Empowering leaders and teams to
turn cultural diversity into strength.
We help organizations measure, understand, and transform culture to enhance team effectiveness, leadership, and performance in a globalized world. With data-driven tools and actionable insights, we address intercultural challenges, change management, and strategic alignment — considering both national and organizational cultural dimensions.
Tailor-made solutions, evidence-based and adapted to your reality.
Who am I
I’m Valeria Brondo, an intercultural consultant and executive coach. I help leaders and teams thrive in today’s complex international environments.
What guides my work:
○ Authenticity: meaningful actions create lasting impact
○ Client commitment: every project is designed to fit your reality
○ Openness: curiosity and tolerance build trust across differences
○ Data-driven insights: we measure before we act
Intercultural strategist.
Executive coach. Lifelong learner.
My journey in
numbers & milestones
+ 1.500 professionals trained.
+ 20 years of international experience.
4 continents with missions undertaken.
5 countries where I have worked and lived.
Education & Credentials
○ Certified in: Intercultural Management and
○ Organizational Culture (The Cultural Factor).
○ Executive Coaching (Université Paris Dauphine),
○ BA in International Relations,
○ MA in International Economics,
○ Fluent in 5 languages — and fluent in cultural nuance.
Connect with me on LinkedIn!
Born in Uruguay, I built my career across Latin America, Europe, and Africa, and now live in France with my multicultural family. I’ve led projects from Montevideo to Milan, from Luanda to Paris — always bridging people, perspectives, and purposes.
Beyond my personal journey, I bring tested tools and global collaborations to support organizations.
Cultural diagnostics
○ Reflective tools to challenge beliefs
and decision-making patterns
○ Coaching frameworks rooted in philosophy,
neuroscience, and behavioral science
○ Interactive methods to practice, simulate,
and embed new leadership habits
Global Network, Local Expertise
I don’t work alone.
I’m part of several international network of consultants, spanning over 90 countries.
This collaborative approach allows me to deliver solutions tailored to local contexts, while ensuring global strategic coherence.
A selection of my trusted collaborators:
○ Marllon Antunez – Portugal
○ Salvador Ribas Mas – Spain
○ Valérie Servant – France
○ Lisa Dewaard – United States
○ Pia Kahara – Finland
This network — both a strategic asset and a
human treasure — is at the service of my clients.
Intercultural Management
Culture shapes strategy, leadership, and collaboration. That’s why our interventions come in different formats — helping you turn cultural diversity into strength at every level of your organization.
All our solutions are available in multiple languages
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian — and many more on request.
We collaborate with a multicultural team of consultants, present in over 90 countries worldwide.
Sessions are personalized after a series of interviews
Conferences
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An engaging awareness format that energizes and sparks the right questions.
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Addressing topics related to leadership styles, communication, risk management, and change across different cultures.
Number of participants adjusted according to format
Coaching
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Individual coaching sessions, ideal for expatriates and families.
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Consulting sessions in different areas of the organization.
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Personalized support to strengthen collaboration and cultural adaptation.
Program
Proposals
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Focus on intercultural awareness
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Includes practical cases to apply the concepts covered.
Seminars
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A format that promotes deeper integration of information and allows more space for discussion.
Available in online or in-person formats
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Covers leadership styles, communication, decision-making, project development and execution, change management, DEI initiatives, and more.
Trainings
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A format that explores six cultural dimensions and their implications.
Available in different languages:
French· English · Spanish · Italian · Portuguese
I also work on transversal topics tailored to each industry
— such as quality, logistics, risk management, innovation, compliance, and customer experience — with specific expertise in sectors like pharma, banking, manufacturing, tech, and more.
What is Intercultural Management:
a strategic lever for international businesses
Working effectively in a multicultural
environment is not innate, but it can be learned!
In a globalized world, cultural diversity is a strength... if you know how to manage it. Differences in communication, leadership styles, and decision-making processes can spark innovation, or costly misunderstandings.
Did you know that 65% of international development failures are due to cultural misunderstandings.
Our training and analysis tools help you understand cultural dynamics, improve team collaboration, and optimize your international professional interactions.
Why is culture a key issue?
