The things our clients say…
“Working with Shelley was an absolute pleasure. The Brain Power Series program Vitae developed was so well received by our startup, scale-up and small business community. Shelley was dedicated and focused on creating a series of workshops that were truly of value to our audience and the outcomes speak for themselves. The 12-week series received a NPS of 98.5% - an amazing feat. Always proactive in looking for feedback, no request to adjust or adapt the content was ever met with anything other than enthusiasm.
The impact of the 12-week program was obvious. Each week we received numerous testimonials from attendees sharing how the content they learned in each workshop will benefit both them and their business. Our attendance rate also remained high throughout the course with many people returning each week – a testament to Shelley’s talent as an engaging presenter.
Shelley’s skill is truly in taking often complicated neuroscience concepts and breaking them down into simple, understandable and accessible language. Never bogged down in theory, Shelley’s workshops always provided numerous practical tools for attendees to implement in their daily lives. Her ability to match neuroscience concepts with real-world business applications was of immense value to our audience. Always giving of her time, Shelley went above and beyond each week to answer all questions asked by attendees.
I look forward to having the opportunity to work with Shelley in the future. She is a consummate professional, who knows her work inside and out. Incredibly easy to work with, I would have no hesitation in recommending others to engage with Vitae’s services. The results speak for themselves!”
“We had the pleasure of working with Shelley and the team at Vitae as we looked at ways to support our teams during COVID19 Pandemic.
Shelley delivered programs that were specially tailored for our diverse workforce. She was able to translate her in-depth knowledge and expertise of human behaviour and passion on the area into relevant and applicable sessions for our wide audience.
Our team found great value in the support and guidance they received from Shelley. During these sessions they learnt some great tips and tools for the workplace but also how to take these outside of the ‘virtual training room’ into life.
We would certainly recommend Shelley and Vitae to others.”
“Shelley Laslett is a dynamic and engaging keynote speaker. We were delighted to collaborate with her at our industry-wide training event, Verizon Media’s Brand Love Academy.
Shelley brought a scientific yet practical lens to the day through her brain-based coaching techniques helping our delegates with brain hacks to build a high performing life.
We are thrilled with the positive feedback we received from her session.”
“The People@ AgriDigital programme which focuses on our: team's wellbeing, group and individual learning and development and supplements our human resources and talent function has been in place at AgriDigital for almost 12 months now.
Working with Shelley and the Vitae.Coach team has been incredibly positive. They are responsive, enthusiastic and truly understand the problems and opportunities we face as a tech 'startup to scaleup'. We are proud of our culture, our values and our brand in market and Shelley and her team are an important part of the way we deliver to our customers, team members, investors and community.”
Emma Weston, CEO & Co-Founder, AgriDigital on Vitae’s People@ Program
Pictured: Co-Founders (left to right) Ben Reid, Emma Weston and Bob McKay
“It was critical to work with a coach who had a startup/tech background and who knew the brain. As Shelley has experience as a startup; investor, advisor, founder and mentor it was an easy choice. She not only coached me to learn how to take myself out of founder detail, she also helped give me the major ‘aha moment’ that by helping myself, I was helping my business. Working together, I found I was way more productive, had way more insights by having the space to think strategically rather than emotionally.”
“Vitae’s Neuroscience of Confidence session was fascinating, but more importantly made us think differently about how we pitch and present ourselves.
Because Shelley explains her recommendations from a scientific/data-led perspective, she takes even busy and sceptical audiences with her. I’d recommend her to any founder.
Our team were lucky enough to have some follow up individual sessions, which received great feedback. I hope we’ll keep working closely with Shelley and team.”
Shelley helped us scale quickly by finding and on-boarding the right talent for our next level of growth. Shelley hit the ground running, quickly producing results and setting up scalable people processes.
Shelley’s background working with startups meant she easily adapted to the continually changing nature of our business. She slotted right into our culture, made an impact, and helped us grow as we transitioned through some complex growth changes.
Shelley also has a natural way with people, which sets them at ease. She coached a number of our team through challenging situations to help them find solutions. I would recommend Shelley and the team at Vitae to any business, but particularly those looking to grow quickly and effectively.
Angus McDonald, CEO & Co-Founder, Cover Genius
Pictured: CEO & Co-Founder Angus McDonald, Winning AIA’s Innovation of the Year for 2018
“SparkLabs is a rigorous global program. We put our teams under a huge amount of pressure when it comes to demo day, and while we work hard on their pitch it is harder to work on them personally.
