Tao is a native Dutchman who has called Australia home for almost 40 years.   

For over twenty-five years Tao has helped inform, empower and inspire tens of thousands of people through his lectures, seminars, workshops, consulting work, executive mentoring and coaching. He is a regular keynote speaker for corporate organizations and has also delivered educational programmes in Europe. Over the years Tao has worked to combine psychological and management sciences, together with neuroscience, emotional intelligence and systemic thinking.

Tao is considered an innovative thinker. His unique difference is his ability to use psychological understanding and to think innovatively about complex and difficult issues. He uses his creativity in supporting people to discover and express their unique gifts. He loves his work and lives his passion.

Tao holds a degree in Business and Administration (The Netherlands) a postgraduate and a Masters Degree in Social Ecology. He is a qualified and registered PACFA psychotherapist and counsellor and a clinical member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Association of NSW. 

For over 10 years Sharon has been leading and managing training businesses across a number of industries and she has an extremely thorough understanding of adult learning and continuing professional development.

Sharon has a strong background in leadership and people management and she prides herself on leading by example, walking the talk and playing it straight.

In mid 2008, Sharon welcomed news of her retrenchment, waved goodbye to the corporate world (without so much as a backwards glance) and decided to follow her dreams and start her own business.

With a passion for personal development, Sharon is very grateful to be able to combine her strategic and operational management expertize with her love of learning.

Sharon holds a Bachelor of Adult Education and embraces the philosophy of life-long learning. A lover of nature and wildlife, she enjoys a semi-rural lifestyle with her husband Steve, daughter Mackenzie and their dog Max...and all the other creatures great and small that also call the property home.

Joep is another native Dutchman who now calls Australia home.

Joep has a very broad professional background, with over 15 years experience in IT and business management gained from the banking sector and internet related businesses. Joep is a visionary, with big ideas and a fresh and innovative approach. Joep’s mantra is if you don’t create a box in the first place, then you don’t need to think outside it. He also operates equally well when delving into the detail.

Joep loves to share his knowledge with others. He has and continues to be a wonderful mentor to many. He is an original and creative thinker, a characteristic not often associated with IT professionals. He has strong ethical values and integrity is of utmost importance to him. 

Throughout the process of building Minds with Integrity Joep's message has been simple; think big, start small and scale fast.

Joep holds a Dutch Bachelor degree in Electro technical engineering, a (UK) Master of Science in Computing Sciences and a (US) Master in Business Administration (MBA).