Six-Star Wellbeing FOUNDER

My vision when creating and building the Six-Star Surveys was for schools and organisations to regularly monitor wellbeing across time, in a similar fashion to monitoring academic and work performance regularly.

There is significant research indicating that monitoring wellbeing and proactively developing wellbeing programs has many positive benefits on students and workers.

One of my goals was to arm leaders and staff in wellbeing roles with evidence and a strategy to proactively have wellbeing conversations and implement and integrate wellbeing programs into their school and work environments. In this way, wellbeing would be integrated into the culture and fabric of a school or organisation.

In over 30 combined years of study and experience in many roles in schools, organisations and sports, it is clearly apparent to me that building wellbeing programs to upskill people of all ages has tremendous positive impact.

My work began as a teacher and progressed into psychology where I have consulted with thousands of individuals, as well as hundreds of schools and organisations from small business to multi-nationals. I have also dedicated significant time to consulting in sports where preventative psychology and personal development are priorities, to ensure maximum performance in minimum time with limited resources.

The Six-Star Surveys and six sub-categories (mood, resilience, engagement, communication, relaxation and positivity) have evolved over a period of time from research, experience and collaboration with colleagues, as well as support from RMIT University.

I am now pleased to partner with ACER and take the Six-Star Surveys to more schools and organisations across Australia and beyond our shores. In turn, we will be able to provide invaluable information and feedback to schools and organisations on how you can support and enhance individuals, culture and your school or organisation overall.

Bachelor of Education (Melbourne University)
(Research on adolescents and self-esteem)

Graduate Diploma in Psychology (RMIT University)
(Research on mainstreaming special needs students)