At Potentialife we help executives, managers and front-line staff develop positive leadership habits in order to flourish and perform in a rapidly changing world. With our global reach and grounding in Positive Psychology and Neuroscience, you can access world class and scientifically-proven leadership best practices, wherever you are.
Angus’ interest in leadership came from his astonishment at the diversity of leadership profiles he saw in clients and colleagues during his 20 year career in management consulting. At McKinsey & Company, he both led the Strategy Practice in Europe, Middle East and Africa, overseeing the work of over 1,000 colleagues, as well the Firm’s Partner Leadership Development function globally, where he helped to design and implement intervention programs to foster the development of leadership behaviors of 1500 fellow Firm Partners.
Tal is the author of the international best sellers Happier and Being Happy, which have been translated into more than 25 languages. He also taught two of the most popular courses in Harvard University's history on “Positive Psychology” and "The Psychology of Leadership" with a total of over 1,400 students. He has consulted and lectured around the world to executives on topics including leadership, education, ethics, happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, and mindfulness.
Imanuel Goncalves,
VP Partnerships UK
Imanuel leads the development of our impact through partnerships across the UK. His interest in the fields of happiness, psychotherapy and neuroscience is palpable. When he's not sharing stories of the life-changing impact Potentialife has with clients, Imanuel enjoys quality time with the family, bird-watching and is an avid life-long student of traditional JKA Shotokan Karate (black belt).
Cyrille Kozyreff,
VP - India
Leads our office in India. During his 8 years as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in Paris and Delhi, Cyrille not only served as Chief of Staff to McKinsey’s Asia Chairman, he also discovered mindfulness meditation, and had a serendipitous encounter with our very own Tal Ben-Shahar. He makes sure our science remains connected with the ancient wisdoms of India.
Kerrin Miller,
VP - Africa
Kerrin leads Potentialife's strategy and delivery for Africa. With vast experience in coaching and HR consultancy; and an Organisational Psychologist, Kerrin is excited about developing positive, energised, engaged, collaborate and purposeful leaders at scale across organisations and making a real impact in her region. She is a passionate about slow time with her family, beaches and people’s stories.
Conor O'Meara,
VP - North America
A former-Opera singer turned behavioural-science nerd, Conor leads strategy & business development in North America from our New York office. Originally from Galway in the West of Ireland, Conor previously worked in the public and non-profit sectors in the US, and is now excited to bring the science of happiness and flourishing to organisations across North America.
Marita Lekmo,
Sweden
A passionate change management consultant, Marita is excited to bring the science of happiness to the Swedish market. With extensive experience in change management, organisational design and personal coaching to C-suite executives, Marita is excited by the potential to scale leadership development across organisations.
Grant Nichol,
VP Australia & New Zealand
Grant Nichol is Managing Partner, Asia Pacific, NGS Global, based in Australia. He has over 20 years’ experience in the executive search industry. Before entering the executive search industry, he was a clinical psychologist in private practice and held numerous appointments with the Victorian Department of Health. He has a strong interest in the influence of positive psychology on individual and team peak-performance, wellbeing and flourishing.
Georg Unger,
VP - Eastern Europe
Georg Unger is Managing Partner at NGS Global, based in the firm’s Vienna office. With over 20 years experience in international executive search, he has in-depth knowledge of human capital trends and management challenges in all countries in the CEE region. Prior to joining NGS, Georg was CEO of several Austrian companies. He also holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Economics in Vienna.
Tor Mesoy,
VP - Greater China
Tor Mesoy leads Potentialife in China from Hong Kong, working as Founder and Managing Director of our partner Agnus Consulting. Having worked with many senior leaders across hundreds of engagements for clients around the globe in his 25+ years’ career as a management consultant, Tor understands the critical role of leadership in achieving real, positive change.
Mercedes Salce,
VP - Iberia
Mercedes partners with individuals and organizations to discover how the science and scalability of Potentialife can help them flourish. She has a diverse background experience in operational excellence, culture & leadership, and organizational agility. Mercedes is passionate about unlocking potential and cultivating happiness. She loves teaching Zumba and believes in the power of dance to induce positive emotions.
