A Lion & The Vibes

A Lion & The Vibes seeks to help companies create a work environment and experience that employees love; so that employees are more fulfilled, engaged, productive, healthy and happy, and companies can minimise distractions and focus on becoming truly amazing!

We believe that happy employees make happy customers, happy customers make happy companies, happy companies make happy communities, and happy communities make a happy world (Read Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh for more on this)

We believe that HR should be simple, empowering, measurable and fun.

We believe that a strong understanding of, and alignment to, your Purpose and Values will trump a policy every day of the week!

We believe that your employees are Individuals. Individuals with emotions, ambitions, issues, strengths, weaknesses and a desire to be happy; if you can treat them as such, you will get their loyalty and their best.

We believe that companies are as unique as the people who run them. Companies with their own unique purposes, values, ambitions, strengths, weaknesses, and cultures; if you align your People & Culture Strategy to these, you will get the best out of your company.

We believe that technology and data are your best friends in creating an awesome employee experience.

What do we do?

At the core of everything we do, we seek to align a company's People and Culture to a clear Purpose and Values... because that's where the magic happens.

More specifically, we can:
- Help companies understand their own Purpose and Values
- Make sure your policies and processes are up to date 
- Create your People & Culture Strategy (or more specialist strategies Employee Experience, Diversity & Inclusion, Employee Wellbeing, People Analytics, Learning & Development etc)
- Source and implement digital HR systems
- Provide HR Generalist Support
- Assist with specialist HR Projects
- Provide Training

Drop me a line. I LOVE talking about this stuff!

Founder

72andSunny

Talent & Operations Director (Contract)

Clemenger BBDO

In a nutshell, my job is basically to make sure that everyone else is happy doing their job. Which means that I've possibly got the best job in the world!

Day-to-day I'm focused on working with individuals, managers and teams to ensure that our people are highly engaged, highly motivated, highly productive, aligned to our purpose and values and ultimately happy. This is achieved through:
- Building relationships
- Pastoral Care and Coaching
- Developing and delivering internal training sessions
- Developing and implementing systems and processes to ensure that leaders can better support their teams

I'm also responsible for developing and implementing strategies and programs to ensure an optimal employee experience. These include:
- Performance Development & Real-time Feedback
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Onboarding
- Training
- Leadership Development
- Wellness
- Culture

Head of People & Culture

Whybin TBWA

Whybin\​TBWA Group is one of Australia's premier Advertising Agencies. Over the past few years we have won:

AWARD Agency of the Year 2012
Effie Effectiveness Agency of the Year 2013
AdNews Network of the Year 2013
B&T Advertising Agency of the Year 2012 & 2013
Campaign Asia Australian Creative Agency of the Year 2013

As part of the Senior Leadership Team, I am responsible for HR across the following brands that are under the Whybin TBWA Group: Whybin TBWA, DAN\​ (Digital Arts Network), Integer, Eleven PR, FleishmanHillard, MAL\​ (Media Arts Lab)

This role is responsible for the recruitment, engagement and retention of staff across the group in both Sydney and Melbourne. Included in this is:

•	Recruitment
•	Employee on boarding
•       Compensation planning
•       Benefits and Culture Club
•       Training and development
•	Employee relations
•	Immigration
•	Workplace Health & Safety
•	Performance management
•	Policy development
•	Global Reporting

Head of Employee Experience

Charterhouse Partnership

Helped bulid the digital recruitment capabilities at Charterhouse.

I focused on recruiting across Digital Production, Client Services and Digital Strategy disciplines. Also developed capabilties and networks in User Experience, Search Marketing and Operations.

Clients were primarily within the Digital and Advertising Agency space, also encompassing TV Stations, Publishers, Online Business and other client side digital teams.

Achievements:

 - Built a successful and profitable desk specialising in Digital Advertising from scratch
 - Developed relationships with a number of top agencies in Sydney
 - Placed Digital Operations Director, Executive Producer, (countless) Digital Producers, multiple Account Directors and Account Managers, SEM Specialists, User Experience Architects, Digital Strategists
 - Won Clubman of the Year for Charterhouse Soccer (Football) Team

Principal Consultant - Digital

Respect Search & Selection

My exciting initiation into the world of recruitment!

