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 the Google nudge model, AwakeTeams offers bite-sized and tailored individual micro modules that nudge, team training modules and practice sessions that reinforce, and peer feedback that keeps learning constant and dynamic over time.
Our Team
Leadership development experts, HR strategists, data science and software engineers
Laura C. Wells, MBA
Laura brings together 15 years of Fortune 100 brand development, six years of nonprofit leadership, and a longtime meditation practice to lead AwakeTeams. As a Certified Search Inside Yourself Teacher, she has trained leaders at Facebook, HP, LinkedIn, and others. Her mission is to transform business culture by creating workplace spaces of authentic connection, trust, and participation.
Paul van der Laken, PhD
Paul attained his PhD in people analytics, on the application, usage and deployment of statistical and algorithmic techniques in the Human Resources domain. Since then, he has been managing innovation and data analytics teams and projects at multinational companies. Paul also teaches professionals in effective data science deployment at various universities and on e-learning platforms.
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 such a powerful effect on our health. She is also interested in studying and developing interventions that help cultivate these emotions.
Luigi Maria Fierro, MBA
Luigi, Head of ING HR Strategy and People Analytics, leads the HR strategic agenda globally. As Head of Performance Management space, he redesigned the Group’s new performance management framework and ensured its full implementation for 55,000 employees. Prior to joining ING, Luigi was a junior partner at McKinsey & Co.
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.
Michelle Maldonado, JD
Michelle is Founder of Lucenscia, a consulting and advising firm dedicated to human flourishing, Emotional Intelligence, and business transformation. A former attorney, Michelle is now one of the “12 Powerful Women in the Mindfulness Movement” and her work focuses on leadership development through an equity lens, with a foundation of neuroscience.