Join Dr Suzy Green, Founder &amp; CEO of The Positivity Institute and its coaching education arm, ACADEMY+, as she chats with other academics, professionals and practitioners who work in the evolving field of Positive Psychology Coaching and/or related fields. Over four fantastic series, they’ll explore the interplay between the complementary fields of Positive Psychology &amp; Coaching Psychology in an evidence-based coaching context. Suzy&#39;s aim is to equip coaching practitioners with both knowledge and skills, and most importantly, have a positive impact on their “way of being” as coaches and practitioners.Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>Series 3 &amp; 4 sponsor: @_CoachHub_

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Aylin Dulagil, Coaching and Organisational Psychologist, Doctoral Candidate, M. Org. Psych, M. Coaching &amp; HRM, BSc (Psych) Hons. Aylin is a Coaching and Organisational Psychologist with experience in positive psychology, employee engagement, leadership development, talent management and organisational development. Aylin is also an experienced coach and facilitator who has worked with a range of clients to set goals and achieve positive outcomes in areas such as leadership development, career transition, and personal wellbeing. Aylin draws on a wide repertoire of tools and evidence-based theories to meet her client’s needs for change, including solution-focused, systemic, and cognitive-behavioural approaches. As a ‘thinking partner’, Aylin specifically focuses on helping clients identify and develop new skills, thought patterns, and behaviours that will facilitate the successful achievement of personal and professional goals. In her career spanning over 20 years, Aylin has worked as both an internal and external consultant to deliver coaching engagements, and talent and organisational development initiatives to a number of organisations including the University of Technology Sydney, Unisearch Ltd, The George Institute, University of WA, Reserve Bank of Australia, MSD, Sanofi, BHP, The Salvation Army Employment Plus, Centacare, Superbarn, Simplot, World Vision, Ausgrid, Leightons, AMP, Officeworks, Yarra Trams, and Transpacific Industries. Aylin completed her PhD, examining the impact of organisational factors on the use of individual character strengths. Aylin is engaged as a Senior Associate of The Positivity Institute, working closely with Dr Suzy Green on applied positive psychology and evidence-based coaching engagements in schools, the corporate sector and the community. Aylin is accredited in the following psychometric tools: Hogan suite of assessments, Realise 2, MTQ48 and MTQPlus.

Series 4 Ep. 6 with Aylin Dulagil Ph.D

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Yannick Jacob is an existential life and leadership coach, trainer and supervisor, with Masters degrees in Existential Coaching and Applied Positive Psychology. Now teaching faculty at the<a href="https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/tutor/yannick-jacob" rel="nofollow"> University of Cambridge</a> and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, Yannick also designed and curates the School of Positive Transformation’s<a href="https://courses.schoolofpositivetransformation.com/courses/accredited-certificate-in-integrative-coaching?ref=039984" rel="nofollow"> Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching</a>, for which he brought together many of the world’s most influential coaches and earliest pioneers. Inside<a href="https://gocoachinglab.com/" rel="nofollow"> Yannick’s Coaching Lab</a> you can witness experienced coaches live in action. Yannick presents at conferences internationally, authored<a href="https://www.routledge.com/An-Introduction-to-Existential-Coaching-How-Philosophy-Can-Help-Your-Clients/Jacob/p/book/9780367139995" rel="nofollow"> An Introduction to Existential Coaching</a>, and created a self-study online course on the subject. A passionate podcaster, he hosted the popular podcast<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEK9UENWT66CUcOyiLjUuEZ6281D6A47M" rel="nofollow"> Coaching Uncaged</a> as well as his own ongoing shows<a href="https://talkingaboutcoaching.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow"> Talking about Coaching</a> and<a href="https://coachingandpsychedelics.buzzsprout.com/" rel="nofollow"> Talking about Coaching and Psychedelics</a>.Thanks to our Series 3 &amp; 4 sponsors at CoachHub. Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Series 4 Ep. 5 with Yannick Jacob Ph.D

