
Welcome to your coach booking page!
To set you up for success your grant provides up to 5 hours of coaching support for your nominated representatives. We have handpicked a wonderful coach to support you through the design, implementation and reporting of your project.
To ensure that you are able to select the dates and coaching times that suit your project and call time preferences, we strongly recommend booking your calls now. You can book one call today to get started or all five and a half hours of coaching calls at once if you wish. You can reschedule or cancel your coaching calls if needed. And, if you still have coaching hours left over you can add more coaching calls later.
Just don’t forget that your project plan must be submitted to the department by June 16 and your final report by November 30.
Meet Your Coach: Shirley Duff

As Head of Coaching at the Michelle McQuaid Group, and armed with Masters degrees in Coaching Psychology and Psychology, and a Graduate Diploma in Positive Psychology Shirley is passionate about the power of coaching as a tool that can lead to profound learning and behaviour change in others. A specialist psychology coach, Shirley applies evidence-based psychological theories, methods and approaches to support those she coaches gain insight into their unique patterns of thinking and behaving to enhance performance, personal development and wellbeing across all areas of their life. As an Indigenous New Zealander Shirley is very experienced coaching those who identify as BIPOC and has coached diverse individuals and small groups, across multiple industries in many countries. With her natural curiosity and genuine enthusiasm Shirley’s clients regularly describe her as warm and engaging. Shirley is committed to partnering with people, teams and organisations to create a supportive coaching relationship that helps them achieve their goals.
If you would like to reach your coach directly please use the following details:
e: shirley@michellemcquaid.com
m: +61 0416811512
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