This was a great experience where I learned the ins and outs of recruitment, wrapped my head around the fast paced nature of the "Big Smoke" and tackled (and survived) the dreaded GFC.

Throughout my time at Respect I was responsible for recruiting nearly every role in digital agencies that didn't actually Develop or Design things.

Achievements:
 - Successfully pitched Respect's first retained in-house recruitment campaign with Wunderman
 - Took on team lead responsibilties
 - Placed Client Service Directors, Digital Strategy Directors, Business Development Directors,  Technical Architects, Head of Digital, Executive Producers
 - Built long term working relationships with many of the top digital and ATL agencies in Sydney... many of which I have maintained throughout my entire career
 - Winner of Respect's inaugural Respectarian of the Year award

Senior Consultant - Suits

Wunderman

Contract internal recruitment position coordinating all recruitment activities for Wunderman for approximately two months.

This was an opportunity to work alongside the HR team and hiring managers to help with the recruitment of a new team, following the win of a major new client. I gained unique insight into the inner workings of the agency and some of the challenges faced internally by hiring managers throughout the hiring process. 

Recruited roles across Production, Client Service, Java/J2EE, Flash Development and Front-End Development

Was able to assist in the recruitment of 12 people within the 2 month period and gained a greater insight into resource planning.

Sydney Recruitment Manager

iimage Technology

The process went a little like this (give or take a few hiccups) 
New Business Development. Assess a clients needs. Develop written proposal. Develop a brief for designers and developers, Project manage the website. Train clients on the use of CMS. Ongoing relationship building, upselling, cross selling, in-selling etc etc

Account Manager/Producer

Mattara Hotel

Operations Manager

Over the past decade I've worked as Head of People & Culture at some of the best advertising agencies in the world, transformed the culture of teams at the likes of Playstation, uncovered and operationalised the purpose and values of ASX listed tech companies, coached founders and leaders of businesses with 200 people down to 2 people, created and facilitated more training workshops than I can even remember... and had some incredibly moving and fulfilling conversations with individuals who just needed a hand (or an ear).

I am haunted by the idea that most people will spend the majority of their life working in jobs that, at best they "kinda like" and at worst suck the energy out of them. Even worse is the idea that Founders create companies and end up "trapped in the prison they built", with no idea how to get out.

My mission is to teach 1 million Founders and Leaders how to create Fulfilment-Led Companies; where they achieve massive business success AND fulfilment for themselves and their employees.

Clinton Parr

BNI Alchemy

Resident business advisor to an epic community of entrepreneurs, founders and business professionals.

Business Advisor

The Monastery.io

I help coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs who are in business for God or Good build profitable, recurring revenue businesses—without selling their soul (or sanity).

Through Commercial Discipleship™, I show faith-driven business owners how to:
🔥 Make money & meaning without compromise
🔥 Build a business that fuels impact & income
🔥 Anchor their work in prayer, worship & commercial wisdom

Business is a sacred calling—let’s live that way.

Recurring Revenue Specialist | Business Nerd | Labradoodle Dad

Esgobaeth Llanelwy/Diocese of St Asaph

Building community, Building others, Building Faith 🙏🏼

Current Focus:  Entrepreneurial Chaplaincy - commercial and spiritual support for those in business.

Trainee Priest

The Boardies™: We Build Families

Working exclusively with consultants and founders of professional services firms, we support you over 12 months on three key pillars that make up the Family Firm™️ model:

Predictable Profits
- Sign 12+ Recurring Clients 
- Add  12%+ Profit to your Pocket
- Sign bigger Corporate Retainers
- Build a Monthly Recurring Revenue Model

Full Flexibility
- Win back 12 hours / Work a 3 Day Week
- Scale a support team at home and at work
- Automate, Systematise and Execute like a Ninja.

Holistic Health
- Improve 12 Key Personal Health Metrics across a Bio-Psycho-Social Model
- Build boundaries and disciplines to leave work at work and home at home
- Be counselled by a Board of Mentors who ensure you are never leading alone

We also believe so much in what we do, we don’t do lock-in contracts.  Ever.

