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Michelle McQuaid Ph.D.

About

Michelle McQuaid, Ph.D., is a best-selling author with more than 25 years of global leadership experience in organizations of all sizes who works with boards, leadership teams, managers, and employees to help them move beyond their fears, improve their resilience and well-being, and build authentic and productive connections so they can do the best work of their lives. She is sought around the world for her playful approach to translate cutting-edge research in positive psychology and neuroscience into practical actions. McQuaid’s ability to inspire, energize, and support people to create lasting strengths-based changes is why her clients include Deloitte’s, IBM, LendLease, Treasury Wine Estate, the Dubai Government, and Melbourne University, among others. With a Ph.D. for her research on Appreciative Inquiry Summits and a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology, McQuaid has led the charge on creating free, evidence-based tools for workplaces including The PERMAH Well-being Survey (www.permahsurvey.com).

Books by Michelle McQuaid Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Can You Name Your Pain?
Personal Perspective: How might you sit with uncomfortable emotions? Can you listen with curiosity and kindness, instead of judgment?
The Psychologically Safer Alternative to Performance Reviews

If the annual performance review period brings stress and dysfunction to your workplace, you're not alone. Fortunately, there's a better way.

If the annual performance review period brings stress and dysfunction to your workplace, you're not alone. Fortunately, there's a better way.

How Well Do You Thank Your Team?

We all have the same basic psychological needs for respect. Yet, how we would like these needs to be met can make ensuring adequate recognition difficult for a leader.

We all have the same basic psychological needs for respect. Yet, how we would like these needs to be met can make ensuring adequate recognition difficult for a leader.

Do You Wish You Had More Job Control?

What can we do to improve low job control in our workplaces, even when our choices about the tasks we must complete are limited?

What can we do to improve low job control in our workplaces, even when our choices about the tasks we must complete are limited?

Are You Struggling With a Lack of Role Clarity?

When it comes to completing work, we all want to do well. Succeeding, however, depends on having a set of measurable outcomes that deliver value for our clients and organization.

When it comes to completing work, we all want to do well. Succeeding, however, depends on having a set of measurable outcomes that deliver value for our clients and organization.

What’s the Business Case for Workplace Trust?

With the costs of burnout starting to add up to billions of dollars each year, leaders need to be more accountable than ever for the mental health and well-being of their people.

With the costs of burnout starting to add up to billions of dollars each year, leaders need to be more accountable than ever for the mental health and well-being of their people.

How to Prevent Psychosocial Risks While Promoting Well-Being

As millions of people grapple with burnout, a focus on improving psychosocial (emotional and social) safety has gained prominence across workplaces.

As millions of people grapple with burnout, a focus on improving psychosocial (emotional and social) safety has gained prominence across workplaces.