Christian van Nieuwerburgh (PhD) is an academic, consultant and executive coach. He is Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Global Director for Growth Coaching International, a provider of coach training and consultancy for the education sector, Principal Fellow of the Centre for Wellbeing Science at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education of the University of Melbourne (Australia) and Honorary CollectivEd Fellow of the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University. He has written extensively in the fields of coaching and positive psychology and is the author of the best-selling An Introduction to Coaching Skills: A Practical Guide (now in its third edition) and other books. Christian is passionate about the integration of coaching and positive psychology to improve outcomes and enhance wellbeing in educational, health and corporate settings (@christianvn on Twitter). He enjoys spending time with family, travelling, writing and riding his Harley Davidson (@coachonamotorcycle on Instagram). He lives between England and the Canary Islands.