Rate My Professor Tanya Lehmann

Tanya Lehmann serves as an instructor for workshops in the Fundamentals of Global Tourism and Hospitality course (HOSP-1000) within the School of Management at Adelaide University. A qualified dietitian with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Food Science and a Graduate Diploma in Dietetics, she brings over 25 years of extensive experience in the provision, design, leadership, and governance of rural health and aged care services for rural South Australians. Her career began as a community dietitian, team leader, and manager of Service Development and Community Health in the Riverland region. From 2015 to 2018, she held the position of Regional Director for Riverland Mallee Coorong, overseeing strategic leadership and governance of 12 hospitals, including 11 integrated residential aged care facilities, community services, and two medical practices for a population exceeding 65,000. During this time, she led the development and implementation of an Integral Performance Framework for Country Health South Australia.

Lehmann has held senior roles such as leading clinical governance and change leadership streams during a major governance reform project across rural South Australia in 2018-2019, restructuring centralized services into six independent Regional Local Health Networks with governing boards. She also managed Organisational Development services, providing executive coaching, leadership programs, and strategic planning facilitation. In early 2021, she founded Aurora Meliora Pty Ltd, a consulting firm specializing in leadership development, strategic change, and regional development. She is an active member of the South Australian Health Performance Council (appointed 2021, term to 2029) and former Chair of the National Rural Health Alliance and Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health, with over 10 years as a board director and chair influencing national rural healthcare policy and funding reforms. A graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program (Course 21, 2015) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors course, she holds credentials as a qualified coach (International Coach Federation), gestalt facilitator, and practitioner in tools including The Leadership Circle, Human Synergistics LSI/GSI, Barrett Cultural Transformation Tools, Saville Wave, Resilience at Work, and Mental Health First Aid. Her Integral Performance Framework received a 2017 SA Health Excellence Award and earned her a keynote invitation to the Wisdom Economies Conference in Iceland in 2018. Lehmann has contributed to academic literature, including co-authoring 'Clinical supervision of allied health professionals in Australia: a qualitative analysis' (2015) and 'Snapshots of the past: Developing reflective trails for the future'. As an associate of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation, she facilitates leadership programs, supports drought resilience initiatives, and promotes wholehearted leadership in complex systems.