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Our vision and mission

To foster talent within organisations and support them in their quest to:

Strengthen their strategic alignment by matching vision, values and culture with individual talent.
Improve leadership and change management skills and competencies.
Achieve integrated, motivated and high performing teams.
Positively influence organisational attitude and behaviour at all levels.

The Team

Managers Studio was born of the combined ideas and experiences of its founding partners Diana Clarke and Marciano Alves.

Diana Clarke has over 25 years experience in executive development in Spain, as HR and Communication Manager for a multinational in Madrid, for an H.R. consulting firm, as a partner of a training company, and more recently as the founding partner of Managers Studio (2006). She is a graduate from London University, has several Margerison & McCann Team Management Systems accreditations, and a diploma in NLP applied to coaching and training. She has given conferences on leadership and change, is specialised on the subject of international and virtual teams, and lectures in several universities and business schools on the subject of leadership, organisational behaviour, and communication.

Marciano Alves’ extensive business knowledge provides the strategic focus. He is French / Portuguese, has 15 years experience in finance at an international level, and an Executive MBA from ESCP Europe. He first tries to understand a business’ strategy and its environment and how that links to the organisational behaviour. “More than 80% of a company’s annual costs walk and talk. If an organisation doesn’t see its staff as an intrinsic part of its value chain and as an area where investment will ultimately lead to future returns, then it simply cannot compete. Our job is to find solutions to make sure that happens”.

In order to successfully implement its various projects, Managers Studio has a team of associated professionals, each with their own area of expertise.

“Each project we develop and roll out for a client needs the perfect combination of people and competencies. We have to practise what we preach”.

Carlos Hernández Fernández

Carlos has a Master in Human Resources Management, a degree in both Sociology and Journalism, and a diploma in Social Sciences. With over 15 years experience as a consultant and trainer, Carlos pioneered out-door training in Spain with Hay Group between 1999 and 2002. Since then he has worked for a pharmaceutical company and as a professor for the Carlos III University (Master in Human Resources). He now combines his academic responsibilities with his work as independent consultant and trainer for Managers Studio: implementing competency management systems, and designing and facilitating a variety of workshops and courses, such as teambuilding, creativity, leadership and motivation.

Alan McShane

Alan, BA in Economics and Business Studies came to Spain 10 years ago – from his hometown Dublin, initially working for the insurance firm AIG. His true vocation for communication and training encouraged him to start up as a consultant and free-lance trainer five years ago. He has never looked back and is now firmly established on the local scene, his skills often in demand at Managers Studio. He trains in both Spanish en English, and specializes in Interpersonal Skills, Teamwork, Negotiation Skills and Presentation Skills. He has set up and / or delivered training projects for companies such as Cepsa, Banesto, PriceWaterhouse and Axa.

Olga Rubio Fuentes

Olga - born in Madrid – graduated in Psychology at Universidad Pontificia Comillas – and is a qualified teacher (Universidad Complutense Madrid). She is a member of the Spanish Society for the study of Anxiety and Stress. She exercises as a clinical psychologist and is also an independent coach and trainer. She delivers seminars on the prevention and treatment of stress, and also involved in facilitating workshops on communication skills, teambuilding, emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills.

Elena Font

Elena has a degree in Business Studies (Queens University, Ireland), and is a certified “Business Coach”, “Life Coach” and Master Practitioner in NLP (Global NLP Training Institute). Before becoming a full-time trainer and coach, she previously worked in the area of Corporate Communications (Digital Equipment Corporation y Club Gestión de Calidad SQM), and in Executive Recruitment. Since 2002 she has been focused on consulting, coaching, and training in communication and leadership skills in general. She collaborates with Managers Studio on a variety of programmes, including assessment projects, and facilitating workshops for our customers, such as Managing Teams, Communication and Influence, Customer Focus, and Coaching Others.

Beatriz Martín

Beatriz graduated in Law Studies at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is a certified Coach (Internacional Coach Federation). She is also certified in the use of Belbin methodlogy and MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator). Beatriz completed her studies with a post-graduate degree at Universidad de Barcelona in Human Resources Studies. She is also accredited as an expert in Results Centred Training, and has other accreditations such as the Marshall Rosenberg methodology.

The focus of all of her professional activities – as she puts it – is people, aiming at helping others achieve personal and professional balance. She delivers a wide array of Managers Studio seminars and workshops.

Marisa Oviedo

Marisa has over 20 years experience in the world of Human Resources, first in RTVE (Radio-Televisión Española), as HR Manager at Antena 3 Televisión, and recently as expert trainer and consultant in management development and training. She has a degree in Industrial Psychology at Universidad Complutense, and has a Master in Human Resources Management from Madrid Chamber of Comerse. She collaborates with Manager Studio on a variety of training programmes, especially delivering courses and workshops centred on leadership, sales and communication skills in general.

Rosario Frías

Rosario has a degree (1978) and PHD (1991) in Sociology (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), as well as a special Diploma for Professional Distinction from the School of Political Science and Sociology (Spain). She is a professor at Universidad de Alcalá, and lectures in Organizational Behaviour and Sociology. She has published a variety of academic papers, articles and books on the matter, and participated in forums and congresses. She has many years of experience as a trainer and collaborates with Managers Studio as a conference speaker on a variety of themes related to people behaviour in organisations.

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“A problem is a chance for you to do your best”
(Duke Ellington)

At Managers Studio we are obsessed with one thing, and that’s Developing talent! If your organization is looking to fine tune the balance between talent and strategy… Then you need to consider our leadership and communications solutions.