About Us

Gabriella Salmon

About Us

 

I am the Founder and CEO of Free To Achieve.

I work with leaders who want more than personality tests — they want practical insight they can actually use.

Since becoming accredited in 2012, I’ve specialised in helping organisations understand how people think, work, communicate, and perform. My approach focuses on turning behavioural insight into real-world results, so leaders can stop guessing and start leading with clarity.

I believe most business challenges aren’t operational — they’re human. When you understand how your people naturally operate, you can align roles, identify training ( and individuals training preference), improve communication, and unlock performance that was already there but hidden.

My role is to translate  behavioural data into clear, practical strategies leaders can apply immediately.

My Philosophy

High performance doesn’t come from pushing people harder.

It comes from understanding their drivers and derailers.

What Makes My Approach Different

  • I focus on application, not theory
  • I interpret insights strategically, not mechanically
  • I work directly with leaders
  • I translate data into decisions

Who I Work With

Typically:

  • CEOs
  • Leaders
  • Teams
  • Small to Medium size organizations

Business Performance Intelligence

I help leaders understand their people so they can lead with clarity, align talent to roles, and build high-performing teams.

Core Services

  • To help organizations turn people insight into performance advantage.
  • Leadership Training (facilitated online)
  • Individual talent insights
  • Leadership decision support-Understanding yourself and Your Team

Outcomes:

Clearer leadership. Stronger teams. Measurable performance.

I have many years experience in  Facilitating, Training, Creating Workshops and enjoy speaking to groups  I am passionate about giving people an experience that will transform their life. 

I have worked for a variety of industries and therefore am able to adapt to the situation at hand.

I have worked with  a variety of people from professional  services and trades.  I am flexible in how I relate to people whether it is CEO’s or staff members.

Happy people make successful communities; that’s why I love unlocking talents and and helping all teams perform at their best by helping you  understand your and your teams: communication, motivation and decision process.

My network have described me to be trusting, compassionate, personable, solution driven,  authentic, professional, fun, creative, someone that understands people and an audience through experience from working on my own self development for the last 25 years as well as in roles involving a focus around people, process and system change.

My corporate experience has been in Creating Productive Teams, Behavioral Insights For Leaders & Teams, Unlocking Talents, Coaching, Accounting, Recruitment, Change Management, Career Transition & Outplacement, Engagement  & Talent & Career Assessments all helped me see the need for implementing  engagement and change using a different approach.    I have  worked as an employee of many blue chip companies and had the pleasure of working with some great people, clients and projects.  Some of the projects included Business and System Change and Behaviour Change programs of work.

Some of the organisations I worked for include: Ernst & Young, Cap Gemini, Charter Mason, Drake International, BHP, NAB, Fonterra Food, University of Melbourne, A Division of The Supreme Court Of Victoria , Carlton United Breweries,  Hallis & Morgan Consulting.

Purpose

To unlock elite performance in organizations by helping leaders truly understand their people

Mission

To Transform the workplace through data-driven insights that aligns individuals, leaders, teams for high performance.

My Core Values

  • Continuous Growth
  • Respect
  • People First Performance
  • Practical Intelligence
  • Insights Over Assumptions
  • To Create Emotionally Aware Individuals( so they make better choices)
  • Collaboration
  • Empathy

My accreditations

  • Business DNA
  • Solution Brief Focused Therapy
  • Certificate IV in Workplace Training
  • Bachelor of Business (Accounting & Marketing)
  • Emotional Freedom Technique
  • Time line therapy

Accredited in Business DNA Solutions since 2012.

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