Elisa Guarido
Psychologist, Mentor, and Human and Organizational Development Consultant
Elisa Guarido is a psychologist, mentor, and consultant in Human and Organizational Development, specializing in Positive Organizational Culture and Workplace Happiness. She works on projects focused on human-centered leadership, talent development, and corporate well-being, supporting national and multinational companies in creating healthier, more conscious, and happier work environments.
About Elisa Guarido
Elisa Guarido is a psychologist, mentor, and consultant in Human and Organizational Development, specializing in Positive Organizational Culture and Workplace Happiness.
She holds a degree in Psychology from UNESP – Assis, Brazil, an MBA in Human Resource Management from Bournemouth University, and a specialization in Coaching and Mentoring from Oxford Brookes University in the UK, where she lived for over ten years.
Elisa is a certified Chief Happiness Officer through Instituto Feliciência, trained by the renowned professor Carla Furtado, and is pursuing a postgraduate degree in Positive Organizational Culture at Human AS. She works on projects in human-centered leadership, talent development, change management, organizational culture, and corporate well-being, supporting national and multinational companies in creating healthier, more conscious, collaborative, and genuinely happy workplaces.
Additional training includes Organizational Culture (with Richard Barrett and BTA methodology), Leadership and Leader-Coach Development, Psychological Safety and Workplace Happiness, and Emotional Intelligence (SBie and Daniel Goleman).
Chapter Theme
Humanized Leadership: When a Culture of Well-being Guides Results
In this chapter, the author discusses how a culture of happiness and mental health cease to be mere motivational discourse and become an organizational strategy.
Based on research in Positive Psychology and case studies from recognized companies, the author connects humanized leadership, psychological safety, and well-being to sustainable results.
By uniting science, practice, and culture, the text highlights that caring for people is an essential path to performance, engagement, and emotionally healthy work environments.