The mission behind
AwakeTeams
AwakeTeams develops and measurably improves key behaviors that drive employee engagement and wellbeing.
Our Story
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 peer feedback. 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.
The Mission Behind AwakeTeams
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Based on memory research and social learning theory, AwakeTeams integrates bite-sized and tailored individual micro modules, team training modules and practices that reinforce, and peer feedback that keeps learning constant and dynamic over time.
Our Team
Leadership development experts, HR strategists, data science and product leads
Laura C. Wells, MBA
Laura brings together 15 years of Fortune 100 brand development, cross-functional and cross-border project management, six years of nonprofit leadership, and a longtime meditation practice to affect positive change in the business world. Positive change in the human and environmental impact of organizations as well as the development of human potential within organizations.
Shonna Smith, BS
Shonna is a former IBM software engineer, an entrepreneur, and an Agile Coach. She specializes in creating MVPs with a focus on developing SaaS web and mobile platform applications in the Future of Work space. Shonna applies her 16+ years of experience utilizing Agile engineering practices to build market-worthy technical products and high-performing product development teams.
Paul van der Laken, PhD
Paul’s PhD is in People Analytics, with a focus on the application, usage and deployment of statistical and algorithmic techniques in the Human Resources domain. He has been leading and managing innovation and data analytics teams at multinational companies, including Royal Dutch Shell and Achmea. Paul also teaches professionals in effective data science deployment.
Laura Isela Hazlett, MA
Laura is a PhD student in the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab at UCLA. She studies how positive social emotions affect our brains and bodies. Laura seeks to understand why these emotions, such as gratitude and social warmth, have a powerful effect on our health. She is also interested in studying and developing interventions that cultivate these emotions.
Barbara Boselli, MBA
Barbara led teams in global 100 companies for 15 years. She now coaches and leads workshops that combine emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and neuroscience to empower individuals and corporations to relate in a healthy way to today’s accelerated pace of change and high stress environments, resulting in more fulfillment and productivity.
Luigi Maria Fierro, MBA
Luigi, Head of ING HR Strategy and People Analytics, leads the HR strategic agenda globally with clear focus on developing advanced analytics solutions on the People analytic side. Prior to joining ING, Luigi worked with McKinsey & Co. for 10 years, where, among many other things, he contributed to the development of the Organizational Health Index.
René Janssen, MSc
René is Founder and Managing Director of Lepaya, an on-demand learning platform for corporations and individuals. Lepaya is based in Amsterdam, serves clients across Western Europe, and has grown rapidly since inception. Prior to this, he was Deputy Chief People Officer at Lazada, a Rocket Internet-founded business acquired by Alibaba.
Ravi Subramaniam, PhD
Ravi is a Distinguished Technologist at HP Inc where he leads and develops new concepts for future (3+ years) products and services. His current focus is on Machine Learning (models, SW infrastructure and SW/HW architectures) for efficient deployment for inference and training at the edge and on PC, IOT and device ecosystems.
Julia Geer, MS
Julia Geer is an executive specialized in commercialization and scaling of leading-edge technologies. She started her career in sales management and has progressed to leading sales, marketing, business strategy and product development in domestic and international markets. She has worked with startups and navigated multiple acquisitions.