Experience your career transition as a journey of self-reflection.
Finding oneself amongst the waves and through the noise of excitement and trepidation.
Eduardo Salazar
Andréa Pereira
Imrana Nesbit
Jan Uwe Lammert
Marc Flior
Eduardo Salazar
Eduardo Salazar is an Executive Coach and Business Consultant. His career as a senior marketing executive spans 25 year careers. During that time, he has worked in blue chip organisations such as Colgate Palmolive, GlaxoSmithKline, Mars, Kellogg’s and Danone. Eduardo is originally from Venezuela but has lived and worked in US, Chile, Peru, Japan, Hong Kong, Spain and the UK where he is currently based.
Eduardo has held strategic and operational roles as part of leadership teams for Danone Japan, Kellogg’s - Andean Region, and Colgate Palmolive Perú. He currently mentors students in executive education and advises on digital transformation projects for various non-profit organisations.
He specialises in Individual Executive Coaching for Career Transition and Acceleration, as well as Entrepreneurship
and Business Coaching for Start-ups and SMEs. For this work he studied at the Academy of Executive Coaching in London, receiving a Practitioner Diploma from the school in 2021.
Eduardo holds a Diploma in Executive Coaching at the Academy of Executive Coaching (AOEC) in London. He recently completed a master’s degree in digital business at ISDI (Spain) and he has an MBA degree from IESA Business School (Venezuela).
Why the Transition Tribes programme is important for me:
I am excited to moderate these programmes and support various senior leaders in their career transition journeys. It is important that executives pursuing a career transition understand that they are not alone and that there is value in sharing their experiences and using them to learn from their peers. I know first-hand what this situation is like and the concerns that arise when you hit a professional crossroads. I didn’t have the guts to take a leap into the transition process until someone helped me out: now I want to assist others and pay it forward.
What were some of my personal learning curves:
I think the biggest challenge was understanding the demands of the process. Working through and planning a career transition takes a lot of resilience. This is not something that happens overnight. Plus, you really need to take time to reflect and map out what you want or expect from the next phase of your professional journey (i.e., focusing on what roles match your current values, distinguishing your unique value proposition for a future role, and finding ways to push yourself to meet transition targets). That requires a high level of motivation - you have to be willing to invest the time to find the right future path for yourself, accepting that some of those might lead to a dead end. But you just turn around and seek a new route. Eventually, you will get to where you need to be.
What is the one piece of transition advice or tip that helped me the most:
I would say reassessing my network. For me, personally, I knew that in my transition process I wanted to move away from the corporate world I had previously worked in. I wanted to try new things, mainly entrepreneurial endeavours, but all my contacts in my network (and I had many) were in industries where I had previously worked. I spent a lot of time building a more broadly based professional network as I knew that would expand the variety of opportunities that would come my way.
Who do I feel would benefit most from joining a Transition Tribe:I think it’s a great opportunity for people who have been contemplating a professional change. If you are currently a hired gun in a corporate environment and wondering what your next steps could be toward a new career path, the joining a Tribe could be an interesting way to ‘think out loud’ in a safe, peer-to-peer environment.
Imrana Qureshi Nesbitt
Imrana is a trained Executive and NLP Life Coach based in Kenya. She received her formal training from the Academy of Executive Coaching in the UK. There, she obtained certifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and as a Master Practitioner. She is also a Certified Jump Starter with certification from the Jump Movement in the Netherlands.
Imrana's executive coaching practice follows an inquiry-based approach to professional development; one that encourages higher-level thinking in order to solve complex problems. Here, focus is key: executives have big, and at times too many, goals. This applies to both their lives and careers. She describes this using the metaphor of chasing rabbits: it is hard enough to chase one, chasing two or more is impossible. She understands that focusing on less in a world of more can be challenging. Still, many of her executive coaching clients are indeed seeking support for this type of focus.
Similarly, Imrana leverages executive coaching tools to help clients discover things about themselves they were not aware of. This includes working around blind spots that get in the way of achieving goals. Self-awareness (in knowing these blind spots) is a critical factor at all levels of an organisation. However, it is increasingly important at the highest levels where, just like oxygen at the peak of Mount Everest, feedback is scarce.
Beyond coaching, Imrana has 15 years’ experience in building lasting Brand Strategies. She worked as Regional Head of Marketing for Diamond Trust Bank, a leading bank in Kenya, where she managed operations in four countries. She later served as a consultant-advisor with the Inter-Brand and Brand Integrated consulting firms.
Why the Transition Tribes programme is important for me:
I am excited to be part of the Transition Tribes, as I love work in Forum-style settings. The Tribes programme now offers the possibility to work with a focused curriculum which will not only add value to my current work, but also further the purpose of my work in helping people transition into the best version of themselves by creating their best life and career. I feel the best way to do this is by helping them define clear goals for themselves and then figure out the best path to achieving those goals
What were some of my personal learning curves:
My biggest challenge was working through the discovery journey to find out who I truly was, what my strengths where and what my underling beliefs were. I needed to understand if, and how, those beliefs were stopping me from achieving what I truly believed in. I found this so life-changing and empowering that I wanted to make it my own mission in life to help others fulfil their desires through a life of purpose and meaning.
