About – COUP

About COUP

COUP stands out from the crowd in their flexibility and willingness to accommodate the inevitable schedule changes and individual needs of participants. They bent over backwards to help us deliver a memorable and effective program.

David and Annie use business acumen and understanding of adult learning theory & theatre to develop creative & innovative learning solutions that really engage the learner on an emotional front. This ensures that their conceptual design of solutions & methodologies result in a change of behaviour & learning transfer. A very powerful approach & to be highly recommended.

David and Coup were key contributors to and facilitators of Vodafone's leadership development programs. It's fair to say my first day with David gave me an insight into myself and the way others saw me that opened my mind and kicked started my own leadership journey. His drama approaches applied in an organisational context create an amazing experiential, memorable and insightful learning environment.

David McCubbin

As Founder and CEO, David has driven the take-up of skills and disciplines from dramatic art as an effective learning and development mechanisms in dozens of blue-chip corporations across banking, professional services, retail, pharma, telecoms, tertiary education, social housing and government.

He has designed and delivered countless development programs for senior leaders and provided executive coaching to C-suite execs, CEO's and senior academics.

He founded COUP with Annie in 2001. Since then they have delivered programs across Australasia and abroad.

Annie McCubbin

Annie is a ground-breaking thought leader, committed to elevating the quality of critical thinking in business and in life. After an early career leading a successful retail operation, Annie trained as an actor, and won major roles in theatre and television, while also being sought after for her capacity to provide performance training to actors.

Founding COUP with David in 2001, Annie trains, coaches, writes, directs and occasionally performs in corporate dramas, delivered live or via video.

She has unique and clarifying perspectives on critical thinking and authenticity, that help clients make practical sense of their daily dramas.