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Described as: “insightful, intuitive and high performing.”Dr Suzi Skinner (PhD) is a published author, researcher, international leadership advisor and Managing Director of Roar People - a global leadership consultancy. Suzi works with individuals and teams internationally to accelerate change toward more inclusive leadership practices and build cultures of leadership at every level.For over 24 years, Suzi has coached, mentored and advised leaders and leadership teams in a range of leading organisations worldwide, including Cisco, Expedia, Microsoft, Kimberly Clark, Ernst &amp; Young, BUPA, Lloyds International, AbbVie, Pepsico and many more. She is a pioneer of evidence-based executive coaching globally and is one of a small number of executive coaches who is triple-certified as a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the European Mentor and Coaching Council (EMCC) and the Association for Coaching (AC). Suzi is also a Master Certified EMCC Global Team Coach and a EMCC Global coach/mentor supervisor.Suzi’s doctoral research on leader self-efficacy was presented at the Global Academy of Management (AOM) Conference. This groundbreaking research forms the basis of her Positive, Adaptive Leader Mindset (PALM) programs, which enable senior teams to apply Reflective Positivity techniques to accelerate their team and organisational success. Suzi is also a Harnisch Scholar. Her original research on leader identity was awarded first prize at the Institute of Coaching, Harvard McLean Annual Conference. Suzi’s earliest book Build Your Leader Identity – A Practical Guide to Leading Authentically from Any Position has sold thousands of copies worldwide. Her innovative programs titled “What’s Your Leader Identity?” continue to be conducted around the world, successfully enabling organisations to build cultures of leadership at every level. Her latest co-authored book, The Wise Leader published by Routledge in August 2023 represents a culmination of her leader self-efficacy and leader identity research and practice. Suzi is currently in the process of writing The Wise Leader Field Guide (to be published by Routledge in 2026). The aim of this field guide is to support leaders and teams to access practical tools and techniques to enhance their wiser leadership, decision making and reflective practices.Suzi was awarded the Outstanding Women Leaders Award by the World Women Leadership Congress (WWLC) for her work in providing leadership development programs for women in India and internationally. She is a guest speaker at Harvard’s Institute of Coaching; Academy of Management (AOM), Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS); International Leadership Association (ILA); Sydney University; Sydney Business School; International HR Directors Forum; YWCA; American Chamber of Commerce; Finance Executive Women; W.I.N International; and many multinational organisations.For more information please visit www.roarpeople.com.auThanks to our Series 3 &amp; 4 sponsors at CoachHub. Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Series 4 Ep. 4 with Dr Suzi Skinner PhD

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Prof. Reinhard Stelter is an accredited Coaching Psychologist, Professor Emeritus, and Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School. With a PhD in Psychology and a distinguished 37-year academic career at the University of Copenhagen, he stepped down as a full professor in January 2025 to focus on his work as a coaching psychologist, speaker, and workshop leader.With over 20 years of experience in coaching practice, Reinhard is recognised for his contribution to advancing coaching psychology in both theory and application. His work centres on narrative-collaborative coaching, with a particular focus on identity, learning, and leadership—often described as part of “third generation” coaching.He is the recipient of the Henley Business School “Coaching Book of the Year 2019” award for his book The Art of Dialogue in Coaching: Towards Transformative Exchange (a translation of the Danish book &#34;Kunsten at dvæle i dialogen&#34;), which brings together his depth of research and practical expertise.Thanks to our Series 3 &amp; 4 sponsors at CoachHub. Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Series 4 Ep. 3 with Prof. Reinhard Stelter

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Dr Ana Paula Nacif is an experienced executive and group coach, facilitator and consultant who works with individuals and organisations in the areas of wellbeing, inclusion and leadership. She has nearly 20 years of executive coaching experience within the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. She is an academic and active researcher in coaching and wellbeing. Her latest book, Coaching for wellbeing: a guide for practitioners, brings together theory, research and practice, giving practitioners the knowledge and tools to work with clients various settings. She is a senior lecturer at the Masters of Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology at the University of East London.Thanks to our Series 3 &amp; 4 sponsors at CoachHub. Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Series 4 Ep. 2 with Dr Ana-Paula Nacif

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Prof. Llewellyn E. van Zyl (Ph.D) is a multi-award-winning psychologist and data scientist, and one of the leading voices on building psychologically safe and ethically governed artificial intelligence systems. With over 100 scientific publications, 13 books, and 50+ keynotes, his work sits at the intersection of data-science, positive psychology, and AI governance. He helps organisations design, evaluate, and audit artificial intelligence systems that measure and develop people in ways that are psychologically safe, scientifically grounded, and worthy of human trust.He strongly believes that the AI systems we build should empower people to understand themselves, help them make better decisions, and to help them take control of their own lives. But they should not replace their judgment, nor nudge them toward outcomes they never chose for themselves. That is the standard he holds every artificial intelligence system to.Prof. van Zyl is a Professor of Positive Psychology at the Optentia Research Unit (North-West University) and the Chief Solutions Architect at Psynalytics, where they are developing digital twins and agentic AI systems aimed at assessing and developing human potential. Thanks to our Series 3 &amp; 4 sponsors at CoachHub. Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Series 4 Ep. 1 with Prof. Llewellyn E. van Zyl (Ph.D)

