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Michelle McQuaid

Dr. Michelle McQuaid is a best selling author, workplace wellbeing teacher and playful change activator. With more than a decade of senior leadership experience in large organizations around the world, she’s passionate about translating cutting edge research from positive psychology and neuroscience, into practical strategies for health, happiness, and business success.

An honorary fellow at Melbourne University’s Graduate School of Education, she blogs for Psychology Today, hosts the top-rated weekly podcast Making Positive Psychology Work, and her work has been featured in Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Boss Magazine, The Age and more.

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Danielle Jacobs

Danielle Jacobs is a registered psychologist, wellbeing and leadership specialist, speaker, trainer, and coach. Danielle is Co-Founder of The Wellbeing Lab and Co-Creator of The PERMAH Wellbeing Survey. Danielle uses evidence-based organizational scholarship and positive psychology practices within businesses across the globe to help their people flourish, improve their mental and physical health, and achieve peak performance at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Danielle is an affiliate member of APS College of Organizational Psychologists.

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Louis Alloro

A champion of enabling change leaders to design and deliver positive change experiences that improve wellbeing, Louis Alloro helps schools, workplaces, communities, and cities to build their psychological muscles and rally together to be the change they want to see in the world. A social entrepreneur with a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology, Louis designs and delivers highly sought after, evidence-based wellbeing and positive change learning experiences around the world, and is currently pursuing his PhD in systems informed positive psychology and social impact evaluation.

“The wellbeing program, led by Louis Alloro, with Midland community leaders in 2018, was tremendously valuable to me personally and to our work together to help Midland be a place where everyone thrives.” – Mark, Sustainability Director and Community Leader

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Michelle Etheve

Committed to creating cultures of curiosity by teaching people to ask better questions and spark positive changes, Michelle specializes in enabling people to create purposeful, strengths-based change. With more than a decade in higher education organizations, and a Masters of Science in Coaching Psychology, Michelle designs and delivers Appreciative Inquiry experiences, leadership learning challenges, and wellbeing programs in workplaces, schools, and communities around the world.

“We now have a group of passionate wellbeing champions with a shared vision for our school’s future.”  – Erika, Footscray Primary School

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Paige Williams

Determined to help leaders move beyond just the need for resilience so they can become anti-fragile, Paige Williams PhD teaches people how to leverage their energy, attitudes, and mindsets to benefit from the dynamic, complex, and uncertain environment in which most organizations now operate. A lecturer and researcher at the Centre for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne, Paige uses a potent blend of positive psychology, neuroscience, leadership research, and her years of international business leadership experience to provide practical, evidence-based pathways to help people and organizations thrive through change.

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Laurice Temple

With the highest rate of suicide in Australia, the construction industry is at the core of Laurice’s wellbeing work, transforming it from the inside-out as part of a broader societal shift towards thriving. With over 30 years of global construction/infrastructure project management, Laurice is a board director, consultant, speaker, and owner of The Ripple Affect Institute (RAI) who delivers purpose-driven, value-aligned, sustainable and measurable solutions to complex problems that enable flourishing.

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Leonie Hallam

A certified ‘people person’ and Jill of many trades, Léonie has worked as a lawyer, risk manager, registered nurse, and silversmith.  As the Director of Wellness and Happiness, an innovative evidence-based wellness consultancy, Léonie provides inspired solutions for leaders to motivate and advance their best business talent to establish truly flourishing workspaces.

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Sian Mertens

Passionate about ‘making development matter’ and evidence-based in all that she does, Siân leverages the very best in positive psychology coaching theory to design and facilitate talent and leadership development programs, build high-performance cultures, drive employee engagement, lead organizational restructuring, and partner with business leaders to drive change and develop and support business strategy.  Siân is a university-educated coaching psychologist with close to 20 years of experience in Human Resources and Organisational Development roles.

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Nicole Jordan

Nicole is passionate about working with organizations to improve the psychological safety of their environments, believing that every organization has a duty to not only educate employees in the technical parts of their role but to provide practical evidence-based skills to maintain and improve their wellbeing for life.  With a Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement) further qualifications in Positive Psychology, Wellbeing, and Mental Health, and experience across a diverse array of industries, Nicole understands the vital importance of self-care and wellbeing skills to be able to navigate the pressures of work, family and the inevitable struggles of life.

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Anna Broadhead & Kristy Duffy

Co-founders of the Awareness Co, Anna and Kristy’s mission is simple: by connecting individuals to what truly motivates and matters to them and translating this learning into action, they provide them with lifelong skills to enhance their performance and support their wellbeing.  Along with their 20 years + Senior HR Leadership experience, organizational change experience, and wellbeing expertise their specializations include, leadership and management development, emotional intelligence, communication and connection, teamwork and development, change management, and building holistic wellbeing and resilience.

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Kylie McLerie

With a passion for exploring what underpins a positive workplace culture where people can flourish, Kylie works with individuals, organizations and educational facilities to unpack how culture and wellbeing can be mapped, tracked and enhanced. She has carved a long and diverse career in educational leadership spanning many roles in both primary and adult learning and is recognized throughout Western Australia for her dynamic leadership skills. Fueled by genuine connections and by always being her authentic self, Kylie has a facilitation and coaching style that resonates with people. Kylie is the Director of Collective Culture Consultancy who work to ensure that workforce cultures are strengths based, employee driven and where people feel supported to thrive.

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Kathy Snyder

Dedicated to improving wellbeing, Kathy is the Midland Area Wellbeing Coalition Coordinator in cooperation with the Midland Community Success Panel. With over 25 years of experience in education, she holds Master’s degrees in both Counseling and Applied Positive Psychology. Kathy is a co-creators of the Certificate in Creating Wellbeing as well as coordinating other wellbeing programs, training, and initiatives across the Midland region. She is also certified in Creating Positive Change, Bounce Back Better Resilience, Flourishing Skills Group, Inclusion and Diversity, Coaching, and is trained in Design Thinking and Appreciative Inquiry.

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Bev Wenzel

Committed to co-creating a world in which every person has the opportunity to live their potential, Beverlee Wenzel (CAPP) is the Executive Director of The ROCK Center for Youth Development and Chief Creative Director and author of Discover You™, a social-emotional-intelligence and character development program for secondary and post-secondary students. An active speaker, presenter, facilitator, consultant, and coach, providing professional development, workshops, and keynotes to adults and youth, Bev is a Certified Public Manager (Saginaw Valley State University), Certified Fundraising Manager (Lily Fundraising School), an Applied Positive Psychology Practitioner, and a change leader.

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Alli Williamson

Passionate about improving the wellbeing of teachers, students, and schools, Alli Williamson designs playful, evidence-based learning journeys to help educational institutions navigate thriving and struggle. With more than 20 years as an educator, Alli draws on her Masters of Applied Positive Psychology and her executive coaching certification to create wellbeing strategies that deliver measurable results.

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As demand for our content has continued to grow, it’s become impossible to meet this alone. In addition to our co-founders Dr. Michelle McQuaid and Danielle Jacobs, we are also joined by an amazing team of collaborators and licensees – all wonderful researchers, strategists, facilitators, and coaches in workplaces who have been there and done that – to design and deliver our playful, scientific, actionable programs that help people to thrive, even in challenging times.

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