About DaPo Consulting

DaPo is committed to building partnerships with our clients, and so we would like to share some of our philosophy, experience and values.

"To thineself be true"
--- William Shakespeare

	History
	People
	Mission & Values
	Capabilities

History

DaPo Pty is based in Sydney Australia, and was established in 1997.
The company is owned by 2 directors and operates 2 businesses; DaPo Consulting & DaPo Conference Events.
Dawn Pointon is the Director of DaPo Conference Events

People

The core of DaPo Pty Ltd is a small group. We operate as a virtual team of many people with diverse skills.

David Pointon; Managing Director

David Pointon is the driving force behind DaPo, and has grown the company from it's roots. David directs most of his time and attention to the Consulting business.

He is a highly regarded facilitator and change agent and for the past 10 years has designed, facilitated and coached corporate change experiences and programs.

David's strengths include his;
- Ability to quickly understand the core elements of a clients needs
- Capacity as facilitator to engage participants and build ownership
- holistic approach and design of sustainable implementation and change
- knowledge and experience as an educator of skills and tools to adult leaders
- Versatility and sensitivity as a communicator to different groups, and organisational contexts

David draws from a diverse career background prior to starting DaPo, including successful establishment of hospitality businesses in the French Alps and Cornwall England, starting out as an Outdoor Education and PE teacher, and having been an AFS exchange student to the US.

He loves skiing, golf, cooking, amateur theatre and being a Dad to his 2 children.

Greg Jenkins

Bio on request

Peter Hartman

Bio on request

Mike Roberts

Bio on request

Core Ideology

Mission/ Vision

DaPo's purpose is to have a significant positive influence on people's actions and attitudes toward ecologically sustainable growth.

By 2010 we will directly touch 100,000 people in a calendar year.

Values

As DaPo aspires toward this higher purpose and goal, we approach our work, our relationships and business dealings according to the following four values.

Results

- We aspire to achieve measurable and sustainable results for clients
- We engage with clients by initially agreeing the results to be achieved
- We encourage the measurement of results at the conclusion of projects
- We suggest a balance of financial, and non financial measures of success for long term success

Partnerships

- We build effective partnerships based on trust, integrity and mutual benefit
- We strive to understand core needs and facilitate self design of solutions
- We facilitate 'ownership' of the solutions we are helping implement.

Pragmatism

- We encourage the use of common sense, practical tools
- We strive to reduce complexity to simpler forms
- We facilitate effective learning through experience, involvement and modelling
- We help adapt theory into practice by applying the inherent principles in action

Self reliance

- We transfer skills and knowledge to client organisations
- We encourage self-sustaining processes that are supported, sponsored and enacted by in-house people
- We strive to implement systems that deliver sufficient value that they outlast the leaders who introduce them