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Philippe is a world authority in executive coaching, team coaching, and global leadership development. The author of two seminal books, Coaching Across Cultures and Global Coaching, he is considered the pioneer of intercultural and global coaching.Philippe is based in Belgium but enjoys working with clients and partners internationally. He is a professor at the Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business in Tokyo and is regularly invited to other academic institutions, including Harvard University and the University of Cambridge.The first European to have been designated Master Certified Coach by the ICF, Philippe holds a Master of Science degree from Stanford University and has received numerous awards.Thanks to our sponsors at CoachHub. Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Ep. 6 with Philippe Rosinski

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In this episode, Dr Suzy Green hosts Prof. Julia Milner. Julia has been named as one of the world&#39;s Top 40 under 40 Business School Professors and has consulted for international organisations in Leadership development.Thanks to our sponsors at CoachHub.Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Episode 5 with Prof. Julia Milner

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In this episode, Dr Suzy Green hosts Dr Travis Kemp; organisational, coaching and executive psychologist.Thanks to our sponsors at CoachHub.Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Episode 4 with Dr Travis Kemp

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Dr Suzy Green hosts Dr Louise Kovacs. Louise is a seasoned executive coach with over 20 years of experience, specialising in leadership development and navigating complexity, and holds a Master&#39;s in Organisational Coaching from the University of Sydney and a Doctorate in Executive Coaching from Middlesex University.Thanks to our sponsors at CoachHub.Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Episode 3 with Dr Louise Kovacs

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This week, Dr Suzy Green hosts Prof. David Drake, CEO of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/moment-institute/" rel="nofollow">The Moment Institute</a>, currently residing in Amsterdam. He’s been a pioneer in coaching for over 25 years, founding Narrative Coaching and creating Integrative Development. Thanks to our sponsors at CoachHub.Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Episode 2 with Prof. David Drake

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Dr Suzy Green hosts Dr. Maja Stanojevic-Andre, the founder and director of the Institute for Developmental Coaching. Originally trained as a medical doctor and psychiatrist, she has been a pioneer in applying adult development theories to leadership coaching for over 20 years. Maja introduced the Leadership Maturity Framework to the Asia-Pacific region in 2006 and continues to enrich coaching practices by integrating neuroscience, psychotherapy, and ancient wisdom. From my perspective Maja is the absolute embodiment of what she teaches!Thanks to our sponsors at CoachHub.Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Dr Suzy Green hosts Dr. Maja Stanojevic-Andre, the founder and director of the Institute for Developmental Coaching. Originally trained as a medical doctor and psychiatrist, she has been a pioneer in applying adult development theories to leadership coaching for over 20 years. Maja introduced the Leadership Maturity Framework to the Asia-Pacific region in 2006 and continues to enrich coaching practices by integrating neuroscience, psychotherapy, and ancient wisdom. From my perspective Maja is the absolute embodiment of what she teaches!Thanks to our sponsors at CoachHub.Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/andymaherdotcom/" rel="nofollow">@andymaherdotcom</a>

Episode 1 with Maja Stanojevic-Andre

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Gordon is a registered psychologist (NSW), an accredited exercise scientist, senior lecturer, researcher, and private practitioner. He is a past Academic Program Director of the Master of Business Coaching, Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong, and past Head of Students at UOW Sydney campus. Alongside his teaching and research activities, Gordon has maintained a coaching practice for 20 years, through which he provides a range of executive/workplace coaching and coach training services across a wide variety of industries and sectors. Gordon is extremely pragmatic and strongly focused on helping clients understand key areas of development and enact plans that can produce tangible and sustainable results. Gordon holds a PhD in coaching psychology from the Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Sydney and has vast experience teaching the psychology of peak performance, responsible leadership, employee engagement, workplace wellbeing, and evidence-based coaching practice. He also writes exclusively on many of these topics, was co-editor of the Sage Handbook of Coaching (2017) and past joint editor-in-chief of Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal. Due to his keen interest in all aspects of human performance, Gordon recently completed a Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science, whilst also writing two books on the importance of physical activity to healthy ageing. Within this area he is working on innovations that bridge the intention-behaviour gap, especially for adults struggling to reconnect to physical activity in mid-life.

Episode 6 with Gordon Spence

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Tatiana is a Chartered Occupational psychologist with particular expertise in coaching psychology and supervision. Being a Professor at Oxford Brookes University, she also co-lead the International Centre for Coaching and Mentoring Studies. Tatiana&#39;s subject area is human development and in particular - all aspects of developmental coaching, coaching supervision and qualitative research. She is also an active researcher and supervises many doctoral students.Other engagements include serving on the editorial boards of five academic journals, speaking at national and international conferences and events and advising on coaching research and policies.In addition to a large number of articles in academic and professional journals, Tatiana&#39;s publications include the following books:-Developmental Coaching: Working with the Self, now in 2nd edition-The SAGE Handbook of Coaching-Coaching and Mentoring Supervision: Theory and Practice, now in 2nd edition-The Complete Handbook of Coaching, now in 4th edition

