| WHAT OTHERS SAY
ABOUT ME |
| "Thank you so
much for your aid freeing my office space consisting of
12 large bookcases and 3 meter long cupboard filled with
what I considered to be essential items. Your assistance
had me distinguish between items that I would never use
again (thus dispensable) and somehow made a seemingly
impossible move quite manageable."
M Rubinstein - Rose Bay |
"A
family running a business from home found themselves
spending large amounts of unproductive time simply
looking for items which were needed to complete simple
tasks both business and personal. Such big things as
compiling Tax Returns and BAS and little things like
losing notes from school about excursions and changed
homework requirements or even missed opportunities for
social engagements by missing the RSVP date.
They decided to call in Hepburn Principles with no real
faith that this could make such a difference in their
"impossible" circumstances. Sydnee Sallivan of Hepburn
Principles proved to be a wonder in her chosen field.
She seems to have an innate ability to classify paper
and items into logical categories and this she does with
a rapidity to dazzle. Her experience to tame a study,
room or even a garage stacked with books and papers and
leave it all under control with everything in order will
delight you. Finding things weeks and months later
exactly where you would expect them to be, will reward
you for your good choice long after Syd's work is
finished.
We would recommend Hepburn Principles to anyone needing
to take control of their life and business and eliminate
unproductive wheel-spinning in sifting through loads of
paper to find the essential missing document."
L Norman - Cabarita |
| "I have used
Syd’s services in various ways over the last year and
have found them to be first class both in relation to
quality, efficiency and convenience. In particular her
website facility for keeping in touch with business at
home while travelling overseas has been a “godsend” even
in remote parts of the world where other forms of
communication are problematic. I can certainly recommend
Hepburn Principles to prospective clients"
Richard Lee - Independent |
| “Thanks
Syd - it was great to have you on the stand. Your
enthusiasm is fantastic and was a real help for those of
us that are starting to get a little tired.” Craig
Donnell - Pow Wow Events International |
"American Express
was involved in Ridley Corporation’s tender for their
travel management and related services and the
transition implementation which followed. I have worked
with over 70 different corporations from multi national
to small independent firms and have yet to find an
individual that possesses the organizational skill,
attention to detail and understanding of how to map and
implement savings and efficiency programs comparable to
Sydnee Sallivan.
Some of the key areas that Sydnee developed and achieved
outcomes for:
• Mapped and created set criteria to measure performance
of the American Express Travel Program against Ridley’s
required outcomes.
• Ensured “buy in” and commitment from all involved at
Ridley and American Express which was critical to the
programs success.
• Negotiated all new rates with suppliers.
The Key Result for American Express:
In addition to savings on airfare spend across the
Ridley business of 33% and savings on accommodation and
car hire spend of 12% in the first 3 months, the
programme that Sydnee put in place for Ridley
Corporation has:
• Become a benchmark for American Express both in terms
of results to a corporation (Ridley) and in terms of
ease of transition and communication plans.
• We have re-organised our own internal processes to
match the ones Sydnee suggested and are now using the
forms she re-designed for our business. E.g.
Implementation Gantt Gantt_Chart - created by Sydnee now
used for our new customers
As a supplier Sydnee added value to our company which is
testimony itself to her skills. If you need someone that
possesses the very highest business, organisational and
personal skills, the information above will give you the
confidence that in Sydnee you could not have made a
wiser choice." E Thomas |
"Syd is an extraordinarily talented women, with a wealth
of knowledge, an exceptional skill set and a heart of
gold . She prides her self on creating a superior
standard in superhuman time . No matter what the task,
Syd simply gets in and gets the job done. From
reorganising the entire office to preparing board
reports, there is nothing she is unable to do. The
diversity of her experience and her fearless attitude
for success makes her an asset to any employer."
J Brown - Founder Life Changing Experiences
Foundation |
| “I have worked very
closely with her for 4 years. She first distinguished
herself as the PA to the Managing Director, focusing her
superb organizational abilities and communication skills
at a time when the company was expanding into 4
different countries. In pure administrative terms she
quickly standardized employments contracts across the
region, streamlined the variety of insurance coverage’s,
centralized the firms’ relationships with travel
agencies, hotels and all external suppliers. She
provided both procedures as well as leadership to the
individual Office Managers that report to her. More
importantly she demonstrated the ability to establish
complex procedures and hierarchical reporting structures
while at the same time encouraging a personal – even
intimate- working environment. She made a strong,
positive, personal contribution to defining the
“corporate culture” at the company, which has been key
in enabling a smaller, entrepreneurial securities
brokerage to compete successfully against the larger
more familiar global investment banks that operate in
our region.” A Angell |
| “At all times I
have been very impressed by her courtesy, promptness and
seemingly effortless efficiency in the performance of
her duties. Her ability to remember and locate vital
information important to negotiations was of immense
value and reflected her meticulous approach to the
running of the office. Her tact and confidentiality are
of the very highest order.” R Price |
| “She had the
important responsibility of collating an enormous amount
of information on which our lawyers and I had to rely on
during lengthy negotiations with a joint venture
partner.” P Rabl |
| “Throughout the
period she was my PA she took away the HR responsibility
from other managers so that within a few months the HR
department was fully functioning.
These activities
were mainly achieved through electronic filing rather
than large paper files.” R Wood |
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“She has worked in a
position of trust and confidentiality. She proved
herself to be extremely trustworthy and highly
competent.” D Taylor |
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“She is a person with
determination and has that gift of taking on tasks and
seeing them through to completion.” R C Phillips |
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“She has the highest
ideals and yet is realistic. She has broad,
international concerns, yet she is capable of keen
insights into the cultures she has observed and read
about.
She is energetic, cheerful, friendly and compassionate”
W Greene |
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“She is highly
motivated. She believes in world peace and order through
cooperation, tolerance and compromise among the peoples
of the world. She is reliable, honest and vivacious”
Y H Kim |
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“Her student leadership
culminated in serving as Editor of the University
Yearbook. She organized the project, recruited other
student leaders, negotiated with the publishing company
and handled all the financial arrangements bringing her
into contact with all the departments of the school with
whom she worked effectively and positively.” J Ewing |
