We are delighted to showcase some of our Certified Practitioners who have graduated from our Profit from the Positive Certificate Program, rated one of the top 12 positive psychology courses you can take online. These talented professionals, spanning four continents, have undergone 15 hours of training in more than two dozen tools from our bestselling book, Profit from the Positive, and are now qualified to train managers, leaders, and employees in your organization. If you’re looking for a skilled facilitator, certified coach, speaker, or thought leader to help you implement a positive workplace and positive leadership practices at your company, university or association, we highly recommend these professionals.
Randa A. Kinawi, ACC, MBA
Randa is an Associate Certified Coach from the International Coach Federation and a Relationship Coaching Specialist from the Institute for Life Coach Training. Randa is a Certified Facilitator of Profit from the Positive Program. She is also an MBA holder from the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Randa has over 12 years of corporate experience in multinationals. Through building and managing teams, she gained strong interpersonal and communication skills that later on, directly fed into her coaching business. She specializes in employee self-motivation, positivity and cross culture communication. Randa is an Egyptian, currently living with her family in Qatar, and serves the entire Middle East region as a bilingual coach, trainer and consultant.
Home Base: Qatar
Geographic Area Served: Middle East
Contact: rkinawi@gmail.com Randa’s LinkedIn Profile
Joanna Thompson, MAPP
In her capacity as an executive and business coach and certified Profit from the Positive practitioner, Joanna brings a deep understanding of the ingredients of personal and business success. A crucial element is knowing how to identify, unlock and harness strengths and to channel energy appropriately. Joanna studied and enjoyed personal success in navigating the corporate world, with the underpinning of a Master’s degree in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. First-hand experience of transition across roles and geographies, frequent exposure to C-suite executives and her love of travel meld into a broad perspective and deep insights. Her book, A to Z: Your Navigator to Success, is packed with practical tips. She flourished at the premier U.S., European and Australian financial institutions of Goldman Sachs, Macquarie and Credit Suisse, rising to the position of Managing Director. Experience of transition came courtesy of her career having the unusual distinction of spanning Corporate Finance, front line Fixed Income and Equities Institutional Sales and a Senior Talent Development leadership role, with a C-suite focus. Joanna is energized by seeing people and businesses thrive. Her mission is to help people dare to reach their full potential. A bigger, bolder, brighter life awaits.
Home Base: Sydney, Australia
Geographic Area Served: APAC
Contact: joanna@your2ndwind.com Joanna’s Website
Darrah E.M. Wolfe, ACC, MAPP, P.Eng
As the owner and operator of Actuality Coaching & Consulting, Darrah is especially known to her clients and colleagues as an activator. She is highly skilled at turning thoughts into action and this attribute comes out full force in her strategic coaching and workshop facilitations. Darrah’s background as an engineer makes her a bit of an outlier as she now delivers positive psychology infused coaching and consulting that supports her clients to thrive in their businesses and communities. In her former career, Darrah planned, executed and optimized $80MM capital projects. She began to observe that their planning wasn’t addressing the whole person and all their needs and so she made a career change. After completing an accredited coach training program and graduating with a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, Darrah decided to hang up her hard hat and become a coach and positive solutions provider. Applying her mind’s unique ability to quickly synthesize all the available information, Darrah can help you to facilitate creative solutions for improved employee productivity, engagement, and wellbeing.
Home Base: Calgary, Alberta
Geographic Area Served: Canada
Contact: actualitycoachingandconsulting@outlook.com
Darrah’s Website Darrah’s LinkedIn Profile
Sharif Maghraby, Executive Coach
Positivity, Creativity, Wellbeing and Success! That’s what I want for everyone.
Hallo (Salam) and I do trust that you are well. My name is Sharif Maghraby and I’m an executive coach, speaker and author based in Dubai. I’m originally from Egypt which means that I’m able to coach in my native Arabic language as well.
I work with leaders and teams applying the latest cutting edge practices from positive psychology, design thinking and systems coaching to boost business productivity and creativity, increase team engagement, enhance workplace wellbeing and drive company profits and growth.
I’m a successful thought leader with more than 20 years of experience in top media and TV companies with advanced qualifications and certifications in Co-active and Systems coaching, Emotional Intelligence Leadership, Design Thinking, Innovation as well as being the 1st Certified ‘Profit from the Positive’ Practitioner in the UAE!
