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Chris Tamdjidi
World-leading expert in resilience, with a deep understanding of the mind and body connection and the realities of the modern workplace
Co-founder and Managing Director of Awaris
An international leadership development and cultural transformation company working with over 200 global organisations.
Leads more than 300 leadership and resilience projects each year
Working with clients including BMW, Audi, Bosch, Unilever, HSBC, Lloyds, L’Oréal and European Parliament.
Leading executive coach
Personally coached Director-Generals within the European Commission and members of Parliament across Canada, UK, Germany and the UAE, as well as a G7 finance minister. Regularly coaches executives in global organisations on matters of resilience, performance, leading teams.
Co-author of The Resilient Culture (Kogan Page)
Winner at The Axiom Business Book Awards, and finalist in the motivational category at the 2025 International Book Awards
Introducing Chris Tamdjidi – world-leading expert in resilience, with a deep understanding of the mind and body connection and the realities of the modern workplace.
Resilience leads to business success
Chris Tamdjidi is the Managing Director and co-founder of Awaris, an international leadership development and cultural transformation company working with over 200 global organisations.
Chris has practiced mindfulness for over 30 years and integrates scientific rigour with contemplative practice in leadership development. Chris specialises in resilience, a deep understanding of the mind and body connection, authentic leadership and systemic cultural transformation.
Over the past 15 years, Chris has led more than 300 leadership and resilience projects annually with global companies including BMW, Audi, Bosch, Unilever, HSBC, Lloyds and L’Oréal. He has personally coached senior executives and Director-Generals within the European Commission and has led large-scale resilience frameworks across EU institutions. He has also worked with members of Parliament in a number of countries, spanning Canada, UK, Germany and the UAE.
Before founding Awaris, Chris spent seven years at The Boston Consulting Group (Munich, London, Kuala Lumpur), leading strategic transformation projects in automotive, consumer goods and industrial sectors. He holds a First-Class degree in Physics from Imperial College London and an MBA from the University of Texas in Austin. Chris served as an advisor to Oxford Mindfulness Centre for 8 years and teaches at a number of Universities.
Award-Winning Author
Chris Tamdjidi is the co-author of The Resilient Culture: How Collective Resilience Leads to Business Success, which has already been translated into 4 languages and won prizes at international book awards.
The book groundbreaking guide to lasting success through practical and original frameworks for building resilience at work. It draws upon the authors’ experiences of working with leading organizations such as HSBC, Ikea and a leading F1 team to demonstrate the impact of resilient cultures.
Featuring insights on resilient habits, team dynamics and workplace wellbeing, The Resilient Culture draws upon decades of corporate and academic expertise to offer the insights you need to reach new heights of business performance.
Ready To Speak To The Media
Chris Tamdjidi is available to provide expert comment, interviews, guest articles and speak at events on leadership, company culture and resilience topics including:
The neuroscience of high performance
Collective resilience v individual resilience
Large scale resilience transformation in organisations
Team habits for performance, psychological safety, wellbeing and innovation
The mind and body connection in modern work
Leadership under pressure
Mindful leadership
The value of humanity in an AI-driven workplace
How to help teams cope with disruption, transformation and uncertainty
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