I have dedicated the past four decades to the understanding of how CEOs, Senior Leaders and Executive Committees generate value in dynamic business ecosystems, and environments of uncertainty and rapid change.
I have specifically focused on the challenges faced by senior leadership to engage the “hearts and minds” of their people, and on how to create viral structural and sustainable transformation that generates “new ways of working” and “new ways of being”.
Working with senior leaders to be “caring human beings”, fully present and connected to their intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and physical selves is, today more than ever, a fundamental pillar of leadership.
I continue to challenge the status quo and look for new and productive ways to address the leadership challenges of today and anticipate those of tomorrow, and to look for useful and practical answers to uncertainty and rapid change.
I know you share this passion and curiosity and I look forward to collaborating with you and to explore how, together, we can co-create and collaborate in ways that inspire you to “connect the dots” and maximize your personal and professional potential and that of your people.
About Luis Costa
Luis Costa is Portuguese American who lived 25 years in the USA (trained in American Universities and a Partner at a strategic consulting firm in the 80s) and worked in Canada and London before moving to Barcelona and New York. Luis became a coach, mentor, strategic facilitator, and leadership developer to CEOs, Executive Committees and business owners in a significant number of the major global companies (including various Fortune 100s), innovative enterprises operating in new ecosystems and dynamic family-owned businesses. He is also a coach, mentor and a leadership and business advisor to senior partners in Professional Services Firms and Law Firms. (www.luissoarescosta.com)
Luis is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, an invitation-only community for the world’s top executive business coaches where he writes articles and participates on expert panels on Forbes.com.
Luis is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, providing insights to shape the content, to develop and enrich the understanding of and to bring new perspectives on ideas to the HBR and the wider world of management and leadership.
Luis is also a business mentor at Torch, a global platform of mentors, coaches, psychologists, entrepreneurs, and people managers who have seen first-hand the impact of thoughtful leadership. It exists to build better leaders and through the belief that business growth comes from personal growth.
In 2023, Luis published “A Journey Through Authentic Leadership”, a book to be used as a practical tool for senior leaders to lead in an environment of uncertainty, complexity, exponential change, immediacy and diversity. Authentic leadership is rapidly becoming a foundational necessity for leaders working with their teams in this new reality.
Over the past four decades, Luis developed extensive expertise in several areas and is invited to speak regularly at global conferences, senior management, and leadership forums. He is also invited as strategy subject matter expert to participate and provide thought leadership to several Boards and think tanks.
He works interchangeably in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French and spends most of his time collaborating with clients throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia Pacific.
These are the Values and Behaviours at the Core of my Conversations and Relationships
"PEOPLE ARE AT THE CENTRE OF EVERYTHING I DO."
people… people… people… if it doesn’t involve people, I don’t do it
"THROUGH CONVERSATION, I CONNECT AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS."
conversation is at the core of doing business and at the centre of any relationship
“I STRIVE FOR SIMPLICITY."
Someone somewhere decided business had to be complex and complicated; well… I disagree; people like it simple, accessible, and doable
“I AM CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND FLEXIBLE."
I always start with a blank sheet of paper and recognise the uniqueness of each situation; I listen, I watch, I connect, and I engage with others… and then I co-create and I co-design… adapting as the situation requires
“I AM A TAILOR."
every person, every business and every situation is different and offers a new opportunity to innovate a design, and create new approaches and solutions
"SMALL SHIFTS MOVE MOUNTAINS."
climbing to the top of the mountain is challenging, but if we take it a step-at-a-time, we will make it; it is the small things we do differently everyday that produce the most powerful and sustainable results
“I CHERISH DIVERSITY."
the more diverse the people we build relationships and work with, the richer we all are; every dimension of diversity brings endless opportunities to create new and engaging solutions
“I LOVE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN."
after all, we only have this world; if we are not sensitive and respectful of its needs, we will not be leaving a very good legacy to our children and grandchildren
Forbes Coaches Council
I am a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, an invitation-only community for the world’s top senior executive business coaches and mentors.
As an official member, I contribute to Forbes on such topics as CEO and C-Level growth and alignment, strategy in uncertain times, high performing management teams, cultural DNA, organizational effectiveness, trust, collaboration, and authentic communication.
I write articles and participate on expert panels on Forbes.com. (Luis’s Forbes Profile)
