ABOUT US

Hello and welcome to Smash the Sky! We are glad you have come to visit.

WHO IS SMASH THE SKY?

Smash the Sky Pty. Ltd. is a company based in Melbourne Australia, delivering professional development and training for government, corporate and private sectors.

Smash the Sky was incorporated in 1998, to provide a vehicle for building community by assisting the personal and professional development of individuals.

MENTORING AND PROGRAMS

Smash the Sky provides high level mentoring and group facilitation, delivering transformational processes for change. We provide programs for individuals, couples, families and groups.

The programs are flexible and needs based, designed to fit with the changing needs of organisations and people. The programs and tools developed are designed to assist people’s psychological and emotional growth by raising awareness of self and others leading to greater self-confidence, self-empowerment, interdependence and resilience.

TOOLS

Smash the Sky provides and creates reflective and developmental tools and activities for growth. The tools (Hand-outs) are for client reflection, exploration, self-discovery and data gathering.

VISION

Our vision is to assist people to improve their psychological and emotional health, leading to self-awareness, self-empowerment and resilience.

MISSION

To build community by the delivery of personal and professional development through our programs and development tools.

OUR PRACTICE

Smash the Sky is a family business built upon professional training and application within diverse community settings. As a learning organisation we apply an action-reflection model of operation and critically reflective techniques to our practices and processes.

Smash the Sky is a social science organisation and committed to people development. Working within the Health Science field we use evidence-based practice and document our processes and methods to use as data for reflection, research and development. As our programs are all needs focused, we choose to walk the fine line of structure and process. We embrace the values of self-awareness and self-empowerment and the building of resilience for all our clients and ourselves.

VALUES

Smash the Sky has developed a set of values to guide our practice. These values are tried and tested over many years. They are not just ideals but constantly practiced, discussed and integrated by the team.

Smash the Sky is built upon the foundation of four values.

1. Respect

• Respect of self
• Respect others
• Respect the environment in all its dimensions

2. Openness

• Open to self and others
• Open to change
• Embrace difference

3. Mindfulness

• Be present
• Observe and notice within and without
• Surrender

4. Self-Empowerment

• Choose action for improvement
• Embrace the inner journey
• Movement toward wholeness

Smash the Sky uses operating principles and a working agreement based on these values.

THE TEAM

Geoff Best (M.Prof.Dev.) the founder and director of Smash the Sky, is a social scientist. He has spent his life working to build community though individual and group development. His 30 years experience in social work, education, training and professional development is the foundation of the programs Smash the Sky delivers.

He holds qualifications in Professional Development, Management, Business, Training, Assessment, Youth and Community Work, Consumer Advocacy, Group Facilitation, Experiential Learning and various other qualifications.

Geoff has worked in the corporate sector, community services, childcare, primary schools, secondary schools, and the university sector. He holds a current working with children card. His endeavors include collaboration with many groups and organisations in building community and providing programs to assist people to move toward self-empowerment.

CO-FACILITATORS (The Team)
Past, current studies and qualifications.

Holly Best
B. Art and Visual Design – ACU (Australian Catholic University)
B.Business Management – Swinburne University

Zach Best
Cert. IV AOD – RMIT
Train groups – University of Melbourne (RTO)

PAST AND PRESENT CLIENTS

The University of Melbourne
Royal Women’s Hospital
Anglicare Victoria
CFA (Country Fire Authority)
Diabetes Australia
Health Issues Centre
Box Hill TAFE
Port Philip Housing
Victoria Police Youth Foundation
Continence Foundation of Australia
Organisational Learning Australia
Shift 3D

FEEDBACK

Smash the Sky is a learning organisation. We believe all things are in a state of change. We are committed to remaining open to feedback and value the experience and wisdom of others. Please share with us your feedback, helpful and constructive comments and ideas that could contribute to our organisation.
Smash the Sky is committed to awareness and empowerment. We appreciate the feedback that can contribute to this end.