Blog | Roberto Giannicola - Coaching & Facilitation

Mind Your Language - Pay attention to how you are dancing

Jul 28
3 min

Mind Your Language - Pay attention to how you are dancing

The guard aimed his machine gun at me. I saw him racking the charging handle on its right side. Not good, I thought, not good at all. He...

Roberto Giannicola

Jun 29
2 min

PROJECT PLAN: Self-Transformation

Most people I work with have created project plans for their technical work, inventions, products, or constructions. And yet, when it...

Roberto Giannicola

Jun 23
2 min

Want to get rich? – Raise your EQ

Studies have shown that IQ’s relevance in the workplace can predict between 1 and 20 percent (average of 6 percent) of success in a given...

Roberto Giannicola

Jun 7
2 min

Who are you?

Am I the only one shocked by what Elon Musk asked of his employees last week? No, I'm not talking about wanting to have everyone back in...

Roberto Giannicola

May 31
2 min

Will You Enter the Bar?

What if you could use a series of flow diagrams to overcome barriers and build emotional intelligence? Imagine yourself arriving at a...

Roberto Giannicola

May 19
3 min

How to get out of the "tech closet"?

According to Daniel Goleman, from his book Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationship, the top six competencies that...

Why Being a Good Leader Means Much More than Being Smart

Roberto Giannicola

Apr 28
2 min

Why Being a Good Leader Means Much More than Being Smart

When I was younger, I always dreamed of becoming the best one in the room. I thought that if I could just lead a team or a project with...

Roberto Giannicola

Feb 2
4 min

The Consequences of Giving Advice

(An excerpt from my upcoming book “You’ve Got Algorithm, But Can You Dance? – Learn how to lead with heart and empathy.”) There is one...

Finding it difficult to get to an agreement? Often, it's about the small touches.

Roberto Giannicola

Nov 18, 2020
3 min

Finding it difficult to get to an agreement? Often, it's about the small touches.

Are you aware of your thoughts, perceptions, and preconceptions? How can you be more intentional and inspirational? It's the small touches.

When you are having a hard time dealing with that arrogant know-it-all constantly interrupting you

Roberto Giannicola

Oct 8, 2020
4 min

When you are having a hard time dealing with that arrogant know-it-all constantly interrupting you

They always want to prove how smart or knowledgeable they are, and they take every opportunity to let people show they know something.

Young woman of color, please don't stop!

Roberto Giannicola

Sep 23, 2020
3 min

Young woman of color, please don't stop!

As you step forth into the world, with your stories, you will contribute to the development of the human race.

Life’s experience is consistent with our belief structure and is responsible for the results we get

Roberto Giannicola

Sep 9, 2020
5 min

Life’s experience is consistent with our belief structure and is responsible for the results we get

To build leadership and to create a new future, the problem reactive mode is not the solution. We can’t pursue both safety and purpose.

Roberto Giannicola

Jul 27, 2020
4 min

Are you brave enough to be brave?

By being brave, you can discover something outside of yourself that demonstrates the incredible beauty in our humanity and our world.

Be curious and listen—that’s what matters

Roberto Giannicola

Jun 30, 2020
5 min

Be curious and listen—that’s what matters

Listen and be curious. Inside every human being, no matter how important or mundane, is a real person who wants to “feel like they matter.”

Roberto Giannicola

Jun 17, 2020
4 min

Mansplaining your privileges

Is mansplaining women what the privileged do with minority groups?

Roberto Giannicola

Jun 4, 2020
4 min

When I see myself, I see you.

When you understand yourself, you are more likely to view others from the same lens, and over time you will seize to react in a damaging way

Roberto Giannicola

May 6, 2020
6 min

Don't die with the music still in you

I was listening to the Five Lessons To Live By Today, from Wayne Dyer, and realized how much they apply to what is happening currently.

Now is the time to ditch your old identity and embrace a new mindset

Roberto Giannicola

Apr 15, 2020
5 min

Now is the time to ditch your old identity and embrace a new mindset

Time to start reflecting on who you are as a person and what you need to let go that doesn’t fit anymore for the world ahead of us.

Two simple activities to build trust with remote teams

Roberto Giannicola

Apr 6, 2020
4 min

Two simple activities to build trust with remote teams

But here are two exercises that will help you understand each other even more. The first one will help you know more about your team's dis

Hey, micromanager! How do you like this new remote structure?

Roberto Giannicola

Mar 25, 2020
4 min

Hey, micromanager! How do you like this new remote structure?

Hey, micromanager! How do you like the new remote structure?

The other side of the online virtual workshop

Roberto Giannicola

Apr 18, 2019
5 min

The other side of the online virtual workshop

Over the past year, I’ve been facilitating over fifty online classes and virtual training sessions, and this year it will be even more....

People Skills For New and Aspiring Leaders

Roberto Giannicola

Dec 1, 2018
1 min

People Skills For New and Aspiring Leaders

In the last 10 years of facilitating workshops and coaching leaders, I've observed clear patterns in struggles that managers and leaders...

Roberto Giannicola

Jun 13, 2018
4 min

Grow your team. Be thought-provoking!

Know how to support your team. There is much more to a conversation. To find out what is below, in the unseen-world, you need to know how to

Help them recognize their strengths. Be Attuned!

Roberto Giannicola

Jun 7, 2018
4 min

Help them recognize their strengths. Be Attuned!

I tend to be a problem solver. Many of us are. And yet, as we help, often all we do is keep others from recognizing and using their own stre