ABOUT ME
HI, I'M JASMINE
an accredited coach, facilitator and workplace experience designer.
Work of Love was born in a moment of insight - a realisation that an absence of love is keeping us from fully showing up at work. I’ve made it my mission to change this.
"Imagine a world where experiencing love at work was the norm. Imagine a world where nurturing workplaces were commonplace. If that was our reality, we may have already changed the world."
MY STORY
I have long believed the words of the poet Khalil Gibran that our work is love made visible. Work inspired by love enables us to make a lasting contribution to our world. And in turn, that work can positively influence the lives of our families, friends, communities, and dare I say, our world.
Having long been fascinated by work and how people can make a difference in the world, I took my parents' advice and began my career as an employment lawyer. After graduating from a Bachelor of Law and Economics Degree from the University of Western Australia I began my career at Ashurst (it was called Blake Dawson Waldron back then).
But, despite this successful start, I was miserable and knew I needed to find work that lit me up and allowed me to live my purpose.Â
Then I had a lightbulb moment: we’d lost our spark, because we’d lost our love (more on that below).
Deciding my strengths were much better suited to unlocking people's potential at work, I refocussed my career on people, learning and organisational development.
Education & Qualifications
I have a Graduate Certificate in Business (Organisational Coaching) from Swinburne University of Technology, I’m an Associate Certified Coach of the International Coaching Federation and a Certified Coach of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. I’m also accredited in Birkman, Hogan Leadership Profiling, Team Management Profile (TMP) and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).
Armed with knowledge and experience, I’ve spent the last 17 years on a mission to make love visible in our workplaces through love-centred employee experiences, coaching, event and workshop facilitation and speaking engagements.
I partner with a rich, diverse and multi-talented network of workplace designers, leadership facilitators and coaches to deliver big projects. By partnering with other consultants, I have the flexibility and resourcing to scale up quickly as my client’s needs change. Â
I look forward to working with you to bring love to your workplace.
THE LIGHTBULB MOMENT OF CLARITY & INSPIRATION
Many years ago, I was hosting a team meeting at work. To build connection before we jumped into the agenda, everyone opened a fortune cookie and shared the little message inside with the group.Â
Mine read: “Faults are thick when love is thin.”
I knew then what was so very wrong with our workplaces: we stopped loving and we started to exchange labour for money. And when something went wrong? We were dismissed. We’d lost sight of the fact that our best resources are humans who are hardwired to seek love and connection.Â
We needed to rethink work and the seed for Work of Love was born.
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MYÂ MISSION
To co-create generous and loving workplaces where people feel they belong and can work in alignment with their purpose so they can be their best at home, at work and in their communities.
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MYÂ VISION
An Australian workplace landscape where people achieve incredible things because they experience love at work every day.Â
MY VALUES
PURPOSE:
Doing meaningful work we love and loving who we do it with.
CONNECTION:
Bringing warmth to every interaction.Â
GENEROSITY:
Affording the most generous interpretation of others.
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A LITTLE EXTRA ABOUT ME
I am a mum, wife, daughter, sister, aunty and friend to many.Â
I am an avid reader and lover of stories - fiction and non-fiction. I practise yoga with Adriene in my study most mornings and love to pound the pavement. I ran my first marathon at the age of 42. I also love movies and travel - my favourite destination is Italy. My favourite meal is dolma - a traditional Iraqi dish.
Other fast facts about me:
- I was born in Iraq and came to Australia as a political refugee with my family at the age of 14.
- I named myself Jasmine at the age of 16.
- I broke my neck when I was 20.
- I once had breakfast in Switzerland, lunch in Italy and dinner in France and was back in bed in Switzerland – all in one day.
- I love chocolate.
- I can speak three languages.
- I spent a couple of weeks working with the Foreign Correspondent.
- I worked as a part-time television research and part-time Learning and Development Consultant for a year.
The idea behind work of love
Putting love into action
Work of Love is a radically different approach that speaks to the joy of working in alignment with a deeper purpose to drive better personal and organisational outcomes.Â
It’s about making space for micro-moments of positive connection between co-workers, and between us and our work, to nurture loving workplaces that tap into our deepest motivations.
Through a variety of modalities, I get to the heart of engagement by helping people rethink love’s role beyond the romantic and rethink work beyond an exchange of time for money.Â
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MAKING SPACE FOR LOVE AT WORK
to unlock the human potential in organisations.
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WORK WITH ME
I pay my respects to the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which I live, love, work and learn; the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and generations to come.
As a refugee to this country which we now call Australia, I acknowledge that I have benefited from its colonisation and have a shared responsibility to work towards recognition, respect and reconciliation.
It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.
I acknowledge the enduring leadership, resilience, wisdom, kinship, culture and connection to Country of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
