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Harnessing Emotion for High Performance

I help organisations turn emotion into a strategic performance advantage through my proprietary Change Aligned^® SPEED Framework^TM that connects emotion to execution.

Each phase of SPEED stands on its own yet contributes to a complete system for emotionally intelligent execution. Whether you need a focused intervention or a full transformation, I can help you at any stage of the journey from diagnosing emotional blockers to embedding sustainable results.

The Change Aligned^® SPEED Framework^TM

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Diagnostics & Assessments

Diagnose where emotions are blocking execution.

Through data-driven assessments and in-depth interviews, I identify the emotional dynamics that either accelerate or derail performance.

Typical approaches include:

Team EQ assessments and culture diagnostics using the Emotional Culture Deck
Leader interviews and executive perception mapping
“Strategy–Emotion Gap” organisational health checks

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Leadership Development & Emotional Fluency

Build leaders who can translate emotion into performance.

My coaching and development programmes build emotional fluency — the ability to read, regulate, and respond to emotion in ways that enhance trust, safety, and execution.

Offerings include:

One-to-one executive coaching
Team coaching
Group leader labs and executive retreats
“Emotional Fluency for Leaders” workshops

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Culture & Emotional Infrastructure Design

Design the systems that make emotions work for you.

Culture isn’t accidental; it’s built through the rituals, communication norms, and decision processes that shape everyday behaviour. I work with leadership teams to design emotional infrastructure that aligns people with purpose.

Methods include:

Team facilitation using the Emotional Culture Deck and LEGO^® Serious Play
Workshops to redesign meetings, decision protocols, and feedback loops
Embedding new rituals and communication rhythms across teams

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Resilience, Motivation & Energy Management

Keep performance sustainable.

I help individuals and teams manage stress, sustain energy, and maintain motivation through uncertainty and change.

Programmes include:

Resilience and energy management workshops
Motivation mapping and wellbeing integrations
Team “energy rituals” to build collective stamina and focus

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Execution & Measurement

Turn emotion into measurable outcomes.

The final stage ensures that emotional interventions translate into real business impact. I help organisations link emotion-based initiatives to strategic KPIs and performance metrics.

Approaches include:

Integration with OKRs and Balanced Scorecard frameworks
Before-and-after KPI tracking
Measuring shifts in engagement, decision speed, and retention

Let’s Talk!

Tell me where your organisation is today and I’ll help you turn emotional insight into meaningful action.

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Testimonials

Olga’s coaching helped me pause, reflect, and lead more intentionally. She has a way of creating space for honest thinking while nudging you to ask better questions. Our sessions were never about quick fixes, they were about clarity, ownership, and perspective. She helped me reframe challenges, trust the wisdom of my team, and lead with more calm and confidence , even when the stakes were high. I appreciated her ability to hold space without judgment, and to guide with both insight and humility. Olga’s impact will stay with me well beyond the fellowship. I am grateful for her support, and I recommend her to any leader navigating growth, complexity, or transition.

Halimah Musa Usman, Senior Program/Project Manager, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)

Olga has amazing qualities as a coach. She listens beyond the words, she has keen observations, she guides with excellent questions. The sessions with her are very positive and valuable. I highly recommend her services.

Seljan Verdiyeva-Smeets, Senior Policy Officer / International Responsible Business Conduct, Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER)

Olga will improve your relationship with your work, you colleagues, and yourself. Brilliant, patient and isightful, she brings the skills and the care needed to help you focus on what really matters, understand what you bring to the workplace, and make the decisions that will best advance your career. If your organisation is going through a transition, if you would like to improve your cohesion, or if you just want to get the best out of your team, Olga is the person to help you do that.

Keon West, Author of The Science of Racism, Keynote Speaker

Olga is an excellent mentor. I was in the driver seat. OIga helped me by asking clarifying questions, rephrasing what I said, being the devil’s advocate… When applicable she shared from her own experience, but never letting her experiences taking the spotlight. My journey was the central topic. This skill I like to develop myself, and I’m sure I will refer back to this experience over time when taking on more people leadership roles.

Luk Declerck, Senior Test Manager and Enabler in Transformation Programs, Deloitte

Olga is a highly skilled coach. She is a great listener and is able to guide and help navigate difficult situations and structures. I find my sessions with Olga helpful and appreciate the time she invests in me. I would highly recommend Olga as a coach.

Anastasija Doyle, Associate Director M&A Real Estate Transactions Tax, Deloitte

Olga has provided exceptional support to me as I navigate my leadership journey. She has provided space for me to reflect, prompted me to consider different perspectives and to sharpen the purpose and focus with which I lead. Her style is exactly the right balance of useful anecdotes and sharing of insights that aid thinking along with careful questioning to help unpick problems independently. She supports with intelligence and care and has been an incredible resource for me.

Shabna Begum, CEO, Runnymede Trust

I had the pleasure of hosting a session with Olga Valadon, and I was impressed by her deep knowledge of emotional intelligence and her ability to make the topic both engaging and accessible. Her presenting style is interactive – she involves the audience in meaningful conversations, which makes her sessions enjoyable and easy to follow. If you’re looking for a speaker, coach, or trainer who can deliver valuable insights on culture design, leadership, and team building, all with a focus on emotional intelligence, I highly recommend Olga.

Andrea Pacini, Ideas on Stage Academy

Working with Olga has been an incredibly positive experience. She brings warmth, experience, and clarity to every coaching session, and her guidance has consistently helped me grow. I’m deeply grateful for her support and look forward to continuing our work together for many years to come.

Fran Garrett-Levy, Operations Director at Pensions Management Institute (PMI)

During our collaboration under the same operational group, Olga was instrumental in overseeing and executing strategic group planning, ensuring appropriate actions and harnessing input from multiple senior leaders within the business. Olga also made valuable introductions and recommendations to support the business more broadly beyond her core remit.

Peter Badenhuizen, Partner, Deloitte

Olga’s ability to dig deep to the core of the matter leads to strategic clarity and a clear action plan. Moreover, her expertise in creating a positive workplace culture that supports the strategy has proven invaluable.

Senior Partner, Deloitte

Olga always impressed me with her organisational ability, how she is able to see the big picture, bring stakeholders together, convey her vision and move things forward. Olga is very professional in her approach and I always enjoyed working with her. I would highly recommend Olga.

Mike Finch, ex-Investment Operations Strategy & Administration Manager, Invesco Ltd.

Olga’s exceptional skill set in the realm of developing a powerful strategy for Blueprint for All has been transformational. Specifically, her focus and constructively challenging design, development, and facilitation of the planning workshops involving both the Executive and Trustee board, clarified the vision and distilled this into clear actionable steps which provided focus and drove momentum.

Sonia Watson, CEO, Blueprint for All