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Making Work Better
Waypower
Protecting What Matters Most: Attention & Connection
Why Strengths Matter
“Protecting What Matters Most: Your Attention & Connection, was both thought-provoking and deeply resonant. The feedback from delegates was outstanding, with many describing the session as insightful, relevant, and exactly the message they needed to hear.
Your ability to blend research, practical insights, and reflective moments created a powerful and engaging experience for all in attendance. We loved the way you weaved in humour, warmth and made it so relatable for the audience.
As a closing keynote, it left attendees feeling energised, reflective, and equipped with practical tools to support their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of those around them.”
Melissa Heyrick, Member Services Manager, SIEBA


Introducing Dr Denise Quinlan
Dr Denise Quinlan is acknowledged internationally as a world-class facilitator who tackles difficult subjects with her trademark humour and compassion, generating hope and practical action to inspire and develop leaders. A global thought leader in sustainable, future-focused wellbeing and resilience, Dr Quinlan synthesises insights from her multi-disciplinary background to develop solutions to the urgent issues facing work, family, and community.
Committed to developing leaders who can build a better future, Denise equips leaders with the tools to ‘put your psychological house in order’, develop Collective Resilience in your organisation, and empower Inclusive Redesign, to enable adaptive and innovative responses to future challenges.
Co-founder of the Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience, Guest Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury, Denise regularly presents at global conferences, teaches online and face to face, and authors books and articles. An internationally published academic researcher, Denise’s latest research, the Making Work Better project, shares insights from leading organisations succeeding at making work better for their people, offering five keys to progress.
Originally an equity analyst and dealer-broker on the London Stock Exchange, and a consultant with Deloitte and KPMG in Europe and NZ, with degrees in international economics and politics, Denise’s corporate background informs her work with senior executives across the globe, including as an award-winning guest lecturer at globally ranked IE Business School, Madrid. Denise is the only New Zealand trainer to have worked alongside Prof Martin Seligman and Dr Karen Reivich delivering the University of Pennsylvania’s resilience and wellbeing programmes in Australia and the UK.

