Deborah Jeppesen

Deborah is a registered psychologist, an experienced consultant, and facilitator specialising in interpersonal influence, negotiation, conflict resolution, and cross-cultural and cross-organisational communication.

She is Director of Psychological Edge, which focuses on optimising the performance of individuals and groups. In this role she delivers training in emotion management and effective decision-making, which includes strategies in resilience building, conflict negotiation, and stress mitigation.

Deborah also works for the Department of Defence, where she’s held various roles over the past twenty years. She is currently a Senior Psychologist with the department, and her expert advice has helped shape whole-of-government policy, and co-operation and engagement planning. This role requires extensive networking with international allied agencies, conducting psychological research to achieve collaboration and sharing of resources, and sees her regularly interacting with analysts in the UK, US, and New Zealand.

She is a contributing author to the book The Long Road: The Future of Indigenous Capability Development, writing a chapter on the value of emotional intelligence for selection and training in defence.