About

Hi, I’m Sonia. Thanks again for visiting my virtual abode.

I’ve got three degrees, including a law degree and a Master’s in Business Leadership, as well as certifications in areas like behavioural profiling and organisational coaching. I recently submitted my PhD, with my research focused on distributed, networked models of leadership, the emotional experiences of leadership, and organisational outcomes.

My journey is, like most, one where it didn’t make much sense until it did: I thought I wanted to be a lawyer (spoiler alert: I didn’t), and my sales job through law school stole my heart. As a senior salesperson, I started learning how to train others, and aside from a brief stint in commercial law after graduation, I have been focused on organisational behaviour, writing and facilitation ever since. Put simply, I love working with people, and I love investigating how humans work.

I’ve since worked with thousands of professionals in industries ranging from automotive, to real estate, electrical, tech, professional services, commercial solar, and the non-profit space. Pre-pandemic I conducted mostly classroom training, and my corporate training business called Status One was running from 2016 to 2020. In 2021, I also began sessional lecturing at university, teaching several Master’s subjects relating to organisational leadership, human behaviour and connection.

When we look at our lives, we all have some key themes: Things that don’t seem to ever leave us alone. For me, those are reading, writing, speaking, facilitation, creativity and human behaviour.

Writing is a source of creativity and calm for me, and this site houses some of that work. It serves me by helping me make sense of things and unjumble my mind. I hope, while you’re here, that it serves you in some way too.

Wishing you love and connection,

Sonia