Grace Mccarthy

Having worked for many years in industry, including as European Director of Customer Service of a manufacturing multinational company, Grace enjoys blending real-life experience with academic rigour in teaching responsbile leadership, in particular how managers can effectively use a coaching style at work, and entrepreneurship. Grace completed her PhD at UMIST (Manchester) on leadership and also completed projects on innovation in SMEs in UK, Spain and Norway. Grace is a UOW accredited Peer Reviewer of Teaching and is particularly interested in challenging and interactive learning sessions, learning from her students, and authentic assessments. Grace's research interests span coaching, leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship and education. Grace is Dean of Business in the Faculty of Business and Law, leading a team of academics in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Marketing and Management.