Dr Sean O’Connor is a globally recognised pracademic within the fields of Coaching, Positive Psychology, Organisational and Leadership Development Sean’s research focuses on systemic approaches to leadership coaching and change and the influence of leadership coaching on the well-being of others within organisational networks and complex systems. As a practitioner Sean works globally as both an executive coach and organisational consultant working with individuals, groups, team and through organisational level interventions across a broad range of sectors.

As an Academic, Sean is the Director of the world-renowned Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Sydney, where he lectures, researchers and develops new Coaches as part of the Masters of Coaching Psychology program. Sean has published numerous book chapters, peer reviewed journals, and regularly speaks at international conferences winning numerous awards and prizes for his groundbreaking research on the coaching ripple effect, the first ever research in coaching to measure the influence of coaching beyond the individual coaches. Now moving into areas of more systemic influence, Sean has been working on the positive psychology of place and space and the influence of leadership interaction on wellbeing more broadly while supporting his team to provide world class coaching education through Sydney University to a broader and more global audience.