Senior Lecturer Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Open University UK

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"I was not able to find a coach fitting to my needs neither in the UK nor Australia, so was excited when Gunther outlined his coaching approach. I found the sessions were extremely beneficial in developing my personal growth as a leader and would highly recommend him as a coach particularly for senior academics with career ambitions in university management."

- Prof. Phil Gale, Deputy Dean Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney

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"Gunther translates his combined experience in both academia and in industry into an innovative training and coaching program that is specifically designed to enhance management and leadership skills for academics. The program is highly complementary to academic mentoring at universities and is possibly unique for Australian Universities. "

- Dr Susan Pond AM, FRSN FTSE FAHMS, Non-Executive Chair and Director

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“Gunther is one of few top-level professionals who understand how interdisciplinary research works and have the ‘know-how’ necessary to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and make them meaningful. He has created integrated academic frameworks and provided comprehensive training and coaching programs that enabled productive interdisciplinary knowledge co-creation across the institute.”

- Prof Lina Markaukaite, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney

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“Gunther’s expertise and advice in commercialisation provided an important calibration point while Gelion was being transitioned from an early stage university spin-off into a commercial enterprise”

- Prof Thomas Maschmeyer, Founder and Non Executive Director of Gelion Technologies.

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“Gunther provides leadership and management training with his unique perspective and experience. I have put many aspects of his training in practise and benefited from many tips through his coaching sessions.”

- Dr Yixang Gan, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of engineering, University of Sydney

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“Gunther’s training sessions are both informative and engaging, creating the space for reflection and prompting new ideas. He makes executive education content accessible to academic audiences in ways that enable them to improve their research programs and inform their career development. His ability to draw on relevant case studies and interesting examples from his work experience brought the theory to life, and his use of visual frameworks and models provided useful tools.”

- Dr Jarryd Daymond, Lecturer in Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Business School, University of Sydney

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“Gunther has superbly explained strategies with several different examples. The session was so interactive and kept us engaged all the time. Thank you, Gunther for educating us.”

- Anthony Katselas, Ph D Student, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney

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“The training sessions were absolutely amazing. I learnt a lot. Thanks, Gunther.”

- Dr Pooria Lesina, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney

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“The impact of Gunther’s training and coaching is clearly apparent in the number and quality of commercial interactions and research contracts that the participants in his programs, such as me, have successfully obtained and navigated. Importantly, the programs Gunther provided enabled us to gain confidence in our interactions with external stakeholders.”

- Prof Deanna D’Alessandro, Director Net Zero Initiative, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney

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“Gunther’s strategy, dedication and enthusiasm has made a large impact on my career and research trajectories. His approach could allow academics to accelerate high-impact and interdisciplinary research as this type of approach is rarely provided or accessible at universities.”

- Dr Anna Waterhouse, Senior Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney

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“Gunther is sharp, to the point, able to understand the details, and simultaneously stays high level and enables strategic decision making. He improved my strategic thinking and brought the clarity I needed to make hard decisions. He helped me to build an organisational structure that is right for our company.”

- Dr Mobin Movar, Founder and Managing Director, Scimita Ventures Pty Ltd

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“Based on his professional experience across private and public sectors, Gunther has demonstrated an outstanding capability for both strategy development and institutional operations within the academic framework, providing high value especially around the creation of impact and engagement.”

- Prof Thomas Maschmeyer, former Directors, The University of Sydney Nano Institute

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“Gunther combines strategic thinking with operational experience, data informs all aspects of his work, from institutional dashboards that enable evidence-based decision making, to surveying participants in academic development programs. Gunther understands the many impacts of interdisciplinarity and the value it can bring when integrated with academic frameworks that promote collaboration between natural and social scientists.”

- A/Prof Alice Motion, Director of The University of Sydney Nano Institute