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1. 1. www.acelerospm.com

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   Published on: 4/22/2008   Last Visited: 4/22/2008

   Don Smith - Non Executive Director
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   Don Smith - Non Executive Director
   
   Don Smith is one of Australia's leading executive coaches and is at the forefront of international thinking and practice in this area.
   
   He is principal of the executive coaching and management development company Harris Smith & Associates, which works with the senior management teams of some of Australia's leading corporations.Don has also worked internationally with Fortune 500 companies.
   
   Before founding Harris Smith 13 years ago, Don was a board director of Morgan & Banks for over seven years, during which time he established and ran the Wellington and London offices and set up their human resources consulting business across Australia.
   
   Earlier, Don held senior marketing roles in fast moving consumer goods with Unilever, NW Stevens and Magnum Corporation in New Zealand and was marketing director of leading national retailer and supermarket chain, McKenzies.While at Magnum, he established and built Liquorland, which is still New Zealand's number one liquor store chain.
   
   He is also on the board of The Donington Group and is the Australasian director on the Challenger Global board.

2. 2. Welcome to Acelero - Strategic Performance Management

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   Published on: 12/2/2007   Last Visited: 12/2/2007

   Don Smith - Non Executive Director
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   Don Smith - Non Executive Director
   
   Don Smith is the Principal of Executive Coaching and Management Development company, Harris Smith & Associates.
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   Don is one of Australia's leading executive coaches and at the forefront of international thinking and practice in this area.
   
   Before founding Harris Smith 13 years ago, Don was a Board director of Morgan & Banks for over 7 years, during which time he established and ran the Wellington and London offices and set up their human resources consulting business across Australia.
   
   In an earlier career, Don held senior marketing roles in fast moving consumer goods with Unilever, NW Stevens and Magnum Corporation in New Zealand and was marketing director of leading national retailer and supermarket chain, McKenzies.While at Magnum, he established and built Liquorland, which is still New Zealand's number one liquor store chain.
   
   Don brings a wealth of commercial and people development expertise to AceleroÔ as a Non Executive Director and shareholder.He is also on the board of The Donington Group and is the Australasian director on the Challenger Global board.

3. 3. Our People - Harris Smith & Associates | Executive Coaching & Leadership Development

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   Published on: 7/21/2008   Last Visited: 7/21/2008

   Don Smith, Managing Director
   
   Don has been consulting in organisations at senior level for over fifteen years.Don co-founded MACAW Consulting Group and Harris Smith & Associates in early 1993.
   
   His consulting has focused on strategy, change management, organisational development, people and their performance.He has consulted extensively in the telecommunications, information technology, banking, insurance, manufacturing and professional services industries as well as with Federal and State Government Authorities.
   
   Prior to his consulting career, Don majored in business at Victoria and Auckland Universities in New Zealand.With an earlier background in marketing, and then corporate strategy, Don subsequently ran major management consultancy businesses in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia between 1985 and 1993.He has consulted widely in areas involving people, strategy and high performance.
   
   Don's leadership consulting focus is directed at the actual leadership issues senior managers deal with on the job.Through Harris Smith's overseas associates, he sources leadership approaches, tools and techniques which are state-of-the-art on a world wide basis.He then helps his clients apply these to deliver both corporate high performance and personal satisfaction and accomplishment.On the organisational level, Don works with senior management in leadership of change areas, such as post acquisition integration, implementing strategic change, and achieving higher productivity through performance management.He also has confidential leadership coaching relationships with board directors, managing directors and senior executives of some of Australia's largest and prominent organisations.