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Sonia Di Maulo
BA Communications, MA in Educational Technology
Sonia Di Maulo is an award-winning leadership development and workplace learning expert with over 25 years of experience in optimizing performance and team dynamics. She is the Founder and Chief Reinvention Officer of Harvest Performance, a leadership consulting agency, and a course lecturer at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï’s School of Continuing Studies and at Concordia University. Sonia holds a Master’s in Educational Technology and a Bachelor’s degree with distinction in Communication Studies. An accomplished author and practitioner, she received multiple Awards of Excellence from the International Society of Performance Improvement (ISPI) in recognition of outstanding instructional interventions (2003, 2011, 2020). Her leadership fable, The Apple in the Orchard: A Story about Finding the Courage to Emerge as a Leader, has been endorsed by renowned leadership guru Ken Blanchard. Passionate about fostering trust, collaboration and belonging, Sonia helps leaders and teams reach their full potential through evidence-based strategies that build confidence, engagement, a strong culture of learning and result in high performance and results.
Specialization:
Sonia Di Maulo specializes in leadership performance and learning design. Her focus is on designing and implementing performance interventions that drive measurable results while nurturing inclusive, high-trust team cultures. She is a Certified Reinvention Practitioner (CRP) who excels in implementing continuous change models that align to purpose and the environment, and anticipate, design, and implement change for lasting results. A Certified ROI Professional (CRP), Sonia brings a rigorous approach to evaluating training ROI and organizational impact. Her unique specialization merges principles of positive organizational psychology with practical coaching techniques, empowering leaders to foster psychological safety and innovation within their teams. Through her work, she helps organizations cultivate environments where people feel safe to contribute, learn, and grow, thereby translating purposeful leadership into sustainable performance.Ìýtrust, collaboration and belonging, Sonia helps leaders and teams reach their full potential through evidence-based strategies that build confidence, engagement, a strong culture of learning and result in high performance and results.
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- Leadership development and coaching
- Leading change and reinvention (personal, professional, organizational)
- Workplace learning strategy and performance improvement
- Instructional design and learning experience design
- Team dynamics, trust-building and managing teams
- Conflict resolution and feedback culture development
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- Leadership
- Organizational behaviour
- Change Management
- Human Performance
- Talent Development
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- Di Maulo, S. (2014). The Growth Framework for Leading Purpose: A Systems-Thinking Approach to Thriving [Whitepaper]. Harvest Performance, Montreal, Quebec.
- Di Maulo, S. (2012). The Apple in the Orchard: A Story about Finding the Courage to Emerge as a Leader. Harvest Performance, Montreal, Quebec.
- Di Maulo, S. (2012). Daily actions that cultivate trust and collaboration. In The character-based leader: Instigating a leadership revolution... One person at a time (pp. 131-138). Leading Change Group. Dog Ear Publishing.
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Selected talks:
- Di Maulo, S., Pérez Arroyo, A., & Mendoza, J. (2025, July). Empowering adolescents in Mexico with purpose: Positive psychology in action. International Positive Psychology Congress, Brisbane, Australia.
- Di Maulo, S. (2024, October 24–25). From Overwhelm to Empowered: Educators, Live Your Legacy [Conference presentation]. Research Forum on Educator Wellbeing: Sharing Diverse Perspectives and Multiple Approaches, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC.
- Di Maulo, S. (2023, May). Living legacy [Keynote address]. Professional Development (PD) Day for Educators "Connections," West Island College, Montreal, Canada.
- Di Maulo, S. (2022, May 19). The Growth Mindset & Creating a Learning Legacy [Keynote address]. The Quebec Advisory Council on Vocational Education (QACVE) Bi-Annual Conference, Virtual.
- Di Maulo, S. (2020). Increasing Clarity & Resilience in a Time of Crisis. Wellbeing 360: The Global Summit Webinar Series.
- Di Maulo, S. (2019, July 19). A Model of Growth for Emerging Leaders [Poster Presentation]. 6th World Congress on Positive Psychology, Melbourne, Australia.
- Di Maulo, S. (2018). Positive Communication Encourages Positive Behaviours and Well-Being Using a Three-Year Systematic Approach Across a School Community [Poster Presentation]—First Canadian Scientific Meeting on Wellbeing, Victoria College, University of Toronto.
- Di Maulo, S. (2018). The Art of Positive Gossiping [Keynote address]. Quebec Business Teacher’s Association (QBTA) Annual Conference, Quebec, Canada. · Di Maulo, S. (2018). Turning inspiration into action through positive communication. The World Positive Education Accelerator, Fort Worth, Texas. Abstract submission acceptance.
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Concordia Council on Student Life – Outstanding Contribution Award (Faculty Winner, 2022): Honoured for her impactful contributions to student development and engagement, including creation of the Take the Leap! program for emerging leaders and mentorship of graduate students (several of whom won case competitions under her guidance).
Concordia University President’s Excellence in Teaching Award (2021): Awarded for sustained excellence in teaching as a part-time faculty member, recognizing her innovative use of experiential learning and success in coaching students for international case competitions.
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) Awards of Excellence (2003, 2011, 2020): Three-time recipient for Outstanding Human Performance Intervention/Instructional Design, recognizing exceptional performance solutions. She also earned an ISPI Award of Excellence in 2017 for Outstanding Communication in performance improvement for The Apple in the Orchard (international category).
Engaged Scholar Award – Faculty (2018): Recognized for integrating academic scholarship with community impact, exemplifying leadership in applied learning and industry collaboration in the field of education and performance improvement. (Awarded by Concordia University’s Faculty of Arts & Science.)