What is the one piece of transition advice or tip that helped me the most:
That a key part of the process is openness. This means establishing an environment where the executive in transition can interact easily with their coach, with a focus on listening so as to understand individual situations and their contexts. During my transition process I learnt the value of Co-Active coaching models and working with my coach to push for clarity, examine different possibilities and rely on peer support for courage and inspiration.
Who do I feel would benefit most from joining a Transition Tribe:
I think this programme can be valuable for executives of all types: from those in or moving away from corporate roles on to high-level civil servants and senior leaders of not-for-profit groups. I believe people have their own capabilities, skills, and talents and programmes like Transition Tribes are important to helping them find clarity when assessing how these capacities allow them to move forward: whether it be part of an voluntary or involuntary transition. Anyone on a learning journey towards achieving their career transition goals is a viable candidate. It’s just important that they begin with small steps and move forward.
Jan Uwe Lammert
Jan Uwe is an advisor on Strategy & Sustainability and a trained moderator of peer coaching groups. In addition to providing counsel and advice on corporate strategy (including business models, innovation, organisation, finance, M&A, etc.) and sustainability strategy (including implementation and communication), Jan Uwe supports groups and individuals with coaching in the areas of personal and team development; increasingly with a focus on career transition. One of his passions is pro bono mentoring with Social Entrepreneurs.
During his 30 years in international management, Jan Uwe has undergone several transitions himself – from multi-national group to entrepreneurship to self-employment – each with their own consequences for his personal and family life.
Jan Uwe has been an active member of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organisation) for over 15 years, where he launched and led a number of peer coaching initiatives (e.g. international forums, retreats, trainings, moderating a global Career Transitions Forum and more). He is also active in the VAB (Virtual Advisory Board) community. Jan Uwe is convinced of, and passionate about, the power of life-long learning and shared experiences to clear the personal brain fog that sometimes accompanies critical decision-making during important life moments. He believes that peer exchange of ideas and insights on career situations can help individuals find orientation and, most importantly, solutions.
Why the Transition Tribes programme is important for me:
Sharing one’s own experiences and taking advantage of the diverse perspectives of others in similar situations is the key to peer coaching. I trust in the Transition Tribes process and have witnessed time and time again the relief that comes from sharing challenges as well as the spark of new ideas developed within a Tribe.
What were some of my personal learning curves:
I have gone through my share of role changes within a multi-national group, including functional and geographic re-boots, where cultural adjustment was key. Later, after becoming an entrepreneur in a medium-sized company, I found it helpful to acknowledge the vast experience from the past while still being open to the challenges and leadership requirements ahead of me. And finally, when I wanted to transform to an even more values-oriented career path, I recognised I could really think about and structure potential options only once I had let go of the former roles and responsibilities. In my case, I most certainly would not have imagined from within the corporate bubble that self-employment or advisory work would eventually become my absolute passion.
What is the one piece of transition advice or tip that helped me the most:
Before each and every next step in my career, I felt that I lacked the knowledge and experience to be good enough in the new role. Listening to others – be it family, friends, colleagues, or a group of trusted peers (like the Transition Tribes) – has thankfully helped me overcome such fears and provided me with a support system to rely on and grow with as I face new challenges.
Who do I feel would benefit most from joining a Transition Tribe:
No matter if one is contemplating a career move, thinking about a lifestyle change or finds oneself between jobs, sharing thoughts and ideas or motivations and fears with peers and listening to their experiences in similar situations helps bring clarity to one’s thoughts, test options, and create one’s own path to a self-determined future.
Marc Flior
Marc Flior is an accomplished CEO and Entrepreneur, who helps businesses build smarter Boards as an Advisor and Executive Coach to their C-suite leaders. He advises Senior Executives and Businesses owners around career and lifestyle transition, enabling them to find clarity and control in their futures. He advises companies how to transform, turnaround and grow and has experience of leading companies varying in size and complexity and understands the intricacies involved in developing and implementing strategies for corrective action setting a business on a path of growth.
As a business mentor and advisor his values form the basis of all interactions. Being authentic and calling it as it is, being accountable and taking responsibility for his footprint and impact on society and being driven to grow himself through the pursuit of lifelong learning. He thrives on identifying creative solutions for issues and opportunities to deliver benefits and works with business leaders to be better people in and outside their work environments.
