Thauraya Makni
Open to opportunitiesResilience & Leadership Researcher | Human Flourishing Systems for Leaders | Investigating Psychological Capital, Resilience, and Leadership Identity Development | Practitioner &?
Toronto, ON
About
Evidence-based innovator in positive psychology, resilience, and leadership development. I design and scale gamified, AI-driven interventions (COPOPT®, ResilienceBOT®, and RDP®) to advance the well-being, resilience, and leadership readiness of young professionals entering or growing into managerial roles.
Skills
- Ability to adaptAdvanced
- Ability to stay calm in difficult situationsAdvanced
- Ability to work under pressureAdvanced
- Able to convey vision while also collabaratingAdvanced
- Able to manage multiple projectsAdvanced
- Action PlanningAdvanced
- Activity coordinationAdvanced
- adaptabilityAdvanced
- adept at multitasking.Advanced
- analysisAdvanced
- as part of a teamAdvanced
- AutonomieAdvanced
- balancedAdvanced
- Behaviour interventionAdvanced
- Bilingual communicationAdvanced
- Business analysisAdvanced
- Business CasesAdvanced
- Capable of working independentlyAdvanced
- caringAdvanced
- Change ManagementAdvanced
- client advocacyAdvanced
- Client-centered community workAdvanced
- Client Relationship ManagementAdvanced
- CoachingAdvanced
- collaboratively in a team environmentAdvanced
- collaborative teamworkAdvanced
- CommunicationAdvanced
- Communication avec les famillesAdvanced
- Communication et résolution de problèmesAdvanced
- Community developmentAdvanced
- community support systemsAdvanced
- Conflict ResolutionAdvanced
- interdisciplinary collaborationAdvanced
- LeadershipAdvanced
- MentorshipAdvanced
- Microsoft 365Advanced
- Microsoft ExcelAdvanced
- Microsoft OfficeAdvanced
- Microsoft OutlookAdvanced
- Problem solvingAdvanced
- Project managementAdvanced
- Quality assuranceAdvanced
- Quality ImprovementAdvanced
- Regulatory ComplianceAdvanced
- ReliabilityAdvanced
- Risk ManagementAdvanced
- SupervisionAdvanced
Experience
Advisor to Executive Management
STC – Société Tunisienne de Confection (Textile Family-owned SME)
Jan 2018 to Jan 2023
Tunisia
• Advised senior leadership on resilience, well-being, and long-term decision-making. • Supported strategic thinking and protective investment during sectoral and economic challenges, including succession planning. • Provided executive coaching grounded in Positive Psychology to strengthen leadership adaptability.
Organizational Resilience & Wellbeing Advisor
STC – Société Tunisienne de Confection (family-owned textile SME)
Jan 2018 to Jan 2023
Tunisia
• Advised the executive leadership team on resilience, wellbeing, and long-term strategic decision-making during a period of sectoral disruption and economic uncertainty. • Supported succession planning and protective investment strategy, strengthening organizational continuity and leadership adaptability. • Delivered executive coaching grounded in positive psychology to build leadership resilience under pressure.
Independent Coach & Learning Innovation Practitioner
Self-employed
Jan 2012 to Present
Tunisia & Remote
• Trained 100+ students across 2 universities in 2025 with gamified resilience interventions. • Designed and delivered evidence-based resilience, leadership, and well-being programs to academics. • Developed COPOPT®, ResilienceBOT®, and RDP®, integrating gamification, AI, and positive psychology interventions. • Conducted research-to-practice cycles to refine interventions before broader scale-up. • Aligned interventions with UN SDGs (3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12) and UDL to drive impact in cross-cultural contexts.
Founder & Program Strategist, Wellness, Resilience & Engagement Design
Self-employed
Jan 2012 to Present
Tunisia & Remote
• Designed and scaled evidence-based, gamified and AI-enabled programs (COPOPT®, ResilienceBOT®, RDP®) to build resilience, psychological capital, and engagement for students and professionals transitioning into leadership roles. • Trained 100+ students across 2 universities in 2025 through gamified resilience interventions. • Ran research-to-practice cycles to test, measure, and refine interventions prior to scale-up, applying a rigorous, data-driven approach to program design. • Aligned all interventions with UN Sustainable Development Goals (3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles for inclusive, cross-cultural impact.
Oncology research intern | Pharmacy technician | Family business experience
Not stated in source
Jan 1998 to Jan 2001
Tunis & Montréal
Early Professional Experience
Education
École des sciences de la gestion à l’Université du Québec à Montréal at Université Tunis Carthage
Executive MBA (Master of business Administration), Business Administration
Canada; Tunisia
2025
École des sciences de la gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal
Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Canada; Tunisia
2025 to 2027
At Université Tunis Carthage, Tunisia.
Buckinghamshire New University
Master of Science, Applied Positive Psychology
Wycombe, United Kingdom
2023 to 2025
Université du Québec à Montréal
Short Graduate Program, Higher Education Pedagogy
Canada
2001
Université de Montréal
Bachelor of Pharmacy, Pharmacy
Canada
1999 to 2000
Interrupted for personal reasons
Université du Québec à Montréal
Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry
Canada
1996 to 1998
Degree conferred with distinction on May 18, 1999
Licences & certifications
Foundations of Positive Psychology (5 courses_Specialization)
University of Pennsylvania
Happy: Managing Happiness, by Arthur Brooks
Harvard University, HarvardX
Science of Exercise Course
University of Colorado Boulder
Languages
- ArabicNative