April 15, 2025

Boardroom Bravery: Leading Through Crisis, Restructuring & Resilience

Boardroom Bravery: Leading Through Crisis, Restructuring & Resilience

Curious how top leaders thrive under pressure and inspire through chaos? In this Beyond Confidence episode, Divya Parekh talks with Teresa Mafalda Gonçalves about leading through crises, transformation, and global change. Discover practical insights...

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Curious how top leaders thrive under pressure and inspire through chaos? In this Beyond Confidence episode, Divya Parekh talks with Teresa Mafalda Gonçalves about leading through crises, transformation, and global change. Discover practical insights on managing restructuring, aligning strategy with well-being, and building a trust-driven culture for lasting success. A must-listen for leaders at every level.

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This is beyond confidence and now here's your host Divpark.

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Good morning listeners, It's Tuesday, and of course I love

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to be with you all, So I want to share

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a kindness story. It's a beautiful kindness story. So one

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of my neighbors she grows butterflies. And when I talk

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about gross butterflies, y'all might be thinking, how do you

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do that? She will plant milkweeds, and I'm going to

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invite you to do that. We are in that time,

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especially in the US, plant local milkweeds in your frontyard

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and your backyard because monarchs are dining out. These are

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special butterflies and they're very helpful for pollination and for

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keeping our crops and like you know, it's a cross

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pollinator and for a lot of different things, and of

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course they're beautiful themselves, so it's worth preserving those species.

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So what she does is she spends a lot of time,

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you know, having the butterflanets and taking the caterpillars. And

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I want to give a shout out to Robin and

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then she really spends a lot of time taking care

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of them. So there are people out there who are

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doing it. So what we could do is at least

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grow some milkweeds. It's is local to your region and

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help our monas grow. So for those of you who

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have got her books expert to Influencer, Entrepreneur, Garden and

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the others me, thank you because you are helping us

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spread the message in For those who have not got it,

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think about it and get those because those books will

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help you. And also want to share that the partial

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profits from the books to go to keywa dot org.

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So we are helping each other out and helping the

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entrepreneurs too.

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Let's bring in.

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Our guest, Teresa. She is a very powerful leader and

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you're going to enjoy the show today.

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Welcome Teresa, Hi Dvia. Thank you very much for this.

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It's a real pleasure to be here. I've been following

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your work and this truly I truly admire the way

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you lead these conversation. So thank you for creating this

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space and for inviting me.

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Thank you. Oh, I appreciate that kind words and see

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like that kindness keeps on going. So, Teresa, do you

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recall a moment or a person from your childhood, who'll

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have to post and mark on you.

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Yeah, yes, when you ask that, if you come to

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my mind. But there's one that really stands out. I

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remember a philosophy teacher I had in school, and he

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was deeply human, someone who genuinely cared about his students.

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particular test, I got a much lower greater than usual,

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and it really threw me off. But then when he

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returned the test, he didn't give just just a grade.

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He gave me a perspective. He said something that stayed

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in my in my life forever. He said that only

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those who fight can win. And that sentence made a

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deep impression on me because he reminded me, and he

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reminds everybody.

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That a single moment, especially one that war, that we

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fall short, doesn't define who we are.

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time when I felt disappointed is with myself a reminder

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that we are allowed to fail, to stumble, to have

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moments that things don't go our way. But but it

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was truly important. Uh and and and it's it was

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very important for for me to to know this, because

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we choose how to respond and we choose how we

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will learn and how we will move forward.

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He made he made it clear that resilience is not

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about it. It's not about never failing. It's about how

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we raise uh. And that mindset stayed in my life

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forever and UH and even in the worst moments.

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This is this is the thing that I have always

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without mentioning my parents, because for me, family has always

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been a fundamental pillar in my life. The education we

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received myself and my sister and my brother at home,

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ships who we become give us our values, our resilience,

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and our drive. And it's and I'm considered, I consider

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that I'm incredibly lucky to have parents who are invested

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in our education that taught us to see beyond our surroundings.

