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Capability Profile

Patrick McGrath.

Patrick is a Registered Psychologist, Organisational Psychologist, and capability lead with more than fifteen years of experience across organisational psychology, coaching, organisational development, human factors, and customer experience design. He heads Opposite's Human Enablement service, combining behavioural science, facilitation, coaching, and practical systems thinking to help organisations build capability, strengthen team performance, and make complex work easier to navigate. His deepest expertise sits at the intersection of leadership, team effectiveness, workplace wellbeing, and practical behaviour change.

He works across transport, education, energy, construction, retail, finance, healthcare, and government, with particular depth in operationally complex and customer-facing environments. His strength is helping people perform well in roles where service quality, communication, judgement, and consistency matter — particularly where staff are working under pressure, navigating change, or operating within systems that are not always intuitive. He has extensive experience designing and delivering workshops, capability programs, and coaching interventions focused on emotional intelligence, psychological safety, resilience, team norms, leadership, and customer experience improvement.

Recent work includes EPS27, a targeted capability and engagement initiative; the Manager Toolkit, a practical resource supporting day-to-day people leadership and operational decision-making; Thinking and Working Smarter, a combined program building structured problem-solving, planning, prioritisation, and operational discipline; Wayfinder, designed to help teams and individuals navigate complexity, change, and uncertain operating environments with greater clarity and confidence; and the Leadership Lab at Glen Eira City Council, implementing customer service capability and leadership development for customer-facing team leaders. He has also supported culture transformation and product capability implementation with the Ampol Group, and is currently leading the SRLA Leader program, a four-part leadership series combining workshops, 360-degree assessments, and one-to-one coaching. He also continues his dual practice with Coachling, supporting individuals through transition, pressure, and development with psychologically informed one-to-one support.

Patrick McGrath
At a glance
Role Head of Human Enablement, Opposite
Professional standing Registered Psychologist (AHPRA); Endorsed Organisational Psychologist
Based in Adelaide, Australia
15+
Years experience
170+
Individuals coached across leadership, wellbeing, and performance contexts
8+
Sectors of operational depth
AHPRA
Endorsed Organisational Psychologist

Credentials & training

Formal qualifications and recognised certifications underpinning his practice.

Master of Organisational Psychology
Postgraduate qualification
Registered Psychologist
AHPRA registration
Endorsed Organisational Psychologist
Professional endorsement
APS Membership
Australian Psychological Society
SA College of Organisational Psychology
State Committee involvement

The trajectory

From human resources, organisational development, and customer experience design to leading a national capability and enablement practice.

Current

Head of Human Enablement

Opposite — Leads capability, coaching, team development, psychosocial risk, and practical workplace improvement projects.

Current practice

Organisational Psychologist & Coach

Designs and facilitates leadership, team, and wellbeing interventions, and provides one-to-one support to leaders and employees.

Prior

HR, OD & Customer Experience Design

Worked across human resources, organisational development, and customer experience design, building a strong foundation in people systems, behaviour, and service quality.

Broader practice

Human Factors & Workplace Simplification

Expanded into human factors, workplace simplification, and operational design, helping organisations translate complexity into usable systems, processes, and behaviours.

Sector experience

Operational and frontline environments where psychology meets safety, capability, and change.

Transport
Education
Energy
Construction
Retail
Finance
Healthcare
Government

Programs he's led

Four projects that show the range. Toggle between approach and outcome for each.

"
The goal is not just to train people well. It's to make the work around them clearer, more usable, and easier to do well.
— Patrick McGrath, Head of Human Enablement
170+
Individuals coached across leadership, wellbeing, and performance contexts
4-part
SRLA Leader program currently in delivery
AHPRA
Endorsed Organisational Psychologist

Areas of practice

Twelve capability areas across his psychology, leadership, and customer experience practice.

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Patrick McGrath

Patrick McGrath

Head of Human Enablement, Opposite

Organisational Psychologist

AHPRA-registered and endorsed; Master of Organisational Psychology.

Capability lead

Fifteen+ years across leadership, team, and customer experience capability.

Facilitator & coach

Heads Human Enablement at Opposite. Continues dual practice with Coachling.

Master of Organisational Psychology
Postgraduate
Registered Psychologist
AHPRA
Endorsed Org Psychologist
Professional endorsement
APS Membership
Australian Psychological Society
15+
Years experience
170+
Individuals coached
8+
Sectors of depth
4-part
SRLA Leader program
AHPRA
Endorsed Org Psych
APS
Member & committee
Industries
Transport Education Energy Construction Retail Finance Healthcare Government
Capabilities
Leadership
Team development
Psychosocial risk
CX design