Episode 5 with Tatiana Bachkirova

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Dr Sean O’Connor is a globally recognised pracademic within the fields of Coaching, Positive Psychology, Organisational and Leadership Development Sean’s research focuses on systemic approaches to leadership coaching and change and the influence of leadership coaching on the well-being of others within organisational networks and complex systems. As a practitioner Sean works globally as both an executive coach and organisational consultant working with individuals, groups, team and through organisational level interventions across a broad range of sectors. As an Academic, Sean is the Director of the world-renowned Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Sydney, where he lectures, researchers and develops new Coaches as part of the Masters of Coaching Psychology program. Sean has published numerous book chapters, peer reviewed journals, and regularly speaks at international conferences winning numerous awards and prizes for his groundbreaking research on the coaching ripple effect, the first ever research in coaching to measure the influence of coaching beyond the individual coaches. Now moving into areas of more systemic influence, Sean has been working on the positive psychology of place and space and the influence of leadership interaction on wellbeing more broadly while supporting his team to provide world class coaching education through Sydney University to a broader and more global audience.

Episode 4 with Sean O'Connor

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Dr Siobhain O&#39;Riordan PhD CPsychol CSci FISCPAccred AFBPsSSiobhain is a Chartered Coaching Psychologist, a Chartered Scientist, a Fellow of the International Society for Coaching Psychology (FISCPAccred), a Certified Principal Business Psychologist of the Association for Business Psychology, a Fellow of the International Stress Management AssociationUK, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a member of the Association for Coaching and an honorary member of the Institute of Health Promotion &amp; Education. She is also an accredited coaching psychology supervisor.With an academic background, Siobhain is an experienced trainer, examiner, and supervisor across training and postgraduate coaching and coaching psychology programmes. She is a course co-director/trainer on the coaching and coaching psychology programmes at the Centre for Coaching and Centre for Stress Management (UK). Siobhain is also the Director of Professional Development at the National Academy of Coaching Psychology and an Honorary Research Fellow of the Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research (WAPPAR) at University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She is a past editor of the publications The Coaching Psychologist and the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. She is currently an editor of the Coaching Psychology International and the International Journal of Coaching Psychology. Siobhain is a co-editor of the European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology and the International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing.In 2010 she received the Distinguished Contribution to Coaching Psychology Award (British Psychological Society Special Group in Coaching Psychology). In 2021, Siobhain was awarded a lifetime achievement award for contributions to coaching psychology by Coaching at Work.Siobhain is Co-Editor of the book an Introduction to Coaching Psychology (alongside Prof Stephen Palmer), published by Routledge in 2021. She has also written articles and chapters relating to coaching psychology, coaching and positive psychology over the years and talks at national and international events.Production: @andymaherdotcom

Episode 3 with Siobhain O’Riordan

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Prof. Christian van Nieuwerburgh (PhD) is Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Global Director for Growth Coaching International and Principal Fellow of the Centre for Wellbeing Science at the University of Melbourne. He is an academic, researcher, executive coach and consultant interested in the integration of coaching and positive psychology in educational and health settings. He has published widely in the field, regularly speaks at global conferences and has given presentations and delivered training in Europe, the US, South America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.Production: @andymaherdotcom

Episode 2 with Christian van Nieuwerburgh

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Professor Rebecca J Jones PhD CPsychol is a Professor in Coaching and Behavioural Change at Henley Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and Co-Founder of Inclusive Leadership Company. Her research interests lie in examining the factors that influence coaching effectiveness and her consultancy practice focuses on working with organisations to create diverse and inclusive workplaces using coaching and psychological theory and research to achieve sustained behaviour change. Rebecca is the author of the book ‘Coaching with Research in Mind’, host of ‘Coaching@Henley’ and ‘The Coaching Academic’ podcasts and has published her research in globally renowned journals.Production: @andymaherdotcom

Episode 1 with Rebecca Jones

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Join Suzy as she chats with other academics and practitioners who also work in the evolving field of Positive Psychology Coaching. They’ll be looking at the interplay between the complementary fields of Positive Psychology &amp; Coaching Psychology within an evidence-based coaching context. Suzy&#39;s aim is to equip practitioners with both knowledge and skills, and most importantly have a positive impact on their “way of being” as Positive Psychology Coaches.

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Episode 6 with Andrea Giraldez-Hayes

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Episode 5 with Jill Macnaught

Join Suzy as she chats with other academics and practitioners who also work in the evolving field of Positive Psychology Coaching. They’ll be looking at the interplay between the complementary fields of Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology within an evidence-based coaching context. Suzy's aim is to equip practitioners with both knowledge and skills, and most importantly have a positive impact on their “way of being” as Positive Psychology Coaches.