Michael Toohey

Michael Toohey

Michael joined Slade Group in 2007, having provided leadership in the higher education sector in Queensland and Victoria.  He also worked in a number of Senior Management roles in a global human resources consultancy, achieving significantly improved levels of client service across the firm’s five offices in the Asia Pacific Region.

A vital component in his success has been his friendly manner and capacity to establish mutually successful business relationships.  He typically operates with high energy levels and is absolutely committed to offering excellent client service

Education

•    Bachelor of Business (Queensland University of Technology)

•    Certified Professional (Australian Human Resources Institute)

•    Certified Consultant in the Birkman Method (Right Management Consultants)

•    Advanced Program in Strategic HR Management
    (Australian Graduate School of Management)

Professional Experience

Michael’s last role, before joining Slade Group, was Director of the Melbourne Business School’s Career Centre at The University of Melbourne.  In this role he established a purpose built Career Centre, built along the international business school career support model.  The Centre is the only one of its type in any business school in this country.  It provided professional assistance to students and alumni and raised the profile of the School with a wide range of employers, thus significantly increasing the career prospects of the School’s talented graduates. 

Prior to that that appointment, he spent eight years in career strategy consulting with the global leader in this area.  In addition to carrying out individual executive career consulting, Michael undertook two senior management roles with the firm.  One role involved providing leadership to the consulting and administrative staff in the largest office in the region.  The other role involved leading innovation and best practice across the firm’s activities in the Asia Pacific Region. 

Michael was Foundation Human Resource Director for the Queensland University of Technology.  He made significant reductions to recruitment costs by boosting staff retention; built a high quality managerial group by linking rewards to performance and introduced operational efficiencies through the co-operative re-engineering of processes.   This appointment was preceded by a number of human resources roles in higher education and airlines.