Kathryn MacMillan MRCSA 

Kathryn MacMillan is the founder and Managing Director of CIRCLE|Recruitment & HR. She is an Accredited Recruitment Professional with the Recruitment, Consulting & Staffing Association (MRCSA), a certified professional member of Australian Human Resource Institute (CAHRI), as well as holding a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations with Sydney University. She is a professional speaker on Human Resources, Employment, Managing and Motivating Teams, and Business Strategy. 

Ranked first at Sydney University 2017, in Management Consulting, first in 2018 in HRM and IR in Action, in 2019 Kathryn was the winner of the prestigious Kingsley Laffer Memorial Award for Industrial Relations from the University. 

Her academic knowledge coupled with years of experience makes Kathryn a highly skilled and sought after HR & Recruitment professional. With more than 20 years of experience in recruiting and managing staff, she has an in-depth knowledge of many industries and their varied needs.


Speaker Session 

Operations Stage - 10:30am - 11:00am

The People Whisperer: Mastering Influence, Leadership & Human Behaviour at Work

A session with Kathryn MacMillan aka The People Whisperer, will set you up in regards to how to manage your team, co-workers, candidates and even upward manage your Manager. Kathryn has an extremely strong academic background, winning the Sydney University Industrial Relations prize in 2018, and has honed her skills over 20 years with top recruitment and HR experience. Engaged to consult to many organisations, CEOs, Managers and team leaders, Kathryn will share her secrets to assist you as well. 

 The People Whisperer session will explore solid examples of how to talk to people and manage them to achieve better outcomes. You will learn about learning styles, behavioural patterns as well specific strategies to increase your ability to lead people to the outcomes you are looking for. You will leave this session armed with empirically researched, tried and tested strategies including practical examples of how to use power; how to lead to outcomes; influencing strategies and the right type of emotions to evoke in human beings. Whether you have issues with performance management, change management, productivity issues or dealing with clients and candidates, this is one session you will not want to miss.



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