The mission behind
AwakeTeams

1. Empower employees to show up fully

Employee disengagement is prevalent and costly, both in terms of unfulfilled human potential and impact to the bottom line in lost productivity. We move the needle on key engagement drivers to get employees back online.

2. Create belonging at work

We know more than ever that we are in all of this together, yet we are working remotely and struggling with inclusivity. AwakeTeams brings teams together and creates the conditions for authentic connection and productive collaboration.

3. Shift Organizational Culture

AwakeTeams creates a ripple effect as more and more teams complete the curriculum, speak the new language, and practice the new behaviors. The alumni create an ongoing wave effect in the organization.

Our Story

AwakeTeams trains teams together to create a new culture of practices that increase engagement over time.

Through a team learning model and curriculum, trust-building, effective communication, and productive collaboration skills are developed and measurably improved over time.

The team approach increases program engagement, allows for peer learning, and reveals blind spots through anonymous peer assessment. Each teammate is accountable for their own and the team's performance, so the team is encouraged to model and teach strong points and learn from others on weak points.

Come and Visit Us

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Academy San Francisco

216 Eddy St, San Francisco, California (CA), 94102
(415) 655-9116

Academy New York

643 Mundy St Watertown, New York (NY), 13601
(304) 722-3754
Our Courses

Our Team

Experts in leadership development, team and executive coaching, behavioral science, learning design

Laura C. Wells, MBA

Founder, Facilitator, Coach

Laura has trained hundreds of leaders in emotional intelligence at leading global organizations including LinkedIn, Meta, and Uber. She also led Marketing at the nonprofit Brain & Behavior Research Foundation where she learned about neuroplasticity and human potential for behavior change. Prior to that she worked internationally in Fortune 100 CPG companies as a global brand manager.

Beste Ozer Tezcan, MA

Learning Designer and Coach

Beste’s expertise is in talent development at global organizations, including HR at Google. She is passionate about cultivating people’s potential and supporting their journey to become highly aware, emotionally intelligent, and socially conscious leaders who promote cultures of continuous development in their lives, organizations and society. Beste has a MA in Organizational Learning and Leadership.

Matthew Diabes, PhD

Behavioral Scientist

Matt has a PhD in Organizational Behavior & Theory from Carnegie Mellon. His expertise is in collaboration and group conflict management, and his research focus is trust among team members, team knowledge-sharing and coordination, how conflict is expressed and experienced on teams, and how well-being impacts collaboration. He is an assistant professor at NYU where he teaches people analytics courses.

Bea Rataj

Facilitator and Coach

Bea is an Executive & Team Coach who partners with senior leaders and teams to strengthen how they communicate, decide, and execute. With 20+ years inside a Fortune 50 tech company, she helps leaders and teams deepen self-awareness, navigate conflict, and align around strategy and ways of working, translating insight into clear decisions and coordinated action.

Luigi Maria Fierro, MBA

SUBJECT MATTER ADVISOR

Luigi, Head of People & Culture at Clarity AI and former Head of HR Strategy & People Analytics at ING, leads the HR strategic agenda globally with focus on developing people and advanced analytics solutions. Previously he worked with McKinsey & Co. for 10 years, where, among many things, he contributed to the development of the Organizational Health Index.