Health & Well-being: Elevating Performance in the Workplace

Dr. Stefano Borzillo is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at EHL. He obtained his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the University of Geneva and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Stern School of Business (New York University). His main fields of research are communities of practice, processes of knowledge creation, and best practice transfers in organizations. Dr. Stefano Borzillo has also published in peer-reviewed journals such as European Management Journal, Journal of Business Strategy, Management Learning, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, and Journal of Knowledge Management. Stefano has multiple experiences in Executive Education, and in consulting for SMEs and large organizations.

With over 20 years' experience in the corporate world working in senior management roles and with a genuine passion for people, Natalie made a seamless transition into the world of executive coaching and consulting. She is a highly experienced, commercial & versatile professional with a consistent track record of successful delivery of tangible results. Natalie is an author, a consultant, a coach, and a facilitator working with executives, senior management and leadership teams from a wide range of corporates and international organisations. She is passionate about leveraging the strengths and potential of individuals at work and have a proven track record in building healthy and resilient cultures at work that deliver performance. 

Dr. Yves Givel is the Managing Director of The Mindfulness Company, a company focusing on mindful leadership development, coaching and HR consulting. Yves is a graduate of the École hôtelière de Lausanne and holds a Master of Science degree in Learning and HRM as well as a Doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Leicester. His doctoral thesis focused on Organizational Learning, Learning Organizations and Leadership. During his 30 years of hospitality experience, Yves held several senior HR roles with Hyatt Hotels Corporation, including Corporate VP Talent Management at the company’s head-office, and Senior Vice President Human Resources overlooking Hyatt’s EAME & Southwest Asia region. 

Former professional roller hockey goalkeeper and Powerman World Series duathlete, Mark Guilbert has served as a trusted health educator & keynote speaker across the globe for more than 25 years advocating for a responsible, holistic, and natural approach to the maintenance of sound health. An internationally respected life management coach, he has worked with high profile celebrities from the world of politics, sport, and entertainment. In 1999, Mark developed the Energizing the Business Athlete® (EBA) program, which specializes in putting the human back in humanity – and business. Creating real transformation from the inside out, EBA teaches people how to be the difference that makes the difference.

Dr. Sowon Kim is an EHL professor and founder of the Women in Leadership (WIL) Initiative. Having lived in eight countries across East Asia, Latin/ North America, and Western Europe, and with over 20 years of work experience in esteemed academic institutions (IESE, INSEAD, Uni. of Geneva) and diverse private companies (consumer goods, high-tech, broadcasting, jewelry), her expertise is anchored in strategically navigating different cultures and inspiring people to move forward together. In her role in executive education, Dr. Kim advocates for honing interpersonal skills, fostering high-performance multicultural teams, and driving organizational culture change. She holds a Ph.D. from the Uni. of Geneva, and her research on personality, career strategies, work-family, and leadership diversity has appeared in academic and practitioner outlets. Beyond her academic pursuits, Dr. Kim is also a co-owner of World of Kids SA, a member of the Board of Directors of the Non-Violence Foundation Project (NVPF), chair lady of HoteliersGuild’s LeadingHotelières, and a member of the Education Committee of the Travel Industry Executive Women’s Network (TIEWN).

Dr. Mortillaro is the Head of Applied Research at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (University of Geneva, Switzerland), where he directed several projects in collaboration with public institutions and private companies. Dr. Mortillaro is the author of several influential publications in international scientific journals and is a frequent media commentator on emotions and emotional intelligence in the workplace. His most recent work focuses on the assessment and training of emotional intelligence in the workplace; he developed one of the first performance-based instruments specifically designed to assess emotional intelligence in the workplace (the Geneva Emotional Competence Test), which has received broad public and industry attention and is already used and integrated in several companies, both for recruitment and staff training.

Lohyd Terrier, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at EHL Business School. He joined EHL in 2008. He received a MSc in Work and Organizational Psychology and a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Provence. He has taught courses in Human Behavior & Performance, Influence & Leadership, Organizational Psychology, Research Methods, Social Psychology, and Interpersonal Relations. He recently developed the healthcare hospitality management course in collaboration with the CHUV.

Dr. Juliane Völker is a psychologist and research scientist at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (“CISA”) of the University of Geneva, Switzerland. After having acquired her doctoral degree on emotional intelligence and musical emotions from the University of Trier, Germany, in 2021, she joined the CISA to work on applying emotional intelligence research to the hospitality industry. Her current focus lies on the development of emotional intelligence measurement and training for hospitality.

Anna West has a background in sports science, specialized in sleep, recovery, and well-being, and is also a medical nurse. Over the last years Anna West has worked in a cross field between research, elite sports, military and corporate performance with a specific mission: To ensure that knowledge about circadian rhythm, sleep, stress and performance does not strand in concluding academic papers, but are transformed into implementable strategies, that can help people change bad habits and ultimately make them understand how they can use sleep as a repeated performance enhancer.