Myriam Callegarin

Certified Professional Coach, Founder of EffectiveActions

Myriam Callegarin is a Management Consultant and a Certified Professional Coach. She is the  founder and director of EffectiveActions, as well as the founder of  MC XTEND International Business Development. She  has been working with managers and corporate executives, savvy entrepreneurs and international organizations of all sizes who have turned to her expertise to expand their businesses, gain career advancements, and improve their performance.

Myriam CallegarinNationality: Italian

Residence: Italy

Languages: English, German, Italian, conversant in Spanish

Lived and worked in: Germany, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland and Italy. Travelled extensively in Europe, North, Central and South America, Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Areas of expertise:

  • Executive Coaching
  • Leadership Development: Self and Teams
  • International Business Development
  • Small Business Coaching
  • Expatriate and Career Coaching
  • Cross-Cultural Integration

Corporate and Management Experience:

Myriam is an accomplished Business Consultant and Leadership Coach with almost 20 years of international experience working with corporate enterprises, global executives and entrepreneurs. She has worked at Mercedes-Benz AG (today Daimler AG) for 12 years in Germany, Singapore and South Korea, mainly in the Sales Division of passenger cars, and later as a Market Consultant for the integration of e-Business solutions for the Mercedes-Benz brand in the Southeast Asian, Australian and Italian markets.

Her passion for business process re-engineering, for cross-cultural communication and for engaging people in the development of solutions for a common goal, brought her to either initiate or to take part in several  corporate projects involving global stakeholders, until successful completion.

In 2001, Myriam’s entrepreneurial side took over, so she decided to leave the corporate world to build her own consulting firm in Italy, MC XTEND International Business Development, offering Market Entry services to foreign companies interested in the Italian market. She soon expanded her business by partnering with experienced, high-level consultants in order to specialize in Market Entry Consulting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Process Re-engineering, Temporary Management and Post-Merger Cross-Cultural Integration.

In early 2008 Myriam decided to focus on the personal side of business development, started her coach training and founded Effective Actions. Since then she has been working with clients from all over the world, mainly assisting entrepreneurs in the start up and development of their international business, as well as corporate executives who wanted to advance their career and improve their self- and team leadership skills.  Her clients appreciate her ability to help them quickly gain clarity in complex situation and to engage them in the development of solutions for themselves and their businesses that bring long-lasting results.

Coaching Approach:

Myriam’s main focus in her work is to engage her clients in the development and implementation of strategies that lead to results that are sustainable, both at organizational and at personal levels. She honors her clients’ precious expertise and deep knowledge of the complexities of their own organization, and provides both space and structure to effectively collect and use this knowledge to achieve their goals. Even though coaching is Myriam’s main focus, consulting may be combined whenever necessary.

She uses a three step approach:

  • Clarity – clear vision of long-, medium- and short-term goals, clear expectations, identification of challenges, identification of  all possible resources available;
  • Engagement – engaging the client, and whenever possible the teams, in the development of the solutions that are best for the organization, considering the mission, the short- to medium-term goals, the challenges and the resources;
  • Performance – doing it! Supporting the client in the implementation of personal, cultural and/or organizational change, reviewing it and measuring results.

Academic Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration – Germany

Coaching Education and Certification:

  • Certified Practitioner for the application of the Tilt360 Leadership  and Team Assessments and the Tilt 180 Mentor Program Assessment
  • Certified Professional Coach Training Program at the International Coach Academy, Australia
  • Advanced Coaching Techniques
  • Tilt360 Leadership Assessments
  • Learning Leader – Training for the facilitation and training of groups,  International Coach Academy, Australia

Additional Relevant Training:

  • Advanced Coaching Techniques, 2010
  • Tilt360 Leadership Assessments, 2010
  • Learning Leader – Training for the facilitation and training of groups, 2009
  • Engaging coaching clients, 2008
  • Public speaking, 2007
  • International Trade, 2003
  • Business Start Up in Italy, 2002
  • Intercultural Training for Expatriates in Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam (1998)
  • Various other training and courses: Presentation Skills, Time Management, Work-Life Balance, Organization of Office Work, computer courses, language courses: Japanese, Spanish (from 1990 through 1998)

Professional Affiliations:

  • ICF – International Coach Federation since 2008, member of the Marketing Committee and the Brand Taskforce in 2009
  • EPWA – European Professional Women Association since 2007
  • Global Consulting Network since 2005
  • International Subsidiary Development since 2007
  • Toastmasters Varese, Marketing manager since 2008

Other Activities:

  • Founder of the Global Leaders Circle, leads the “Leaders Exchange”, that she initiated in June 2009: mastermind calls in tele-conference for executives and entrepreneurs worldwide who want to discuss current leadership challenges they are facing, share ideas and brainstorm solutions together. (since 2009)
  • Founder and moderator of “Passion for Work”, an online forum for executives and business owners who want to work with passion. (since 2008)
  • Initiated and led the non-profit project “Insieme per il tuo lavoro”, where she engaged the moderators of an Italian online group for Job Seekers that selected a group of 6 job seekers. These were coached by Myriam in group coaching over a period of 2 months. The objective was to increase their self-leadership and self-promotion skills to help them get the job they wanted. (2008)
  • Taught Marketing and Sales to young job seekers (aged between 20 and 30) at ENAIP in Borgomanero, Italy, a government-owned school for professional education. (2003 and 2006)
  • Member of the Italian Women Association in Singapore, collaborated in the publication of the monthly magazine for expatriates. (1999)
  • Member of the Spanish Speaking Women Association in Singapore, supported the organization of various events. (1999)

Testimonials

“Myriam is the consummate business professional – intelligent, innovative, creative, and diligent. It is a pleasure working with her and her team at MC Xtend to open up new markets and business opportunities for clients in Italy. I highly recommend her to anyone seeking a seasoned professional in business consulting and coaching.”
• Dave Warar
CEO of Global Strategy, INC.
Libertyville, IL (USA)

“I had the pleasure of experiencing Myriam both as a manager for international business development and as coach – she is an experienced, reliable and creative professional! Myriam possesses the rare quality of listening attentively and developing out-of-the box solutions and ideas, always focused on obtaining best possible results. Her positive approach to professional and personal life is virtually contagious!”
• Marta Traverso
Project Manager & Market Entry Consultant
Berlin (Germany)

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