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Dr. Terry Sheridan has led a remarkable life.

Born in Portsmouth England in 1950, she was placed up for adoption at four days old and went to an array of schools as her adoptive father was in the Royal Air Force.​

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After working at various jobs, she was guided toward the social sciences and completed an Honours degree in Social Administration and worked as a social worker in England and Canada, while completing her Masters in Social Welfare Policy.

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She then worked in juvenile offender diversion projects. This helped her understand the needs of and ways of handling psychopaths. 

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She lived in Australia for a number of years and highlights are being a finalist in the Australian Telstra Business Women's Award, business director for one of the country’s largest superannuation funds and created Guardian Angel People and the Vapourise Technique to assist unemployed managers. This technique was based on her own healing of PTSD.

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Terry completed her PhD at Curtin University and is the author of:

Managerial Fraud (2014, Gower)
Malevolent Managers (2016, Routledge)

The Respectful Manager (2019, Routledge)

The Respectful Manager in paperback (2021, Routledge)

Management Mechanics (2025)

Good Job! (2025)

 

11 research papers on Small Medium Enterprises:

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“Community Based Normative Models for Delivering Finance to the Small Business Sector: A Discussion Paper.” Business in the Community Ltd. Perth, May 1996.

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 “National Survey of Community Based Initiatives for Small Business Finance: Part 1,2 and 3 - The Local Government Survey” Business in the Community Ltd, Perth, February 1996.

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Co-Authored with A. Kennish “Trade Missions as an Educational Tool for SMEs”  workshop, International Council for Small Business 40th Annual World Conference, Sydney, June 1995.

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Co-Authored with D. Hine and A. Kennish “First-Time Exporters Program: Facilitating the Competitiveness of Micro-Businesses in Western Australia” International Council for Small Business 40th Annual World Conference, Sydney, June 1995.

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“Towards a Normative Model of Assessing Business Plans in a Tertiary Educational Environment” Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, September 1994.

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“Filling the Finance Gap for Small Businesses in Western Australia” Research paper, Deputy Premier’s Office, Government of Western Australia, Perth, September 1994.

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"Regional Economic Development and the Role of Small Business: A Case Study of the Northern Advisory Body, Western Australia.” Paper presented at the International Council for Small Business 39th Annual World Conference, Strasbourg, France, June 1994.

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“Networking Guidelines for BEC Managers and Facilitators” Business Enterprise Centre’s Manual, Department of Commerce and Trade, Government of Western Australia, Perth, April 1994.

 

“Community Based Loan Funds and Loan Support Schemes: Towards a Working Model” Department of Commerce and Trade, Government of Western Australia, Perth, March 1994.

 

"The Need for Practical Solutions to Alleviate the

Finance Gap for Small Business” Australian Government Department of Industry, Trade and Regional Development, Canberra, February 1994.

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"The Stirling Employer Census: Part 1 and 2" Northern Advisory Body, Perth, January 1994.

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Having lived on four continents and in countries like Pakistan, Turkey, Canada and Indonesia, Dr. Sheridan’s work is respectful of all religions and cultures as it reaches down to the very essence of our humanity, our emotions. 

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Terry remains a qualified, albeit lapsed member of Mensa International. Much more recently she has found that she has ADHD, a gift coming from her Irish mother's family. A family tree bestowed with writers, teachers, managers and humanitarians. ​

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