About

My story

Hello. I’m Katiuscia.

I live in northeast Italy in a lovely, picturesque old town called Asolo. My love for personal development began in high school, where I was trained as a kindergarten teacher. In those years, I became obsessed with human sciences and decided I was going to study how to help not only kids, but also adults. Five years later, I graduated from the University of Padua with a degree in educational sciences and adult learning.

After that, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do in life. I was insecure about my abilities and not excited about what I had been experiencing in the job world. After abruptly quitting a full-time job because of my boss’ “bad manners”, I read an article in a local newspaper and discovered CIMBA, an American business school and Consortium of 36 American Universities located in Italy. It changed my life.

I began working there in 2001. At that time, I didn’t know English very well. I was first employed in junior roles. After 3 years, I became the executive education director of the school, managing training programs for companies and executives. At CIMBA I also had the opportunity to enrol in a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, accredited by the University of Kansas. I completed the Program in the USA in 2005. In 2007, CIMBA offered me the possibility of becoming a coach. I happily accepted and I was trained by Results Coaching System, now Neuroleadership Institute, in London, UK. In 2007 I became a leadership trainer and executive coach.

I gained my ICF accreditation in 2009 as an Associate Certified Coach and then in 2017 as a Professional Certified Coach.

In March of 2019, after 17+ years, I quit my full-time job in CIMBA and started my new venture as a freelancer. My goal was to become a digital entrepreneur and develop online and offline training and coaching programs based on improvisational principles. My passion for coaching led me to also become an ICF mentor coach, helping coaches get their ICF accreditation.

I work with people and companies globally. I have more than 1,800 hours of coaching practice - working mainly with executives and entrepreneurs. I’ve delivered 300+ training and facilitation programs for executives, in the USA, Europe and Middle East.

I currently have my online courses published on Udemy, where I have more than 30.000 students. After publishing my book on Amazon on August 2020, I also built my “Improvise and Succeed” online academy , where I teach leadership, coaching skills for managers, and online course creation.

Would you care to know more about me? Let’s connect!