About | Crossley-Craven Consulting

This is My Story

I’m Dr CC and I make time for you when you need it most.

I am living proof of the benefits that ongoing personal and professional development has on people.

ABOUT ME

Having seen the empowering effect knowledge and preparation has on the human ability to succeed, I have learnt and re-learnt the valuable education and people principles that are the keys to success.

My business accolades include: currently managing my own practice (Crossley-Craven Consulting), Human Resource Manager for 1500 employees, business lecturer & classroom teacher, business & education consultant, mentor & coach, and counsellor. Additionally, I have influenced people through my writing, foundation masterclasses, business workshops and speaking opportunities in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria as well as Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and the Middle East. In 2021, I won the BPW Business Woman Award.

I wrote and published an educational based children’s picture book, Poppy’s Walk”, to assist parents and teachers to engage and enrich the enjoyment of literature for children. My chapter titled, “Trauma, Vicarious Trauma, PTSD and Anxiety: More than in the Mind” in “The Human Toll” was published in 2021.

I can honestly say that I have a rich background both experientially and educationally speaking, with qualifications in education, business, psychology and natural therapies. With my eclectic wealth of expertise from the educational and business arenas, I love to work with people to bring out their potential. As one of my clients said some years ago, “Everyone needs a Dr CC!”

Dr Gail Crossley-Craven

has achieved the following formal qualifications

PhD (Education)
M Ed Studies (Teacher Development)
Psychology of Leadership (Masters Level)
Grad Dip Communication and Counselling
Grad Dip Ed (Education & Training of Adults)
Grad Cert Understanding Dementia
B Bus (Human Resource Development)
B Teaching (Primary)
Dip Life Coaching
Dip Child Psychology
Dip Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Justice of the Peace (Qual)
Dual Diploma:
TAE50116 Diploma of Vocational Education and Training
TAE50216 Diploma of Training Design & Development
TAERES501 Apply Research to Training and Assessment Practice

My Purpose

Giving back is equally important to me as self-gain. I have personally experienced most types of adversity while experiencing and coping with devastating loss and grief, climbed the proverbial ladder, broken the ‘glass-ceiling’, tackled discrimination, and successfully ran a business since 1999.

However, I am the perpetual positive person and believe ‘good’ things happen, and of the importance to use what is given for the benefit of self and others. My core personal power has allowed me to create unassailable inner strength and the unwavering belief to help other people discover and release the best version of themselves. As such and on a pro-bono basis, I weekly work with people in need to improve their business skills and mental health which brings life changes.

My focus on leadership, advocacy, and personal and professional development is the pillar on which I have built my career and by which I live my life personally and professionally.

I have a strong belief in life-long continual education and I truly ‘walk my talk’…hence my long list of academic and professional qualifications.

Many years ago, I started my own business with a concept and $300. Today, I am regarded by clients and colleagues as a positive role model and a humble, quiet achieving leader. If I can experience the successes and achievements by determination and the tenacity to persevere despite adversity and challenges, people of all ages can draw strength from the knowledge that they can also achieve their goals with my support and guidance.

There continues to be discussion and work around gender inequity. In the 1990’s when I was a member of a ‘thinktank’ panel to discuss gender inequities, it was a critical time when women were faced with discrimination, ‘the glass ceiling’, and pay inequality, all of which I had endured. After many hours of meetings and meaningful discussions, several recommendations were made for national changes to the Affirmative Action and the Gender Equality legislations, some of which were implemented. Even though gender inequality is still present today, the quest for total equality is an ongoing plight of which I am proud to play a small part.

Empowering women and the improvement of mental health is paramount to me. Wine, Women & Wisdom™ is my initiative to assist women and in turn, assist men, to be personally and professionally developed for the improvement of mental health and to be the best version of themselves. I voluntarily conduct monthly personal and professional based workshops where all the proceeds and donations are contributed to improving men’s mental health. This has proven very empowering for women to come together for their own gain as well as knowing that they had contributed to assist specific men in need.

To further assist people to succeed in their personal and professional life, I offer scholarships every year for people to work with me. The Dr CC Scholarships are by application and advertised.

In the words of a client many years ago, “Everyone Needs a Dr CC”!

Yours in success,