ABOUT


Driven from Within is an Adelaide based consulting company that provides capacity building experiences to any individual, team or organisation willing to progress performance.

We firmly believe that there is more capacity and capability within organisations, than is currently on display and we work with you to further develop this collective capacity.

Matt Krieg - Driven From Within

Director and Founder

Matt Krieg

“We differentiate ourselves through our ongoing pursuit of unleashing true human potential, and by continuing to leverage the ideas and philosophies of world class subject matter experts.”

Matt is a passionate and dedicated student of exceptional performance. He founded Driven From Within in 2016 with a desire to help people and teams engage in continuous and sustainable improvement.

Following several high-level leadership roles within education and sport, Matt developed systems and processes to help others to engage in constant improvement.

With a master’s degree in leadership and Organisational Culture, and application in real world settings, Matt has discovered the power of the intentional, purposeful, and skilful development of personal character and organisational culture.

Armed with this belief, Matt then developed both actionable and high impact systems and processes to help people and teams pursue the fullest of their potential. The Driven from Within systems for continuous personal and organisational growth and improvement are now being used in over 20 organisations within South Australia.

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Applied Science - Human Movement
(University of South Australia)

Post Graduate Diploma of Education
(Melbourne University)

Masters of Educational Leadership
(University of South Australia)


Jade Rawlings

Program Development and Facilitation

“Through our combined experiences across multiple industries, we have been exposed to a wide and diverse variety of principles of success for individuals, teams and organisations. Through these collective experiences, we have found that success leaves clues. Things to do and things to avoid. Don’t leave your success to chance.”

25 years of experience in the Australian Football League (AFL) serve as a foundation for Jade’s passion around exceptional organisational performance.

His multiple roles within the AFL industry, including, a successful playing career (148 Senior AFL Games), Senior Assistant coaching roles, and a stint as the head coach of the Richmond Football Club (AFL), have provided Jade with exceptional knowledge on how best to lead and develop individuals and teams.

Jade is now passionate about using his transferable skills to assist other organisations in the pursuit of exceptional performance.

Qualifications
AFL Senior Coach (Caretaker) Richmond Football Club
AFL Assistant Coach Brisbane Football Club
AFL Assistant Coach Melbourne Football Club
AFL Assistant Coach North Melbourne Football Club
SANFL Senior Coach Norwood Football Club
VFL Senior Coach Coburg Football Club
VFL Senior Coach Casey Football Club


Rebecca Alexander

Director Inspiring Action

We are working in collaboration developing Leadership Programs, with a focus on: Living and leading through a values based framework, building emotionally intelligent behaviours, and understanding the role of the leader in influencing culture.

“Emotional Intelligence is the ability to integrate feeling and thinking to make desirable decisions and is an essential leadership quality. It’s a lifelong process of becoming smarter with feelings.”

An insightful Leadership Coach, Consultant and Facilitator who brings deep knowledge and over 25 years experience in leadership development, communications and human transformation. An engaging change agent, Rebecca partners with clients to activate insights that challenge old mindset narratives, promote new thinking and tap into the inherent wisdom of clients.

Hands on leadership experience includes 11 years at Origin Energy, where she held a number of key senior leadership roles including Internal Communications and Advocacy Manager; supporting over 2,500 employees. She has played integral leadership roles in major corporate change programs such as acquisitions, mergers and restructures.

As a coach, trainer and consultant, she has worked with CEOs, COOs, board directors, business owners, managers, educators, front-line employees and students.

Her why is: service to others, to engage the hearts and minds of leaders and teams and work with others to be the best they can be.

Qualifications

Certified Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Assessor
Qualifications in Business Management, Community Services, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnosis
Over 8 years of Board Director experience, including holding the role of Chairperson


Kath Best

Program Development and Facilitation

“My purpose as a leader is now defined as ‘living the culture where others thrive’.”

Kath is an energetic leader with a strong moral purpose who has established a career working in low SES schools.

Her advocacy for rigorous education for marginalised students has allowed her to work in various roles with a focus on high quality leadership that facilitates engagement and improvement for all stakeholders. Through ongoing development of her theoretical knowledge of the impact of culture on improvement, she continues to develop as a leader. Her ability to establish effective, respectful and honest relationships has been at the core of her success as a leader. Kath has now engaged with Driven From Within as a consultant, to continue her journey of learning with and from, a diverse range of teams.

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Education
(University of South Australia)