Julie has been teaching at Otago Polytechnic since 1994. She teaches in the Business School on the Business Administration programmes including Xcellerate and the Diploma of Executive Administration. As a trained, registered teacher, she has gained industry experience and taught in secondary schools and business colleges in Dunedin and London. She is passionate about teaching and learning, future education at all stages of life and the opportunities that Otago Polytechnic has to offer.

Lesley is a Principal Lecturer in the College of Enterprise and Development, with a training emphasis on Leadership, Human Resource Development, and Organisational Behaviour, as well as providing supervision for Internship projects. Lesley also supports Otago Polytechnic staff through Resilience workshops.The focus of Lesley's research is emotional intelligence, which predominantly spans resilience, self-awareness and empathy training design, with a successful portfolio of national and international publications and conferences. Emotional intelligence is a key set of abilities that helps people manage change and interpersonal relationships in their life.

Marjolein (Marje) grew up in the Netherlands and worked in Human Resource Management in London before moving to New Zealand. After working as an HR manager for a number of years, she joined Otago Polytechnic's School of Business as a Senior Lecturer. Marje developed research interests in the areas of project-based learning, organisational learning, human resources and organisational behaviour. These have paved the way for her most recent research on the topic of empathy in the workplace. Marje currently works as an Academic Learning Advisor at Student Success, Otago Polytechnic.

This description is unashamedly stolen from (http://eropei.blogspot.co.nz), you should have a look...
"I'm always on the lookout for wisdom. I collect it. My hope is that a little rubs off on me. The great thing is, there's more wisdom than I can ever find, so it's a pretty secure job. As I get older, I may be able to contribute as well as collect. Mashup a little of what I've collected into something new. Add it to the commons. Expand wealth

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Rachel has a background in both hotel and food and beverage management, both in New Zealand and overseas. She has qualifications in Hotel and Food and Beverage Management, a Masters of Education (Adult) and a Graduate Certificate in E-learning. She teaches on the Diploma and Degree programmes, across management subjects as well as the Tourism and Event majors.

Sharleen holds a Doctorate in Education through Griffith University Brisbane, and has lectured in stage 1,2 and 3 papers for the Bachelor of Applied Management in Management and the Tourism and Event Majors. She teaches students about Destination Management, Tourism Industry Enterprises, Event Marketing and Sponsorship and NZ Organisations. Sharleen has also supervised on the 3rd year Cooperative Education project. She has also been the Maori and Pacific Island contact and Moderation Coordinator for the Business degree and diploma in the College of Art, Design and Architecture. Her research interests are focused on Indigenous Tourism, Cultural tourism and impacts in the tourism and events industry globally. Currently she is working from the Central Otago Campus in Cromwell delivering the Graduate Diploma in Applied Management Level 7.

Stephen is Research Coordinator (Business) in the College of Art, Design, & Architecture. He lectures in business research methods, societal/ethical issues in business management, and organisational behaviour. Stephen's research interests include personality-fit-in-the-workplace, cross-cultural/mixed-methods R&D for career-guidance, and cognitions for social marketing. He also undertakes teamwork optimisation and team mission analysis in regards to humanitarian projects overseas and more-generally, volunteer staffing research.