Every company carries cultural roots from its home country, shaping its work style, values, and ways of managing projects. When teams bring together people from diverse cultures, these differences can impact:
○ Communication (direct vs. implicit, open vs. indirect feedback)
○ Leadership (strict hierarchy vs. participative leadership)
○ Decision-making (consensus-driven vs. fast and directive approaches)
○ Change and risk management
Anticipating these gaps prevents tension and misunderstandings — and strengthens team performance.
Our solutions for effective Intercultural Management
We help you:
How?
○ Strengthen intercultural communication and collaboration
○ Equip leaders to adapt their management style
○ Prevent culture shock and support expat adaptation
○ Improve international team productivity
○ Leveraging the Hofstede 6D model,
a global reference in cultural analysis
○ Mapping team cultural preferences to better
understand expectations and work styles
○ Offering customized training, seminars,
and support tailored to your industry and challenges
Turn diversity into a competitive advantage, contact us to learn more!
Organizational Culture
Organizational Culture: Measure, Adjust, Perform
Why is corporate culture a key lever?
Poor communication, slow decisions, lack of commitment to strategic projects? The problem may
not be your strategy… but your culture.
Is your organizational culture an asset or a roadblock?
Like a financial statement, culture can be measured, analyzed, and optimized to ensure alignment between your values, goals, and actual performance.
Even the best strategy fails without cultural support.
A misaligned culture slows teams, fuels tension, and blocks innovation.
A well-managed culture, in turn, helps to:
○ Build trust and boost employee engagement
○ Streamline decision-making and change management
○ Enhance productivity and cross-functional collaboration
○ Create a climate that supports innovation and growth
Our approach relies on measurable data — clear and actionable,
like a financial report — to turn culture into a true driver of success.
Precise Diagnostics, Effective Transformation
Using The Culture Factor 6D framework, we identify with precision:
○ Your current culture: How your teams actually operate
○ Your optimal culture: The one that drives your goals
○ The gaps: Concrete actions for strategic alignment
We specifically analyze:
○ Internal communication and information sharing
○ Management style and decision-making processes
○ Motivation and employee engagement
○ Trust and conflict management
○ The impact of cultural differences on performance
The outcome: A clear, structured action plan to build a culture that drives your strategy.
Why measure Organizational Culture?
Organizational culture is the missing link between strategy and performance. It defines how people interact with one another and with their environment. But without considering the emotional factor (national culture), corporate culture can’t be truly effective. National culture shapes our emotions and decisions — what motivates us, and how we relate to authority, risk and time.
Organizational culture is both logic and emotion. Without measuring both, alignment remains out of reach.
A Unique Model, as Clear as a Balance Sheet
Our measurable model, structured like a financial report, provides a clear view of your culture’s strengths and areas for improvement. By analyzing cultural gaps, we deliver a targeted action plan to align culture and strategy — helping you build a consistent and high-performing workplace.
Tools Used:
○ Culture Compass™:
Cultural Preference Analysis
○ Team Scan™:
Team Dynamics and Management Practices
○ Multi-Focus Model™ by The Cultural Factor:
Cultural Leverage Assessment
Ready to turn culture into perfomance? Let's talk!
Key Challenges Addressed Through Diagnostics:
○ Trust & Engagement:
Is there a culture of transparency and accountability?
○ Decision-Making:
Centralized vs. autonomous teams
○ Communication:
Clear directives or flexible approaches?
○ Talent Management:
Motivation drivers based on cultural profiles
○ Organizational Agility:
Is the company ready for change and uncertainty?
Executive coaching
Global Leadership & International Mobility
In today’s fast-changing professional world, leaders and international talents must navigate across cultures, uncertainties, and strategic demands. Faced with transformation, cultural differences, and leadership pressures, it’s not the situation itself that creates obstacles — but how we perceive it. A purely rational approach is no longer enough.
Success requires a combination of intercultural awareness and self-mastery.
Philosophy and Approach
This is where Hofstede meets Epictetus. Our unique program combines intercultural management science with Stoic philosophy, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence to support leaders in their personal and professional growth. This approach helps leaders decode their environment, regulate emotions, and act with clarity — sharpening their agility in decision-making.