Deva Naidu,
VP - Ireland
Deva Naidu is based in Dublin. Throughout his career, when leading or coaching others, he has focused on what an individual or an organization gets right. He tests this approach daily as a positive leadership adviser and Managing Director of a boutique investment bank. He is on a mission to spread the tangible benefits of positive leadership and positive psychology via Potentialife.
Danielle Jacobs,
Delivery
With a complete affinity for the program’s philosophy and evidence base, Danielle leads Potentialife’s Australian team. she is a registered psychologist, experienced executive and business owner who specialises in the delivery of high impact and innovative programs. Danielle is also an animal lover and regularly visits palliative and aged care facilities with her accredited therapy dog Henry.
Elisabeth Ridgway,
Delivery
Having studied Psychology, Elisabeth has a passion for helping people reach their best potential as humans beings. A native of Paris, and now based in London, Elisabeth is part of the European team working on a portfolio ranging from supporting delivery to building a general public version of the Potentialife program.
Ellen Sparks,
Delivery
Having studied in the fields of Psychology and Communications, Ellen has a passion for people. Working in Potentialife’s Australian team, Ellen oversees the marketing and program delivery for a portfolio of client accounts; forming close relationships with clients, supporting them on their journey to Flourishing!
Antoine Pissot,
Product & Technology
An avid skier and cyclist, Antoine works on the Product & Tech team for Potentialife. A native of Toulouse, Antoine has extensive experience in systems programming and front-end development. When he’s not in the office you can catch him baking cupcakes!
Pierre-Henri,
Product & Technology
Hailing from the South of France, Pierre-Henri is delighted to be working with Potentialife's Tech team in London. An avid coder, Pierre-Henri leads web development in the Tech team. Outside of work, he can be found surfing in Lisbon, or travelling on the Eurostar to Paris!
Henrik Skogmo,
Product & Technology
When Henrik is not coding the back-end or tuning server configs, he’s breakdancing at office parties and throwing back mugs of coffee at the office. Henrik was a Norwegian national gold medallist in 100 and 200 meter dash before pursuing his career in technology!
Explore the organizations and meet the people who have experienced the Potentialife program. Our case studies span a range of industries, sizes and strategic needs - but are united by a focus on practical behavioural change - at a personal, team and organizational level.
Science of peak Performance
Re-engineering personal operating models
Scaling to reach deep into your organization
When you scratch beneath the surface of the plethora of lay words that are used to describe peak performance, you discover a set of common themes. Our work to consolidate 25 years of research into positive psychology tells us that five areas explain most of the variance of peak performance : Strengths, Health, Absorption, Relationships, Purpose.
We also see that people, teams and companies are all clamoring for more or less the same thing, even if the words used vary from company to company. These five themes make up the Potentialife SHARP framework.
When you try to foster top-of-game behaviors and attitudes deep into your organization, you quickly realize that traditional training methods such as classrooms and coaches don’t provide results. They are difficult to scale, can be overly cognitive in nature, and often require too much time away from the job.
The way to bring about lasting attitudinal change at scale in your organization is to use the principles of neuroscience applied in a scalable process to help people re-engineer their personal operating models. Our LifeTuning process integrates these principles into a multi-month sequence of on-the-job behavioral experiments that allow people to trial, practice and ritualize new behaviors until they become habits, and thereby re-engineer their personal operating model.
One of the most important implications of the new world of work is that the need for peak performance has become ubiquitous – from front-line to C-suite. Potentialife’s unique technology platform allows you to reach deep into your organization and meet people wherever they are.
Ed Short
VP, EMEA
Marita Lekmo
VP, Sweden
Kerrin Miller
VP, Africa
Chris Pearce
VP, Australia & New Zealand
Cyrille Kozyreff
VP, India
Conor O'Meara
VP, North America
Conor O'Meara
VP, Latin America
Luis Javier Castro
VP, Costa Rica & Columbia
Suvit (Dev) Chansrichawla
VP, Thailand
Tor Mesoy
VP, China
Arik Praisman
VP, Israel
