FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR - PENNY FENNER

Skilful Action was founded in 1990 by Penny Fenner to offer leading edge development programs to individuals and corporations. Penny has been rigorously trained in management and leadership development, coaching, psychology, education, the Enneagram and Buddhism. Such thorough training, decades of experience, and a direct, challenging, insightful and results-oriented approach, is distinctive, giving Skilful Action both breadth and depth. This is further enhanced through collaboration with similarly trained professionals ensuring that Skilful Action provide the best coaching and facilitation possible using the latest research and materials.

Penny has studied and practised with eminent masters from Eastern and Western wisdom traditions in India, Nepal, USA and Australia since the late 1970’s. She was instrumental in helping establish two prominent Buddhist centres in Australia in the early ‘80’s.

In 1990, Penny completed the equivalent of an MBA focussed on leadership, management and coaching with Dr. Fernando Flores in San Francisco. She brought this work to Australia which opened the way for a powerful approach to coaching and organizational development. Her coaching includes supervision, individual and team coaching and training for managers.

Penny is co-author of Essential Wisdom Teachings - the way to inner peace, author of numerous articles and journal publication, an unpublished poet and she is currently working on a new book.