What I Do

KEY PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES:

- Mastery of solution-focused protocols for coaching, consulting and leading workshops
- Mastery of personal-state management techniques to manage stress and conflict
- Solid and pragmatic scientific background in the facts of psychology and human personality
- Familiarity and experience using different development – oriented assessment tools
- Excellent command of the English language (TOEFL 677/677, 1997; extensive experience in delivering workshops / coaching in English)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Coaching:
- Executive Coaching: Gruppo Sanpellegrino (2002, 2003, 2004), BD (2003), Levissima (2005, 2006), Molmed (2006, 2007, 2008), ZF-Marine (2006, 2007), SAES-Getters (2008), Spreafico Frutta (2008, 2009, 2010), GIP (2010), Huntsman Performance Products – Italy (2010), individual clients (2006 – 2010)
- Coaching Young Talents: AstraZeneca (2002, 2003), Banca Lombarda (2003), ZF (2002, 2003), MG (2004), Fischer (2004), Levissima (2005), SAME (2007, 2008)

Development & Assessment Centers:
- Assessment Centers: Gruppo Sanpellegrino (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006), Bayer (2003), ZF (2003), MG (2004, 2005), Famar (2004), SAME (2006, 2008), Bitron (2007), Arvato (2008)
- Development Centers: Franzoni Filati (2002), AstraZeneca (2003) , Microsoft (2003) , Saes Getters (2004) , Patheon (2004), Fidis (2006), SAME (2006, 2008), Burgo Group (2008)

Workshops & Training:

- Training Coaches in Solution-Focused Brief Coaching as a member of Solutionsurfers’ Faculty (2010)
- Leadership Programs : Best Food – Unilever (2000), ST Microelectronics (2000, 2001, 2006), Unione Industriali Lecco (2000), Finstral (2001), Sulzer Textil (2001), ZF (2001, 2002), Irca (2002), HP (2002), Bayer (2003, 2004), Gruppo Sanpellegrino (2005, 2006), Molmed (2007), SAME (2007, 2008), Burgo Group (2010)
- Conflict Management, Negotiation Skills, Stress Management : Alcoa (2002), Gruppo Sanpellegrino (2002, 2003, 2004), Banca Lombarda (2003), Minigears (2003), CRIF (2004, 2005, 2008), Irca – Zoppas (2006), MEMC (2006, 2007), SAME (2008, 2009), VM Motori (2008, 2009), Lindt & Sprungli (2009)
- Workshops for Festo CTE, twice a year, on: Coaching, Conflict Management & Negotiation, Stress Management
- Facilitation of International Workshops regarding Management by Competencies (Festo, 2007)
- Facilitation of Brainstorming & Focus Group sessions for Fondazione Enrico Mattei, EU environmental projects (2004, 2005)
- Dynamics of Change : IBM (1996, 1997, 1998), IRCA (2000), Trenitalia (2001)
- Train the Trainer : Danone (1998, 1999), Speedline (1998, 2000, 2001), Ferrari (1999), Trenitalia (2000), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (2001)

Consulting: HR solutions for OD projects
- Team Based Organization : Vanossi Sud (1999)
- Performance Management : Orsec (1999), Syn (2002), Memc (2002)
- Learning Organization : Festo (2000, 2001)
- Lean Organization : Speedline – Amcast Group (1999, 2000); Gruppo Sanpellegrino – Nestlè Waters (2002, 2003, 2004)
- Systems of Competency : Syn (2000, 2001), SGS (2001), Franzoni Filati (2001), Gruppo Sanpellegrino – Nestlè Waters (2003, 2004), Festo CTE (2004 to present), SAME (2006)

EDUCATION

- 1994, Università degli Studi di Milano, Doctorate Degree in Philosophy with a Psychology Master, 110/110 cum laude
- 1996, Santa Fe Institute (NM, USA), studies in Complex Systems & Nonlinear Dynamics
- 1996, Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences, conferences: Berkeley, Pavia
- 1998, Futurethinking, workshop “Leadership Intensive”, Sarasota, FL
- 1998/2000, Coach University
- 2001, University of Geneva, CAPP (Computer Assessment of Personal Potential) certification
- 2001, Pari Center for New Learning, workshop “New Sciences, New Paradigms”
- 2001, First World Conference for Systemic Management, Wien, Austria
- 2002, HP, certification to lead the program “Dynamic Leadership”
- 2003, Right Academy, workshop “The Consultant’s Role”, London, UK
- 2003 / 2004, International Coaching Federation member
- 2003, University of California Santa Cruz, NLP Practitioner Certification
- 2004, University of California Santa Cruz, NLP Master Certification
- 2007, Solution Surfers, PURE ICF Professional Certification Program, (Basel, Switzerland)
- 2007, MRG, 360°-questionnaire LEA (Leadership Effectiveness Analysis) training & certification
- 2008, Solution Surfers, PLUS ICF Professional Certification Program, (Basel, Switzerland)
- 2009, Solution Surfers, PRO ICF Professional Certification Program (Basel, Switzerland)
- 2009, credentialed by the ICF (International Coaching Federation) as a PCC (Professionally Certified Coach)
- 2010, faculty member of Solutionsurfers

PUBLICATIONS

- Reasoned Bibliography on Chaos and Complexity Theory , Proceedings of the International Conference “Chaos, Fractals and Models”; Pavia, Italy, 1996
- Nonlinear Dynamic System Theory Between Epistemology and Practical Applications in “Le Nuove Frontiere della Scienza”, Edizioni Lecchesi; Lecco, 1998
- Chaos and Organizational Change in Sistemi & Impresa #1 – 2000, Edizioni Scientifiche Tecniche Europee; Milano, 2000
- Sustainable Development as a Management Tool in Sistemi & Impresa #3 – 2002, ESTE; Milano
- Coaching As a Tool to Support Organizational Change: the ZF Case Study in Quaderni di Management, EGV Edizioni, # 3 – 2003
- Coaching Leaders: from Human Potential to Business Results , Guerini Editore, Milano, 2007
- Perchè passeggiare quando si può galoppare? [Why stroll when you could run?] in L’impresa. Rivista Italiana di Management, #8, 2007, il Sole 24 ORE; Milan
- Solution-Focused Interviewing Protocols as Darwinian Algorithms, paper delivered in workshop format during the SOL2009 international conference, held in Texel, the Netherlands, May 15-17 2009, publised in InterAction – The Journal of Solution Focus in Organizations, vo.1 #2, 2009, SFCT, Obergriesbach, Germany
- Research Digest, InterAction – The Journal of Solution Focus in Organizations, vo.1 #3, 2010, SFCT, Obergriesbach, Germany
- The papers: Reducing Personnel Turnover rate from 50% to 10%, Opening for Brief-Coaching Sessions, Change we Can Believe in in Doing Something Different: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Practices, Routledge, NY, 2010.