CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

SOFT LEADERSHIP SKILLS

In corporate governance, and especially with Boards of Directors, the soft skills that characterize leadership are equally indispensable.

A Board of Directors must work as a team, in a situation made even more complex by the simultaneous presence of several leaders: not just a President and a CEO, but good BoD will also include leading figures in their respective professions.

It is clear that it is even more necessary to maximize listening and communication skills and the resulting teamwork capacit.

The latest developments in corporate governance envisage BoDs carrying out self-assessment activities on an annual basis, aimed precisely at verifying the perception that individual members (often extending to top management) have of the functioning of the BoD.

On the other hand, the actual improvement actions that follow this diagnostic activity are still relatively unconsolidated.

Mindevelopment aims to be a facilitator of this work, by adapting individual or group coaching techniques, generally used at a managerial level, to the specific characteristics of the Board, first and foremost, the presence and coexistence of several leaders.

Out of the box

Out of the Box is a one-year course designed for companies aiming at improving relationships among employees by introducing a ‘feedback culture’ for improved communication within working teams, and new techniques that reinforce trust, listening abilities and conflict management.

Through this process, interaction abilities are developed and teams are formed that are able to interact at any organisational level, enabling easier and quicker decisions and operational processes throughout the system.

During the process, each participant will have the opportunity to acquire awareness of their own way of acting in a professional environment, through a tool that measures the attitudes and motivations that guide the skills and behaviours in a person’s profession.

Clients then engage with professional coaches to find support in the implementation of the tools considered indispensable by the coaches themselves or the company to meet their ever-challenging goals.

Train to interact with corporate colleagues and explore the themes of feedback, trust, listening and conflict management.

At the end of the process, achievements will be measured with a 360 review for each participant in the program.

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The two main areas we address in coaching are leadership transition and strategic thinking.
A coach helped me build a path that suits my individual traits, identifying challenges for change, work plans, a constant assessment of results and a method to achieve them in a spontaneous and natural way.
Coaching is an investment in ourselves. It opens us up to new perspectives and breaks through boundaries, removing obstacles and facilitating inclusion. It is therefore essential to be committed, before starting the process, to have clear ideas and devote quality time to the process. Coaches, in turn, must be excellent leaders to obtain good results. In my case, thanks to Marcella, it worked.

E.S.

Coaching with Marcella Accorinti began in the usual way, working on specific professional goals.
Marcella’s professionalism, together with her humanity and talent, created the space for my personal journey, which gradually became more important than my initial professional goal.
The work I did with Marcella turned out to be a multi-year experience that today still accompanies me today in my thoughts and choices.

M.S.

Thanks to the journey undertaken at Mindevelopment with Marcella Accorinti, and which involved the entire front line of the company, both individually and as a team, we have managed to achieve incredible results, both in terms of communication and of collaboration and inclusion.
These behavioural changes have transformed an already well-matched team into a group of people ready to discuss any issue in a transparent manner, respecting the specialists, but also listening to the less experienced on the subject, enriching the level of discussion.
A side effect was the increase in the sense of irony at learning how to “laugh at ourselves” lowered the communication barriers as well.

S.E.

The coaching experience, through real and very often painful and difficult passages, made me understand how it is possible to change and achieve great results at work.
I experimented with approaches and behaviours that weren’t instinctive or natural for me. Doing this with a coach who listens to you and provides feedback in a transparent, sincere and sometimes even ‘ruthless’ way, has given me the strength to ‘try’ and often ‘succeed’.
Without coaching I would not have tried these things, and it would never even have occurred to me to look at my managerial style from a different angle.

A.P.

I started a coaching journey with Marcella thinking that it would be very confrontational. But her coaching has proven to be a true personal and professional empowerment tool.
Over time, a relationship of trust was forged with my coach that exceeded all expectations, and has allowed for increasingly clear and transparent discussion during coaching sessions.
I never expected to start such a profound process of change in terms of behaviour and communication, and now I can apply coaching techniques even in the absence of the Coach

A.S.

The company helmed by Dr. Marcella Accorinti stands out in an original way, both in its diagnostic and operational phases. In our case, there was a dual objective: one, improving our soft managerial skills (e.g. the ability to delegate), and two, strengthen the abilities of the first and second level team members. The great ability to listen and the vast experience of Dr. Accorinti and her associates were met with extremely positive feedback from the managers and made it possible to successfully achieve our set goals. Here the distinction lies in a ‘tailored’ approach to the needs of individual managers, without ever losing the overall cohesion of the project. In short, ours was a particularly positive experience that we recommend to any company interested in the enhancement of their human capital.

V.M.

I had the opportunity to embark on an executive coaching course with Marcella Accorinti as part of a company project. Marcella’s experience and professionalism are highly distinctive and her ability to understand and lead you “to the heart of the matter” are astonishing.
With careful skill, she trained me to exploit my potential, provide focus to my professional career and my expectations for the overall growth of the company.
This will forever remain a point of reference on my professional path. Thank you Marcella!!

P.D.L.