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Greetings from Ed Benier,
My mission is to create sustainable, positive behaviour change, with the focus on achieving a “leadership culture” within organisations.

Ed Benier – Director

  

“It is only when you can hear the unspoken that you are ready to lead others.”

leadership development

About Ed

As a director at MODAL, Ed brings to the team a unique background of rich experiences ranging from 26 years as a police officer through to owning an art gallery and framing store. During his time as a police officer, Ed developed a thirst to understand the motivational drivers of behaviour, a thirst which lead to further studies such as a Master of Business Leadership (MBL) and a Master of Policy and Administration (MPA). Ed is also completing a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.

Since 1999, Ed has brought to the MODAL team a wealth of experience and delivers holistic leadership solutions that create sustainable, positive behaviour change with a focus on achieving a broader “leadership culture” within organisations. Ed has worked closely with organisations such as Rio Tinto, Clough, BGC, City of Bayswater and Landcorp, designing and delivering Leadership Development Programs and Coaching that continues to deliver on strategic outcomes and goals.

As Director at MODAL, Ed specialises in

  • Leadership Development
  • Quality Team Programs
  • Workplace Coaching
  • Cultural Development
  • Product Design and
  • Facilitating Workshops

In his spare time Ed enjoys the arts, every genre of music from classical to rock as well as traveling.

Get to know Ed better over a Long Black Coffee – arrange a meeting with Ed today. 

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"MODAL strives to create sustainable change using best practice models and works with you to achieve your outcomes. [They are] very personable and give you time, very supportive"

Hear what some of our clients have to say about their journey with us:

“MODAL has assisted me in BHP Billiton and Western Power with remarkable results. They work exceptionally well with Executive Teams driving them to become high performing and delivering shareholder value and lifting employee satisfaction. The MODAL Team have the ability to work with people at all levels in an organisation. I would recommend MODAL to anyone looking to improve the culture of an organisation.”

StewartBGC Contracting

“I felt absolutely confident that we would deliver a great program with Ed at the helm. His ability to relate to and read the participants was a key to our success as was his knowledge and ability to think on his feet when needed. Thanks Ed and Modal!”

KataClough

“Our organisation has been focused on developing a “one team” culture and have seen real value in partnering with MODAL on this, especially with the work they have done with the Executive Team as we move towards High Performance.
What I have liked about their approach has been the ability to engage all members of the Executive team. In doing so the trust, cooperation and performance of the team has grown rapidly.”

MarkCity of Mandurah

“We've been really pleased with our experience with MODAL - their consultants are highly capable professionals who seek to understand their client's needs then design and facilitate the process required to successfully meet those needs.”

ShaneERGT

“They are a great company to work with, Scott is an excellent facilitator and they deliver on what they say they are going to do and they are prepared to go above and beyond.”

PaulCampbelltown City Council

“The Modal team are genuine, practical and highly skilled coaches and facilitators with a unique ability to enable thought leadership from executive to line manager level in a practical and cost effective way. I look forward to a long association with Modal and would recommend them highly to organisations with a commitment to building their business through their leadership teams and people programs.”

SteveLandcorp

“The way they have integrated themselves, working from the bottom up with employees by facilitating targeted staff development sessions to top down working with the Executive and leadership teams through building capability in learning groups sessions, individual one-on-one coaching has proven successful in assisting RWWA exceed its objectives over the last five years.”

RichardRacing & Wagering WA

“I’d personally recommend Neil and MODAL as proven facilitators of culture, leadership and team development. I have worked with MODAL for over 4 years in developing our One Team One Direction culture at Joondalup Health Campus. MODAL’s approach is to clearly understand the customer’s needs, provide feedback on the impact of leadership and believes in the need for authentic leadership to bring about sustainable change.”

KemptonJoondalup Health Campus, Ramsay Health Care