Who We Are
Symbia was founded on a simple idea: that there’s a direct, symbiotic relationship between our teams and ourselves, that our workplaces and our well-being are intertwined. Work is so much more than just a job—it’s where we spend half our waking lives. Each of us at Symbia transitioned from corporate to consulting so that we could make work a better place to be.
How We Help Teams
We recognise that the key to working well is by embracing the reality that humans are emotional beings, and teams of humans are emotional teams. We teach people how to better understand and regulate their thoughts, emotions, and reactions, allowing them to show up for themselves and for one another in a more effective way. We call this approach Mental Fitness: building mental strength, resilience, and agility to help us be better proactively, not just when crisis strikes.
What We Believe
Working on ‘Mental Fitness’ may sound like self-help, not a solution to a business problem but that’s exactly the kind of mis-perception we aim to correct. Through decades of experience both as leaders on the inside and as consultants on the outside, we believe that every opportunity and challenge a business faces is amplified by the ability of its teams to capitalise on or overcome them. A business strategy is only as strong as its teams are motivated.
What We Aim To Achieve
Symbia was built on this core idea—the symbiotic relationship between the mental fitness of people and the business performance of the teams they’re part of. That to do what’s good for a business, we have to do what’s good for the people that make it run. Each of us at Symbia transitioned from corporate to consulting so that we could make work a better place to be. One session, one person at a time.
Core Team
Our team encompasses an array of competencies beyond professional development, such as psychology, qualitative & quantitative research, human resources, marketing, branding, design, and corporate education for industries including healthcare, tech, telecom, financial services, consumer goods, and non-profit organisations.
We draw from this vast experience to deliver beyond the brief for our clients and their teams.
Jodie Rogers
Founder & Managing Director
Jodie has the unique ability to find what makes people tick, helping them be more engaged in their work, more empowered and productive for their teams and business.
As a former corporate insider with 20 years of experience working in and on global businesses, combined with a background in psychology and interpersonal communications, she founded Symbia to build more resilient and effective teams and leaders everywhere.
Project Coordinator
Ganna has 10 years of experience in coordinating projects and 6 years in Marketing. She is driven by impact-oriented projects and feels inspired by tackling numerous pieces of the puzzle step by step, building a whole picture. At Symbia, Ganna ensures the smooth run of the projects at all stages of the life cycle.
Angela McArdle
Client Relationships
Angela has worked within the Learning and Development industry for over 15 years. She is passionate about health, wellness and being your best self in the workplace. She is commercially minded and educated to post graduate level in Coaching and Coach Supervision. Her active listening skills, strong intuition and ability to see the ‘big picture’ are valuable in the work she does with Symbia. She supports client briefing calls, preparing comprehensive proposals for our clients and matches our coaches, trainers and facilitators to our client needs.
Sarah Marshall
Operations & Project Coordinator
Sarah has over 20 years of experience in leadership roles and has worked alongside many luxury brands. She is very experienced in projects and operations and has a good working knowledge of global businesses.
A strategic thinker, well organised, efficient and great at finding solutions, Sarah is an integral part of our project team and is a seamless link between operations and projects, making sure our internal processes run smoothly, to maximise project delivery.
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Project Coordinator & Operations Manager
Annmarie is a highly organised individual with over 30 years’ experience across varied sectors in an Administrative, Legal, Project Support and Admin Management capacity. She started out in the world of Law and Conveyancing stepping across to Market Research and then back to Corporate Legal Banking, giving her a plethora of experience in helping to get things done.
She has recently joined Symbia to support the team as a Project Coordinator and to help oversee the operations and internal processes of Symbia.
Yana Kavun
Team PA and Project Coordinator
Yana is highly responsible and organised team member with 12-years experience in accounting and managing projects.
Here at Symbia, Yana takes care of the team and projects and makes sure everything goes perfectly smooth. Known for her creativity, this allows her to look at ordinary things from different perspectives providing invaluable insight,
Researcher & Trainer
Wendy has over 20 years experience in driving transformational business change & growth through purpose led, human oriented & future focused leadership. She is passionate about cultivating growth cultures , with an extensive track record in building, leading & collaborating with high performing cross functional teams at Global, Regional & country level.
Wendy’s purpose is to “unlock everybody’s deeply human ability to make a positive difference”, with an engrained passion for personal wellbeing & mental fitness as the catalyst for change. Wendy previously worked at Unilever as Global & Europe Ice Cream Insight director & prior to that held various roles across the Foods, Beauty and Home Care businesses.
Hannah Benton
Qualitative Researcher
Hannah is an expert in consumer research and possesses dual qualitative and quantitative capabilities.
She takes a holistic solution-oriented approach to each challenge she’s given. She brings enthusiasm and channels her knowledge of people to positively impact teams. At Symbia, Hannah turns data and insights into compelling stories for our clients.
Our global facilitator network
Symbia works with a dynamic network of facilitators around the globe, to ensure our content and work sessions align with the languages, customs and cultures of global teams.
