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Ana Christina Lapera

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Ana Christina Lapera
Executive Coach

Ana has more than 30 years of experience in driving change and empowering individuals, teams and organizations to clarify their visions, establish action plans and bring those plans to life. She leverages her experience as a successful business and IT leader in corporate America, her multicultural background as a Latina woman, and her passion for coaching to support leaders who want to take their professional and personal performance to the next level. Her clients enhance their business results and increase their fulfillment in life by becoming better observers of themselves, expanding the range of possibilities they can see, and committing to new actions to achieve their goals.

Education

Ana has a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from the Universidad Metropolitana and a master’s in engineering administration from George Washington University.

Her certifications include:

  • Executive Coaching Certificate, Georgetown University.
  • Associate Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation.
  • Resilient Leadership® Coach.
  • EQi 2.0 and EQi 360 certified practitioner.
  • Experience

    She has worked with large government and Fortune 500 companies, including Fannie Mae, American Express, U.S. AID and the Food and Drug Administration, medium- to small-size organizations such as the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation and top 50 law firms, as well as nonprofits, including Lead River Counties and Bay Center for Spiritual Development. Her experience in leading technology, operations, business architecture and process improvement teams strengthens her business sense, embeds practicality in her coaching approach and bolsters her empathy toward clients.

    Expertise

    Ana specializes in coaching mid- to high-level professionals (including CIOs) and teams that want to increase their organizational impact and live their purpose. The process typically starts with strategy definition and goal clarification at a personal or team level, agreement on an action plan, and coaching support through execution. She complements her coaching experience with deep facilitation practices, bringing together individuals with seemingly diverging interests to create a shared vision and action plan.

    Throughout her career, Ana has successfully coached hundreds of individuals who experienced personal and professional growth beyond their initial goals, increased their self-awareness, and learned sustainability strategies for their own development; worked with individuals in transition in a wide range of circumstances, from transitioning to civilian life after a successful career in the military, to women in global leadership positions, to professionals considering re-entering the workforce or making a career change; combined coaching and process improvement tools to enhance leadership and communication skills that managers and team members can apply to improve their performance and resiliency; and planned and delivered diversity and inclusion workshops to increase self-awareness, handle uncomfortable conversations, and improve team effectiveness and individual engagement.

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