Dee Roche

Dee is a UWA Business School MBA Teaching Fellow and a Senior Management Consultant within private, public and community-based organisations. Dee’s experience spans the areas of Organisational Change and Transformation; Strategic Leadership and Management Development; Governance; and Building High Performance Teams that focuses on Values.

Dee currently lectures at the University of Western Australia Business School on the Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program, focusing on Strategic Change and Transformation; and a multi-award winner gaining the 2024; 2022 and 2013 Teaching Excellence Winner and 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2018 Nominee of the University of Western Australia Excellence in Teaching Award; 2014 Winner UWA Excellence in Teaching and Research Awards (Program Award); and 2014 Nominee for the Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame.

Dee is also actively involved in large and small group facilitation using techniques such as World Cafe; Appreciative Inquiry; and Gallery Walk. In contrast Dee is a Design Thinker trained in the Stanford / IDEO process; MBTI and a learning and development practitioner (CLDP) which includes training design, development, implementation and review of a wide range of State, National and International training and professional development programs. This spans internationally and intercultural through Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Papua New Guinea. 

Dee currently supplies senior management consultancy and sub-contracted services primarily with leading organisations throughout Western Australia and Australasia; these include the University of Western Australia Business School Executive Education and Australian Institute of Management WA.

• Master in Leadership and Management (Curtin University, WA)
• Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
• Certified Learning and Development Practitioner (CLDP)
• Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM)
• Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Facilitators (FAIPF)
• Fellow of the Risk Management Institute of Australasia (FRMIA)
• Foundations of University Teaching and Learning Certification
• Design Thinker: Experience Innovation Certification
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Administrator (Australian Psychologists Press)
• IAP2 Australasia Certificate in Engagement
• TAE40110 Certificate1V in Training and Assessment
• Diploma in Assessment and Training System
• Registered Nurse (current – non practicing WA Registration No: 7456)
• Registered Sick Children's Nurse (UK Registration No: 0026)

Notable Leadership Achievements

• 2024 Winner UWA Business School Teaching and Learning Award
• 2024 UWA GMA Legend Award
• 2022 Winner UWA Teaching Excellence Award
• 2020 MBA Teaching Fellow, University of Western Australia
• 2019 Distinguished Fellow Recognition for Leadership and Mentoring: Australian Institute of Management (FAIM)
• 2018 Nominee UWA Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2016 Nominee UWA Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2015 Nominee UWA Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2014 UWA Excellence in Teaching and Research Awards (Program Award)
• 2014 Nominee WA Women's Hall of Fame
• 2014 Nominee University of Western Australia Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2013 Winner University of Western Australia Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2012 Nominee for the Telstra Australian Business Women’s Award
• 2012 Nominee for the Excellence in Teaching Award Postgraduate Coursework, University of Western Australia.
• 2011 Winner for the Excellence in Teaching Award Postgraduate Coursework, University of Western Australia.
• 2011 Recipient of Gold Leaf Honour Award for contributions to people who are blind deaf.
• 2010 nominee for the Telstra Australian Businesswomen’s Award
• 2010 nominee for the Excellence in Teaching Award – University of Western Australia.
• 2008 Recipient of the Teresa Way Award for Leadership contribution to Senses Foundation. http://www.senses.asn.au/our-supporters/special-recognition/teresa-way

Publications

• 2023 Post https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dee-roche-92491810_improving-leadership-empathy-workplace-activity-7095646565238800384-qcQ4/?trk=public_profile_like_view
• 2023 Post https://aimwa.com/wctm/development/learning/reverse-mentoring-in-focus/
• 2016 Publication: Chappell, S., M. Pescud, P. Waterworth, T. Shilton, D. Roche, M. Ledger, T. Slevin, M. Rosenberg (2016) “Exploring the process of implementing healthy workplace initiatives: mapping to Kotter's  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000854.
• 2016 Publication: Sara de Freitas (Murdoch University), David Gibson (Curtin University), Victor Alvarez (Murdoch University), Melissa Langdon (Curtin University), Kim Flintoff (Curtin University), Michael de Raadt (Moodle), Martin Dougiamas (Moodle), Dee Roche (University of Western Australia) (2016)  “Effecting Pedagogy-driven Change in Higher Education: A Framework for Implementing University-wide ‘Change Agency’ in Learning and Teaching Practices”.
• 2011 Publication Diploma Learning Guide CHCCN11C “Establish, Manage and Monitor the Implementation of a Safe and Healthy Environment”
• 2009 Publication: Stepping up to the Dad Friendly Quality Mark Assessment Tool: Roche (2009) Meerilinga Young Children’s Foundation
• 2008 Publication: Pyke, Leslie H. & Roche, Dee.  2008, International technical and economic mentoring futures / [authors and presenters, Leslie H. Pyke, Dee Roche]H. Pyke?, Perth, W.A.
• 2005 Publication Diploma Learning Guide CHCCOHS501A “Manage Workplace OHS Management Systems” http://books.google.com.au/books/about/CHCOHS501A.html?id=CxeYXwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
• 2004 Publication of Department of Education and Training TAFEWA Managers Development Framework http://www.training.wa.gov.au/resources/docs/TAFEWA_ManDevFramework.pdf
• 2004 Publication of WorkSafe Western Australian & Department of Education and Training “ Tilt-Up Training Program” for all individuals involved in the design, planning and implementation of Tilt-up and Pre-cast Construction.
• 2001 Publication of a Governance Training Kit for Corporate, Community, and Public Sector organisations entitled, "Governance ..It's not just a Board Game" (2001).
• 1999 Publication: Managing the risks in children's services : an integrated approach to managing risk for children and staff / written and compiled by Scott Caton and Dee Roche by Caton, Scott Karawara, W.A. : Lady Gowrie Centre (WA) Inc., c1999

Areas of Special Professional Interest

• Strategic Change and Transformation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BJ1V9Q_zHk

https://www.change-management-institute.com/strategy-business-transformation-wa-aus

• Authentic Leadership Development

http://drclareallen.podbean.com/e/conversation-with-dee-roche-on-what-makes-an-emerging-leader-stand-out/

• Mentoring http://www.aimwa.com/programs_seminars_events/seminars_and_events/special_events_and_programs/m16208-09a

UWA Programs
https://www.uwa.edu.au/schools/Business
https://iimk.ac.in/uploads/courseDetails/1172039929_2023-05-10_03-42-17.pdf
https://www.uwa.edu.au/study/courses/master-of-business-administration
https://www.uwa.edu.au/study/courses/master-of-business-administration-flexible-mba