Director/Founder

Dr Jemma King

PhD(Human Behaviour),
BSc (Psychology),
BBusMan (Hons,1st Class)
Research Fellow, University of Queensland 

Dr Jemma King has a PhD in human behavior, is an emotional intelligence and performance under stress expert. Jemma is a research fellow at the University of Queensland School of Psychology and works as a specialist external advisor to McKinsey and Company.

Jemma has consulted to the Australian Defence Force, Special Operations Command, the Centre for Australian Army Leadership, the Australian Olympic Swim Team, Australian Government Solicitors, and the Australian Institute of Sport. Jemma has tailored a pre-deployment ‘Performance Optimisation Program’ for Special Operations Command based on emotional intelligence principles that have effectively displayed measurable improvements in behavioural, cognitive and performance-based outcomes. This formed part of Jemma’s doctoral thesis on ‘Emotional Intelligence Training as a Pre-emptive Approach to Stress in the Special Forces’.

Jemma guest lectures in Leadership and Critical Thinking principles at the University of Sydney MBA program, and supervises PhD students at the UQ School of Psychology on stress, psychophysiology, resilience, and executive leadership projects, for example within the US Army Arctic Warfare Group, ER doctors using biometric capture devices.

Jemma is a reviewer for The Journal of Management Education. Jemma also consults with large organisations and privately coaches many C-Suite executives from the telecommunications, legal, defence, manufacturing and finance sectors. Her qualifications include Bachelor of Science, Majoring in Psychology, Bachelor of Business Management 1st Class Honours, and Doctor of Human Behavior. She has also studied psycho-physiology, psychoneuroimmunology, endocrinology, neuroscience, anatomy, and medical microbiology.

Jemma is a Mum of three teenage children and lives in Queensland.