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and she she was always involved. And she thought that

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nothing is impossible if we're willing to work for it.

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to stay commitment committed no.

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Matter what and it was incredible.

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and he showed me what resilience truly looks like, how

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facing difficulties with strengthen and determination eventually brings rewards.

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Whatever we do, we must do it well, we must

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give our best. And those lessons for my teacher and

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for my parents have never left me. They shaped who

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I am and they still guide me, uh and guide

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the way I lead and the way I.

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Face difficulty moments difficult moments.

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So sometimes when I'm feeling discouraged, my mother reminds me,

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come on, you know, it only those what I mean,

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self doubt.

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We keep moving, we fight, and we give everything we've

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got that's beautiful.

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And you know what you shared was so it just

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kind of touched me because I've had moments in my

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career where like, you know, you get the papers back

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and there's never a comment, and your teacher just kind

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of sharing that one thing and that lasting with you

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for the rest of your life. It shows leadership, your

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parents' leadership. And so many people have this idea about

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that you know, you have to have a title, you

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gotta be in the c suite, or you gotta be

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at the director manager level position to be the leader.

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And here's such a beautiful examples that you can be

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leader anywhere. Yeah, what are your thoughts on that? What

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do you think?

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Yes? I agree, I agree. It's true.

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You can be leader in any position, in any profession

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you have. You can inspire others anywhere. You just have

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to be human. You just have to to feel the

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pains of the others to understand their positions.

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And they think so I agree.

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Absolutely, And I really like what you're sharing is that

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you can be a leader anywhere. You just have to

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be human. That is so profound. And so as you

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grew up, what for your interest and like, you know,

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what did you want to become?

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One single interest type pursue or in or that I

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was focusing. But I've always been someone who's who's who

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was deeply curious and emotionally connected to the world around me,

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and I think that shape a lot who I am today.

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I've always had a strong passion for arts, especially cinema

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and theater, and for a time I even seriously consider

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studying theater, but in Portugal and Portugal back then that

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that path wasn't really encouraged and it was seemed too

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uncertain or difficult, so I ended up letting go that trim.

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But still cinema remains a huge part of my life.

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I remember during.

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School holidays I watched film after film. It was absolutely fascinated,

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and I remember that I used to put the alarm

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at the middle of the night to see the Oscars events.

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For many years, I had that tradition of going to

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the movies every Friday with my father and it was

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our special ritual. We don't do it as often in

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these days, but is something that we should bring back.

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And I also loved traveling and discovered places, meeting people,

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creating forgettable memories, and especially now with my kids, I

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try to bring that sense of exploration enjoy into our

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time together.

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I also played piano for many years.

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I had a teacher stick one who would actually tap

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us on the fingers with a sharp stick when we

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made mistakes. But despite that, yeah, it was tough, but

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despite that, I loved playing. And there's something about music

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that helps us focus, express and disconnect. At all, and

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so this was one thing that I love to do

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and another thing that always been part of me and

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is the desire, is the desire.

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To help others.

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I've always enjoyed supporting people in any way I could

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and if. When I was young, I look for ways

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to get involved in volunteering, and later in my life

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I had the chance to support a group of incredible,

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talented young athletes who practice ecobratic gymnastics, and these kids

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were amazing. They were regularly selected to represent Portugal at

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European or World Championships, but they came from and privileged

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backgrounds and couldn't afford to travel. So I did a

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big part of my time helping them raising funds and

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it became one of the most rewarding things I've ever

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done because with the support all of several companies, and

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we had one in Portugal, the main producer of coffee

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that gave the official training suits for them, and we

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were able to get to support they needed. So honestly,

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I achieved more than I ever imagined.

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And it was beautiful face.

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It was a beautiful face and full of proposed and

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proposed and enjoy because it reminds me that when we

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come together to for a cause, amazing things can happen.

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So it's it's it's amazing.

