Leisa is passionate about helping individuals to increase their levels of motivation, engagement and capability within the workplace, using her unique combination of skills and experience in psychology, neuroscience and career development to do so. In turn, this helps her clients to achieve their potential and make strong and positive contributions to organisational outcomes.
Her approach to working with clients is warm and compassionate, yet also practical and grounded in her understanding of the challenges, constraints and opportunities faced by today’s leaders and organisations. She enjoys supporting individuals and organisations in exploring potential ‘blind spots’ and performance derailers, while also using strengths-based and positive psychology approaches to uncover and leverage strengths.
As well as being the owner of Flourishing Minds Consulting, Leisa also has significant experience working within and providing Associate services on behalf of several national and global HR, organisational psychology, career development, recruitment, and consulting firms.
Her formal qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Graduate Diploma in Science (Psychology), and Masters of Psychology (Organisational). She is a registered psychologist within Australia (AHPRA) and a Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS). She also holds a Level One Coaching Certification from the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL), and Professional membership with the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI). She is accredited in a broad range of psychometric tools and has completed a number of courses in the area of positive psychology, learning agility, and well-being.