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Marjolein Lips-Wiersma (PhD)Marjolein is Associate Professor of Management Studies at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She has spent the last 15 years understanding the theme of meaningful work in practical and empirical ways. She has been a board director and chair of the Management, Spirituality and Religion group of the Academy of Management and regularly works with individuals, groups and organisations to diagnose and action how to create more meaningful work and work practices. Her academic work has won several awards. She has integrated the theme of meaningful work into a wide range of teaching including undergraduate business ethics, post-graduate responsible leadership and executive MBA organisational behaviour. Marjolein is a Founding Director of the Holistic Development Group and co-author of The Map of Meaning: A Guide to Sustaining our Humanity in the World of Work. For more information on her academic work see her website: www.mang.canterbury.ac.nz/people/lips_wiersma.shtml |
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Lani Morris (MBA, MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice)Lani has over 20 years' experience as an independent organisational behaviour practitioner with organisations, teams and individuals in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom, and as a contract lecturer at a number of universities and tertiary institutions. She has studied the human search for meaning all her life, through philosophy and comparative religion in her undergraduate degree and since then through independent study. The key focus of her work is to help people take responsibility for and reclaim power over themselves, their lives and their work. Her expertise includes: Leadership, Motivation, Clear Communication, Innovation and Creativity, Meaningful Work, and how these subjects intertwine. Since 2000 she has used the Holistic Development Model to enrich and develop her areas of expertise in a wide range of social and organisational contexts. Lani is a Founding Director of the Holistic Development Group and co-author of The Map of Meaning: A Guide to Sustaining our Humanity in the World of Work. |
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Patricia Greenhough (RN)Patricia is a trainer, educator, therapist, supervisor and coach. She has worked as a health and well-being professional for over 30 years. Patricia is a director of Lifetime Learning (NZ) Ltd, a registered nurse, internationally certified NLP Trainer and Hypnosis Trainer, Master Coach and Feldenkreis ® Teacher. She has run training in England, USA, Australia and New Zealand. Patricia has worked with the Holistic Development Model since 2000 and includes this model in most training and coaching that she offers. Patricia has a passion for spiritual growth and transformation so that she and others can live the life their spirit yearns for. Patricia is a Founding Director of the Holistic Development Group. |
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