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Executive Coaching and Sports Psychology

MindToFlow is an executive coaching and sports psychology service aimed at high-level performers in both corporate and athletic fields.

MindToFlow refers to a mental state –Flow– that allows us to live and feel a unique experience of energized focus, full immersion and total enjoyment in the midst of an activity, whether you are an executive or an elite athlete.

Concepts like focus, clarity of objectives, self-confidence, the quest for excellence, creativity, staying in the present and passion for what you do are all milestones on the pathway toward flow.

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Coaching, Leadership, Resilience

BE… And Let it SHOW!

Something that a senior executive of a large organization shared with me a few years ago still resonates with me: “...I have three internal candidates, to choose from, to promote to a key position in the company. Each one is excellent…

Coaching, Resilience

Stop saying Maybe... When you want to say NO!

In our first coaching session together, she begins: "...Another weekend overwhelmed with taking care of other coworkers´ work..." "...If someone invites me I am willing, even if I prefer not to go..." "...When no one accepts that boring…

Coaching, Leadership, Resilience

FEARS?... Attack them with their worst enemy: YOUR CONFIDENCE!

FEAR of failure, of losing, of not achieving the objective, of what others will say..., is always present in all of us. And although we live with them, we find it hard to recognize them. We look the other way..., and don’t talk about it! You…

Leadership, Resilience

Virus, Fear, Crisis, Home-office!... From an obligation to an OPPORTUNITY

“More than 90 percent of our FEARS never become a reality. Even so it still affects us and makes us suffer…” In a conversation with a client in one of our executive coaching sessions, during these past days that have been reflected…

Coaching

Michael Jordan and your cold coffee... FLOW!

Michael Jordan, after hitting yet another basket in a streak of impossible shots -while making it look easy against elite defenders- turns and opens his arms in a gesture of disbelief, as if he’s unable to explain this incredible feat. You…

Coaching, Leadership, Resilience

Time Management?... Start with your Energy!

"We cannot create time - there are only 24hrs / 7-, but we can create ENERGY for our day to day." This principle has made a radical change in the way thousands of managers have begun to rethink how to cope with their Sustained High Performance…

Coaching, Resilience

FOCUS..., On what depends on you!

A common consultation in sports psychology, and also in my work with executives, is the "improvement of concentration." What is concentration? A simple definition tells us that it is the ATTENTION sustained over time. A few years ago,…

Coaching, Leadership, Resilience

Transcend to win?... Teamwork!

Personally, Iceland and Argentina are very close to me. Professionally, with their two recent sporting feats, they gave me a lesson in what a real Teamwork is. In the last FIFA World Cup 2018, a soccer world tournament, the Nordic Team…

Coaching

Do you Visualize? All Things are Created Twice... Starting in Your Mind!

As Stephen Covey observed, “All things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things.” Using Covey’s classic management tenet as a base, I’ve always associated his statement…

Coaching, Resilience

If it’s Always Someone Else’s Fault… Watch out! You’re a Victim!

For a while now, I’ve been working with executives from a well-known multinational that decided to foster accountability among its employees. I love working with companies that dare to explicitly formulate and communicate their corporate…

Coaching

Invisible Training: In Order to Win… You Have to Train!

If we look for the ultimate training paradigm, high-performance athletes practice a lot! When athletes do mental training, they’re adding a specialized element to their normal routine. They generally train their technique, tactics…

Leadership, Resilience

Can Executives Show Vulnerability…?

Fortunately, the image of the “all-knowing, all-doing” boss is becoming increasingly questioned in leadership theory. Unfortunately, the reality in many organizations remains just that: just theory. In practice, many executives…

Leadership

We’re All Capable of Inspiring Others!

According to recent studies, bad bosses are named as the main culprits when people decide to change jobs. In addition to the broad body of research and surveys that attest to this fact, I have witnessed it first-hand in my work with executives,…

Coaching, Leadership

Mission, Passion and Natural Talents: They’re Yours to Enjoy!

When the day closes, we all want the same thing: make our way home and feel good. I’m extremely lucky in my work: I have the privilege of listening to a lot of people like you (executives and athletes). And every single one of them seeks…

Resilience

If You Leave Without Learning… History Will Repeat Itself!

My work with executives often starts off by listening to their common complaints. What do they complain about?: Their bosses Their colleagues Their collaborators Their job responsibilities… ... These situations can become…

Coaching, Resilience

Do You Want to Be Right or Do You Want to Be Happy?... You Choose!

Disappointed, misunderstood, dejected and a step away from throwing in the towel. That’s how one of my executive clients felt following the latest decisions announced at her company. She was in total disagreement with these decisions and…

Leadership, Resilience

Who Takes Care of the Leader?

In my sessions with coaches and executives, they often talk about what they love about working with their teams. They recall great moments when leadership suddenly merged into happiness. When the team needs them the most, they – leaders…

Leadership, Resilience

Attitude is an Action Verb!

I worked with an executive a while back who had a very specific objective: “I want to improve my attitude!”... was the first thing he told me. People tend to talk a lot about attitude since we all question it and nearly always search for…

Coaching, Leadership

Put Your Values to Work... Values in Action!

The classic Management by Objectives model has evolved into Management by Mission. Although we lead and manage people with individual objectives, we always complement these with shared objectives informed by a team mission. There’s a tendency…

Leadership, Resilience

Results-Orientated… and Enjoying the Journey!

What do business and sports have in common? Orientation on results = HAVING Sustained high performance = DOING Person = BEING They share many more similarities but I’ve chosen these three to reflect on the order in which they are…

Coaching, Leadership

What Went Well?

Team meetings are famous for that classic round of “problems of the week” to find out what went wrong. There’s a clear objective behind this exercise: to learn from our mistakes and pinpoint root causes so we can rectify the situation…

Coaching, Leadership

Do You Command or Inquire?

Executives and athletic coaches are alike in a lot of ways, but the most outstanding common trait they share is their ability to LEAD. There are a variety of different leadership approaches and countless situations and contexts that reinforce…

Coaching

Tell Me… What Are You Really Good At?

Both executives and athletes dedicate their time doing things to reach their highest level of performance. The key word that drives them is ACTION. I’d like to invite you to TAKE A BREAK right now. That’s right, step back for a minute…

Coaching, Resilience

Welcome to Your Comfort Zone!

Run from your comfort zone! Get out of your comfort zone! I’ve been hearing statements like these for a while now in conferences and on some occasions, even tell my clients of the “benefits” of staying out of their comfort zone. The…

Coaching, Leadership, Resilience

Executive Coaching and Sports Psychology

Executive Coaching and Sports Psychology

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