Dr Michelle Pizer - Credentials

Executive coach and organisational psychologist

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Publications

Selected academic publications on leadership, relationships, dignity and organisational life.

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Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management

Pizer, M. (2025). The CEO Experience in Victorian public hospitals: Challenges and strategies for leadership stability.. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 20(3). https://doi.org/10.24083/apjhm.v20i3.5389

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Dimensions of Well-being

Pizer, M. K. & Härtel, C. E. J. (2006). The positive impact of high quality leader-member exchange on career-related hope. In A. Delle Fave (Ed.), Dimensions of Well-being: Research and intervention, pp. 208-225. Milano, Italy: FrancoAngeli.

Book cover of Emotions in Organizational Behavior

Emotions in Organizational Behavior

Pizer, M. K. & Härtel, C. E. J. (2005). For better or for worse: Organisational culture and emotions. In C. E. J. Härtel & N. M. Ashkanasy & W. J. Zerbe (Eds.), Emotions in Organisational Behavior, pp. 335-354. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

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Key Issues in Organizational Communication

Härtel, C. E. J., Kibby, L. & Pizer, M. K. (2004). Intelligent emotions management. In D. Tourish & O. Hargie (Eds.), Key Issues in Organisational Communication, pp. 130-143. New York: Routledge.

Awards and academic recognition

  • Australian Postgraduate Award
  • Helen M Schutt Award, Monash University
  • Jean Gilmore Award, Australian Federation of University Women
  • Monash University Departmental Scholarship

Best paper and conference awards

  • International Conference on Emotions and Worklife (Best Paper)
  • Brisbane Symposium on Emotions and Work Life (Travel Scholarship)
  • University of Queensland Industrial/Organisational Psychology Symposium (Best Interstate Student Award)

Professional memberships and endorsements

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  • Endorsed organisational psychologist
  • Endorsed counselling psychologist
  • Approved supervisor, Psychology Board of Australia
  • Member, Australian Psychological Society
  • Fellow, APS College of Counselling Psychologists
  • Fellow, APS College of Organisational Psychologists
  • Member, APS Coaching and Psychology Interest Group

Other Professional Memberships

  • Certified Executive Coach, Center for Executive Coaching
  • Member, The Boss Whispering® Institute
  • Member, Ethical Coaching Collective

Academic qualifications

Dr Michelle Pizer at her PhD graduation

Graduation Day

  • PhD – The realities of working life: maintaining dignity and hope in the face of compromise for a job and a career.
  • Master of Business – Career success in a professional services firm
  • Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology
  • Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Business (Marketing)

Working with Dr Michelle Pizer

Further information is available on the executive coaching, Coach on Call support and leadership team work pages.

Dr Michelle Pizer | Executive Coach and Organisational Psychologist