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Dr Ann Villiers, learning guide, professional speaker and author, is Australia 's only Mental Nutritionist® specialising in mind and language practices that help people build flexible thinking, confident speaking and quality connections with people.

Ann guides people to achieve a deeper level of perception and understanding of others so they can anticipate misunderstandings, interpret language subtleties and challenge responses in an appropriate way to elicit more useful information.

By reflecting on personal belief systems people are able to build a foundation of flexible thinking that supports speaking confidently in a range of workplace situations.

Her work as a Mental Nutritionist® has a multi-disciplinary foundation, informed by communication theory and practice, linguistics, cognitive and social psychology, NLP, Positive Psychology, and semiotics.

Dr Villiers pioneered the concept Mental Nutrition® to focus on the sense-making process that underpins connecting with people. The Mental Nutrition® framework comprises three core ingredients: how we make sense of things; how to manage meaning; how to feed the mind for more fruitful results. Dr Villiers uses the framework to build capabilities in connecting, confidence-building, influencing, presenting, wellbeing and employability.

Dr Villiers delivers the skills and tools to achieve these tangible, bottom-line outcomes:

• More personally aware people with increased confidence, responsibility and flexibility for working with diverse people and leading with vision and influence.
• Cost-reduction through reduced misunderstandings.
• More knowledgeable, skilled and confident job applicants and selection panels.
• Meetings that reach an agreed destination.
• Greater personal wellbeing and resilience in demanding workplaces.
• Presentations delivered with professional polish.

Keynote speaker

Looking for a professional speaker who offers content-rich presentations with an Australian flavour, a dash of humour from props-based demonstrations and an educational twist? Want delegates to walk away with proven ideas to use straight away? These are the ingredients of Dr Villiers' presentations.

Examples of recent presentations:

• Grab your talents, speak up and be heard
• Is ambition a grubby word?
• Using our heads for greater wellbeing
• Harvesting our future with a daring dames mindset
• Boosting your business courage
• Nursing leaders as sense-makers
• You've seen the Fish and hunted the Cheese, now discover the cockatoo: Influencing for results
• Employability: helping graduates succeed in the job stakes
• Looking after the temple of the technical analyst - the mind

You can ask for more information by visiting the Book Ann section. There is no obligation attached to your request and you will receive a prompt response to assist with planning your meeting, seminar or conference.

Learning Guide: Workshop facilitator/conference breakouts/in-house programs

Customised, outcomes-focused professional development programs that distill current research and time-honoured wisdom, professional expertise and client experience guide participants to discover relevant learnings and applications that deliver results.

Topics include:

• Job Application Mastery
• Interview Tips and Techniques
• Recruiting, Selecting and Retaining Staff
• Confidence-building for women
• Work/Life Wellbeing
• Influencing and Persuading
• Workplace People Skills
• Confident Communicating

You can ask for more information by visiting the Book Ann section. There is no obligation attached to your request and you will receive a prompt response to assist with planning your professional development program.

Personal Coach/Mentor

One-on-one coaching with Ann Villiers is aimed at professionals, managers, business owners and individuals who seek independent, confidential advice and guidance to:

• Build confidence to face challenging workplace situations.
• Build specific interpersonal communication skills.
• Build presentation skills that influence and persuade.
• Develop strategies that foster personal wellbeing.
• Prepare for job applications and interviews.
• Build employability and manage one's career.

You can ask for more information by visiting the Book Ann section. There is no obligation attached to your request and you will receive a prompt response to assist with planning your personal professional development.