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Oh that is powerful. And there is so much power

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in working with youth because you know they're full of

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aspiration and it's almost like you know, when they're young,

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they're like blank candids where we can influence them, we

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can work help them become the leaders. And I can

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completely relate to that because I have worked with it,

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underserved youth and done robotics and then the mentorship, and

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it's just so powerful. They get so energized, and that

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energy and like going for it, and I even feel

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energizes us as well. So how did you get started

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into your professional journey?

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Well, I studied economics.

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I've always been curious about how systems work, how decisions

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are made, how resources were located, and how these impact

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people's lives. So for me, economics felt like the right

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foundation for that kind of thinking. It was rigorous, but

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incredible and reaching, and it gave me a big framework

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that I still use today.

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In everything I do.

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And then at a certain point I found myself naturally

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drawn to finance. I began choosing financial subjects whenever I

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could and completed several areas and courses in the management degree.

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Relatively finance. I found those subjects.

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corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions that I then start working.

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overview on other areas, not only financing, and I went

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to help to do a business marketing strategy course because

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and special disk commercial and strategic dimensions. So I shift

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completely the area of interest.

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and promotion of competition at National Land Transport Regulator and

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then I had to enroll on a post graduate in

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competition and regulation, completely a completely different area in the

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law university. So it was a completely mindset, a different mindset,

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but I also accept this challenge and I went to this,

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topics that nowadays I believe will shape the future of business,

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particularly sustainability and leadership. And I completed a program in

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Cambridge University about business management, business sustainability management, and lending

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Harvard about leadership principles. And these are subjects I find

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fascinating and also essential because from I think that I

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now famous es CHIEF framework I can influence how companies operate.

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to shift this chief has to to become. For example,

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obligations that companies need to comply with. So business are

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being forced to adapt quickly. Uh and UH, it's important

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to be aware of these of these trends and and

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the things. So I'm a firm, firm believer that we

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need to continue always learning. And it's a lifelong learning,

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and leadership changes. And but if I if I if

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in terms of my career, if I had to set

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up my professional journey in one sentence outside, I'm someone

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who who drifts on building, transforming and growing businesses, and

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especially when the challenge is complex and the impact is meaningful.

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Because in my life I had done so many different

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things and challenge things.

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found my passion in corporate finance and business development and

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merchants and dequisitions that I used to say M and

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in TV, mobile and internet in Portugal, and this displayer

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had several operations in Brazil, Africa, Asia, so I lead

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the international M and A business and the business development

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process across Africa and Asia. I participated in several transactions.

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saw the biggest player of mobile phone in Brazil and

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had in Macau. So all these were excellent, we're excellent

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things that I've done in this M and A and

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the corporate finance and sale mergers in the quisitions area,

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and it was a time where I actually learned how

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to think strategically and and that ecasively because I was

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negotiating the concession contract with Moore tele Com and with

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the government. We had a company in Timore and we

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had to negotiate the contract with the government. So it

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was all these are our unique experiences that I have.

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I stayed there for for a while, going through all

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the area of land transport and competition. And here it

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was very funny because uh we we were we coordinated.

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Rail with all the royal entities, and I had a

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unique experience here the because this this group called i

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a lot of different experiences, which kind of makes a

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very awesome experience. So you mentioned about corporate finances and

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margining acquisitions. So usually corporate finance it's more of a

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men's world in a sense, like there are more men

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than women. Did you experience that.

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and there was only men in the in the undertible

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to negotiate. And this it's a very men's world because

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it's a very tough world. You have to work a lot,

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you have to you have to work very very much

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to comply with all the informations, with all the legal

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things that you need for the transactions. It's a very

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demanding business in the very demanding world, and we have

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to work very very very hard.

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fintech area, Like I've got few clients and they're experiencing

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the same thing. So what are the futures that you

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would give them that not only they can step into it,

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but they can drive in the financial corporate financial.

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face UH we have to overcome and to to deal

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with bias and stereotypes.