The question I would like to leave you with is: How might we design and build more positive, creative, successful and healthy workplaces for ourselves and for our people?
Home Base: Dubai, U.A.E.
Geographic Area Served: Middle East
Contact: maghraby@mac.com Sharif’s LinkedIn Profile
Dina Markind, PCC, M.S Nursing
Dina Markind is a professional coach, speaker and the developer of Vital Signs of Well-Being® which focuses on burnout prevention and recovery. Through one on one calls, small group coaching and interactive presentations she helps organizations and individuals recover their energy, relate more positively, become more resilient, and enhance productivity and well-being. She is also a registered nurse with over 25 years of experience and has a special interest in helping healthcare professionals.
People who work with Dina develop self-compassion, clarity about what’s important to them, a vision for a better future and the courage and a plan to pursue the vision. They recommit to being of service and are more productive and better team mates at work.
Dina is also a mentor coach for people looking to become or renew their Associate Certified Coach credential with the International Coach Federation. In September 2016, Dina published Vital Signs of Well-Being which is available on Kindle. Dina blogs regularly and teaches on topics related to well-being.
The power of her partnership with clients leads to success, even for those who have tried and failed to make changes before.
Home Base: Connecticut, U.S.A.
Geographic Area Served: North America & Europe
Contact: dina@HeartofWellBeing.com Dina’s Website
Andrew L. Miser, PhD., Professional Coach
Andrew L. Miser, Ph.D. specializes in working with couples in creating a fulfilling and enduring partnership in life together. Working with private couples and with couples in group settings, he supports them in clarifying what is important to them, what they want to create for themselves and what actions they will take to fulfill their joint vision. He has published a book, The Partnership Marriage: Creating the Life You Love…Together.
Andy is on the faculty of Aduro Consulting, a consulting firm that specializes in large-scale leadership and change initiatives for purpose-driven companies. When coaching executives, Andy helps clients to expand their awareness of the impact they are having in their work environment and to identify and shift disempowering patterns of thinking and behavior. Andy has coached professionals across a number of industries, including ING, PwC, McColl Business School and Scripps Networks Interactive.
Andy has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from The University of Connecticut. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, a Clinical Member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy and a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaches Federation. He has also recently become a Profit from the Positive Certified Practitioner!
Home Base: Boston, Massachusetts
Geographic Area Served: North America & Europe
Contact: andy@thepartnershipmarriage.com Andy’sWebsite
Dr. Noémie Le Pertel, DACM, MS, MPH, MAPP
Dr. Noémie Le Pertel, DACM, MS, MPH, MAPP, L.Ac., LMT is a licensed provider of acupuncture and Chinese medicine at Columbia University’s Medical Center, where she treats researchers, doctors, fellows, and residents while educating them on evidence-informed approaches to promoting resilience and preventing burn-out. With degrees in health psychology/human biology, policy, management, and applied positive psychology, Dr. Le Pertel uniquely integrates these disciplines in her private practice and consulting to empower sustainable solutions to help both executives and patients thrive personally and professionally.
She has consulted in a variety of industries including professional medical education, academic medicine, clinical, international, and network systems research, and with organizations such as Columbia Women in Business, Columbia Start-up Lab, AppNexus, Ireland’s Health Service Executive, Harvard Medical School, among others. Dr. Le Pertel currently serves on the executive council for the International Positive Psychology Association’s Health and Wellness division and is the founder of the Center for Positive Leadership, LLC, where she consults with organizations on evidence-informed strategy and leadership development for promoting flourishing across systems on micro and macro levels. Dr. Le Pertel is passionate about creating systemic flourishing from the inside out, while building healthier workplaces and organizations backed by positive organizational scholarship.
Home Base: New York City
Geographic Area Served: U.S.A.
Fatmanur Erdogan, MA Counseling Psychology
Fatmanur Erdogan, founder and director of IPPA Communications and Positive Psychology Academy, studies how macro forces and cultures are changing businesses and develops social branding strategies so business can continue to stay in the game.
Her latest book “White-Collar Entrepreneur: How to Transition Smoothly from Employee to Entrepreneur” is a leading go-to-source for individuals who want to understand the psychology of entrepreneurship and prepare for a career transition.
