Dr Tim Sharp aka ‘Dr Happy’ is a highly acclaimed conference and corporate keynote presenter. He’s spoken to hundreds of thousands of people around Australia and the world. And he’s one of the few professional speakers who has academic credentials and deep professional experience, as well as an incredible ability to engage and entertain!

He’s also a best-selling author and corporate consultant, with a background in academic, clinical and coaching psychology. He’s worked with individuals, teams and organisations at all levels and from all backgrounds and it’s this incredible breadth of experience, along with his own personal successes and achievements, that he shares with his audiences – in an entertaining and humorous way.

When all is said and done, Dr Sharp is an expert in human behaviour, in what makes people tick; but his focus is mostly on the promotion of positive psychology principles and his passion lies in helping individuals, teams and organisations to really thrive and flourish.

More specifically, Dr Sharp’s presentations include topics such as:

• Happiness at work…and beyond
• Building a positive organisational culture
• Creating collaborative teams
• Resilience – thriving through difficult times rather than just surviving
• Developing optimism
• Identifying and utilising key strengths
• Improving performance and productivity through positivity
• Happiness, health and wellbeing

Dr Sharp has three degrees in psychology (including a Ph.D.) and an impressive record as an academic, clinician and coach. He established and ran one of Sydney’s most respected clinical psychology practices, a highly regarded Executive Coaching practice, and is the founder & CHO (Chief Happiness Officer) of The Happiness Institute, Australia’s first organisation devoted solely to enhancing happiness in individuals, families and organisations.

He’s taught at all the major universities in NSW and has been an Adjunct Professor (in Positive Psychology) within the School of Management, Faculty of Business at UTS as well as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Health Sciences, RMIT. His primary area of interest is enhancing happiness at work including building positive cultures, developing positive leadership and boosting resilience, optimism and positive working relationships.

He writes a regular column for HIF’s Healthy Lifestyle Blog and has previously been a regular contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Taken together, Dr Sharp has achieved unparalleled success in the academic, professional and business worlds. Accordingly, in 2008 Dr Sharp’s accomplishments were recognised by the Australian Davos Connection when he received a Future Leadership Award and also by the Australia Day Council who invited him to be an Australia Day Ambassador in 2011 (an honour which he continues to enjoy through to this day).

Dr Sharp is also a best-selling author (of, among other things, “The Happiness Handbook”, “100 Ways to Happiness: a guide for busy people” and “100 Ways to Happy Children: a guide for busy parents”) and a sought after public speaker. He’s appeared in several nationally screened prime-time TV shows & he continues to make frequent appearances in the local and international media (including Sunrise, Today, The Morning Show, The Daily Edition, Prevention Magazine, the Herald Sun, Women’s Health, the SMH and the AFR).