Our Team is WorkingWell…
People are at the heart of everything we do at WorkingWell and each of our team brings a unique blend of skills, a genuine passion for supporting others, and a shared commitment to helping organisations and their people thrive. We love what we do and are proud of our work, finding genuine satisfaction in creating positive change and improving the wellbeing, energy, and resilience of the people we work with.
Lesley Cooper
FOUNDER AND CEO OF WORKINGWELL
Lesley founded WorkingWell in 2005 and has spent 30+ years helping organisations and their people thrive. With a background in health and wellbeing consulting in the private healthcare sector, she brings expertise in measuring workplace pressure, building resilient teams, and creating cultures where energy, engagement, and performance flourish. She speaks regularly in the UK and overseas on stress, resilience, energy management, and sustainable high performance.
Lesley is co-author of Dangerous Waters: Strategies for Improving Wellbeing at Work, Managing Workplace Stress, and Brave New Leader: How To Transform Workplace Pressure Into Sustainable Performance and Growth. She is also a frequent contributor to TV, radio, and other media, including Channel 4’s acclaimed documentary Stressed Out. Recently shortlisted for a Lifetime Commitment to Wellbeing award and an Excellence in Wellbeing award, Lesley combines experience, insight, and enthusiasm to make a real difference in the workplaces she works with.
Vicky Smith
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Vicky has over 15 years’ experience of consulting, coaching, facilitation and training. A change agent, she holds an MSc in Organisation Development and Consultancy, an MSc in Psychology and an MSc in Applied Health and Exercise. When training Vicky uses a flexible, transparent approach offering clarity, insight and inspiration. She energises and motivates those around her, generating drive, enthusiasm and accountability. Vicky is a qualified NLP Trainer, UKCP Psychotherapist and also holds a Diploma in Executive Coaching.
Vicky began her consulting career in 1994 as an Investor in People Advisor and Assessor. She left corporate employment having reached senior status with responsibility for the strategic development needs of an organisation employing over 35,000 people. Vicky is an associate member of the CIPD, INLPTA, UKCP, BPS and qualified to deliver Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) qualification courses, Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Steps I and II, Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQi), Total Quality Management (TQM), Team Emotional Intelligence tool and PPA/DiSC Personality Profiling tool.
Liza Hutton
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Liza has worked in employee wellbeing fore 30+ years, helping organisations and their people to thrive. She’s passionate about making work better for everyone, combining practical operational expertise with a focus on people and culture. She has worked alongside Lesley for over 20 years, forming a strong partnership focused on creating positive, lasting change in the workplace.
Adaptable, determined, and always focused on solutions, Liza approaches challenges with positivity and a team-first mindset. Combining enthusiasm with technical expertise, she endeavours to make sure every project she works on is delivered to the highest standard and leaves a lasting, meaningful impact.
Scott Kedward
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Scott has been an essential part of the WorkingWell team for over 13 years. He is a highly experienced systems engineer and developer with deep expertise in database design and web-based applications. As Technology Lead & Solutions Architect, he designs, engineers and governs our SaaS services along with all core technologies across WorkingWell.
Scott works closely with partner organisations to ensure seamless interoperability and oversees all aspects of data security, privacy, and confidentiality. He brings extensive experience from the communications, defence, and government sectors, which informs his rigorous and strategic approach to technology leadership.
Norman Olongi
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Norman has also been part of the WorkingWell team since the very beginning and he has infectious enthusiasm for ensuring that the needs of our clients, and those of the WorkingWell team, are met.
Norman can always be found at the end of the phone and is able to put you through to the best person to speak to about your requirements. Feel free to contact him on +44 (0)207 427 0020.
Lara Cullen
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Lara is a warm, positive and results driven Coach, NLP Master Practitioner, Trainer and Consultant. Her professional background before setting up her own Coaching and Training consultancy in London was in HR where over a 15-year period she held generalist roles up to HR Director level with several well-known international brands.
