Gaby, how was your vocation for corporate and professional coaching?
It was not a vocation that emerged overnight, but a construction process that took time and experience. I have been working in the banking field for many years and in various corporate contexts. From the inside, I was able to observe patterns that were repeated: demotivating leaderships, equipment that did not work and talents that went out.
Personally, I went through situations that faced me face to face with work violence. At that time, I did not know how to name them, but the impact was real: it affected me physically, emotionally and professionally. It was one of the toughest experiences I lived. It was then that I decided to train, at first looking for tools to get ahead, and then I understood that all that could serve to accompany others.
Today I am ontological and executive coach, I specialize in well -being and organizational happiness and I also trained in prevention and management of work violence. I understood that it is not enough that things “work” in the operational: people need environments where they can develop without sacrificing their health in the attempt.
Coaching was an entrance door, but what really mobilizes me is to generate a real impact: accompanying the leaders in their evolution, where doing and being are aligned, and where we do not have to survive work, but to live it with meaning and positively impacting our environment.
What was the key moment or the most important learning that marked your path as a coach?
As coach, the most powerful learning was to discover the power of the questions. The real questions. Those that bother, who open, that make you stop and look at things differently. They do not look for a quick response, but invite a deep conversation with oneself.
Coaching taught me that it is not about having all the answers, but about stopping. From getting out of the victim’s place, to release the “I can’t because …” and start taking responsibility. Seeing how a person passes from the complaint to action, to blame the context to lead his career, remains exciting me.
I also understood that the change does not begin in the environment, but in the mentality. If there is no internal change, there is no real transformation. And leading is not to copy formulas, but to encourage to be self -firmness, clarity and coherence.
That was my great turning point: stop doing what “was expected” and start leading from a much more human and authentic place. And that is what I try to promote in each process: less pose, more truth. Less automatic pilot, more personal responsibility. Because the first change always begins with oneself.
What challenges do you see today in professionals within the corporate field and how do you help them overcome them?
Many professionals are exhausted, but not only physically: they are mentally and emotionally saturated. The constant demand to render, to demonstrate and to fulfill the disconnects from what they really want or can give.
In addition, there are very specific challenges that appear again and again: difficulties in managing time, low professional visibility – despite having good results – and much fear of being as they are. In the attempt to “fit”, many people end up working in autopilot, losing their authenticity and their ability to contribute from their difference.
Another important challenge is in the role of those who lead teams. Many complain about their teams, but do not know how to develop them or how to get the best out of them. They lack tools to accompany, give feedback, generate trust and promote constructive conversations.
I work with them so that they can be heard again, organize better, learn to say “no”, ask for help, mark their priorities and communicate what they do clearly and security. It seems basic, but it is not. It is to return to the essential for everything else to work, including their teams, which are often waiting to be seen, guided and valued.
What distinguishes your coaching approach with respect to other currents or methodologies?
My approach is integral but with my feet on the ground. I am not interested in selling magical formulas or empty words. I combine ontological and executive coaching with tools for agility, organizational well -being, prevention of work violence and professional image consulting. Because? Because we are not just one thing: we are body, language, emotions, actions and context. I work with all that, but in a concrete way: what is happening to you? What do you want to change? How do we take it to action? And, above all, aligning it with the type of leader you want to be.
My program called Evolutionate It was designed for leaders and professionals to position themselves as those who stand out, communicate their impact clearly and build a legacy creating a sustainable impact on their team and their environment, generating growth opportunities in their professional field. It is a mentoring that shortens the way, providing proven systems and tools to evolve its leadership. Because evolving is not an automatic process, it is a conscious decision that requires commitment, time and energy. That is why it is not a magical formula, but it is a proven path that offers the tools, accompaniment and strategies necessary to achieve transformative results.
What kind of transformation can those who work with you? Can you share an inspiring example?
I do not promise epic transformations, but real processes. The processes focus on developing a growth mentality, promoting a leading attitude and a 360 ° leadership. This implies improving the relationship with your team, your upper level and colleagues, all while managing your integral image and achieving a personal and professional balance.
It works concretely on topics such as time management, compliance with objectives, and agile tools for equipment management, so that they can be more productive, while improving their communication with impact and their ability to generate strategic alliances and greater professional visibility.
Each client also learns to build an environment of well -being and work happiness, which positively impacts not only on their performance, but also in that of their entire team.
An inspiring example is that of a client, a team leader who felt lost by daily pressure. After going through the program Evolutionatebegan to apply new leadership strategies. In a few months, he not only improved his time management capacity and fulfilled his objectives, but also improved communication in his team and established key alliances with other departments. His professional visibility grew significantly, and is now seen as a reference within his scope.
What would you like readers to find month by month in your column inside news?
I want them to find a pause, a space to think different about work, leadership, well -being and the links we build professional. Let them take questions, real examples, uncomfortable but necessary reflections. And, hopefully, some clue that helps them better manage what happens to them. At the end of the day, work occupies many hours to live it automatically.
I seek to generate a space to talk about what really happens in the day to day of a leader. Talking about what nobody says, of those awkward moments, of those internal challenges that we sometimes prefer to shut up, but that are part of the process.
I hope that practical and real tools are taken to impact their “square meter”, that is, in the people around them, in their team and their surroundings. Sometimes, the change does not have to be something great or complicated, but small decisions and daily actions that, if we do them with conscience, generate a great impact on what surrounds us.
The idea is that these changes are not superficial, but translate into sustainable results in time and in the creation of healthier professional environments, where well -being, clear communication and respect are part of the day to day. We need to humanize leadership, make it closer, genuine and, above all, effective to do things as well as possible in the place where we are.
To learn more:
Instagram: @gabycenturionok
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriela-centurion/
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