Rebecca Mahony

Bec is an innovative, workplace culture practitioner with a reputation for developing leaders at all levels of business and high-performance teams. Bec is known for her strength in building leadership capability, with a focus on what works practically in ‘real life’.

She pairs 25 years of expertise as a psychologist, with her passion for learning and development. As a result, she delivers initiatives that truly enable robust and sustainable behaviour change on an individual, team, and organisational level.

Bec is also a Chair and Non-Executive Director who contributes to Boards in the areas of culture, leadership, strategy, psychological risk management and high-performance teams. She has deep expertise in facilitation and stakeholder engagement in charged environments, is a complex problem solver and decision maker, with advanced analytical competencies.

Bec also holds a role in the Adjunct Faculty with the University of NSW Business School - AGSM.

Career History
Bec began her career in the social welfare sector presenting professionally to community groups and schools regarding HIV awareness. Whilst working at the WA Aids Council she also offered services in the needle and syringe exchange, supporting drug users, and offering referral services. Following this, while studying psychology and addictions she volunteered for many years with Lifeline as a Crisis Phone Counsellor.

After completing university, she combined her passion for clinical work with her love of facilitation, and she obtained the role of Counsellor/Educator, with the North Metro Community Drug Service Team. It was here she honed her skills clinically offering outpatient counselling services and facilitating therapeutic groups. She also delivered workshops and lectures to a range of audiences including the police, child protection, community groups, and schools, on understanding and managing people who have drug or alcohol problems.

She changed roles once again and combined her love of clinical work with learning and development, this time in the field of mental health. She provided counselling to patients, consultancy and facilitation services to general practitioners and ran workshops to educate them on the needs of patients who were suicidal or self-harming.

After her experience in mental health, Bec realised the unique blend of her knowledge and thought seriously about how she could share that with a wider audience. Then came her career in consulting where she held a variety of roles across Australia and gained significant exposure to a range of industries including mining, energy, industrial, health, finance, government, and not-for profits, among others.

During this time, she offered a range of services that included workshops regarding anything about people, keynote presentations, coaching, team development, fitness for work reviews and psychometric assessments. Key clients over these years included Chevron, Downer, BHP, Rio Tinto, Worley, Australian Customs Service, Bankwest, Monash University, the Victorian Country Fire Authority, Aged and Community Services WA, among others.

It was clear after these years the impact her work could have on safety, productivity, and performance. This became her core passion, and she practises extensively in this space today. She was employed by Downer in their Mining Division for several years and eventually headed up Learning and Development for their Mining Energy and Industrial Services Division. Her work over the years included coaching, culture initiatives, capability frameworks, training delivery with a focus on leadership, plus a raft of strategic business initiatives. She worked closely with a range of key clients that included Roy Hill, Fortescue Metals Group, Karara Mining, Goldfields, Stanwell, and BHP Mitsubishi Alliance, among others.

In 2019, Bec founded On Sixth Business Psychology Services, where she continues to support organisations in building strong workplace cultures, improving performance, and driving
psychological safety. Since its inception, On Sixth has established a robust client base spanning
ASX-listed companies, private enterprises, government agencies, and not-for-profit organisations.

Current resources clients include, Northern Star Resources, WesTrac Caterpillar, Peak Iron Mines,
Thiess, Ora Banda Mining, Woodside Energy, and Fortescue among others.
Current, private, government and not-for-profit include, South Metro Health Service, Lifeblood
Redcross, Black Swan Theatre Company, Tasmea Group, Austal, Perth Airport, Young Australia
League and Byfields among others. References can be provided on request.

Qualifications
• Fully Registered Psychologist – Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)
• Bachelor of Psychology
• Bachelor of Science (Psychology)
• Certificate IV Training and Assessment (TAA40104)
• Certificate IV Human Services (Social Welfare)

Memberships & Certifications
• Member Society of Industrial and Organisational Psychology Australia
• Member Australian Association of Psychologists
• Member Women on Boards
• Member Institute of Community Directors
• Member Australian Institute of Management WA
Effective Director Program – GIA
• Financial Analysis for Officers and Directors – GIA
• Certificate of Advanced Leadership for Community Chairs - ICDA
• Certified PRINT® Coach
• Certified Facilitator LEGO® Serious Play®
• Hogan Systems Accredited & Hogan 360
• Emotional Quotient Inventory Accredited - MHS Eqi 2.0 & Eqi 360
• Fearless Organisational Scan Accredited
• Team Management Systems Accredited
• DISC Profile Accredited
• MBTI Accredited
• Solution Focused Behavioural Therapy Trained
• Schema Focused Cognitive Therapy Trained
• Brief Intervention Therapy Trained
• White Card