Heather Yelland

Heather Yelland

VIC, AUSTRALIA
Heather and the team at The Elevation Company are dedicated to growing people – children, adults and businesses. They inspire people to discover their truth, build camaraderie, uncover potential.

Heather's personal growth programmes enable people to reconnect with their hearts so they can find and walk their true path in life.  This work results in children who believe in themselves, engaged and inspired adults and thriving and innovative businesses.

People are at the heart of every business and they are by nature emotional beings - each with their own drive and sense of purpose. It's identifying the individual's 'purpose' and harnessing their emotional capacity that is at the core of Heather's work, and has businesses report an increase in cooperation, cohesion and productivity that was previously not thought possible.

With formal training in psychology, family and systems theory and business, Heather has been a 'people' specialist for over 30 years.  Her ability to get to the heart of what drives and motivates people, what limits them and prevents them from realising their fullest potential has been the foundation of her work in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the USA and Asia.

She is a humorous, energetic, powerful, inspirational, challenging, insightful, intuitive, and concise speaker and facilitator.  She has that unique ability to engage with individuals in the context of a large group as well as addressing the needs of the group as a whole.  Heather also has enormous respect for the importance of structure and clear process and blends this elegantly with a capacity to work with the fluid dynamic of each unique group.  

While most workplace change and leadership development specialists seek to have everyone 'one the same page', Heather's fundamental belief is that this 'same page' philosophy is a fast track to the death of innovation and true personal growth.  What is sought instead is for each person to understand their own unique 'page' and how this contributes to the overall growth, cohesion and productivity of the organisation.  Working to each individual's unique point of inspiration is key!

"Heather's work is incredibly powerful in creating change!  She has a very fresh perspective on how we as human beings work - within ourselves, in our families and in our businesses.  The result of our work with Heather is a stronger sense of clarity about the leadership of the business, a new paradigm of thinking about how to inspire the people who work for and with us, as well as an increased sense of innovation and resilience in creating new opportunities.  She is an incredibly talented speaker who has amazing capacity to reach into people's fears and struggles and find the lesson or learning that releases the fear and replaces it with inspiration!  I strongly recommend you engage Heather and her team if you are serious about being a strong and dynamic leader and committed to building the human capital in your business".   Dr Jessie Tang, East West One Consortium, Malaysia

SPEAKING:

Heather is a renowned international speaker who has travelled around the world sharing her message with audiences on four of the seven continents and was head hunted by one of the world's leading speaker trainers to deliver Speaker Training for small to medium businesses throughout Australia and the UK.

Heather can engage an audience from small groups to 2,000 and have each person feel as though she is speaking only to them, which contributes to her success in having people not only feel inspired, but actually TAKE ACTION!  

This ability to engage audiences of any size and in any context makes Heather a powerful and impacting speaker for workshops, training, and retreats as well as larger conferences and summits.  She is also a much sought after Master of Ceremonies because of her ability to engage participants, shine the light on speakers and other contributors and braid things together to create unexpected flow in the event and thus, stimulate action in the audience.

"You know when you meet someone who is going to impact your life very deeply!  Heather has a wisdom that is absolutely undeniable.  The journey she takes people on when she speaks is extraordinary.  Heather, thank you for the gift you are to the world".  Dr Joanna Martin, Shift Speaker Training, UK

Speaking to groups of young people is also a passion of Heather's and each year she gives of her time to speak at the Magic Moments National Youth Summit, the Step Up programme, Green SuperCamp Australia and multiple school-based events.

"I am a big fan of Heather's work and the depth of her knowledge in her field. In fact, one day I gave Heather an hour's notice to cover a speaking gig when another speaker had to withdraw due to illness and not only did she cover it for me, she won the heart of the promoters and participants alike with the level of power and engagement in her presentation....and that was without PowerPoint's, whiteboards or flip charts. A true professional!"  Cydney O'Sullivan, Motivational Speakers Australia

MEDIA:

Heather has also been interviewed by and featured in some of Australia and New Zealand's leading media outlets, including Channel 7's Sunrise programme, Channel 10's The Project, Channel 9's Today show, ABC Radio, TVNZ 7 Breakfast show, Radio New Zealand National, Cleo, Melbourne Talk Radio, The Age GoodWeekend, Body and Soul and Insight Magazine.

PRINT:

Heather has been featured in the Millionaire Books series as a contributor to the Millionaire Coach book, providing insights into how to "achieve a millionaire mindset".  She was also referred to as "Australia's leading female personal growth specialist" by Cleo Magazine in an article exploring the importance of women's leadership.  Heather is currently working on completing her own book, "Be YOUR Best — a practical guide to elevating the human experience", which is due for release toward the end of 2015.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Heather has been acknowledged in the following areas:

Nominee in the "NAB Women's Agenda Leadership Awards" for the last three years.

Winner of the Most Trusted Australian Business Leader in the Australian Trust Awards. 

Finalist in the Australian Trust Awards in three categories - Most Trusted Australian Business Leader, Most Trusted Learning and Education Provider and Most Trusted Customer Service.

Founder and Director of Green SuperCamp Australia – personal leadership, academic acceleration and environmental awareness for children 10 to 18 years.

Heather's personal growth programmes enable people to reconnect with their hearts so they can find and walk their true path in life.  This work results in children who believe in themselves, engaged and inspired adults and thriving and innovative businesses.

