About us
We want to create a more human business world
Our Mission
We help managers to become conscious, agile and influential leaders in today’s uncertain and rapidly changing world. Through our pragmatic programs, they learn to interact more constructively with people across hierarchies, functions and cultures and achieve greater goals together with them.
Our Beliefs
- We believe we have opportunities like never before. Let’s use them wisely!
- We believe that when people let go of their sabotaging perspectives, they bring out their best.
- We believe it is possible to create organizational environments in which everyone thrives: the leaders, the employees, the business, the final customers and the world.
Our Values
- Conscious Agility: We balance speed and wisdom.
- Respect for Uniqueness: We recognize each person’s unique value.
- Partnering for Impact: Together we accomplish more.
- Responsibility for Growth: We take 100% responsibility for the results we get and learn from every situation.
Meet Our Team
Myriam Callegarin – Founder and CEO of LAJ Global
Thanks to over 25 years of experience working in and with the multinational corporate world, Myriam understands the complex challenges that leaders and organizations face at practical, emotional, leadership, and business levels in today’s uncertain and rapidly changing times. She has a pragmatic, systemic approach and believes that in order to thrive and build long-term success, companies need to evolve their leadership capabilities and to activate people’s hidden potential. For this purpose, Myriam created the CARx Method and the Leadership Activation Journey (LAJ). As a result, leaders increase their agility, strategic vision and ability to bring out the best in people across hierarchies, functions and cultures, thus transforming their organization.
A certified Executive Coach credentialed by the International Coach Federation (PCC), Myriam has over 25 years of international corporate and consulting experience in Sales, Business and Leadership Development. She worked at Mercedes-Benz in Germany, Singapore and South Korea for 11 years, mainly in International Sales and E-Business Development for the Mercedes-Benz brand in South East Asia, Australia, India and Italy. In 2001 she decided to make the leap to entrepreneurship and started her own consultancy for International Business Development, specializing in Market Entry and M&A. In 2008 she decided to transition to coaching and intercultural training. Since then she has been working with C-level executives, Senior Managers and High Potentials in multinational organizations worldwide. She is fluent in English, German and Italian.
Her references include Mercedes-Benz (Daimler), Porsche, Ford Motor Company, Roche, Chiesi, IBSA, UniCredit, Banca Intesa, E.ON, Luxottica, ReckittBenckiser, World Food Program (United Nations) and several more.
Michela Serramoglia – Head of Global LAJ Coach Training – Master LAJ Coach
Michela has been on board since 2019 and fully embraces the LAJ philosophy. After getting certified as an LAJ Coach she started working with Myriam Callegarin as she firmly believes that to feel, think and act like a truly influential leader, one needs to lead oneself first. She believes that the LAJ approach provides a powerful map to help managers become conscious leaders, successfully navigate constant change, and energize the business. Michela has over 20 years of international business and management experience. She has a degree in Computer Science with a focus on Biophysics and Robotics. She is an Inner Game Coach (Tim Gallwey), and Facilitator of Quantum System Dynamics Leadership (Danah Zohar Oxford, UK). She is also a Founding Partner at Aware2Be Coaching for Medical Coaching projects.Her references include Coca Cola HBC, L’Oreal Italy, Decade Coaching School, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Ospedale Policlinico di Milano and more. She speaks English, Italian and Portuguese.
Marina Ibrahim – Certified LAJ Coach for English and German-Speaking Clients
Marina is an award-winning bilingual (German-English) Cultural Agility, Inclusive Mindset & Global Diversity Coach & Trainer based in the UK and joined LAJ Global in 2021. She believes that companies must develop their leadership capabilities and activate people’s hidden potential to thrive and build long-term success. With a German-Egyptian background, Marina has 25 years of experience in marketing, communication, cross-cultural training and coaching in both corporate and SME environments, having worked with and supported professionals, leaders, and teams of multinational organisations. Her references include Bentley, BP, BMW, DEA, Caterpillar, EMI Music, Kellogg’s, Nike, and PepsiCo.
Marina also shares her knowledge and experience in the Creative Media, Media Publishing, Business Start-up, Automotive, Manufacturing and Marketing as Course Director at the Chartered Institute of Marketing and visiting lecturer at international business schools. Marina is a Professional Speaker, Everything DiSC Trainer, Global DISC & GROWTH 2.0 Coach & Trainer, an ICF accredited Performance Coach, NLP Practitioner, Agile Professional, Systemic Coach & Constellations Practitioner. She speaks German and English.
Victoria Burgess – Head of Customer Experience
Based in Spain, Victoria has been working with LAJ Global since early 2021 as the Head of Customer Experience. Victoria met Myriam in 2020 and was impressed by her passion and drive to help impact the world and its leaders, for the better.
Victoria has been working as a virtual assistant for the last nine years. She believes that since so many business transactions are virtual these days, creating a personal connection with customers is more important than ever. She is passionate about engaging with clients and helping them experience excellent service. Victoria speaks English and Spanish.
I completed an amazing 6-month coaching program with Myriam. What was really important, I realised that being a good leader is a "technique" that can be learned. We often believe that our way is the only way to do things. I learnt that some attitudes may be appropriate in one situation, and totally wrong (dysfunctional) in another one. Myriam also helped me to identify the root values and cultural layers of managers coming from different countries. So, learning how to deal with managers who are "fact-driven" and with managers who have a more high-level view is an incredible help to be more successful.
The LAJ program has been a compelling experience. It enriched me by giving me EFFECTIVE tools to deal with everyday problems. I began the journey because I wanted to find a serene way to manage my reports with whom I often came into conflict and because I saw myself limited in my ability to influence my superiors. I discovered a more strategic way of working that starts from a connection with myself and with others, which seeks the relationship before the action and creates motivation in the people that I coordinate. I started to achieve success thanks to the collaboration with others and the determination that was born both by clearly defining a goal and by keeping it "alive" over time and by addressing difficulties with a focus on the solution. In my work and my life, I have seen an increase in my awareness of how I can make a difference in the situations in which I find myself.
I thank Myriam for her enormous professionalism and humanity. As part of the Coaching path we did together, Myriam managed to make me understand how important and fundamental it is at work and in everyday life to know how to connect with people. It also made me understand how dedicating time to 'Connection' on a daily basis is not a waste of time but provides us with the basis for exponential growth. #connection #activation. Thank you.
I am astonished and enthusiastic. I didn't think that this program would bring such results. The projects they [the participants] shared all have key elements in common: listening, awareness, trust, collaboration, courage and humanity.
This program has awakened the souls and has greatly improved the collaboration among the departments, which was almost non-existent before.
Thanks to this journey I have experienced what it means to CHANGE. I have become aware that change is possible and it begins within us. We have a big power in our hands, which is to transform and change situations.
I was in a crucial moment of a change-management process of my European sales team. In a very short time with Myriam Callegarin I understood how my communication to my team was preventing the whole change-management process to move forward. The result was extremely good and I could see the change in the opening of my team and the first successes were visible within a few months.
Myriam manages to catch your attention by dealing with complex communication topics with ease and competence.
Myriam has an exceptional expertise in Cross-Cultural Communication. Her positive and enthusiastic attitude as a coach will definitely help any manager overcome multicultural communication issues which is usually one of the main root causes of failure. Thank you again, Myriam, for your support in giving me the right method to manage new countries and new cultures.
I received enormous benefits at professional and personal levels by working with Myriam during the Leadership Development Center for my team and me and feel the need to thank her for all the support she provided. Myriam delivered her work donating us highly professional moments with style and elegance. For sure it's been one of the best performances I have experienced over the past years and I am honored that I met her. Thanks again.