Marie-Lou Almeida is an L&D senior consultant with Gallup, based in Sydney, Australia. In her role, she works closely with clients to understand the unique challenges they face and the opportunities that lie ahead. Using a research-based approach, she helps clients identify solutions to propel their organisations.

Through executive coaching and course leadership, Marie-Lou has gained extensive experience guiding managers and leaders as they discover their true potential. As a coach, she works with executives to address challenges and work toward goals while leveraging their strengths. As a course leader, she inspires leaders and managers to define their brand of leadership as they engage their teams, without losing focus on performance. She believes managing people is about being genuine, trustworthy, strengths-focused and individualising approaches for each team member.

Marie-Lou also helps organisations build internal expertise by leading Gallup’s strengths accreditation courses (Gallup Global Coaching Courses) for experienced and aspiring coaches, as well as the Advanced Coaching Program. She believes, when it comes to training, it is important to individualise strategies for every client and audience.

In her more than 25 years at Gallup, Marie-Lou has had the opportunity to partner with clients across many industries and geographic regions, with a mission to help them create a winning culture that attracts and retains the best talent as they positively impact the world.