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Allan Parker OAM

Behavioural Scientist, expert in Facilitation, Negotiation, Management & Leadership Development

International negotiation and dispute expert, award-winning speaker, and author known for dynamic, engaging, and practical presentations.

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A globally recognised expert in Negotiation, Organisational Change, Training, and Dispute Management, and the Managing Director of Peak Performance Development Pty Ltd. He has worked with leading organisations worldwide, including Microsoft, AMP, BNP Paribas, Macquarie Bank, Deutsche Bank, the NSW Bar Association, the OECD, and the United Nations. His consulting spans strategic planning, corporate restructures, mergers, and policy facilitation, while his training expertise includes negotiation, dispute management, facilitation, presentation skills, and leadership development.

Allan is the author and co-author of Switch on Your Brain, The Negotiator’s Toolkit, and Beyond Yes – Negotiating and Networking, and in 2012 developed Australia’s first degree in Negotiation for the Australian Catholic University. He has held an Adjunct Professorship at the University of Western Sydney, contributed to its Masters of Dispute Resolution, and serves on the Board of the Australian Dispute Resolution Association (ADRA), receiving Honorary Life Membership in 2013.

His contributions to the speaking profession have been recognised with the National Speakers Association of Australia’s Educator of the Year Excellence Award (2009) and the Nevin Award (2012), Australia’s highest professional speakers’ honour. In 2019, he was awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to business and dispute resolution.

Allan’s diverse background in health, adult education, counselling, social communication, and dispute resolution, combined with his personal achievements as a scratch golfer and endurance athlete (16 marathons and 11 ultra marathons, including two 24-hour events), informs his dynamic, spontaneous, and engaging presentation style.

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  • Sales Training
  • Facilitation Skills
  • Negotiation and Mediation Skills
  • Organisational Change
  • Strategic Planning
  • Corporate Restructures and Mergers
  • Management Development
... they are events which have a curious combination of theatre, education and self - transformation. His approach is to build a base grounded in feelings of spontaneity, openness, warmth and generosity among the participants; he manages this without being contrived or manipulative. He has an excellent understanding of how to design a workshop, which has natural rhythm and flow. He is prepared to improvise around a theme, or even to change direction if the mood of the group dictates. He can be humorous, clever, challenging, emphatic and serious. His sessions are not for the emotionally squeamish or excessively defensive. Faculty of Adult Education University of Technology, Sydney
Absolutely riveting, professional and invaluable. Australian Graduate School of Management
Allan is a master presenter who weaves magic into every presentation. Former Lady Mayoress of Sydney
I have had the pleasure of working with Allan Parker over the last 15 years in steering companies to become learning organizations in which the full array of his presentation, knowledge and skill transference capabilities have been utilized and these have left an enduring effect on all those who have participated. More recently we have worked together on a sports team to improve communication, remove mental models and build a shared vision --- again with positive results. Strathearn Insurance Brokers (NSW)
Allan Parker is a gifted presenter and trainer. The best I have ever experienced. His MasterClass ("Handling Aggression Non-verbally") at our National Conference was the most highly rated of the 20 sessions. We are excited that Allan is developing a special negotiations and communication two day intensive to be delivered nationwide to our members - senior partners and directors from accounting and law firms. Insolvency Practitioners Association Australia
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