As an executive, business owner or professional ... we are told to be vulnerable .... It may be not that wise .... let me tell you why. 

Unclear and/or conflicting expectations around roles and goals often cause difficult relations: this is true when dealing with a co-worker, with a friend, with spouse or kids. Here are 4 tips on how to deal and solve them.

Having a discussion is not about winning, it's about finding a solution. Use these tips and your discussions with family members or during work meetings will certainly become more productive.

The lock-down is dreadful, it can influence our career and our life.  What can you do to give it a meaning?

Every time you are at a social gathering, business event, or even work situations, do not try to impress - Instead, look for hints: if correctly used, they are extremely valuable

Your future doesn’t necessarily equate your past. It doesn’t have to. Be accountable and influence your future by working on two things.

Episode 3 of "The 10 Team Leadership Secrets". In this episode you can find secrets #8 - #9 - # 10 plus a bonus.....

This is episode 2 of "The 10 team Leadership Secrets" you should master to lead people and teams. In this episode you can find secrets #4 - #5 - # 6. 

Leadership is a learned skill – Paolo gives 10 secrets you should master to lead people. In this episode,  the first of three, he talks about secret #1 - #2 - #3

In order to be perceived as a “Cool” person, we often avoid the opportunities of embracing new experiences. In this episode Paolo explains how to get out of your comfort zone while minimizing your insecurity.

Aiming for perfection  - in all areas of your life - is a war you cannot win. In this episode, Paolo proposes a different approach.

There are two components you need to master to improve your performances in "extraordinary circumstances". You can work on your potential but even more important you need to work on interference or blocks.  

Leadership is not a bunch of techniques. It not having authority either. Leadership is both simpler and deeper.

The combination of two simple words,  "YES .... BUT" has killed more ideas, relationships and  opportunities to live up to  a person's potential than any other sentence.  Why so? and What can you do to prevent it from happening.

Alibis .... Finger Pointing ..... they do not lead to anything. Stop this culture, master the situation ans take your responsibilities. How? By asking yourself the right question.

Feedback or, as I call it, positive criticism, is very different from judging. There two things to considering when giving feedback.

It happens - not often - but it happens that during a business even we feel we don't belong and we feel rejected by people. What to do and how to handle the situation when it happens.

Our inner voice is,  more often than not, a source of anxiety that diverts us from performing at our peak and from reaching our potential. There many techniques to deal with it. Here's is my preferred. Try it.  

  Selling techniques are just techniques. You need something more to sell: empathy. Experience it yourself.

Rank and Title do not make leadership. Carrot and Stick  do not build a team. If you are an entrepreneur, are leader or are part of a team, there're few things you MUST consider. These ones. 

Accountability is a state of mind. First be accountable to yourself. The rest will Follow. Four (4) suggestions.

We are used to label people and situations too fast and too easily. When we lose we don't necessarily fail.  Do the following and, more often than not, you'll win.

Convincing is not pushing. Convincing is not reiterating the message. Convincing is, first of all, getting out of your comfort zone and find a common ground. From there, by being true to yourself, you can start convincing. 

You need to have objectives to lead a team or yourself. Beware of constant goal stretching and appreciate easy wins as a way to reach higher and more challenging goals.