MICHAEL BAPTISTA -- WHY AM I DOING THIS?
Before we get to 'What?' and 'How?', let's ask 'Why?'. What's my purpose here?
I am a banker, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, investor and thinker. I now coach clients through their biggest decisions. People and businesses often fail to meet their potential. Sometimes, this is disastrous; often it's just bleh. It can be so much better -- my motivation is for you to reach the goals you choose.
Throughout my career, across several countries, sectors and roles, I have made consequential decisions under conditions of uncertainty, implemented them, and navigated the consequences.
I offer executive coaching to individuals in person and online.
I am a thinking partner to leaders in business -- from construction to retail --, finance, law, and tech. I work with multinational firms, scale-ups, and family businesses . The common thread is a focus on decision-making -- and execution -- under pressure.
I have worked very successfully with leaders in talent management.
Clients connect with me directly and I am also engaged by HR / talent management teams. My goal is always to help you, as my client, make – and follow through on – choices that work better for you.
Click here to learn more about what I mean by ‘coaching’.
WHO AM I?
EXPERIENCE
Venture Investor
Founder
Board member
Senior roles at investment banks
Managed global teams
JUDGEMENT
I have embraced uncertainty and Michaelade big career and personal changes work for me. This helped me learn to take and manage risks, as well as to adapt continuously to circumstances. This approach shapes the way I work with clients.
PERSPECTIVE
A finance professional with a wide range of other interests.
I have lived, worked and managed teams in several countries.
Degrees in English Language and Literature (BA, University of Oxford), Classics (BA, University of London), and Philosophy (MA, University of London), the latter two as a mature student whilst working full time. I have been awarded the Diploma in Advanced Executive Coaching from the Møller Institute at Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
CURIOSITY
A life-long learner: current affairs, entrepreneurship, business, tech, politics, philosophy, languages, history, psychology, opera, painting, rugby (watching), swimming (doing), Venice, China, Japan, Québec, cooking, wine.
CHARACTER
Setbacks and failures (some of which are inevitable) CAN, in time, be a springboard to better things. That requires resilience, judgement, and conviction.
FOR HR & TALENT LEADERS
You are in the business of finding the right support for the right people at the right moment. What do I offer?