| Chellie Margaret Spiller | |
| Fields: | Leadership studies |
| Workplaces: | University of Waikato |
| Alma Mater: | University of Auckland |
| Thesis1 Title: | How Māori cultural tourism businesses create authentic and sustainable well-being |
| Thesis1 Url: | https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/5818 |
| Thesis1 Year: | 2010 |
Chellie Margaret Spiller is a New Zealand academic and is of Māori descent and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Waikato.[1]
After a 2010 PhD titled 'How Māori cultural tourism businesses create authentic and sustainable well-being' at the University of Auckland, Spiller rose to full professor at the University of Waikato.[1]
In 2011 Spiller was awarded a Fulbright New Zealand Senior Scholar Award to research indigenous business models for creating relational wellbeing in addition to wealth at Harvard University.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
In 2015 she co-authored Wayfinding Leadership: Groundbreaking Wisdom for Developing Leaders with Hoturoa Barclay -Kerr and John Panoho.
In 2021 Spiller was among 24 Maori academics featured in the book "Nga Kete Matauranga: Maori Scholars at the Research Interface" by Jacinta Ruru and Waimarie Nikora. The featured academics share their personal journeys, revealing what being Maori has meant for them in their work.
In 2022 Spiller was appointed as a Leader-in-Residence with the Atlantic Institute, University of Oxford to develop a global leadership programme for catalysts of change. Working with a group of Foundational Storytellers she produced a book "The Catalysts Way: A Handbook for people who want to help change the world". She was appointed as a Fellow with the International Leadership Association. In 2022 Spiller was also appointed to the Marsden Council as a member, and convener of the EHB Panel.