Claude-Hélène Mayer

Internationally renowned is a Professor in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a Semester at Sea Alumni (SASFA22) and a Board member of the International Academy of Intercultural Research. Further, she is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychology (Positive Psychology) and for the International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management. She holds Doctoral degrees in Psychology, Management and Cultural Anthropology. Her Venia Legendi is in Psychology with focus on Work, Organisational and Cultural Psychology from Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.

Her research areas include transcultural mental health, salutogenesis, transcultural conflict management and mediation, women in leadership, shame and love across cultures, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, and psychobiography. Her teaching areas are cross-cultural psychology, mental health, psychobiography, organizational theory, systems and design thinking, coaching, positive psychology, organizational behaviour and transcultural conflict management and mediation. She works as a licenced (Germany) systemic family therapist and facilitator in family therapy (SG), constellation facilitator (KI), mediator and mediation facilitator (BM 2001-2021) and hypnotherapist (TIM) in private practice. Since 2005 she is an international consultant and leadership coach in international organisational contexts.

Claude is with the the Global Listening Center since 2022 and believes that “Listening is an art that requires attention, over talent, spirit over ego, others over self”, as emphasised by Dean Jackson. Therefore, listening is a skill that goes beyond the usual practice of paying attention the others, but is rather a form of self development towards mindful empathy and a deep connection with people, the world and the spiritual realm“.