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Steven Bowman

Steven Bowman is a director of LifeMastery and the Conscious-Governance.com online resources, based in Melbourne, Australia. He is sought after by nonprofits globally as an expert adviser on conscious leadership, governance, strategic innovation, and awakening the power of strategic awareness within nonprofit organizations. Acknowledged as a pioneer in the field of Conscious Governance, Steven Bowman has transformed the prevailing understanding of the meaning of governance.

In the early 2000s, Steven and his partner Chutisa began a successful Governance and Board advisory practice that quickly spread throughout the world. During this time Steven realized that there was potential in the business arena for the establishment of a new conscious business/conscious leadership paradigm, one which encompassed a fundamental principle that moved beyond the traditional business paradigm of profit making and ROI.

He began to envision a conscious governance philosophy based upon the premise that governance is about the choices that people make and not just about compliance, policy and procedures. He introduced the notion that conscious, unconscious, and anticonscious choices form the framework of conscious governance.

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Steven is one of Australia’s leading governance and senior executive team specialists, having previously held positions as national executive director of the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance, CEO of the Finance and Treasury Association, general manager of ExpoHire (Australia) Pty Ltd, assistant director of the Australian Society of CPAs, and director of the American College of Health Care Administrators. He is a past president of the Australian Society of Association Executives and has held numerous other board positions. Steve has authored and coauthored over fourteen books on governance and executive leadership.

He was the founder and associate program director of the certificate and advanced certificate in association management at Monash-Mt Eliza Business School for eleven years. He and his partner, Chutisa, currently consult with over one thousand Non Profit and corporate organizations each year in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Fellow of the Corporate Law and Accountability Research Group, Monash University.

Trained in both organizational management and as a behavioral scientist, Steve received his undergraduate degree in applied science, speech pathology, from La Trobe University, where he also completed a post-graduate degree in communication disorders. He completed his master’s degree from George Washington University, Washington DC, in speech pathology, where he also completed a master’s degree in association management. He also earned a certificate in association management and an advanced certificate in association management at the Monash-Mt. Eliza Business School.

Steve is a warm and engaging conference keynote speaker and dynamic workshop/seminar facilitator. He brings thirty years of hands-on experience and delivers it in a down-to-earth style that speaks to everyone throughout an organization. He leaves his audiences inspired, with practical leadership tools and tips that they can apply at work, at home, and in their communities.

Chutisa is an international consultant, keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. She has facilitated lively workshops, delivered inspiring keynotes, and worked one-on-one with women leaders and executives in retreat settings across the globe. Chutisa facilitates people to see how needlessly complex, irksome and traumatic their lives can become if they don’t live with conscious awareness.

For the past 30 years, Chutisa has embraced a career as an international adviser and facilitator in the field of transpersonal counseling, ergonomics, behavioral self-management, and stress intervention. Formerly a senior executive at a number of Australia’s largest publicly listed corporations, Chutisa perceives and knows from firsthand experience what businesses and leaders need to do to become more effective and conscious. Concurrent with her ability in assisting individuals and organizations attain improved efficiency and lead with conscious awareness, she has insight into the challenges and opportunities of integrating consciousness into a business environment.

Her target is to facilitate expansion of consciousness in the workplace and business arena, so that consciousness can spread throughout society and transform the world.

Chutisa has focused on developing processes to help companies build a culture of consciousness and conscious leadership teams, and on helping people deal with everyday stress in demanding environments. Chutisa uses her own experience and many years of research to help today’s leaders, managers, and employees expand their consciousness and change the culture of their workplace.

Trained as both a transpersonal and conventional psychophysical change facilitator, Chutisa received her undergraduate qualification from the IKON Institute in transpersonal counseling, her post-graduate degree from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, in Ergonomics/Human Factors, and a master’s degree in counseling from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

She has gone beyond her traditional academic training, however, by acquiring a depth and breadth of knowledge in a number of fields, including ACCESS Energy for Transformation, behavioral medicine, stress and well-being, HeartMath processes, and meditation. She has also extensively studied consciousness, creativity, and the great spiritual traditions of the world.

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Chutisa is a director and cofounder of ‘LifeMastery’ and ‘Conscious Governance’, based in Melbourne, Australia.

Chutisa’s previous executive roles include senior executive at a number of Australia’s largest publicly listed retail corporations (David Jones, Coles Myers - Target and K Mart), and a senior consultant with one of Australia’s most prominent usability and human factors specialist consulting firms. She has worked extensively with organizations such as Telstra, Australia Post, ANZ Bank, CSIRO, Authentic8, Mercantile Mutual, and the Department of Education, Employment and Training-State of Victoria