Why the Transition Tribes programme is important for me:
I am excited to moderate these programmes and support various senior leaders in their career transition journeys. It is important that executives pursuing a career transition understand that they are not alone and that there is value in sharing their experiences and using them to learn from their peers. I know first-hand what this situation is like and the concerns that arise when you hit a professional crossroads. I didn’t have the guts to take a leap into the transition process until someone helped me out: now I want to assist others and pay it forward.
What were some of my personal learning curves:
I think the biggest challenge was understanding the demands of the process. Working through and planning a career transition takes a lot of resilience. This is not something that happens overnight. Plus, you really need to take time to reflect and map out what you want or expect from the next phase of your professional journey (i.e., focusing on what roles match your current values, distinguishing your unique value proposition for a future role, and finding ways to push yourself to meet transition targets). That requires a high level of motivation - you have to be willing to invest the time to find the right future path for yourself, accepting that some of those might lead to a dead end. But you just turn around and seek a new route. Eventually, you will get to where you need to be.
What is the one piece of transition advice or tip that helped me the most:
I would say reassessing my network. For me, personally, I knew that in my transition process I wanted to move away from the corporate world I had previously worked in. I wanted to try new things, mainly entrepreneurial endeavours, but all my contacts in my network (and I had many) were in industries where I had previously worked. I spent a lot of time building a more broadly based professional network as I knew that would expand the variety of opportunities that would come my way.
Who do I feel would benefit most from joining a Transition Tribe:I think it’s a great opportunity for people who have been contemplating a professional change. If you are currently a hired gun in a corporate environment and wondering what your next steps could be toward a new career path, the joining a Tribe could be an interesting way to ‘think out loud’ in a safe, peer-to-peer environment.
Andréa Pereira
Andréa Pereira is a Brazilian coach, mentor, advisor, entrepreneur, speaker and consultant. Apart from being co-founder of the Sustainability Consultancy, GiveBack (giveback.pt), and a partner at both ARC (arcedtech.com) and FabStart (fabricadestartups.com), she is also heavily involved with human development.
After 27 years in the corporate environment (in her last assignment she was the GM and VP of Emerging Beverages of The Coca-Cola Company in Mexico and Board Chair for Jugos del Valle/Santa Clara), Andréa changed the course of her life in 2019 to pursue new interests and work on projects in the field of human development. In her advisory practice, Andréa works with companies like Mars Petcare, Artemis Education, Banco Davivienda, Constructora Bolívar, Universo de Creadores, Seguros y Servicios Bolivar, Experian LATAM, Colsubsídio, Ketonico Machaka and Team Foods LATAM. As a speaker she has participated in events with The Business Factory and Universo de Creadores, Fundación Alares Spain and ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management among others.
Aside from her human development practice (coaching and mentoring), sustainability businesses and advisory activity, Andréa is part of YPO where she is serving on the Executive Committee in Portugal for the second consecutive year (Forum & Membership Officer). She also supports the network’s strategic efforts to foster diversity: through the Athena Program and by representing YPO Europe in the Leadership Development Network. She volunteers as a mentor/coach at AngelUS (a network of women dedicated to the development of women and to fostering diversity and inclusion) and is part of the VAB (Virtual Advisory Board) community.
Andréa graduated in Business from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, has multiple certifications in personality assessments, is a NeuroBrain Coach, certified by the NeuroLeadership Institute and a member of the International Coach Federation.
Why the Transition Tribes programme is important for me:
I am excited to have the opportunity to help people find clarity in the next phase of their professional life. Career transition can be a challenging process and I am happy to be able to help people address the questions and concerns they have as they move forward into a new chapter of their career. This is great opportunity to help seasoned professionals push through the uncertainties of the transition period and seize on the opportunities that change affords.
What were some of my personal learning curves:
The biggest epiphany I’ve had in supporting transition processes is realising just how valuable access to different perspectives can be. Whether it comes from sessions with a coach (especially one who knows the right questions to ask at the right time) to discuss your future plans or your own personal review of possible career options, the most enlightening part of such programmes is finding out how other people view or perceive your situation. Access to peer experiences (situations and feelings) often sheds light on and gives cause for reflection on multiple ways forward to a desired career path.
What is the one piece of transition advice or tip that helped me the most:
Understand that career transition is also part of a personal wellness process. You have decided for (or perhaps you’re considering) a career change and there are specific reasons that brought you to this moment. Signing on for career transition support means you can move forward, along an initially uncertain path, with the support of expert coaches and peers in transition and not have to brave the experience alone. Simply put: use the resources you have around you to get the guidance you need in a way that helps you find both professional fulfilment and wholeness. Let yourself be vulnerable so you can learn and grow into the next phase of your career.
Who do I feel would benefit most from joining a Transition Tribe:
The Tribe service is an amazing tool for people who are looking for structure in their approach to professional (and life) changes. The Transition Tribe cannot, of course, give you immediate answers to what your next steps will be. But it provides a space to engage with coaches and executive level peers who share comparable values and are embarking on (or have had) similar journeys in their own lives.