Sustainable wellbeing for leaders and organisations navigating uncertainty
PhD Candidate and Disability Scholars Research Scholar, Griffith University
I am a wellbeing science researcher, leadership practitioner and speaker. I explore how people and organisations can sustain capability, connection and meaning through complexity, change and challenging health conditions. Through research, speaking and writing- including Rare Air- I translate wellbeing science into practical ideas for leaders, workplaces and everyday life.
Rare Air
Rare Air is a research-informed writing and audio project about flourishing when the body, work or life does not go to plan. Short reflections on wellbeing science, hope, optimism, health, leadership and the small practices that create more room for what matters.
Small Practices Workbook
A free companion workbook to the first six Rare Air essays and audio reflections. Five research-informed practices to help you notice what remains available, interpret experience with greater flexibility and create more room for what matters when life is uncertain.
Download the Positive Emotions Workbook
Latest writing
Writing on sustainable wellbeing, leadership and flourishing through uncertainty
Why is hope different from optimism?
Sustainable wellbeing at work
What do positive emotions actually do to the brain?
Speaking and facilitation
Queensland Government Breakfast Series keynote panel
WOMEN IN GAMING AUSTRALASIA MC
CHAIRING WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
Facilitated startups for LaunchVic in collaboration with B Corps Certified Change Catalyst
About Leith Mitchell
Leith Mitchell is a wellbeing science researcher, executive human capital leader, and research-informed speaker working at the intersection of organisational systems, leadership, and lived experience of health.
She is a PhD candidate at Griffith University and a recipient of the Griffith University Disability Scholars Research Scholarship, recognising her contribution to advancing evidence-informed approaches to wellbeing in complex real-world contexts.
She is currently writing Rare Air, a research-informed narrative project exploring flourishing under conditions of chronic uncertainty.
Leith’s work reflects a pracademic approach, connecting leadership practice with wellbeing science research.
Research platform
Leith's work explores how people and organisations sustain identity, capability and contribution through uncertainty.
Drawing on wellbeing science, organisational leadership experience and lived insight, she focuses on how flourishing can be supported across complex systems rather than left to individuals alone.
This site brings together her research, writing and speaking on sustainable wellbeing.
What audiences say
“We engaged Leith to act as facilitator of a strategy session involving a diverse group of stakeholders, including directors, staff and external consultants. Leith assisted in developing the agenda as well as running the session on the day. I was not only impressed by her ability to include all members in the discussion and draw out everyone’s point of view, but also her strong overall knowledge of strategic principles, which allowed her to add much more value than just facilitating the session. These type of meetings are always risky, but with Leith’s help we achieved our goals - the outcome being a more focussed company and a common understanding for all concerned".
Chairman, UniQuest
Biography
Leith Mitchell's work explores how people and organisations sustain belonging, capability and contribution through uncertainty, drawing on wellbeing science, positive psychology, organisational research and lived experience perspectives.
She is the founder of Mitchell Services, collaborating with organisations to mindfully cultivate diverse, inclusive and well workplaces. Before focusing on wellbeing science, Leith led diversity, culture and workforce engagement strategy across one of Australia’s largest public-sector organisations supporting more than 90,000 employees across over 1,200 sites. Earlier roles with PwC and IBM involved organisational transformation and human capital strategy across Australia, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific.
She is currently writing Rare Air, a research-informed narrative project exploring flourishing under conditions of chronic uncertainty.
Through her research, writing and speaking, Leith contributes to conversations about how individuals and organisations can create conditions that support sustainable wellbeing over time.
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