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Alma Besserdin

HR, Change Management & Leadership Consultant | Career & Leadership Coach | Mentor | Speaker | Facil

About Me

Alma has over 35 years of experience in general HR/IR, leadership development, career and leadership coaching and mentoring, business transformation, culture change, strategy development, change management. She has been consulting to various industry sectors; Blue Chip Multinational, Global Organisations, NGO/NFP and Public Sector. Involved in design, planning, implementation and stakeholder management of various organisational integrations and business alignments; strategic planning, change management, organisational changes, culture change and business transformation programs. With her exceptional leadership, rapport building, influencing, collaborating and people management skills, she can deal with complex challenges and influence change within multiple organisational levels. Her style is caring, engaging, encouraging and supportive, enabling her to build the trust with clients very quickly. She likes to understand organisational culture and individuals she is working with, so that the best approach can be applied. She has personable communication skills, while able to have candid approach when needed to have difficult conversations. Her clients say that she is very intuitive and exceptionally perceptive given her work experience and inquiring character, which enables her to have constructive discussions, leading them to achieve the best results. People say they love her passion, positivity, high energy, can-do-attitude and fun personality. She is a speaker and program facilitator.

Jurisdiction

Australia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia | Serbia

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Alma Besserdin business consulting Alma Besserdin Consulting
2026 - Present

Providing human resources, employee relations, organisational effectiveness, business transformation, career and leadership coaching and mentoring, business strategy, change management, culture change consulting, to various industry sectors; Blue Chip Multinational and Global Organisations, NGO/NFP and Public Sector. Involved in project design, planning, implementation and stakeholder management of various, strategic alignment, change management, HR/integration, organisational reviews, culture change and business transformation programs/initiatives.

HR, Business Transformation rolesTelstra Corporation Limited
1999 - 2006

Various senior HR, Change management and business transformation roles supporting various business unit and divisions.

Senior Human Resources ManagerBuilding Services Agency
1997 - 1999

Supporting privatisation of government agency. Managing transition to a privately owned company.

Senior Human Resources ManagerMelbourne City Mission
1995 - 1997

Providing end to end HR support to Melbourne City mission management and staff.

Education

Diploma of  Post Graduate Diploma in HRM & IR RMIT
1992 - 1994
Degree of LawFaculty of Law
1981 - 1986

Skills

Core skills0
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Languages

English