Family Builder | Co-Founder | Profit Junkie

BNI Global

B2B Business Mentor - BNI Rose Bay

Salesforce

Sales and Business Development across Wonderful Fluffy White Clouds

B2B Sales Executive - ESMB

Groupon

Responsibilities
Business Development - Retaining and Growing ANZ Portfolio of Clients to Quality KPIs and Revenue Targets;
Relationship Management - Nurturing client focussed relationships based on integrity, trust and delivering results;
CRM Advocacy - Positioning Groupon ToolKit as Integral to Client Commercial Strategy

B2B Business Development

In a beautiful smorgasbord of a role my responsibilities included:

Performance Coaching
 - Co-Managing New Zealand Team remotely (7 employees) and Internal Sales Reps (13 presently) face-to-face;
 - Coaching the Sales Teams using current and comparative data insights to drive performance and optimise sharing of best practise, peer-to-peer;

Research and Implementation
 - Planning and execution of of Page Optimisation for Groupon New Zealand, owning the inventory and ensuring Revenue Targets are met;
- Supporting of two nationwide fundraising efforts to Support World Vision Australia;
- Pro-actively using Local Market intel to tailor our page offering to best meet Consumer Demand;
- Researching trends and liaising with planners for other markets to come up with proposals for new categories and deals;
- Supporting the effective roll-out of Strategic and Technological updates relating to the sales, strategy and planning functions;

Market Analysis
 - Analysing a wide range of data to provide strategic insights to the sales and strategy teams;
 - Quality Assurance of Deal Structures, based on past performance and market comparison to get the best for the customer, the merchant and therefore, as a result, our business.

Analyst - Sales Strategy and Planning

Acting as the primary touch point for each of our merchants, consulting with them to maximise their ROI.

Exceeding KPIs internally and externally in the interests of driving revenue

Account Manager

Appco Group

Leading a team of 8 Face-to-Face Sales Representatives tasked with increasing the client base of various Not-For-Profit organisations; 

Regularly High-Rolling Sales across diverse states and territories.

Sales Manager - NFP Division

Teach First

Spearheading Expansion into new Territory - Devised Prospecting and Cultivation Strategy’ to target each of the c. 300 schools in Wales;

Time Bound Teacher Placement and Candidate Matching across South Wales Educational Authorities.

Contract Management with External Academic Partners, working through from positive Relationship Management to Contractual Accountability;

Fostering solid working relationships with Local Government Agencies, each writing us into their overall strategic plan for School Improvement;

Implementation of Quality Assurance and Monitoring protocols with University Partners

Cross Party Consultation towards Reporting and Evaluation of existing systems to optimise Teacher Placement and Recruitment.

Interim NFP Sales Manager - Teach First Cymru

!Audacious Church

Transforming a small scale operation into a substantial church department and doubling income;

Rewriting all copy including internal and external marketing, product design and developing a new lexicon to reflect the new business direction;

Building a team culture of commitment, enthusiasm and drive that allowed for the Church to build its reputation for being able to provide the Christian community with the resources they need;

Establishing Administrative Systems and Processes to support the Departmental Expansion into Wholesale Delivery and International Sales;

Pioneering Innovation with limited pre-existing support or resource, alongside other complex responsibilities;

Market Analysis to assess best-fit strategic direction for departmental activities.

Business Manager

Making Money is a Holy Calling.

As the founder of the Money Monks, I help faith-driven entrepreneurs, coaches, and consultants build wildly profitable recurring revenue businesses that do genuine good.

Through Commercial Discipleship™, I teach Christian business owners how to:
✅ Align their business with their God-given mission
✅ Generate consistent, scalable income (without burnout)
✅ Anchor their work in prayer, worship, and commercial theology
✅ Use wealth as a tool for kingdom impact

There is a discipleship crisis and those who participate in the wisdom economy are duty bound to respond to that need.

If you’re ready to build a business that serves both people and profit while staying deeply rooted in your faith, let’s talk.

📩 DM me or visit www.skool.com/themonastery to join the community

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Clinton Parr

Rhys Parry - The Money Monk 🙏🏼💰

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