Eleanor Shakiba

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Eleanor Shakiba is an expert in positive psychology. She has taught over 50,000 people to think and speak in ways which build success.

Eleanor started her career as a writer. Next, she discovered a passion for adult education and moved into a training role at the University of Sydney. Today, she works as a training consultant and corporate coach. She specialises in the areas of communication skills, applied psychology and business applications of positive psychology.

The focus of Eleanor’s work is teaching technically savvy professionals to create, relate and communicate. She delivers a range of services to the corporate world, including positive psychology courses; leadership training and coaching; team building and strategic planning sessions; communication and conflict resolution workshops.

Eleanor is the author of Difficult People Made Easy and is currently writing her second book, 6 Habits of Savvy Female Negotiators. She has also created over ninety training programs and a range of online learning courses.

Eleanor is qualified in Social Anthropology, Adult Education, Counselling and Positive Psychology. She delights in helping professionals learn skills for success in the real world, using experiential (interactive) learning techniques. Her students describe Eleanor as ‘a lively and enthusiastic presenter who can keep you engaged for hours.’

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Mable

The Psychology of Influence

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MBM

Leadership Development Courses

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Menulog Pty Ltd

Women in Leadership: Foundations

As Australia’s pioneering food delivery firm, Menulog is committed to staff professional development and training. Fostering leadership was a focus area for this course...

Department of Defence

Mentoring Skills for Leaders Course

The idea to run a mentoring program came out of an executive meeting the Department of Defense had held internally to address the concern that some staff were being left behind in advancing their careers...

Department of Regional NSW

Conflict Management and Mediation Skills Course

A team of HR business partners at the Department set CCE the challenge of achieving the following training goals: increasing staff ability to run mediations while minimising and managing conflict...

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