PeopleSense
Consulting Psychology
About Me
What I do
I am a registered Industrial Psychologist with a Ph.D. in Consulting Psychology and more than 15 years of experience working with leaders, teams, and organisations.
My areas of expertise include leadership development, team dynamics coaching, and organisational change. Drawing on a depth psychology perspective, I help individuals and organisations uncover the unconscious dynamics that shape workplace behaviour, relationships, decision-making, and culture. By bringing these underlying patterns into awareness, I support meaningful and sustainable transformation.
As a Certified Analytic-Network Coach, I integrate psychological insight with strategic consulting to help leaders, teams, and organisations navigate complexity, leadership challenges, cultural shifts, and periods of transition. My approach combines deep psychological understanding with practical application, enabling clients to strengthen leadership effectiveness, enhance team performance, and build healthy, resilient organisational cultures.
I am passionate about creating spaces for reflection, growth, and development, helping clients gain new perspectives, unlock potential, and achieve lasting change. My work is grounded in the belief that sustainable organisational success begins with a deeper understanding of the human dynamics that influence performance, engagement, and leadership.
I work with organisations, teams, and leaders to understand and navigate the complex human dynamics that shape organisational life. Drawing on a systems psychodynamic perspective, I help clients explore the conscious and unconscious processes that influence leadership, authority, relationships, culture, and change.
My work is based on the understanding that organisations are human systems, where underlying assumptions, emotions, and patterns of behaviour often influence outcomes as much as structures and strategies. By bringing these dynamics into awareness, individuals and groups are better able to make sense of their experiences, strengthen collaboration, and respond more effectively to organisational challenges.
Through consultation, coaching, and organisational development interventions, I create reflective spaces where clients can examine the dynamics affecting performance, decision-making, role effectiveness, and culture. As a registered Industrial Psychologist and Certified Analytic-Network Coach, I integrate psychological insight with systemic thinking to support meaningful and sustainable change.
At the heart of my work is helping people and organisations develop deeper awareness of themselves and the systems in which they operate, enabling them to lead, collaborate, and adapt with greater clarity and effectiveness.
Some of my Clients
ANDREW NICHOLSON
Barloworld Transport,
-Managing Director-
Working directly with my team, both one on one, and in groups Calum is highly competent and delivers good results for both the company and on a personal level for the people involved.
Calum is very good at identifying and then conforming potential issues , and then providing solutions to these areas of concern going forward.
I would certainly recommend Calum in a corporate environment and also a small business or personal environment.
MELISA HADENHAM
Beiersdorf,
-HR Director
We have been working with Calum for a year now and in this time Calum has added great value to our business in terms of psychometric assessments for all levels in our organization. We primarily utilise Calum’s services for recruitment and selection purposes, but he has also supported us with development of our employees.
Calum is very professional and delivers to a high standard, our managers enjoy working with him and take his expert advice seriously. Thank you Calum for being a great partner to our HR Team.
JACKIE LUND
The Mr Price Group,
-Head of Talent Acquisiton-
I have had the pleasure of working with Calum in the Assessments space for the last year in my role of Head of Talent Acquisition for the Mr Price Group.
His ability to understand our business need, and translate that into assisting us with appropriate assessment tools for talent acquisition purposes, is superb.
Calum is super reliable, very relatable and is passionate about consistently delivering best practice solutions in the Assessment space.
I found the psychodynamics session facilitated by Calum to be absolutely fascinating. He created an optimal environment for us to explore our deep rooted unconscious behaviour and how it impacts us and others on a daily basis. From the “Social Dreaming” exercise, which in itself was beautifully bizarre, to the “Group Dynamics Session”. Understanding our connection to each other and to our inner workings was illuminating.
The session felt like a roller coaster ride – full of thrills, moments of fear and when it was over, a feeling like I wanted to go on the ride again. Uncovering your own patterns of unconscious behaviour is not without challenge but with Calum’s blend of insight, support and tough love helped us to navigate the experience and left us with a solid foundation for us to build on
“We have worked with Calum for over 24 months. Calum has become a key ingredient to the development of our leadership teams thinking, and in guiding the processes of renewing our company’s Mission, Vision and Values.
Calum’s passion for what he does, and his enthusiastic approach makes working together both easy and energising. I foresee that he will remain a “partner” of our business in leadership coaching and strategy determination into the future”
It’s rare that you come across a Service Provider with standout professionalism like Calum! I have had the pleasure of working with Calum for the past year at Beiersdorf, collaborating on Assessments, Assessment Feedback sessions and Career Development Coaching Sessions.
He consistently demonstrates exemplary integrity and discretion in all of his communications and interactions. I was particularly impressed by Calum’s ability to handle even the toughest discussions—effortlessly.
I would recommend Calum to any company that is looking to partner with an exceptional psychologist.
ROXANNE SWANEPOEL
Mr Price Group,
-Talent Acquisition Manager-
JAMES PINNELL
SpanAfrica,
-CEO-
RAQUAL FRANKSON
Beiersdorf,
-HRBP-
NADIA SHAIK
City Logistics,
-HR Manager-
Calum offers an exceptional service. His unique approach goes above and beyond as he tailor makes the battery of assessments to match each situation.
Calum is a knowledgeable individual and was able to assist City Logistics on many occasions. The results are precise and his added value and passion is nothing short of a great service from PeopleSense.
I would highly recommend him to any company or individual as we are continually using his services.
Concerned Mom
If anyone is looking for career guidance for their teens and feeling overwhelmed by all the decisions out there for tertiary education... Calum McComb is your guy!
I took my son last week and Calum has given us a clear answer on the way forward. We are feeling so much more at ease and motivated. Can't recommend him highly enough.
RUSHKA MAHADEO
PFK Electronics,
-HR Director-
Partnering with Calum McComb at PeopleSense has given us the confidence and intelligence to manage and implement change, hire talent that is matched to our business requirements and culture and take our leadership development, coaching and mentoring to a new level.
Professionalism, passion and perseverance best describe PeopleSense in our book!
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
CARL GUSTAV JUNG
Memberships
At PeopleSense I recognise the importance of keeping in touch with other psychologists and staying up to date with new developments in the field. I'm an active participant in IGSPO events having taken up the role of IGSPO Chairman. I also served on the organising committee that hosted the 2023 ISPSO international conference.