We brought Vitae into work on the neuroscience of pitching and negotiation and Shelley knocked it out of the park.
She helped the founders to understand not only their pitches but the root of quiet confidence that leads to a great delivery.
The feedback from the teams has been phenomenal and many have requested on-going conversations with Shelley to help them build on what they learned.”
Guy Hudson, Executive Director, SparkLabs Cultiv8 Australia on Vitae.Coach’s Incubator and Accelerator Program
Shelley Speaking to Deloitte Australia on the Neuroscience of Leadership & Communication
“Vitae’s session on Leadership was one of the most popular training events.
We heard lots of positive feedback, including one Director, who was; ‘completely blown away by the strength of the training, its messages and how easy it was to apply.’
All of Vitae’s sessions were expertly crafted, skillfully facilitated and very well received. Shelley truly embodies her teachings, authentically delivering relevant, applicable and unique training that receives glowing feedback.
Having worked with Shelley and the team at Vitae on a number of initiatives, I could not recommend them more highly to any organisation looking to lead with a neurological and economical advantage.”
“Shelley brings together neuroscience and people, assisting teams to understand personal values, skills and areas for development to help businesses succeed. I was so impressed when I saw Shelley at another event, I engaged Shelley to speak at one of our recent VMWare VMInclusion D&I events.
We had fabulous feedback on this event and Shelley was a big part of that. Shelley’s level of enthusiasm , commitment and alignment is absolutely fantastic and second to none. She has the ability to motivate and engage an entire room. Very happy to strongly recommend Shelley and Vitae.”
Toni McDermott, Director, VMware JAP
Shelley Presenting the Neuroscience of Confidence at Commonwealth Bank
“It was an absolute pleasure work with Vitae around their Neuroscience of Influence: Managing Your Career module for NASDAQ in Sydney. Shelley has such a great wealth of knowledge in neuroscience and how to apply that to managing your career.
She is also a very skillful speaker and facilitator, making something as difficult as managing your career, very fun and interactive. Shelley taught us how to be more effective communicators, especially when it comes to the managing up conversation.
We enjoyed Shelley’s work so much that at the end we were already asking her to come back. Thank you Shelley. It was so wonderful to have you!”
Shelley Laslett with marie claire Australia team; Melissa Gaudron, Deputy Editor marie claire Australia, Susie Hogan, Head of Beauty and Fashion Pacific Magazines and Michelle Kaplan, Marketing Manager - marie claire, InStyle & BEAUTYcrew
“Absolutely loved Shelley’s talk on the neuroscience behind confidence, and how you can use this confidence to more effectively communicate with others, and influence decision making in your favour.
Shelley is a completely engaging speaker – super smart and witty.
I left the room with some clever new tools to boost my confidence – queue POWER POSE!!”
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“Vitae has helped drive the importance of startup health not just startup hustle with a number of our startups. Vitae’s sounding board sessions, part of Vitae’s Founder Wellbeing program have been well received, and are driving healthy and meaningful change across our ecosystem.
Shelley is always willing to give, sharing all of her neurohacks with our startups along the way.
She’s been an integral part of helping founders establish healthy work/life balances and an integral part of our ecosystem. ”
Bradley Delamare and Shelley Laslett at the launch of Sounding Board Sessions.
“Shelley and the team at Vitae are absolute professionals and fantastic to work with. Having a diverse background, I was at a bit of crossroads as to what my next role should be. They provided me with the tools and means necessary to sharpen my thinking and give me the clarity I needed to progress in my career. My CV and UVP (as an employee) was transformed into something amazing and much better than I could have done on my own. Could not recommend more highly.”
“The first thing that struck me about Shelley was her passion for her work and the way she talked about it. Shelley is undeniably on your side when helping you through sticky situations. Her wealth of knowledge surrounding the brain and the way it works helped to shape my day to day approach to my business practices. I couldn’t recommend Shelley enough - if it wasn’t for her I wouldn’t have had the courage I needed to continue through the difficult moments of Entrepreneurship. Look no further for a dose of inspiration, understanding and clarity. Thank you for all your help Shelley! ”
Blaise, Delivering an Award Winning Hear Us Roar Pitch at the UTS Hatchery Demo Day
“As an entrepreneur, your emotional state and business is a rollercoaster. It’s often tough to share this with your friends, family and your team. Working with Vitae helped me share my worries and express how I was feeling. Shelley helped to uncover other elements that are contributing to the stress or emotional state so I could find clarity and stability. This allowed me to focus and move forward.””
