Valerie Lew-Kiedrowski

Valerie is the Founder and Managing Director of Relate-U-cation®, with over 20 years’ experience transforming how organisations actually work. She has navigated some of the most complex change initiatives — from the HP/Compaq merger to delivering Saturn Corporation’s pioneering “relationship-first” training under General Motors beyond the USA — and learned a fundamental truth: most organisational problems aren’t structural, they’re relational. Working across finance, automotive, government and leading technology firms throughout Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and Europe, Valerie brings an innovative human-centred approach to organisational design, focusing on people-to-performance pathways that turn connection into capability. She has served on international and Australian boards representing Australia for ASTD/ATD, the global association for talent development. Her work helps leaders build organisations where trust replaces politics, collaboration beats silos, and people bring