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My Story
Born and in preparation to be an expat from the age of four, I am an experienced global leader, having spent almost 30 years working in multinational companies, across 7 markets, 4 countries as an expat and having led people from more than 40 different nationalities.
All the diversity I was exposed to led me to seek formal education to understand and operate on different communication scenarios, ways of thinking and processing information. I knew from experience that, even when we all want the same things, working together can be quite challenging, especially when we come from different contexts and backgrounds. Leading an international team is like riding a Ferrari: you have the best available set up, but if you are not an able pilot, you might crash the car and waste all that talent. Seeking to become the best pilot possible, I went to study with one of the most recognised experts in the field, Professor Erin Meyer, creator of the 8 dimension framework presented in her book “The Culture Map” which totally changed the way I did my work as a leader and as a coach.
I also sought formal education as a coach, even after hundreds of hours of practice and I'm proud to say I am now certified by INSEAD as a coach for Individuals and Groups since 2019. I also accumulate almost 2000 hours of coaching in different countries, contexts and seniority of clients.
I am an avid learner, and I believe and role model lifelong learning. Through that journey, I have deepened my studies in leadership, neuroscience, neuroscience for leaders, Individual Coaching, Group Coaching, Sales coaching, Leadership Across Borders, Situational Leadership, Managing Difficult Conversations, Non Violent Communication and more, all of which have contributed to my understanding of how the human mind operates in a state of Excellence and High Performance... or not. I have studied in some of the best Educational institutions in the world and I keep my learning muscle active by reading at least three books a month as well as attending INSEAD Alumni events and Executive Educational courses in loco.
You can check more details on my professional trajectory on LinkedIn.
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INSEAD: Aspiring Board Directors Programme- 2024
INSEAD: Global Certificate in Management - 2023
INSEAD: Leading Across Cultures and Borders - Erin Meyer - 2023
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Kellogg Sales Institute - Sales Coaching Summit - 2023
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INSEAD: Advanced Group Coaching - 2022
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INSEAD: Individual Coaching Certificate - 2020
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Kellogg Sales Institute- Sales Coaching - 2020
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MIT: Applied Neuroscience - 2017
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MIT: Neuroscience for Leadership - 2017
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"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
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My Mission
As an experienced expat, I have lived through the joys, hurdles, disappointments and loneliness that can come with that life choice. I dare say nothing really prepares you for what you are about to experience: the loss of reference, the linguistic mismatches, even if you are fluent, the cultural codes you don't know how to navigate and the inner talk in your head that keeps hitting you with the question: Did I do the right thing?
So, I'm here to help. Only someone who has walked that path (a few times here) can really understand the complexity of emotions and feelings that came with such a huge shift in someone's life.
Mundane tasks can become challenges like climbing Everest and navigating career can feel just near impossible.
So I decided to put all this knowledge out there to help fellow expats like me. Especially in those days in which we have so much noise to add to the already complex movement of changing countries.