June Dally-Watkins

June Dally-Watkins is an Australian businesswoman. In 1950 she started the Southern Hemisphere’s first personal development school in Sydney and Brisbane to train young women in etiquette and deportment. A year later, she started Australia’s first model agency and modelling school and later established a Business Finishing College. She remains Australia’s best known expert in etiquette and elocution.

June Dally-Watkins Brisbane is the market leader in personal development and professional development training and has led that market for over 69 years. Our facilitators are qualified and experienced trainers who are experts in their field and passionate about the delivery of effective training solutions. June Dally-Watkins Brisbane is a professional coaching company and an authority on modern etiquette. 

In 2017 June Dally-Watkins Brisbane was purchased by the CHIC Group of companies owner Ursula Hufnagl, whose background in the business began at June Dally-Watkins in Sydney over 50 years ago as one of June Dally-Watkins first supermodels. 

June Dally-Watkins Brisbane Managing Director Jodie Bache-McLean has spent her professional life at the coal face, guiding and encouraging participants from all walks of life in the finer points of personal communication, presentation and etiquette. 

Jodie began her journey with June Dally-Watkins over 41 years ago and is the longest serving understudy of June Dally-Watkins in Australia, having successfully navigated the Brisbane operation for the past 33 years. Jodie Bache-McLean offers specialised knowledge, enthusiasm, and expertise.

Her broad range of experience – both professional and social – ensure levels of sophistication, scholarship, and insight, rarely accessed by other means. Jodie is an expert in interpersonal communication, she works on leveraging emotional intelligence and human interaction to build strong relationships, convey corporate and individual identity and manage crises and reputation.

Today, June Dally-Watkins Brisbane offers coaching globally to businesses and private clients in social and interpersonal skills, building confidence and success in both social and professional arenas.