She holds a degree in International Business, a PgD in Strategic HR Management and is a certified Workplace Mediator, Coach and Trainer. She is qualified in the administration of several psychometric tools and is a Chartered Member of the CIPD, and Member of the Association for Coaching and INLPTA. She is passionate about wellbeing and is a qualified yoga teacher and reiki healer as well as a keen advocate of meditation and mindfulness to combat the pressures of life.
Driven by enabling people and organisations to do what they are here to do and be who they’re here to be, Lara is optimistic and pragmatic with a strong sense of fun, integrity and doing what’s right, not just easy. She applies these principles to her coaching and training. She particularly enjoys and is experienced in supporting middle managers and high potentials to find their voice and become leaders of the future.
Jane Drapkin
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Jane is an experienced facilitator and trainer, a qualified coach and an NLP practitioner. She has an accredited diploma in Stress Management and is also accredited in a range of psychometric and personality profiling tools. Jane has a professional background in leadership development training, coaching and consultancy, and before that she managed teams and projects providing humanitarian aid and development assistance in countries across Africa and Asia.
Jane has facilitated workshops, delivered training and provided coaching to a range of clients in the corporate, public and charity sectors. Jane is an exceptionally clear thinker, and her approach is pragmatic, logical and supportive. She creates a safe environment for groups and individuals to learn, share, reflect and make decisions, empowering them to take control of their situations and to make changes to improve them.
Jane is also experienced in genocide education and has a passion for studying examples of resilience in conflict affected communities around the world. She draws on the learning from these contexts in supporting teams and organisations to manage risk, overcome challenges and build resilience.
Rachael Robson-Green
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Rachael is a qualified Life and Executive Coach, NLP Practitioner and experienced facilitator and trainer. Her professional background includes 12 years’ working with successful global brands, within their sales and merchandising functions, being involved in leading and delivering strategic projects, and coaching and motivating teams.
It is through her personal corporate journey, that Rachael has been inspired to promote positive change within workplace culture. Using 1:1 coaching support and workshops she is driven to help leaders and their teams create authentic, engaged environments where wellbeing is prioritised, deeper self- awareness is actively encouraged and where people are supported to thrive and not just survive.
Naturally intuitive and empathetic, with a skill for articulating what is holding people back, Rachael’s approachable nature blends positivity and kindness with courageous perception. Within her coaching and facilitating she is also passionate about empowering people to make more conscious choices so they can show up more fully - and purposefully - in both their professional and personal lives.
Anne Bryant
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Anne is qualified Life Coach, Wellbeing Coach and Wellbeing Workshop facilitator and delivers to our onsite/on demand emotional health service. She helps our client’s employees to optimise their wellbeing and explore the patterns in their life that could be holding them back from having great emotional health.
With 20 years’ experience, gained in several UK FMCG companies across various functions including sales, strategy and IT, Anne has accumulated the professional and personal know-how to support others on a journey of recovery or self-discovery.
She is passionate about supporting other people to look after their wellbeing, with firm beliefs that wellbeing is fundamental to living a fulfilling life, that our emotional health is as important as our physical health, and that stress and burnout do not have to be the price of a successful career. Through her 1:1 support or Wellbeing Workshops, she is able to help employees to take control of their life and consciously create the balance they need to live and work in the most fulfilling way possible.
Elaine Elliott
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Elaine is a warm and enthusiastic Holistic Health Professional; Wellbeing Coach, Advanced EFT Practitioner (Emotional Freedom Techniques) and Reiki Practitioner. She has a special interest in the prevention and recovery of common physical and emotional symptoms of stress and burnout.
She has gained valuable experience from working in private practice and public mental health services, also being an expert from personal experience. Her passion is to help others regain and maintain their wellbeing whilst having a healthy balanced lifestyle herself.
She believes achieving wellbeing; feeling good and functioning well is vital to lead happier and fulfilled lives. Therefore, holds a safe space to support and encourage people to identify their needs or what they want to change to improve their wellbeing, performance or reach their potential. She thrives on giving them more awareness, empowerment and resilience so they can positively move forward and shape their own future.