REFINING SOFT SKILLS
INTO HARD VALUE

Guiding leaders and experts to build trust, accelerate change, and create influence using emotional intelligence and strategic storytelling

Where we guide you

Expanding leadership capacity

Authentic leadership for executives. Address blind spots and develop trust-inducing soft skills.

Storytelling & change communication

For accelerating AI adoption & digital transformation, mitigating hidden resistance and building culture.

Expert to influential authority

Build a thought leadership to attract premium opportunities and stronger influence. 

What we do & why

Logic doesn’t move people. Connection and trust does.

People trust, follow and co-create with leaders who know how to connect. We strengthen that capability through two distinct approaches: developing emotional intelligence and strategic storytelling. Each stands on its own, but together, they form a particularly strong foundation for influence grounded in trust and meaning.

Services

Storytelling

For change, culture and everyday communication to connect, persuade and influence beliefs and engagement.

Make your transformation understandable, desirable, and actionable to the people in your organisation.
With change narratives we address resistance, build trust and create alignment throughout your change process. Learn more →

For culture and employee branding. Build repositories of stories that give your organization a shared language while adapting to different audiences. Learn more →

Coaching leaders to communicate with clarity, consistency, and trust. Learn more →

Trust Engineering

Building trust, presence and influence for the modern leader and expert. Make people want to engage and follow you. 

Deep personal transformation through our PURE™ diagnostic and ALIGN™ programs. Develop self-awareness, emotional regulation, and authentic presence that creates lasting influence and trust.
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Coaching-the-coach programs that help sales leaders guide their technical sales teams to become trusted advisors. Build client relationships that last.
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Positioning experts as recognized thought leaders who attract premium opportunities through strategic visibility, without becoming salespeople.
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About me

I’m an engineer turned strategist with a passion for the human side of business and creative writing. I help leaders and technical experts see what they don’t see themselves and develop the authenticity, integrity, and presence that make people follow.

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The story advantage

The science backs it up: Sharing stories creates neural connections, connection enables trust, trust produces outcomes. That’s why storytelling is one of the most powerful tools leaders have to turn information into shared meaning and influence. This is pivotal in change communication, but also as a tool for internal everyday use to improve culture and employee branding. Read more

Testimonal

"Without Pia, we would not be where we are today. Her direct and constructive feedback and advice has consistently been proven highly valuable. She is a dedicated and honest professional with a natural talent to see what is important and was key to building the fundament upon which the organisation now rests."
M Eriksson
CEO & Founder, Liminal Discovery

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