Meet our Founder
Lorissa Garcia
Assembly Culture Founder and Head Culture Crafter. Certified and Specialist Emotional Culture Consultant.
Driven by values and fuelled by feelings (oh, and coffee – but only the good kind).
Meet our Founder
Lorissa Garcia
Assembly Culture Founder & Head Culture Crafter.
Certified & Specialist Emotional Culture Consultant.
Variety is the spice of life…
Except when it comes to coffee. When you find your coffee order, stick to it, because no one needs to risk starting their day with a bad coffee.
Lorissa’s love for variety has enabled her to incorporate emotions into workplaces as an emotional and organisational culture coach and consultant across multiple industries and sectors over the past 20+ years.
From big-name organisations to NFP and government, mid-sized and privately owned, startup and seed-funded – Lorissa has worked with domestic and international organisations, teams and individuals in countries across the globe on creating engaged workplaces and crafting cultures in which emotions can run high, on purpose.
Lorissa has seen some great cultures and teams that really thrive (and her fair share of the not-so-amazing) and worked with every level up, down and across the organisation. It’s fair to say that getting to know the inner workings of an organisation is her specialty.
And it’s also fair to say that in the current work world, culture needs to go beyond values and behaviours. It’s no longer about shallow culture moves (ping pong tables, Friday night drinks and fruit baskets), but about deep, thoughtful and connective culture initiatives that make an impact.
A self-confessed nerd on all things culture and the way organisations and emotions work, Lorissa loves working on the deeper issues at play in an organisation.
A deep thinker, worker & feeler, and absolutely not your average facilitator, Lorissa’s enthusiasm for fostering flourishing cultures steeped in emotions is underpinned by a culmination of decades of education, training, development, and learning…
On paper, Lorissa holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Leadership and Innovation) and Diplomas in both Coaching and Human Resources, and is qualified and certified in Organisational, Business, Leadership & Performance Coaching. Gallup-trained as a CliftonStrengths Coach, certified in Leadership Circle Profile 360 Leadership Assessment, and one of just a handful of people globally certified as an Emotional Culture Practitioner & Specialist, Lorissa is a true expert when it comes to Culture and its impact on a company (and its individuals).
Want to chat about what emotional culture looks like in your team or organisation, and about working with the best in the Emotional Culture business?
"Lorissa’s workshop facilitation quickly took our team into deep conversations about the way we work and what is important to us, while weaving in useful knowledge about the benefits of considering emotional culture in the workplace. We were left with lots of tools and ideas about how we can use this to create a team culture that supports people to do their best work."
They say your Google Search is the real you, so…
Who is Lorissa
outside of work?
Lorissa lives in Melbourne Australia with her two handsome, energetic sons and husband Mick – aka the carwash guy, super dad, and uber handyman.
When she’s not working on crafting cultures with awesome individuals and organisations, you’ll find Lorissa on her yoga mat, gliding around on her stand-up paddleboard, or dreaming of travel destinations. Her Google search history looks like a lot of culture and leadership articles (HBR for the win) as well as searches for home styling tips, coastal adventures or a great Donna Hay recipe.
Lorissa believes any day should start with coffee (almond capp please), that feelings = fun, that conversations about feelings = constructive, and that workplaces are made happier and more productive when they become more human. And that you can never go wrong with an almond croissant. Never. Ever.
Want to work with someone who’s never boring (because, when you’re talking ‘feels’ with your team, you want the person at the front of the room to be friendly, warm, and fun!), but who also knows her stuff?
Qualifications and certifications
