Insights & Expertise
Practical insights on leadership development, team coaching, and organizational growth from Dr. Maria Caratini Prado, Ed.D.
Charismatic, transformational, autocratic, servant, democratic — every leader defaults to one style under pressure. Knowing which one you lead with changes everything about how you manage, hire, and grow.
CEOs are cutting middle managers to flatten costs. Research — including Dr. Caratini's doctoral work — shows this often breaks the one system that makes company strategy executable in the first place.
Metacognition — thinking about how you think — is the foundation of growth mindset, better decisions, and more effective teams. Here's what it is, why it matters for leaders, and how to develop it.
Most small business owners are excellent tacticians. Fewer have developed the strategic thinking that lets them build something durable. Understanding the difference — and closing the gap — is what separates companies that plateau from companies that grow.
DISC, Myers-Briggs, and Gallup CliftonStrengths are not just HR onboarding exercises. Used correctly with a trained coach, they give managers and teams a shared language for working through the communication gaps that quietly undermine performance.
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