Methodology:
○ Upolepsis: Practical, Stoic-based techniques and exercises
to improve decision-making, emotion regulation, and
management of uncertainty and stress
○ Cognitive Matrices: Tools to identify and adjust cultural and
decision-making biases, leading to a deeper understanding
of thought patterns
○ AI Simulations (Chrysippe Lab): Training bots that allow
leaders to practice handling complex multicultural
interactions and leadership scenarios
Objectives:
○ Gain perspective and avoid the
emotional traps of global leadership
○ Adapt management style
to different cultures.
○ Develop effective and calm leadership
in international contexts
A pragmatic and transformational coaching approach
that builds resilient, clear-headed, and high-performing leaders.
Global leadership and expatriation
are not improvised.
Expat support
Expat & Family Support
Expat life is a unique opportunity — but also a true test of adaptability. Culture shock, new professional norms, and the loss of familiar reference points can affect confidence, productivity, and overall balance.
We support expats and their families every step of the way, combining cultural diagnostics
with mental preparation to ensure a smooth, successful, and enriching transition.
The Cultural Adaptability Profile
To guide this process, we use the Cultural Adaptability Profile — a scientific diagnostic tool developed by The Cultural Factor, built on years of research in international mobility.
The Result?
Successful integration, effective management of cultural differences, and an enriching, stress-free expat experience.
This tailored approach helps you to:
○ Identify key cultural gaps and
challenges for the expat and family.
○ Develop and apply concrete strategies
to adapt, connect, and navigate the new culture.
○ Build resilience, emotional intelligence,
and confidence in your new personal and
professional context.
Trusted by
Intercultural Communication within an International Group
As part of an internal communications committee in Milan, I facilitated a session with 30+ employees representing 9 nationalities. Through a participative and engaging approach, we identified cultural differences and co-designed practical solutions to enhance collaboration and strengthen message impact in a multicultural environment.
→ Outcome: Improved clarity in internal communication, stronger collaboration across nationalities, and higher engagement within the committee.
Intercultural Awareness
During an international seminar for the Manufacturing Engineering department, I led a team-building and intercultural awareness session with managers from multiples sites.
Through participative workshops and rich multicultural exchanges, we fostered cohesion, built mutual understanding, and identified actionable ways to leverage cultural diversity for stronger team performance.
→ Outcome: Managers left with concrete tools to adapt their leadership styles across cultures, resulting in smoother collaboration and more efficient cross-site project execution.
LANDING SYSTEMS
AIRCRAFT ENGINES (SAE)
Leveraging Cultural Diversity for Innovation
At the annual Safran Aircraft Engines seminar,
I delivered a session on the impact of cultural differences in technical workplaces.
Together with participants, we explored
how intercultural understanding can be transformed into a driver of cohesion, innovation, and performance.
→ Outcome: Participants identified cultural blind spots within their teams and defined actionable practices to foster collaboration across engineering sites, directly linking cultural awareness to innovation and technical excellence.
Testimonials
Valeria is an exceptional consultant and facilitator. We have collaborated on numerous projects, and her professionalism, ability to facilitate smoothly in five languages, contagious enthusiasm, and attention to detail make her a top-tier consultant and partner.
Working with Valeria was a transformative experience.
Her professionalism and rigorous, data-driven approach
— never based on assumptions — bring real value to intercultural awareness efforts.In today’s globalized world, this is a necessity for any international company: learning to work together, to be more productive and motivated. An essential step for succeeding globally!
Lisa DeWaard, Ph.D.
Global Culture Strategist | Speaker | Researcher
Virginie Coll
Innovation & CSR | Intrapreneurship Expert
I’ve had the opportunity to work with Valeria several times, in seminars, trainings, and by recommending her to various entities within the group. I can confidently say she is a true expert in her field—not only because she has studied it deeply, but because she has lived it. Her pragmatic approach and international experience bring real added value. Thanks to her interventions, we better understood situations related to motivation, communication, and team productivity in an international context. I highly recommend her: this training should be essential for any company operating internationally.
Pia Hernandez
EVP Human Resources, Safran Landing Systems
Some of the organizations I’ve had the privilege to support in intercultural development, coaching, or cultural transformation include:
