3rd Positive Psychology in Practice Conference

CEO of "Ekatra" - Personal Development through Coaching and YogaMeditation

Title Meditation

Guided 10-Minutes Mindfulness Meditation (to clear the mind and feel good)

Director of The Sustainable Change People Ltd, France

I am a coach, consultant, facilitator, and trainer with a passion for designing and adapting evidence-based positive practices to support individuals, groups, and organisations to flourish; but also, to embed those practices sustainably so that they embrace subsequent challenges confidently.
I was born, grew up, and taught in alternative British boarding schools, many of which were in France. I was also a child actress for 10 years. After studying ‘psychology as usual’, I worked in different environments ranging from edutainment to coaching high-flying managers in airplanes. I then ‘met’ positive psychology and there was no doubt, that was where I wanted to be.

I am also a horse whisperer (which I use in leadership and management training), an Appreciative Inquiry practitioner, a Lego Serious Play for Positive Psychology practitioner, and certified positive psychology and positive education practitioner and trainer.

My interests range from positive leadership and management to education and healthcare, with a particular interest in resilience, creativity, and change management.
I love applying the knowledge and practices drawn from cutting-edge science (positive psychology and neuroscience) to a wide range of environments - including factory and process-driven environments – which in turn inform and improve practices.

In short, I love people and am fascinated by what makes them human.

Chartered Occupational Psychologists, co-creators of At My Best® and deckhive.com, UK

Martin & Michele are Chartered Occupational Psychologists and founding Directors of Work Positive, a consultancy that specialises in applying the science of positive psychology to the workplace. They are also the creators of the At My Best® range of products, including the internationally popular Strengths Cards. Prompted by the desire to help learning professionals’ transition to online working, the pair have recently created deckhive.com, a platform that enables coaches and facilitators to use digital card decks in interactive activities.

Chartered Occupational Psychologists, co-creators of At My Best® and deckhive.com, UK

As positive psychology practitioners, we love using card decks to engage and empower our learners. The Covid-19 pandemic radically changed the way we work, moving all our face-to-face facilitation online, meaning we needed to rethink the tools we use. This session will introduce you to deckhive.com – the platform we’ve developed, during 2020, for using card decks online.

PGCE, MBA, BSc, PCC, CPCC, FHEA, Ph.D. researcher, Passionologist, Coach, Scientist, Performer, London, UK

Affiliations: Mr. Passion, Institute of Passion, University of Roehampton

Member of International Positive Psychology Association, International Coaching Federation Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.

Sok-ho is a Passionologist who conducts research on Sok-ho is a Passionologist: a social and behavioral scientist and a practitioner who investigates designs, and applies passion-based interventions to organizations and individuals. Inspired by humanistic values inherited from his parents and siblings who survived the Cambodian genocide, he initiated the Passionology movement to unleash people’s purpose and passion.

As a scientist, his interdisciplinary research interests include motivational constructs such as Passion in leadership, Positive Psychology Coaching, and Happiness in the Performing Arts. He authored the Institute of Passion’s 4P model©, Passionate Leadership In Organisation (PLIO) concept. As an active scholar, he currently investigates Passion and Leadership as part of his PhD at the University of East London, and Wellbeing through the performing arts at the University of Roehampton. He was commissioned to write chapters in the book Positive Psychology in practice which will be published in 2021 and has authored and co-authored articles in Positive Psychology, Positive Leadership, and Positive Psychology Coaching.

As an academic, Sok-ho was a faculty member at the University of East London in the MSc in Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (MAPPCP) leading or teaching courses in coaching in professional contexts, research methods, and perspectives on wellbeing. He lectured at the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (UAEH) in Mexico and IE University/IE Business in Spain. He is presently a visiting academic at the University of Roehampton where he teaches courses that cover leadership, psychology, and human resources management. Sok-ho is also a founding faculty member at the Institute of Positive Psychology Coaching (IPPC).

Sok-ho holds a BSc, an MSc, an MBA, a CPCC, a PCC, a PGCE in learning and teaching in Higher Education. He has trained in ORSC systemic and relationship coach and evidence-based coaching, is certified in LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitation, in psychometrics for individuals/leadership: Hogan HPI/HDS/MVPI and for groups/teams: HPTA and Hogan 360. Sok-ho is completing his PhD exploring Passion and Leadership at the University of East London and is finalising his certification training to be a meditation and mindfulness teacher. Sok-ho was born in France raised by Chinese parents who were born in Cambodia, he can speak 8 languages, has lived in 3 continents, and he is now based in London, UK with his family.

His motto in life is Live with Purpose and Passion.

CEO at Positran, France

Professor Ilona Boniwell is one of the European leaders in positive psychology, having founded and headed the first Master's Degree in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) in Europe at the University of East London. Nowadays, she heads the International MSc in Applied Positive Psychology (I-MAPP) at Anglia Ruskin University (that includes a dedicated positive psychology coaching pathway), teaches Positive Management at l’Ecole Centrale Paris, and HEC, and consults around the world as a director of Positran. Her main teaching expertise lies in the areas of positive psychology and positive psychology applications, with research interests around: subjective time use, time perspective, eudaimonic well-being, tangible tools and applications of positive psychology to business, executive coaching, and education.

Ilona founded and was the first Chair of the European Network of Positive Psychology (ENPP), and was subsequently a member of its Steering Committee for many years. She organised the first European Congress of Positive Psychology in June 2002 (Winchester), starting a successful tradition of bi-annual events. She was the first Vice-Chair of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) and has been continuingly a member of its Board of Directors since 2007. She is now the Vice-President for the Francophone Association of Positive Psychology, serves on the Board of Directors of the International Positive Education Network (IPEN), and is a co-editor of the Applied Positive Psychology Journal.

Ilona is the author of Positive Psychology in a Nutshell (2006, PWBC; 2016, McGraw-Hill), co-author of The Happiness Equation (2008, Adams Media), Positive Psychology: Theory, Research, and Applications (2011, 2019, Open University Press), Well-Being Lessons for Secondary Schools (2012, Open University Press), co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Happiness (2013, Oxford University Press) and co-author of Motivated Adolescents (2015, Odile Jacob) and PEPS: Positive Education for Parents and Schools (2018, Leduc). She is currently working on a new book, Positive Psychology at Work in a Nutshell (forthcoming in 2020). She acted as the main consultant for and appeared in the BBC2 series The Happiness Formula (2006). Her other media work included Guardian, Times, Top Sante, Cosmopolitan, and Psychologies articles, interviews, and columns. She is a current columnist for the Positive Psychology magazine (France) and gives many radio and TV interviews. She frequently addresses psychology and professional audiences at national and international conferences, having delivered hundreds of keynotes, presentations, and workshops.

Ilona is passionate about the practical applications of positive psychology to coaching, business, and education. Her clients include L’Oreal, Microsoft, SNCF, EDF, Sanofi, Bull, Mars, Eric Bompard, Microsoft, BNP Paribas, Sanofi, Sodexo and many others. Nowadays, as a director of Positran, a boutique consultancy specialising in the applications of evidence-based methodologies to achieve lasting positive transformation, Ilona delivers advanced professional training in positive psychology. She has developed her own approach to positive psychology coaching and training and trained thousands of professionals around the world (in Japan, Singapore, China, Dubai, South Africa, Portugal, France, and the UK). She further worked for the Government of Bhutan to develop a framework for happiness-based public policy at the request of the UN, as a member of the International Expert Working Group for the New Development Paradigm. Currently, she consults the Prime Minister’s Office of Dubai around the development of the toolkit for workplace positivity and organisational well-being assessment.

Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health and Wellbeing Consultant, Specialist in Positive Psychology and Happiness Previously worked in operational and strategic roles with Virgin Care, Virgin Limited Edition, and the NHS

Vikki has spent the last 10 years researching and practising Positive Psychology and trying out different ways that we can all improve our mental health, no matter who or where we are. She’s excited to talk about what she’s found and her hopes to inspire people to make small changes in their lives that will have a positive impact on their mental wellbeing. Vikki’s passions are well-being of people and well-being of the planet. She encompasses these in her work and believes in a future where people and the world become more aligned and connected. By understanding who we are as individuals and acting in ways that improve the lives of ourselves and others, with an awareness of how nature and people can benefit our health, we can make positive local and global changes. Poor mental health can have devastating effects and stigma still exists with tragic consequences. We can all be part of the solution. A global culture shift begins with us and Vikki believes that it begins with being simply and authentically human. From working with various companies including the NHS and Virgin, and by using Positive Psychology techniques in her own life, Vikki concluded that there are a set of human traits that are naturally within us all, accessible to everyone, and which can be cultivated to improve our happiness and satisfaction with life. These include gratitude and being thankful for the good things in life, connection with others, with ourselves and with the wider environment, awe as a feeling of great admiration and respect, vulnerability not as a weakness but as a way of accepting positive and negative emotions equally, and authenticity as a way of expressing our true selves and being accepted for who we are. Difficult times and living a good life can go hand in hand if we accept it all as part of our contract with life and if we focus on being wholeheartedly real. Vikki calls this ‘happiness the authentic way’.

Coach, researcher, and public speaker

Omid Alaei is a coach, researcher, and public speaker using the science of positive psychology to help people and organizations to thrive. Omid has worked as executive director, coach, and consultant in multi-national organizations in Europe, Asia, and North America for more than two decades.

Dr. Andrea Giraldez-Hayes is an internationally recognised coaching psychologist, supervisor, and consultant who facilitates individual, group, and organisational change and wellbeing. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Education, a PgCert in Soft-Skills and Experiential Learning, and an MSc in Applied Psychology. Andrea is the programme leader for the MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology at the University of East London. She is an associate editor for Coaching: An International Journal of Theory and Practice and a member of the British Psychological Society’s Special Group in Coaching Psychology committee. Curious and passionate about learning, self-improvement, and personal and professional development, she is a person of many talents built throughout 30 years of experience in different universities and international organisations. Her work focuses on evidence-based positive psychology, and coaching psychology approaches for mental toughness, resilience, strengths development, and wellbeing within the government, corporate, and education sectors in the UK, Europe, and Latin America. Andrea defines herself as an engaged academic-practitioner interested in the interplay of creativity, arts, coaching and psychology and its potential to create coaching cultures and promote social equity and wellbeing.

Founder & Chief Positive Deviant at Tailored Thinking

Rob Baker (UK) is the founder and Chief Positive Deviant at Tailored Thinking leading positive psychology, wellbeing, and HR consultancy Through his work, Rob has delivered workshops to hundreds of people on job crafting and encouraged employees from cleaners to CEOs to tailor and align their work to their passions, strengths, and interests. Rob has a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Melbourne and is a Chartered Fellow of both the CIPD (Europe’s leading HR professional body) and AHRI (the Australian HR Institute). His research, case studies, and ideas have been presented at professional and academic conferences around the world including the International Positive Psychology Association World Congress in Melbourne, 2019, the European Conference of Positive Psychology 2016, 2018, and the CIPD National HR Conference, 2019. In 2020 his book on job crafting called Personalization at Work is published by Kogan Page.

Title: The science art of job crafting – bringing job crafting to life within people, teams, and organisations

The presentation will:

Managing Director and Principal Psychologist at Appreciating Change, London, UK

Author of Positive Psychology in Business (Pavilion, 2019), Positive Psychology at Work (Wiley 2011) and Positive Psychology and Change ( Wiley 2016), and lecturer on the International Masters in Positive Psychology, Sarah is a chartered organizational psychologist and one of the principal positive psychology and appreciative inquiry practitioners in the UK.
She works with organizations both commercial and not-for-profit to achieve effective, sustainable, positive change. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Principal, Founder Member of the Association of Business Psychologists, and a member of the International Positive Psychology Association.
Sarah worked previously as a social worker and manager, establishing her independent change consultancy business in 1993. She was one of the first people in the UK to be trained in appreciative inquiry and was quick to pick up on positive psychology writing one of the first books to apply positive psychology to workplace challenges. In 2017 she received the Outstanding contribution to positive psychology work practices award.

PMSc. in Executive Coaching, Ashridge Accredited Executive Coach EMCC EIA Senior Practitioner, MCC ICFn

Tünde Erdös, MSc. in Executive Coaching, Ashridge Accredited Executive Coach EMCC EIA Senior Practitioner, MCC ICF
Tünde holds an Ashridge Master’s Degree in Executive Relational Coaching backed up by EMCC’s EIA accreditation at Senior Practitioner level, MCC level credentialing with ICF, and 15 years of experience as a coach. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate investigating coaching presence with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL & Ashridge Centre for Coaching, UK & Case Western Reserve University, US. Her project has been awarded a Harvard Grant for its level of complex design, international scale, and innovative technological character in coaching. Most recently, she has been registered as a certified occupational test user at Level A and Level B with the British Psychological Society, UK.

‘In my coaching engagements, I offer conversations with a psycho-dynamic approach, which focuses on the ’players on stage’ in what seems to be a mature model in addressing tasks and goals. I investigate personal and organizational issues which remain unspoken, forgotten, left out, denied, or repressed towards overcoming conscious and unconscious resistance. Using the coaching relationship as a platform for making meaning of who clients are and how they become our conversations in their own systems is part and parcel of setting up a learning partnership with my clients. How do differences between us and organizational contexts impact their learning? AND: What can clients contribute to my own learning in our coaching relationship? This emphasis on the self and all the positive and negative responses that other players on the stage might trigger in the self and each other has proven to be fruitful for all parties involved. It grew out of the requirement in her coaching work that „You can take a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.“.’

www.coachingpresenceresearch.com
www.ptc-coaching.com

Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology, University of East London

Prof. Christian van Nieuwerburgh is Executive Director of Growth Coaching International, Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology at the University of East London (UK), Visiting Professor at the University of Bergamo (Italy), and Honorary Fellow at the Centre of Positive Psychology of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne (Australia). Christian is recognised as a thought-leader in the field of coaching in education and has published numerous articles, book chapters, and books on the topic. He regularly delivers keynote addresses globally and researches the application of coaching and positive psychology in professional contexts.

Coaching and Positive Psychology: The Case for Integration

Existential Coach (MA), Positive Psychologist (MSc), Coach Trainer & Supervisor (Dip), Program Director, Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching, School of Positive Transformation, UK

Yannick Jacob is an Existential Coach (MA), Positive Psychologist (MSc), Coach Trainer & Supervisor (DIP), and Mediator (SPCP Dispute Resolution). He’s the Program Director of the Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching at the School of Positive Transformation, for which he’s gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches, and until 2018 he was the Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology and faculty at the University of East London's popular MAPPCP programme (MSc Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology). Furthermore, Yannick is part of the teaching faculties at The School of Life, Animas Centre for Coaching, and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision. His love for coaching, positive existential thought, and personal development is contagious and he loves to challenge people to think, learn & grow, explore the BIG questions, and appreciate the whole spectrum of what life has to offer. As a coach Yannick partners with his clients to help them lead and navigate their lives and careers, to make big decisions, and, ultimately, find ways to be happy. His long-term vision is to inspire the world to embrace its human condition in all its beautiful and challenging facets and to create a more meaningful human experience. Yannick presents at conferences internationally and his book, An Introduction to Existential Coaching, was published by Routledge, the world’s leading academic publisher. Learn more about Yannick and his work at www.existential.coach and www.RocketSupervision.com.

Lecturer, MAPP, Anglia Ruskin University, Co-founder, Maac Lab, Lyon, France

Evie Rosset, Ph.D., is a lecturer for the MAPP (Masters Applied Positive Psychology) at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, research associate at the University of Grenoble, and co-founder of Maac Lab, a non-profit organisation whose goal is making pro-social behaviour accessible on a massive scale (www.maac-lab.com). Originally from Boston, she now lives and works in Lyon

Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Wellbeing and Happiness Social entrepreneur

Dr. Gwyer is a Chartered Scientist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychology Society, and Chartered Psychologist. He completed his Ph.D. in Applied Cognitive Psychology in 1997 after which he worked as a Research Officer for a UK law enforcement agency. Subsequently, he taught and researched Applied Psychology at the University of Winchester. In 2006, he completed his doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsychol) at the University of Southampton.

In 2016, upon completion of an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, he specialized in consultancy for individuals and organizations across the adult wellbeing spectrum, focusing on resilience, recovery, wellbeing, and happiness.

Dr. Gwyer is also the Clinical Advisor for The Mountain Way (http://mountainway.org) a specialist veteran mental wellbeing charity that promotes peer support for Post Traumatic Growth for veterans who have experienced trauma as part of their military service.

More details about Dr. Gwyer can be obtained from his website http://carpevitatherapies.com or via his LinkedIn profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/drpatgwyerphd/).

Positive Psychologist

As a former figure skater, Larissa Kalisch had been coaching and accompanying young people since she was 17 years old, which allowed her to gain experience in sports coaching and motivation. She graduated in Psychology in Fribourg (CH). In addition to her studies, she worked as a research assistant in the field of education with Emerita Prof. and Dir. M. STAMM, Bern. Upon arrival in Paris, Larissa completed a Master’s degree in Health Psychology and integrated a research internship at the Marie Curie Institute in Psycho-oncology. Contrary to her expectations, studies in Health Psychology were not sufficiently focused on the well-being and development of patients. As a result, she decided to pursue an international MSc in Positive Psychology where she found her happiness. She is based in Paris (France) and working as a trainer for Positran (Prof. Ilona Boniwell, CEO), coach, and researcher in the field of Positive Education.

Join our uplifting networking session to connect with new people and take part in a brief, interactive positive psychology intervention using the new online platform deckhive.com.

Trainer, Positive Psychology specialist, Coach, and Mentor, Poland

Irena’s mission is to show that each of us has talents that are just waiting to be discovered. She aims to help each individual to uncover these talents and inspire them to use them in their work and personal life.

For over 10 years Irena has been supporting people in achieving life-work balance and developing skills that are the foundation to building a successful career. Her educational journey has included graduating in a range of subjects including Law and Administration, Economics, Business Psychology, and Positive Psychology.

Irena runs not only individual coaching sessions on personal development but also group workshops, and consultations for management teams. In addition, Irena is a visiting lecturer on Graduate and Post Graduate programmes at universities, sharing her knowledge of Psychology in management.

Irena combines her significant business experience with her enthusiasm, passion, and knowledge of positive Psychology and, through her programme, demonstrates, step by step, how organizations can benefit by focusing on the development of the individual and reinforcing the relationships within the team.

Director of Rehabilitation Center and the main psychotherapist Revocanda Plus

Valery is the author of fissiotherapy of disordered eating behavior treatment and the director of the rehabilitation center “REVOCANDA PLUS” for clients with anorexia, bulimia, compulsive eating and obesity. He is a certified Gestalt-therapist, coach of Moscow University of Gestalt Therapy and Consulting, therapist-supervisor, coach of Interregional Institute of Gestalt Therapy and Art and a specialist in disordered eating behavior therapy.

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), Author, Lecturer, and TV Psychologist

Audrey is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), and author - "The Leader's Guide to Resilience" 2021 (prev. The Leader's Guide to Mindfulness" (Pearson & FT, 2018) and "Be A Great Manager - Now" (Pearson, 2016 and Book of the Month in WH Smith Travel Stores)) with a focus on practical self-improvement. She is the resident psychologist on The Chrissy B Show (Sky) the UK's only TV programme dedicated to mental health and wellbeing and a presenter and wellness advocate fronting "Psych Back to Basics" on DisruptiveTV. She regularly offers expert comment as a psychologist through TV, Radio, and published media on mental wellness, and broadcasts the self-development podcast "Retrain Your Brain". A member of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), she keynotes at National and International conferences in the fields of resilience, leadership, and team cohesion, is a CPD accredited trainer and FIRO-B profiler, and regularly consults and hosts webinars & lectures offering accessible and effective practical self-improvement tools for personal and professional success.

Light Sabres At The Ready - Does Positive Education Need To Be A Battle?

Key points will include:

Well-being and happiness at work resonate as key factors in terms of employee engagement strategies in most organizations. The main target of those programs is the Manager, the one who not only drives complex operational projects but is in charge of fostering the corporate culture and deploying the strategy of the company into an action plan with operational teams.

In this presentation, Odile will show how stronger leadership not only contributes to management performances but also the well-being of managers in the workplace. She will explain how her Leadership model “DoertoLeader” is directly connected to the 6-factor models of psychological well-being: self-acceptance, personal growth, purpose in life, environmental mastery, autonomy, and positive relations with others.

Professional Certified Coach with ICF for 12 years, with an extensive corporate background, Odile partners with organizations internationally and delivers individual and team coaching programs for managers. With a strong focus on leadership, Odile’s definition and vision of leadership is consciousness: the role of the manager goes far beyond doing things, which is a natural comfort zone but implies working around 5 key factors to succeed as a manager and a leader.

It takes time and crucial steps to become a conscious leader, but if managers are trained on those 5 key factors of success, then they can move from Doer to Leader, and feel happier. With an assessment to be taken online, managers discover their leadership style and work towards their strengths and areas of improvement through an interactive workshop or a 3 coaching sessions program.

During her presentation, Odile will engage with participants and hopefully trigger new ways of being a leader who dares to take a new role within a company and step back from his comfort zone.

Corporate and Executive Coaching, ICF Professional Certified Coach -PCC- France

Credentials

Odile is a Professional Certified Coach - PCC- with the International Coach Federation -ICF-. She is a Certified Professional Coach -CPC- with IPEC Coaching and a Profile XT and NLP Certified Practitioner. She is the past President of the ICF South Florida Charter Chapter. She is a Member of ICF France and the French American Chamber of Commerce in Paris. Odile is an expert guest speaker in many leadership training programs, for FIU, University of Miami, and GMSHRM, the main local association for HR professionals in Florida. In 2016, she delivered a speech to 150 managers of major retail industry companies on the topic: “How to switch from being a successful doer to a successful leader”. In 2017, Odile partnered with the ICF Quebec pro bono coaching program for leaders of nonprofit organizations “coaching in the heart of the community”.

She holds an MBA and a Master of International Economics from the University Paris 9 Dauphine, ranked #1 in France. She is french-American.

Coaching Work

Odile specializes in operational management, public speaking, active listening, emotional intelligence, communication, selling ideas, strategic thinking, team building, and empowerment. One of her coaching niches includes working with introverted leaders and managers to help them forge strong connections with their peers and direct reports.
She has developed and delivered many training programs and tools in these areas and uses these with her coaching clients.

Odile specializes in working with multicultural teams. She is a masterful trainer, with a very engaging style. She brings a variety of assessments to her coaching including DiSC, Profile XT, Situational Leadership, and 360.

Main corporate references include: ClubMed, BB&T, Exane, L'Oreal, Kiehl's, Estee Lauder, CVS, Credit Agricole Private Banking, Bulgari Americas, Thales USA, BNP Paribas Montreal, L'Occitane en Provence, Swarovski.

Background

Before becoming a corporate coach, Odile worked for over eighteen years as an executive in international groups in Paris. For seven years she was the Director of Internal Communications at Credit Agricole CIB-Calyon, the corporate and investment bank of the French retail bank Credit Agricole, with 18,000 employees worldwide. Her role at Calyon was to facilitate change and build a unified culture in close collaboration with the HR department. In this role, she coached the executive team and helped them clarify their strategic message. Before this experience, Odile worked for many years as an executive in marketing and sales. This is where she honed her ability to persuade, influence, and sell both products and ideas. Website: www.differentcoaching.com

Founder of Positive Work: Leadership Development, Team Coaching, MBA & HRM Professor

Giselle was fortunate to study with Martin Seligman in his first MAPP class at UPenn (’06) and since then has partnered with leaders in the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East to help create positive team cultures that are highly motivated and resilient. Before founding Positive Work LLC, Giselle worked as a strategy and management consultant for social purpose organizations. This experience developed her passion for working at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and culture. She currently splits her time in three ways: leadership coaching; experiential leader and team training; and Masters-level teaching in Managing Change, Organizational Health, and Conscious Leadership. Giselle has also served on the leadership team of the International Positive Psychology Association’s Work Division since 2013. She earned her Master of Applied Positive Psychology degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her undergraduate degrees in Sociology and Psychology from New York University.

Senior Lecturer in Positive Psychology at University of East London

Dr. Tim Lomas has been a lecturer in positive psychology at the University of East London since April 2013. Tim completed his PhD at the University of Westminster in 2012, where his thesis focused on the impact of meditation on men's mental health. Since then, Tim has published numerous papers and books on topics including positive psychology theory, mindfulness, Buddhism, linguistics, and gender. His work has been featured in prominent publications including Scientific American, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Psychologist. His current main area of research involves creating a lexicography of untranslatable words relating to wellbeing (please visit www.drtimlomas.com/lexicography) for the latest on the project).