Wlodek Consulting Services

Mary is recognised as a role model and is pursued for coaching and grant and fellowship reviews nationally and internationally. Through “Wlodek Consulting” she is coaching small groups and individuals on achieving career success incorporating career-life balance. She was a member of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Fellowship Panel, Investigator Grant Panel (2019-2022), Ideas Grant Panel (2023-2024) and served as Member and Deputy Chair on NHMRC Grant Review Panels. Mary’s strong commitment to mentoring has been recognised through prestigious awards at the University of Melbourne, the Australian Government and by her society colleagues.

Wlodek Consulting Services serves a broad range of professionals at all stages of their careers, from early to mid-career to senior executives. Mary is committed to fostering inclusivity and supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds, with a particular focus on empowering women. Wlodek Consulting Services span a wide range of industries, including universities, academia, research organisations, healthcare, government, corporations and beyond. The aim is to help individuals and groups across various sectors navigate and thrive in their careers, regardless of gender background, or experience level.

Mary is well renowned and sought after for her high level of integrity, honesty, trust, insight and communication – values that have guided her career and personal life.

Executive Coaching Program

Award-winning career life coach and mentor to enhance your career. Central to Mary’s coaching programs is achieving career life balance. Individualised programs for one-on-one or small group Career Life & Executive Coaching. Program offerings include Bronze (1 session), Silver (2 sessions), Gold (4 sessions) or Diamond (6 sessions) packages of either 30- or 60-minutes in duration by zoom or in person and includes ongoing phone and email support. Coaching is suitable for any career stage.

Expertise sought to assess the quality and impact of grants, fellowships and promotion applications that cover the breadth of research from basic and applied science to health and medical research integrating partnerships and industry engagement. Recent member of NHMRC Ideas Grants (2023-2024) and Investigator Grant (2019-2022) panels. Expert mentorship and strategic review(s) of applications for Grants, Fellowships, Promotion, Prizes and Awards as well as curriculum vitae insight. Packages usually include a 30-minute zoom discussion.

Mentoring: Jobs, Grants and Fellowships

Research Integrity Investigation

Based on the expertise developed with senior executive positions at The University of Melbourne (Associate Dean (Research); Deputy Dean, Melbourne School of Graduate Research) and recently with Wlodek Consulting, Professor Wlodek provides evaluation and advisory services on complex research integrity problems and investigations including those involving research higher degree (PhD, MPhil) students and supervisors.

Career Development Seminars

Deliver small and large group career development opportunities through seminars and presentations. Have delivered >70 programs. Programs are tailored to needs and are from 1-hour to half and full day sessions. Broad topics include: career direction setting, planning & development; research career (reputation, influencing, publishing, grants); leadership skills; strategic skills; integration & life skills including work/life balance.

Supervisor Training

Based on the expertise developed with senior executive positions at The University of Melbourne (Associate and Deputy Dean, Melbourne School of Graduate Research) and recently with Wlodek Consulting, Professor Wlodek develops and delivers supervisor training programs. These programs are targeted to supervision of research Honours and higher degree (PhD, MPhil, Masters by Research) students as well as early-mid career researchers. Professor Wlodek developed and delivered university-wide and faculty specific graduate research supervisor training, across all disciplines; this training was compulsory for all supervisors at The University of Melbourne.

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