“It’s not very often you experience working with someone that instantly understands you and is in your corner from day one. Can safely say that’s what it’s like been with these guys. They 100% care about you and where you’re at. Working through my confidence challenges with Shelley helped me believe in my creative talents again and what I was capable of. The mind is a crazy thing, but Shelley taught me how I could master it, not be master by it. She helped me change what I thought, and it seriously changed how I thought and also how I acted. Do not hesitate to get involved. Worth every penny and ever brain busting moment.”
"Vitae is like the glue that holds your shoes together. You don’t know you need them, until everything falls apart. With Vitae’s help, I’m now able to run in the right direction. And without any blisters."
Kirsty, Head of Content, Frank Body
“I met Shelley at the crossroads of my career, and she was there at every step of the way to help me successfully transition from what I felt I had to be doing, to what I absolutely love to be doing (and getting paid for it, of course). Whilst your peers provide invaluable support when you make those daunting career decisions, those decisions are some of the most important in your life. As a lawyer, I would say to my clients, leave the dispute resolution to a professional. The same approach needs to be taken when reconfiguring and propelling your career to its greatest heights - see a professional, or better yet, see Shelley.
I cannot stress how professional, deeply skilled and thorough Shelley is in relation to her work and creating a journey and experience that is personal to you and you only. She will help you quiet the voice that says it’s impossible and empower you to not be a subject to the job market but controlling what offers come to you.
Shelley tells me that it was all my doing, but without her dedicated and unwavering support I couldn’t have gone from working in a job that failed to inspire me, to suddenly landing 3 job offers, each a dream job in its own right.Having ticked the biggest goal off my list, Shelley has restored my ability to trust the process, to have faith that anything is possible in this life. I am now working with Shelley to conquer my personal goals and am elated to continue working with her to achieve every single one of them.
Thank you Shelley, I can never repay you for what you have done.”
"Our founders have loved working with Vitae. Shelley is that rare blend of startup expertise and coaching expertise. She has a real skill for taking the comprehensive and overwhelming experience of founding a startup and breaking it down in digestible chunks that our cohort could action.
She does the same with neuroscience, sharing just enough to make it meaningful and practical – especially around confidence. Her empathic and action orientated approach set our cohort, (many who are first time founders) at ease. Shelley has made a real impact on our cohort(s) giving them the confidence they need to tackle the startup journey."
Christie Whitehill, CEO & Founder, Tech Ready Women
“Love the Vitae folks! It’s strange thinking where I might be without working with Shelley and Brenton. I came to Vitae knowing the types of brands that I wanted to work with and what I was passionate about, but not knowing how to package up my non-traditional experience for the workforce. They gave me clarity and confidence, transforming my CV and ultimately helping me to landing an incredible job.”
“Shelley has a warm and caring personality and is always looking for ways that she can add value. She was really able to understand, empathise and relate to what I was experiencing. Having someone who understood me and held the space for me to explore my internal dialogue and talk through my challenges has made an immense difference. I am now able to frame and see things in a totally new light. I would highly Vitae to anyone who is looking to have someone who can guide them to find what they want and how to get it. They will help you break through your mental blocks to achieve your true potential and the growth you desire.”
“Shelley is an extremely accurate, empathic and efficient coach. She helped me navigate to the core of my key concerns while gently and clearly guiding me to actionable insights and solutions. These sounding board sessions brings attention to the essential foundations for startup founders and offers valuable tools for sustainable entrepreneurship. ”
GM Mike - Photo Lens&Shutter
“Shelley is a great career coach. She helped me condense and refine my CV to present my strengths in a clear way. She also helped me to articulate my unique value proposition. If you are looking to take your career to the next level, I would highly recommend getting her and team at Vitae to help to get you there.”
“I’d heard great things about Shelley’s coaching skills from about 5 different people, and decided I had to experience this for myself. During the session Shelley made me feel very comfortable, we explored my values and how I wanted my life to be. She soon unearthed some interesting insights about what I actually wanted vs what I thought I wanted. I wanted to focus more on the career side to things, and shelley had some really good insights into the different types of businesses and gave me some pointers on which might be better suited based on my values. I’m now tentatively (and excitedly) researching a different career trajectory which aligns more with my values. I also have the values at the forefront of my mind when making decisions. Thank you Shelley!”