People are at the heart of every business and they are by nature emotional beings - each with their own drive and sense of purpose. It's identifying the individual's 'purpose' and harnessing their emotional capacity that is at the core of Heather's work, and has businesses report an increase in cooperation, cohesion and productivity that was previously not thought possible.

With formal training in psychology, family and systems theory and business, Heather has been a 'people' specialist for over 30 years.  Her ability to get to the heart of what drives and motivates people, what limits them and prevents them from realising their fullest potential has been the foundation of her work in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the USA and Asia.

She is a humorous, energetic, powerful, inspirational, challenging, insightful, intuitive, and concise speaker and facilitator.  She has that unique ability to engage with individuals in the context of a large group as well as addressing the needs of the group as a whole.  Heather also has enormous respect for the importance of structure and clear process and blends this elegantly with a capacity to work with the fluid dynamic of each unique group.  

While most workplace change and leadership development specialists seek to have everyone 'one the same page', Heather's fundamental belief is that this 'same page' philosophy is a fast track to the death of innovation and true personal growth.  What is sought instead is for each person to understand their own unique 'page' and how this contributes to the overall growth, cohesion and productivity of the organisation.  Working to each individual's unique point of inspiration is key!

"Heather's work is incredibly powerful in creating change!  She has a very fresh perspective on how we as human beings work - within ourselves, in our families and in our businesses.  The result of our work with Heather is a stronger sense of clarity about the leadership of the business, a new paradigm of thinking about how to inspire the people who work for and with us, as well as an increased sense of innovation and resilience in creating new opportunities.  She is an incredibly talented speaker who has amazing capacity to reach into people's fears and struggles and find the lesson or learning that releases the fear and replaces it with inspiration!  I strongly recommend you engage Heather and her team if you are serious about being a strong and dynamic leader and committed to building the human capital in your business".   Dr Jessie Tang, East West One Consortium, Malaysia

SPEAKING:

Heather is a renowned international speaker who has travelled around the world sharing her message with audiences on four of the seven continents and was head hunted by one of the world's leading speaker trainers to deliver Speaker Training for small to medium businesses throughout Australia and the UK.

Heather can engage an audience from small groups to 2,000 and have each person feel as though she is speaking only to them, which contributes to her success in having people not only feel inspired, but actually TAKE ACTION!  

This ability to engage audiences of any size and in any context makes Heather a powerful and impacting speaker for workshops, training, and retreats as well as larger conferences and summits.  She is also a much sought after Master of Ceremonies because of her ability to engage participants, shine the light on speakers and other contributors and braid things together to create unexpected flow in the event and thus, stimulate action in the audience.

"You know when you meet someone who is going to impact your life very deeply!  Heather has a wisdom that is absolutely undeniable.  The journey she takes people on when she speaks is extraordinary.  Heather, thank you for the gift you are to the world".  Dr Joanna Martin, Shift Speaker Training, UK

Speaking to groups of young people is also a passion of Heather's and each year she gives of her time to speak at the Magic Moments National Youth Summit, the Step Up programme, Green SuperCamp Australia and multiple school-based events.

"I am a big fan of Heather's work and the depth of her knowledge in her field. In fact, one day I gave Heather an hour's notice to cover a speaking gig when another speaker had to withdraw due to illness and not only did she cover it for me, she won the heart of the promoters and participants alike with the level of power and engagement in her presentation....and that was without PowerPoint's, whiteboards or flip charts. A true professional!"  Cydney O'Sullivan, Motivational Speakers Australia

MEDIA:

Heather has also been interviewed by and featured in some of Australia and New Zealand's leading media outlets, including Channel 7's Sunrise programme, Channel 10's The Project, Channel 9's Today show, ABC Radio, TVNZ 7 Breakfast show, Radio New Zealand National, Cleo, Melbourne Talk Radio, The Age GoodWeekend, Body and Soul and Insight Magazine.

PRINT:

Heather has been featured in the Millionaire Books series as a contributor to the Millionaire Coach book, providing insights into how to "achieve a millionaire mindset".  She was also referred to as "Australia's leading female personal growth specialist" by Cleo Magazine in an article exploring the importance of women's leadership.  Heather is currently working on completing her own book, "Be YOUR Best — a practical guide to elevating the human experience", which is due for release toward the end of 2015.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Heather has been acknowledged in the following areas:

Nominee in the "NAB Women's Agenda Leadership Awards" for the last three years.

Winner of the Most Trusted Australian Business Leader in the Australian Trust Awards. 

Finalist in the Australian Trust Awards in three categories - Most Trusted Australian Business Leader, Most Trusted Learning and Education Provider and Most Trusted Customer Service.

Founder and Director of Green SuperCamp Australia – personal leadership, academic acceleration and environmental awareness for children 10 to 18 years.

Leadership Within

Personal and business leadership...supporting every individual to discover their "leader within"
Educational / Informative

Leading Effective Change & Team Development

Creating and leading change processes that work!
Working to increase the effectiveness of teams, to boost engagement and thus productivity 

Educational / Informative

People and Staff

Values Based Recruitment - how to build a recruitment system that serves the business AND the values of the individual candidate to ensure a "fit" between both

Performance Management - creating people growth systems that braid individual endeavour with business endeavour to ensure high performance

Staff Motivation - how to build motivation and inspiration in any team, to increase engagement and strengthen the businesses bottom line

Customer Engagement -...
Educational / Informative