Expertise we offer

PERSONAL BEST Human Resource and Training Services was established by Sally Allaway. Sally has extensive experience in education, training and human resource management.

Sally has a number of years experience in the financial services sector. This includes a recent period working as a senior manager with ANZ, one of Australia's major banks, in the Employee Development department which provides training and recruitment services to all sections of the bank. Sally was responsible for the bank's service, sales and marketing curriculum, and consulting with the organisation's largest business unit, with over 15,000 staff, to determine training and development needs and then customise training solutions.

Prior to working in financial services Sally was the Director of Staff Development Asia Pacific for the Oberoi Group, a group of companies which operates a chain of 5 star deluxe hotels and quality hospitality operations, the latter including Hard Rock Cafes, restaurants and airport facilities in Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific. In this role Sally consulted broadly throughout the organisation to determine its human resource needs and then acted as a catalyst for effective change. Ultimately, Sally was responsible for developing and then implementing best practice HR and training that maximised people's contribution to this quality driven service and sales organisation.

Testimony to the success of the work undertaken with the Oberoi Group was the attainment of several industry awards, including The Victorian Tourism Award for Training and Education, The National Tourism Award of Distinction for Training and Education and The Australian Hotels Association Award for Contribution to Excellence in Training. Industry recognition of her achievements as a Human Resource professional culminated in being awarded the 1999 Australian Institute of Hospitality Management Award for Industry Human Resources Practitioner.

Sally holds a Masters in Business Administration from Monash University, a Bachelor of Arts with a major in psychology from the Australian National University, and a Diploma in Education from Monash University.

Project management

PERSONAL BEST has the support of a number of accomplished human resource practitioners and facilitators. We have the capacity to provide cost effective, human resource and training solutions for business wide projects.

Since commencing, PERSONAL BEST has established an impressive client list, across a number of industries, and has demonstrated the ability to adapt to various business challenges and client needs and successfully provide a range of quality training and human resource services.