Fatmanur spent ten years working around the world, including stints living in Turkey, the USA, Singapore and Norway, and traveling to over 60 countries. She is an entrepreneurial executive; author and speaker.
She served as Chief Corporate Communications and Sustainability Officer for international companies, and as member of the executive boards. She lead culture change and digital transformation initiatives, developed award-winning communications projects, designed quality-of-life based sustainability strategies that fosters thriving communities, social brands and productive workplaces.
She is the founder of the nation’s most reputable career and management blog, Kariyer Yolculugu, and continues to write regularly. Her articles appear in many publications. She has written weekly columns on Entrepreneurship for Hurriyet Daily News, the leading national news media in Turkey. She currently writes a monthly column for the Brand Map magazine.
She has a degree in Management from Uludag University and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Yorkville University. She is a member of the International Postive Psychology Association.
Home Base: Istanbul, Turkey
Geographic Area Served: Asia, Europe, and U.S.
Contact: fati@fatierdogan.com Fatmanur’s Website
Michele Lurvey, SHRM-SCP
Michele Lurvey is a leadership development and team building coach who has a passion for bringing happiness to the workplace and showing teams how to sustain a positive culture. As the founder of We Before Me, LLC, Michele specializes in coaching employees at every level to value team success over individual achievement through collaboration, strength based job crafting, and hiring for fit.
Working with seasoned and emerging leaders, Michele utilizes a hands-on learning approach designed to let each person learn the skills and practice application in their own style and at their own pace. Her coaching emulates the skills she teaches by recognizing individual strengths and helping each person apply those strengths to their leadership style. Leadership style is not a one size fits all skill and Michele recognizes that being authentic is critical for anyone on a team to be effective and happy in their role.
Michele is Society of Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional, a Real Colors Certified Facilitator, and a Profit from the Positive Certified Practitioner. She also earned her BS in Economics from Central Michigan University. Michele works with companies of all sizes to provide onsite management training, team retreats, and customized workshops. Her coaching raises individual and team positivity which translates into more productive, engaged, and happy employees.
Home base: Traverse City, Michigan
Geographic Area Served: U.S.A.
Contact: Michele@webeforeme.com Michele’s website
Séamus Ruane, CAPP, MPSI
Séamus is a Certified Applied Positive Psychology Practitioner & Community Pharmacist. Throughout his career as a pharmacist he has seen first-hand the effects, both positive and negative, that lifestyle can have on a person’s health and vitality. With the worldwide increase in lifestyle related illnesses, Séamus believes that many people on long-term, multiple medications, can do so much to improve their own health an wellbeing by making simple, consistent lifestyle changes.
Séamus has developed the iThrive Wellbeing Challenge & The Flourishing Workplace which equip participants with a toolkit of science-backed techniques to boost their wellbeing. All tools are simple, yet powerful when consistently applied to life & are easy to incorporate into even the busiest of schedules. Increased wellbeing leads to more success in every area of life, from career to family and beyond.
Séamus has studied Stress Management, Yoga, Clinical Hypnosis, and holds a certificate in Applied Positive Psychology from the Flourishing Centre, New York, one of the world’s leaders in the field of Positive Psychology training. He uses this knowledge to assist people in increasing their wellbeing and vitality, and making positive and lasting changes to their lives. Séamus conducts Wellbeing & Positive Psychology workshops, talks and challenges in both corporate and community settings.
Home base: Galway, Ireland
Geographic Area Served: UK/Europe
Contact: info@ithrive.ie Séamus’ website
Terri Malcolm, MD, FACOG, MBA, CPE, CPXP
Dr. Terri Malcolm is the founder of Master Physician Leaders, a coaching firm delivering dynamic, dedicated guidance for physicians committed to maximizing their leadership and wellness potential. She is a transformative and compassionate Certified Physician Executive on a mission to create truly human(e) healthcare for physicians and caregivers, patients, and those close to them. In her role as a Physician Development Coach, she strives to be a trusted partner of her physician colleagues through the fusion of elite-modern techniques and supportive accountability.
Home base: Phoenix, Arizona
Geographic Area Served: U.S.A.
Contact: terri@mastermdleaders.com Terri’s website