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Chris Taylor
Director, Great Place to Work^® Australia

Chris Taylor in partnership with Trisha Dagg is responsible for overseeing the Great Place to Work^® Institute Australia operation.  Chris has extensive experience in the field of organisational development, leadership and cultural alignment, having consulted to organisations across Australia, South East Asia, Africa and the United States. 

Chris is also a member of faculty of the University of Western Australia where he teaches Organisational Behavior and Leadership, Management of Organisations and Managing Performance Through People in the off shore MBA program. Chris is actively involved in research and development of innovative platforms for organisational enhancement, and views the Great Place to Work Institute Australia as the vehicle to build better societies through helping organisations transform their workplaces.

Trish Dagg
Director, Great Place to Work^® Australia

Prior to joining Great Place to Work and launching Great Place to Work^® Australia in 2007, Trish worked in the area of employee alignment and engagement and organisational effectiveness. Trish has extensive experience as both a practitioner and educator in the field of Organisational Behaviour and Management, having taught for the University of Western Australia’s Singapore MBA program. An accomplished educator Trish brings her training in organisational psychology and cultural anthropology to the application of the Great Place to Work^® Institute Australia tools and methodologies. Trish is responsible for the Australian operations of Great Place to Work^® Institute Australia.

Trish holds a Bachelor of Science (psychology and cultural anthropology) from Trent University - Canada, a Bachelor of Education from Queens University - Canada, and an MBA from the University of Western Australia, and has enjoyed living and working in The UK, North America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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Erin Liberman Moran
Director of International Operations

Erin Liberman Moran is the Vice President of International Operations for Great Place to Work(r) Institute. In this role, Erin is responsible for advising and overseeing the operations in 40 countries worldwide.
Erin currently serves on the Board of Great Place to Work^® Europe. Erin started with the Institute as a Consultant and still spends part of her time advising clients on how to transform their workplaces. Prior to joining the Institute, Erin was a consultant with Accenture. Erin is fluent in both Spanish and French and has lived and worked in Estonia, France, Switzerland, Guatemala and Mexico. Erin has her B.S from St. Joseph's University and her M.B.A. from Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, with a focus on Management Consulting.

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Amy Lyman
Co-founder, Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Strategy Committee

Amy Lyman, Ph.D. is a co-founder, and currently Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Strategy Committee for the Great Place to Work^® Institute. In addition to overseeing Research and Analysis for the Institute, Amy works with leaders and managers on the interpretation of results and the design of action plans, serving as an advisor to leaders as they seek to transform their organisations into great workplaces. She works with individuals and organisations over the long term to support the attainment of desired goals.

Robert Levering
Co-founder and Board Member

Best known as co-author of Fortune's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work for," Robert Levering has been fascinated with the phenomenon of great workplaces for more than 20 years. Along with co-author Milton Moskowitz, Robert wrote the best-selling first book on this subject in 1984, The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America. Four years later, Robert published A Great Place to Work: What makes some employers so good - and most so bad, an in-depth study of great workplaces. He has written or coauthored six other books and dozens of articles in many international publications including the Financial Times. In 1990 Robert founded (with Amy Lyman) the Great Place to Work^® Institute.