about
Belle Guaran
Belle is a former Chief People and Culture Officer with over a decade in people leadership and a background spanning human resources, law and advocacy.
Their career has seen them work across culture, capability and change, tackling enough of the challenges faced by executive and senior leadership teams to see what leadership shifts actually work in real life.
They kept coming back to play. Not the hokey team-building kind, but the learning, experimenting, and fully embodied kind.
In 2025 Belle started freediving, which re-wired their relationship with fear and risk. Now they are becoming a Molchanovs-certified Freediving Instructor to support other people who want to go deeper.
When it comes to facilitating and training, as a deaf person with a cochlear implant who learned Auslan in adulthood, Belle brings a lived understanding of what it means to navigate systems not built for everyone and to problem-solve on the fly.
Depthwise is built on the belief that it’s possible to do great work, playfully.
Selected credentials
Molchanovs Assistant Instructor — Freediving
First Aid/CPR
WWCC
NDISWC
Certificate III in Auslan
Bachelor of Arts/Law (Honours)
What people say about working with depthwise
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Belle has a unique gift for building trust in a room almost instantly, creating a space where people feel safe to be vulnerable, let their guard down and simply show up as themselves. The games Belle curated and facilitated for my retreat transformed a group of strangers into a deeply connected group. I don't think I've ever heard so much laughter in one session! Belle brings warmth, intuition and a genuine ability to connect people I couldn't recommend her more highly to any team or group wanting to create meaningful connection, while having. whole lot of fun along the way.
Jo Ellice-Flint, Founder
Madame Republic
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Put twelve strangers in a room before two days of activities and you usually get small talk and nervous energy. Belle read the dynamic immediately and rebuilt it, she noticed who was hanging back, who needed a role, when to push the energy up and when to let it settle. By the time we started the work, the group was already working as one. I’d recommend Belle to any team looking to make a substantial shift.
Lindsay Rogers, Founder & Managing Director
Chello
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