Lea Waters

Lea Waters is an organizational psychologist, researcher, consultant, author, and speaker. She is the Founding Director of the Centre for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she has held an academic position for 25 years and has published 110+ scientific articles. Dr. Waters holds an affiliate position with the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan and is on the Science Board of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. She has written for and been interviewed by numerous media outlets and was listed as one of Australia’s 2015 Top 100 Women of Influence by the Financial Review. Dr. Waters earned a PhD in psychology from Deakin University, Australia. She can be reached at l.waters@unimelb.edu.au.