About
First of all, I tried to fit the norm. I had a good career, I tried to fit the standards – even if it was against my own rules. I asked many questions, took a sabbatical year, had two children. I was fired, I quit. And after this intense process of self-awareness, I realized that I was ready to pursue a solo career. This is how, in practice, I found a way to share my learning, to put my good (and not so good) characteristics to use and my professional and life experience on behalf of others. In favor of a better world.
Years have gone by, I found my way to live out my life purpose: helping people break free from their own constraints, empower themselves and have more meaningful work relationships.
If that’s what you want, maybe I can help! Click on my services below to know more.
First of all, I tried to fit the norm. I had a good career, I tried to fit the standards – even if it was against my own rules. I asked many questions, took a sabbatical year, had two children. I was fired, I quit. And after this intense process of self-awareness, I realized that I was ready to pursue a solo career. This is how, in practice, I found a way to share my learning, to put my good (and not so good) characteristics to use and my professional and life experience on behalf of others. In favor of a better world.
Years have gone by, I found my way to live out my life purpose: helping people break free from their own constraints, empower themselves and have more meaningful work relationships.
If that’s what you want, maybe I can help! Click on my services below to know more.
What can I offer you and your company
A 10 step formula for High potential Women who want to advance to more senior positions. Be it facing the challenge of taking a new position or being better prepared to navigate the challenging corporate environment, this empowering mentoring process will help you equip yourself to further your career.
Break the glass ceiling!
A thoroughly tested and perfected coaching methodology that will help you find the Clarity that comes from within and that you have been longing for. Get ready to take a deep dive into your truth, find out what you are really looking for and build a life of purpose and fulfillment.
Create your life’s Purpose!
Helping your leaders achieve their next challenges can be easier. I do fun and highly rated speaking engagements: from a ``How women break the glass ceiling`` TEdx style talk to ``Men as genuine advocates for gender diversity`` seminar for senior leaders to motivational speech, I’ll definitely cater to your events' needs.
Take your leaders to the next level
Some more about me
Here’s an overview of my career:
Before starting my training and human development business, I worked as an executive in institutions of various sizes such as Rogatis Family, Vivo, Instituto Vivo, Instituto Ethos and Lloyds Bank. I had gone through three different areas of expertise: from marketing to Sustainability / Social Responsibility and then to Education. In a nutshell, I specialized in dealing with strategic management applied to the complexity of human and social aspects. I did all the expected career moves, until I reached the Executive Director position, I was Division Manager, Coordinator, Assistant Sr, Jr, Intern… and I still hold this sense of curiosity about all things creative and human.
My love for learning keeps growing, and I’m happy to be able to always have something new to study and share with my clients, friends and family.
Some more about me
Here’s an overview of my career:
Before starting my training and human development business, I worked as an executive in institutions of various sizes such as Rogatis Family, Vivo, Instituto Vivo, Instituto Ethos and Lloyds Bank. I had gone through three different areas of expertise: from marketing to Sustainability / Social Responsibility and then to Education. In a nutshell, I specialized in dealing with strategic management applied to the complexity of human and social aspects. I did all the expected career moves, until I reached the Executive Director position, I was Division Manager, Coordinator, Assistant Sr, Jr, Intern… and I still hold this sense of curiosity about all things creative and human.
My love for learning keeps growing, and I’m happy to be able to always have something new to study and share with my clients, friends and family.
"I decided to hire Karinna Forlenza not only due to her background and her studies with experts who are part of the history of gender understanding but also because she connects all of this to the real world. She establishes a connection to the real true corporate environment where there are many different minds, beliefs, experiences, stereotypes, etc. With simple and extremely empathetic language, she gets her message across and engages people. Everyone then reflects about the themes she addresses. The highlight of the talk for me was the connection that it quickly created with the participants: she was able to extract from them the conclusions she wanted to bring as insights. The result was an awakening in the participants to the importance of implementing actions that contribute to leadership and an even better environment."
"Karinna is a true pleasure to work with and has exceptional experience in leadership, motivation and presentation. Her skills in leadership makes her see solutions instead of problems. Karinna is an organized and customer-service oriented perfectionist. She is not only a reliable and forward thinking but also a very inspiring person. She is self-motivated, methodical and very capable. I thoroughly enjoyed working with her for our International Product Manager Meeting, where she was our keynote speaker. Karinna is an asset to any kind of event. She demonstrated a great work ethic with genuine dedication to her job. I am truly happy to recommend Karinna and look forward to having her as a speaker for future events!"
"Whenever I am faced with great human challenge, Karinna comes to my mind and my heart. She lives intensely and seeks to learn from life. She always shares her learning in a sensitive and real way and the exchange makes everything fertile for growth. It provokes people and get them to establish positive change. It is coherent, clear and sincere, and inspires me. The result is reflection that gets people moving"
"I decided to hire Karinna Forlenza not only due to her background and her studies with experts who are part of the history of gender understanding but also because she connects all of this to the real world. She establishes a connection to the real true corporate environment where there are many different minds, beliefs, experiences, stereotypes, etc. With simple and extremely empathetic language, she gets her message across and engages people. Everyone then reflects about the themes she addresses. The highlight of the talk for me was the connection that it quickly created with the participants: she was able to extract from them the conclusions she wanted to bring as insights. The result was an awakening in the participants to the importance of implementing actions that contribute to leadership and an even better environment."
"Karinna is a true pleasure to work with and has exceptional experience in leadership, motivation and presentation. Her skills in leadership makes her see solutions instead of problems. Karinna is an organized and customer-service oriented perfectionist. She is not only a reliable and forward thinking but also a very inspiring person. She is self-motivated, methodical and very capable. I thoroughly enjoyed working with her for our International Product Manager Meeting, where she was our keynote speaker. Karinna is an asset to any kind of event. She demonstrated a great work ethic with genuine dedication to her job. I am truly happy to recommend Karinna and look forward to having her as a speaker for future events!"
"Whenever I am faced with great human challenge, Karinna comes to my mind and my heart. She lives intensely and seeks to learn from life. She always shares her learning in a sensitive and real way and the exchange makes everything fertile for growth. It provokes people and get them to establish positive change. It is coherent, clear and sincere, and inspires me. The result is reflection that gets people moving"