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our abilities and we have to demonstrate our value through results,

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continuously invest in our professional in our personal and professional

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growth UH and seek environments that actively diverse value, diversity

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and an inclusion.

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it's important to try to actively try to look for

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these environments.

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this area to women.

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We need to develop a strong professional network and seek

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mentorship opportunities, and this is very important. We have to

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be proactive in showcasing our achievements. We have to express

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express our ambitions very clearly, and we have to support

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other women collected to to to collect with advanced opportunities

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for leadership roles, and this is very important support each other.

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have this mindset, but we need to start creating this mindset.

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problem of the work life balance challenges, and I think

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that we need to set boundaries and openly communicate our

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needs and there's no problem. I used to say that.

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I was promoted when I had my second son. I

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was in a.

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Live and the board member of the company I was

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working on he called me and said can you come here?

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because of all the work that I have done for

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the other for the last years. And so there's no

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problem if we if we talk and if we communicate

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our needs, I think they will understand and they will

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be b So today we have so many technology and

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resources to manage responsibilities in different ways, so it's important

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that we can set that And and also it's important

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to have a balanced life.

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these m and A areas and things. I went to

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the aviation also, and I was in Sato with the

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first SCFO then s CEO, and when I decided to leave,

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I was CEO of SACK and I decided to leave

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more or less on a year ago. It was because

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I realized the project I had set out to accomplish

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had reached its natural conclusion. And throughout my career I

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have always thought professionally for the best interest of the

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company and that I read so I couldn't accept taking

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paths that I believe were in aligned with integrity and

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the highest standards, and recognizing that my contribution had reached

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its standpoint was crucial for me. So this is also

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important because this post after leaving SATA turn out to

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be extremely valid as it allowed me to understand how

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essential is, for example, to reinvest in myself mentally and

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physically to effectively manage this pressure that we.

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That we are are are always facing.

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A key building to to to to.

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Resilience and and and to our mind and it's important.

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And I also discovered the critical importance of healthy nutrition

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in maintaining optical optimal health. So I discovered that all

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these things are very extremely important and in our life

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we used to forget about all this.

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helpful and that keeps us going and as you mentioned,

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you know, keep our resilience going deeper. And as you

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build your resilience, then you're able to increase your capacity

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and capabilities. So share with our audience, what were two

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two three issues you faced on your way to becoming

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a CEO and then two to three issues while you

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are a CEO, and how.

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Issues I faced on becoming a CEO. M For me,

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the being a CEO is not just uh try to

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get profitability on the business or UH being a CEO

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is to care about people.

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Uh and uh and and and this is.

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This is the most of one thing I think that

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that I I needed to realize when I became a CEO.

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I already had this, this notion, but as a CFO,

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I never, I never, I was focused on numbers. I

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was focused on understanding all the company and all the

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areas of the company.

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But being a CFO a CEO was completely different. I

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think that the most important thing.

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Is to is to to help people and to to

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to manage with truth and and with honesty. And the

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truth is not always easy because especially when we are

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going through transformation, uh, this can be incredible demanding times

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and and it's a very lonely path.

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It's a very lonely pan.

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The are moments of doubt, of exhaustion, of oppression, and that.

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Few people see this and the leaders.

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As leaders, we often carry the weight of knowing that

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many are depending on us. And that sense of responsibility

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is what gives us strength to continue fight and and

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keep us motivated and and what keeps me motivated, especially

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during this difficult transformation.

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Because I was CFO, I was CEO during a.

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Very difficult period in a complicated company that was dealing

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with financial problems with operational problems, and we will restruct

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So especially during this difficult transformation.

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Uh. The the what motivates me is the belief that

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I'm doing something meaningful. I don't see my work just

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as managing numbers, solving operational problems the CEO. It is

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an opportunity to create something different, something better, something.

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That positively impacts people's life.

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had around two thousand people depending on me. And that's

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not just a number that were two thousand families, two

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thousand personal stories, two thousand reasons to.

