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 & 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.au

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 "Kunsten at dvæle i dialogen"), which brings together his depth of research and practical expertise.

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. 

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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.

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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. 

Tatiana'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'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

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. 

Siobhain 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 & 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.

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