Samuel Day – Consultant (Australia, NZ, Asia)
Samuel Day is the founder and Managing Director of Happening People (1996). He has consulted with thousands of people in large organisations for more than twenty years. His wide industry experience includes; banking, telecommunications, insurance, pharmaceuticals, retail, media, publishing, HR, professional services, travel, heath care, events management and the public sector.

Samuel remains at the forefront of business having recently completed a Master’s Degree in business administration (MBA). Sam is a practitioner is accredited in psychological testing - Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), DiSC behavioural profiling and Leadership Styles Inventory (LSI). He holds Certificate IV in training and development endorsed by VETAB (Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board) and has a Masters of Executive Coaching. All this combined with professional development with The University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Southern Cross University (SCU), University of Oxford, Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and The University of Sydney gives Sam excellent capabilities to make his consulting effective and to manage a dynamic company. 

Sam has appeared on Channel 7, The Morning Show, as a Workplace Expert. He has been sought for comment by the Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney – discussing Mentoring), The Herald Sun (Melbourne – discussing Sales), Courier Mail (Brisbane – Workplace Cultures),  and published in Training Today (AITD - trade journal – Aligning Values to Organisational Results). His motivational book of quotes Motivate Move and Make It was released in March 2001.
He has made guest appearances on radio 2GB (discussing Effective Customer Service, Workplace Behaviours), Bnet (CBS America), NewsTalkZB (NZ radio), 4KQ and 88FM Bondi Beach (discussing various Organisational Cultural Issues, the Workplace, Politics and Life).
Memberships

• Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
• Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI),
• Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD previous Councillor), 
• International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Chris Brown – State Manager (Melbourne)
Chris is based in Melbourne and delivers to our clients throughout Australia and Asia.  He has developed and delivered sales, customer service, teamwork, management and leadership training for over 25 years in Asia Pacific. 

Chris has held national training roles with some of Australia’s best known companies and brands.  Chris specialises in designing leadership solutions for line management and has delivered landmark courses in many organisations. 

His work experience includes automotive, building, manufacturing, energy efficiency, retail and B2B sales.  Recently, Chris set up the Dux Solar Hot Water Institute to train Plumbers, retailers, dealers and internal staff.

Chris holds a certificate IV in Training & Development along with a Graduate Certificate of Training & Development.  Chris is an accredited DISC practitioner and specialises in human behaviour.  Chris has the unique capability of being able to relate to all levels of an organisation.  This translates in being able to consult with senior management, whilst having ‘street cred’ with front line employees.

If you gave Chris the opportunity to invite three people from anywhere in the world to a dinner party he would invite his wife and 2 children – we love that about him!

Tina Monk – Associate Executive Coach (Sydney)
Since 1989, Tina has worked as an executive coach, career coach, consultant and facilitator working with a variety of organisations, both large and small in the corporate, public and not for profit sectors to assist them to achieve outstanding results.
Her approach to one-on-one executive coaching is targeted at assisting you  to generate your own solutions.

Tina successfully coaches individuals in areas such as, leadership & management development, effective interpersonal skills, dealing with difficult situations, communicating more effectively and precisely, increasing motivation, achieving goals and improving problem solving and decision-making abilities.
Tina will positively impact employee morale, productivity, collaboration and creativity and the organisational bottom line results.
She also challenges people in a way that helps them dig deeper into themselves to draw on inner resources that they may not have previously acknowledged.

Drawing on her diverse background in the social and behavioural sciences, will help you  to focus on and expand your strengths, using a mix of positive psychology and the best of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and a solution focused approach.  This will help you to increase your self awareness and allow you to transform and realise your full potential.
 Tina holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Sociology from London University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Sciences, majoring in Psychology, Counselling and Education (UNE, Armidale).
She is also accredited in the Human Synergistics’ development tools, the Life Styles Inventory, the Group Styles Inventory, the Leadership Impact Instrument and the AMA DISC Model.

David Contarini – Associate (Brisbane)
David has recently joined the Happening People with his career which spans across multiple industries including teaching sports & entertainment, events, venue management and sponsorship.

David Contarini holds a Degree of Teaching (Secondary Physical Education), a Masters Degree in Sports Management, Diploma of Events Management, and Certificate IV in Workplace Training & Assessment and is a qualified Personal Trainer. 

David is energetic and passionate about health and fitness and has a contagious, warm style.  He adds a new dimension to our corporate training programs with new modules which take a holistic development to your peoples lives:  Brilliant as an addition for conferences and leadership programs.

This year we will launch a new program this year called Nourish. A presentation which helps employees to make better health choices - to improve their well being and vitality through smarter eating and the uptake of exercise in order to make a meaningful difference to work and life.  It is an ‘easily digestible’ presentation filled with simple yet practical information about healthy which will educate, energize and engage the participants.  You’ll see Davids passion and your people lives change.

Alison Goode – Client Manager – (Sydney)
Alison first joined Happening People is 1999.  She brings many years experience in the contact centre industry specifically in insurance, business to business technical support and help desk industries. She has excellent operational, leadership skills and sales skills to manage every interaction with you.

Alison has also worked in the HR executive recruitment industry for many years where she successfully recruited leaders, contact centre staff and technical staff for some of the worlds largest Software organisations.

Alison also has four children!  We don’t know how she does it either.  It must be the old saying “Give a task to a busy person and they get it done!”