ABOUT MALINÉE PONSELIUS
I have spent more than twenty years working with people, organisations and change.
Most of that time has been in HR, across processes, systems, people and the business around them. Over the last decade, I have worked mainly with people projects and system implementations, often in situations where there are many moving parts, different perspectives and no simple answer.
That experience has taught me to look beyond the part that's immediately in front of me. To listen to different perspectives, see connections and look at how people, processes and systems work together.
My background is in behavioural science, and my interest in human behaviour has followed me throughout my working life. Earlier in my career, I also worked as a dog behaviour consultant. It may seem separate from HR, but much of the work was about observation: looking at behaviour in context, seeing patterns and understanding what might be contributing to what I was seeing.
Over the years, that curiosity has taken me further into how people think, respond, make decisions and understand themselves and each other. I have explored this through my own experience, coaching and longer-term mentorship with Palwasha Feizi, Kim Calvert and, more recently, Julie Ciardi.
I continue to learn, explore different perspectives and use what I find useful in my work.
WHAT I BRING
What I bring that isn't in a CV
Experience has made me comfortable with situations that don't fit neatly into one box.
I can work with the detail and still look at the bigger picture. I listen to what people are saying, but I'm also interested in the connections between things that can look separate at first. And because I'm often outside the situation, I may see something that's harder to see when you're in the middle of it.
Sometimes that means working with an organisation through a complex HR project. Sometimes it's working with an individual who wants to understand something in their own life. And sometimes it's helping a group look at something together.
I start with what's in front of me, look at it from different perspectives and work from there.