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Do my absolute bests. So I couldn't let them down.

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the impact that we can cause. I truly believe in

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building something better, not just fixing problems, but leaving the

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legacy that.

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Transform and.

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A stronger a company to be stronger and more sustainable

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than what was than what was when before we come back,

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we come So I believe in people's potential. I think

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that watching others grow through the process, becoming more confident

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and empower UH, that's deeply motivating and that's the thing

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that we the CEOs need to look for. And I

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think that many leaders they motivated not just for themselves,

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but because they can't afford to fail. And this this,

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this was also the thing that I had in my mind. Uh,

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it's not for our own lego, but for the people

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that we lead, the teams that believe in in us

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and the future they are working to build together. So well,

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this was the things that I don't know if I

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just mix everything, but it's as a CEO was was

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this was this my my my focus and my Yeah.

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You mentioned one of the key points that I believe

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in and that and it's with me is people. Because

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when your people are happy, when people in your company

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are feeling fulfilled, they're going to be productive. You know,

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the performance is going to be high and profitability will

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follow itself. So you're absolutely spot on that, and so

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many companies don't recognize that. So tell us, like, you know,

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did you have any difficulty as you transition from chief

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finance officer to CEO because as you mentioned before, it

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was more about the numbers and now it was about

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the people.

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Well, the big challenge was to to to empower the

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workers and so that they feel veld. One thing I

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strongly believe is that empowerment isn't just about giving someone

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more responsibility. It's about giving them a challenge.

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I propose the tools to grow.

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And when people feel trusted and valued, they go further.

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They give more, as we were speaking, more of themselves

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because they feel.

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Part of something meaningful.

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And when I became CEO at SATA, I saw that

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even during the most difficult phases of the restructing, we

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didn't stop investing in people.

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And that was my biggest aim, investing people.

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Even when budgets were tight and career promotion weren't immediately available,

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we found out the ways to empower our teams, offering training, design,

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personal development plans, encourage internal mobility, gave people the chance

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to step in new roles, UH departments and and broaden

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their their experience and UH And for me, empowerment is

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also about exposure. It's about giving people the opportunity to

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see how other parts of the company work, to understand

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different realities, and to to stretch themselves beyond the usual responsibilities.

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And and that's how confidence grow. UH and not just

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for for titles. And so I think that UH, we

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have a duty to create those opportunities for people. And

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this was my biggest challenge as CEO, to help people

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grow even when external conditions are difficult. If we wait

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for the perfect moment to invest in our teams, will

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miss that chance to transform the Yes, Ma, I never

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I I I I think that subtle was with big

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financial problems. But one thing that I said was I

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just launched two initiatives that for me were extremely important.

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One of them was.

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Twelve months twelve twelve twelve training sessions and during the year, all.

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The workers would have access.

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To several training sessions of several subjects, and for me

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that was very important because I think that they needed

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to understand everything since the specific thing of aviation, but

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also what is an interest rate, what is the inflash

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and things that caused them some.

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Problems in the daily life. So I launched this initiative.

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Or for example, I also recognized importance of mental health

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and we introduced the employee Wellbeing programmed that included mental

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health consultations. And this was a success because if someone

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if some workers didn't trike and didn't want others used

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a lot.

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And felt good and thought that they were being.

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We were caring about them and we were trying to

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them to feel better, and so we try to promote

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several things, and I think this is very important.

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People feel valued in the company and it seem to be.

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Yeah, yeah, Now this is very powerful because you're not

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boxing people and a lot of people and seven of

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my clients will tell me that they don't like they're

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so good at something that they're doing that their leaders

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will box them in and not let them grow. So

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the growth is something most people are looking for and

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allowing them to grow mentally, you know, supporting their mental

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well being while they're growing. It is very very powerful.

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So as we get close to the end of our show,

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what's next for you? And what's what message would you

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like to share with our audience?

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So what's next for me? I would say that.

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Over the next years, my vision both personally and professionally

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is deeply to connect to growth and impact. On a

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personal level, I want to continue involving as human being.

