A letter from Ian Dixon:

Thank you.

Well, the time has come to pass the baton to the next generation of partnering specialists! 

After 25 years in my partnering practice, I have decided to step back from this partnering work and to hand over to my Associate Kylie Cutten who will take over the business and training activities.  

Kylie owns the Australian Facilitation Company and has been working closely with me and leading our training programs for the last 2 years. Kylie is a highly experienced facilitator, trainer and partnering specialist and will continue to offer our full range of partnering support services, our Partnering Essentials™ training courses and to host the Partnering Essentials™ Online Academy. 

When I started the business back in 1999 following various CEO roles in Government my goal was “to make a difference by bringing the business, government, community and education sectors together to solve tough problems”.  

Over the last 25 years I have had the opportunity to work on some extremely challenging initiatives and with some amazing people and I can only hope that we have made some small contribution to bridging the gap between the sectors and achieving some positive outcomes for all those involved.  

A BIG BIG thank you to everyone who has supported me over these many years and who had the belief, trust and confidence to engage us as independent partnering specialists and partnership brokers on their initiatives. 

To the many First Nations Groups that we have worked with and who trusted us to be truly independent in brokering their relationships with business and government. It has been a privilege to work with you all on these important partnering initiatives and to learn so much from you while working together. 

I would also like to acknowledge my relationship with the Partnership Brokers Association in the UK where I had the opportunity of establishing their global Partnership Brokers Training program here in Australia and to my colleagues at The Partnering Initiative in the UK who have continued to support our work over many years. 

To the many people that have worked with me in the business and supported our activities in so many ways it has been a pleasure to work with you all. Most importantly I want to thank my wife Aphrodite (Freda) for her amazing support and my sons - Mykel for his creative genius and David for his excellent video and technical support.  

Now to spend more time with the family, to explore some different activities and to see how the next chapter of my life unfolds! 

If you’d like to get in contact with Kylie to discuss your partnering needs, then please submit the form below, or visit the Partnering Essentials website.

Best wishes,
Ian