Executive Coaching in the Next Decade

The Coaching process is an activity that has been growing exponentially year after year. Numerous schools have been opened, providing different approaches and methodologies that, in some cases, lack professional and academic rigor.I have rarely read coaching materials...

Pandemic Cultural Changes

I have been following the cultural changes that the pandemic is originating and that for sure will remain. Recent surveys in Brazil show that @ 54 % of employees are thinking about asking their leaders to continue with the home office model. Others are taking this...

Laser Coaching

For those colleagues that have not tried it yet, I recommend you do. Laser Coaching is not trying to compress the normal coaching sessions into a one or two sessions. It is not a race against any clock. Laser Coaching relies on understanding the person , not the...

Lonely at the Top

People at the top make harder decisions. That is their job. Most of them are surrounded by able staff members, commanders (if in the military), advisors, consultants, etc. At the end, when decision time comes, everybody leaves the room and Top Chief must decide…alone....
When executives fail and CEO’s must act

When executives fail and CEO’s must act

During my tenure as International VP of HR and in the last twelve years as Executive Coach, I came across this dilemma that most CEO’s go through in one moment of their careers: how to pull the plug when a team member fails. There are so many elements to consider,...