Lehan Stemmet

Director

Leadership and Management Capability Development, Resilience, Coaching, Mentoring, Stress, Mental Health, Career Development, Research and Advice. Over 25 years ago Dr. Lehan Stemmet developed an interest in how people deal with challenges through what started as a personal project he called 'Deal With It'. He is passionate about seeing people reach their full potential despite the challenges they may have experienced. He is often invited as keynote speaker to present the 'Deal With It' principles and mental health related topics to diverse audiences including senior executives, various professional and community groups as well as tertiary and secondary education students. Lehan has also been a mentor and coach for many people over the years. He links his observations over the years with some of the latest published research on stress and resilience, including his own research findings, and he presents it in an easy-to-understand and practically applied way. His work has been published in mainstream business media, academic research articles, books and encyclopaedias in several countries, including the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Denmark, India and South Africa. Lehan has held various senior leadership and management roles in diverse industries. He taught a range of undergraduate and postgraduate management courses, including organisational behaviour, research methods and organisational change and development to senior executives as well as tertiary education students. He has an affinity for interdisciplinary applied research, broadly categorized in the behavioural and cognitive neuroscience space, but with particular focus on stress and resilience, and its moderators. He is qualified in biochemistry and microbiology, as well as in organisational and experimental psychology, and holds several qualifications from the United Kingdom, United States of America, New Zealand and South Africa. He lives in Auckland with his wife, Fredericka, and their three children.