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I believe growth doesn't stop with experience.

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It comes from reflection, learning and staying open to new

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challenges and perspectives. And professionally, my goal is to grow

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my strategic financial and governments consulting practice that I just started.

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I want to build a solid platform.

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Where I where I can support entrepreneurs, business leaders and

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organizations in navigating in complex environments, helping them to define strategies,

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strengthen their financial structures, and implement governance models that ensure

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sustainable success. So I truly aim to become a reference

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in this space, someone recognized not only for technical expertise,

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but also for trust, for consistency, clarity. So I want

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to be the person that companies call when they need

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to make a critical decision or when they need to

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guidance to take a strategic vision with the execution. So

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at the core of everything is a strong commitment to values,

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and I want to continue reading by example and maintaining

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ethical practices in all my interactions. Integrity, transparency, and a

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high ethical standard for me are not negotiable. So these

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are the foundations of real lasting success, both in business

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and in my personal life.

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Very powerful, and I'm sure you'll be a great partner

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for anyone. Your heart is in the right place and

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you will be able to guide them in a really

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beautiful way, be their partner and support them to their success. So,

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if our audience wanted to connect with you, what's the

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best way to connect.

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Well, I'll be very happy to connect with anyone from

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the audience. The bost way to reach me right now

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is through my email, so I'll try to translate it

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because it's Portuguese.

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It's complicated, but I'll try to is.

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My email is T E R E S A dot

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G O n C A l V E S t

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MPG slash consulting dot com. And this is the email

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of my company, the email of the company that I

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created or I'm available in the LinkedIn also is a

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found the consolved. I also have an Instagram account, and

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fortunately my website is under development, so for now it's

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just LinkedIn in my land and Instagram. But I'd love

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to hear from anyone who wants to connect with this

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UH and UH and the and that I can help.

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Of course, I'm very happy.

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Yeah, and I'm sure that they'll be in good hands.

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So thank you for joining us and giving us your

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wisdom and sharing from heart. Any last thoughts you'd like

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to share.

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I want to share the last thought I usually share

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because it's very it's it means a lot to me,

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So I want to share this this thought that in

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life things does not always give us what we want

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or it's always what we would prefer, but we have

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to accept this reality. We must always seek something that

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makes us smile. And I never stopped drinking about what

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I believed in and even in when doors closed, even

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when it's completely impossible. Believing was always my greatest strength,

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and never giving up in face of difficulties was my

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driving force. And bringing others along with me was what

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I always did best. And at the heart of everything

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is people and people are the most important gift in

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life we have. So I have a say that Nelson

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Mandela used to say that I like a lot, and

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I would like to say here that is a winner

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is a dreamer who never gives up. And this is

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my motto, never give up on anything or anyone. And

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it's important that you remember that true leadership means empowering

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others as much as yourself. Your impact is your legacy.

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So this is the last message. Yeah, that's beautiful.

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Thank you for sharing that a dreamer is a winner

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whoever gives up. Yes, thank you for that. Thank you

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listeners for joining us, because without you, the show would

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not be possible. Reach out to us, let us know

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how we can support you which experts to bring in,

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what topics to have as you always do so I

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really appreciate you always reaching out to me. Thank you,

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Thank you for that, and thank you one for making

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the show technically possible. So be well and take care

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until next time.

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Thank you for being part of Beyond Confidence. With your host,

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d v Park, we hope you have learned more about

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how to start living the life you want. Each week

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on Beyond Confidence, you hear stories of real people who've

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experienced growth by overcoming their fears and building meaningful relation.

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During Beyond Confidence, Vapark shares what happened to her when

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she stepped out of her comfort zone to work directly

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with people across the globe. She not only coaches people

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how to form hard connections, but also transform relationships to

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mutually beneficial partnerships as they strive to live the life

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they want. If you are ready to live the life

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you want and leverage your strengths, learn more at www

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joining us next week.