Our mission is to

foster collective well-being and resilience in work spaces, emphasizing institutional change.

Core Values:

Wellbeing: Fostering unity, integrity, and prioritizing individuals for a harmonious community.
Belonging: Upholding justice principles, ensuring psychological safety, trust, and an environment of respect.
Equity: Commitment to fostering inclusion, justice, and equal opportunities.
Innovation: Encouraging creativity, passion, and adventurous thinking for positive change.
Leadership: Cultivating empowerment, strategic vision, thoughtful design, and commitment to sustainability.
Excellence: Delivering exceptional service, making a meaningful impact, and embodying authority and influence.

Our work

The Work Well Studio partners with leaders to co-create innovative, development-centered organizations, that are responsive to the whole person needs of their employees. We are passionate about supporting companies in their journeys to foster a wellbeing-driven culture for their workforce.

As a team, we believe leaders have the means to change historical and systematic social inequities in the workplace and are excited to be a part of that strategic investment.

2024-2026 Strategic Priorities

1. Revenue Growth and Diversification: Financial sustainability is fundamental to our long-term success. Diversifying revenue streams through coaching, consulting, and product sales ensures a robust and stable income.

2. Thought Leadership and Brand Authority: Establish The Work Well Studio as a thought leader in well-being, equity, and organizational culture through building a strong brand presence and thought leadership positioning the organization as an experts in the industry, attracting clients, and enhancing our influence in driving positive change.

3. Organizational Impact and Change-Capability: Create a lasting impact on organizations by fostering well-being and equity, making them change-capable. Provide high-impact consulting services, offer transformative coaching programs, and develop and deliver an adjunct course emphasizing holistic organizational cultures.

4. Customer Base Expansion and Retention: Expand the customer base and ensure high satisfaction and retention rates. Improving customer experience to ensure long-term relationships and continuous growth through valuable insights.

2024 Annual Report

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Our Vision:

The Work Well Studio envisions organizational cultures founded on wellbeing and justice principles, challenging and addressing systems of harm. Our superpower is creating change-capable organizations. We partner with organizations to design culture strategies based on well-being and equity principles, contributing to dynamic, high-performing businesses. We advocate for producing and sustaining equitable outcomes, grounded in systems-based and human-centered approaches to building justice work cultures.

SOCIAL IMPACT

Mykella has served for 5 years on a Community Wellness Committee that is committed to, and embraces the various approaches to thriving health and wellness across cultures and communities. This committee is driven by diverse stakeholder investment including federal, state, county, and local government representatives, as well as a diversity of community members. This necessary, and unique make up of members allows for innovative and groundbreaking approaches to individual and collective well-being to be created, implemented, and evaluated in impactful and proactive ways.

Founder & CulTUre and Leadership Coach

Mykella Auld M.Ed, PgC-PA, CECM (she/her)

Named to WomELLE’s Top 25 Female Leaders of 2024 list. Mykella is an Organizational Wellbeing Leader, Social Educator, Strategy Architect, Certified Executive Coach and Speaker with experience in collective well-being research, equity fame-work development, creative problem-solving, and coalition-building. She coaches leaders to develop innovative organizations that are responsive to their employee's whole person. Further supporting companies in their journey to foster learning-focused, wellbeing-driven, futures for their teams.

Mykella believes in the purpose and priority of individual and collective wellbeing and is committed to reducing barriers to access and success for all employees. Mykella's philosophy is built on the notion that we do better when we work together. Her purpose in life is to contribute to the solution that helps to produce and sustain equitable outcomes and is grounded in systems-based and human-centered approaches to building justice work cultures.

EDUCATION: Mykella has a Post-Graduate Certification in public Policy and Urban Affairs Management, a Master of Arts in Leadership, as well as professional certifications in Organization Design Thinking for Innovation, Coaching for Professionals, The Science of Well-Being, and Business Communication.

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Awards and INterviews

WomELLE’s 2024 Top 25 Female Leader- honoring women who make history today.

Learn more about Mykella Auld and the journey to creating The Woek Well Studio here.

Articles and Publications

Learn more about Mykella Auld and The Work Well Studio through these publications and articles.

Brainz Magazine Executive Contributor

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

Mykella meets individuals where they are in a non-judgmental and supportive way. She develops programs and services at both a detail and strategy level. Mykella understands the need to create shared meaning and builds processes in place to get teams to this stage. She sees and invites differences in a manner that honors all perspectives to develop a deeper understanding of programs, projects, services, or systems. She brings with her, expertise around curriculum and adult learning in ways that are accessible and adaptable to the processes, resources, and needs of an organization.
Senior Advisor, Public Innovation Organization
Mykella was incredibly knowledgeable and dedicated to helping me succeed in my job search. She pushed me to explore the best ways to highlight my skills and experience in a way that was clear and concise, and provided valuable tips on how to tailor my resume to different job opportunities. In preparation for interviews she provided me with a comprehensive list of common interview questions, and we practiced various scenarios to ensure that I was fully prepared for any situation. Mykella helped me to build confidence in my abilities and provided constructive feedback that allowed me to continuously improve.
Through my coaching from Mykella I secured a position that meet my needs, wants, as well as a vertical career move. She coached me through negotiations to secure a 10% higher starting salary than the initial offer.
Human Resources Professional, K-12 Public Education
Mykella is more than an exceptional learning and development, expert; she's an incredible program designer, advisor, and coach. Working with her has been an absolute joy. Her passion, organization, and ability to build meaningful relationships with colleagues are remarkable. Mykella is a true gem and a valued business partner.
Senior Director, University Leadership Initiative
Mykella has this uncanny knack for leading change. She's got this mix of smarts and intuition that helps her understand what needs shifting in an organization's culture. She doesn't just identify these things, she moves mountains to ensure the changes happen.
And it's not just about the business side of things. Mykella genuinely cares about people's wellbeing. She's always looking out for the team. She's helps create a place where people feel valued, heard, and, most importantly, happy.
When it comes to working with stakeholders and launching programs, she's a real pro. Mykella knows how to get everyone on the same page, steering us towards a common goal. The programs we've launched together have not only been successful but have also made a real difference, thanks to her.
Vice President of a Social Impact Organization
Mykella has led my team through multiple program and service design and development processes. At the sixth-month point of my time in this role she was leading the team through the first step in the ideation process for a program redesign. This was the first time I truly understood the work of the team and the full scope of the program. I had read the grant documents, all of the program materials, and even attend program events and services. But it wasn't until that session that I truly got it!
Program Associate, Civic Innovation Team

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