Carolina Cardoso de Almeida

Commander
DISC Type : D

Google Mastery Faculty at Google

Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

Overview

Carolina is a multilingual executive coach and INSEAD MBA graduate with over 20 years of global business experience. She founded Hikes of Life, an innovative leadership development practice, after a long corporate career. She specializes in helping leaders improve communication, empathy, and purpose-driven decision-making through tailored coaching programs.

Originally from Brazil and now based near Luzern, Switzerland, Carolina has lived in seven countries. She combines her passion for nature with her professional life and is an active Padel player, having recently won a local championship. She enjoys art and visiting museums with her children.

She offers unique leadership workshops and executive coaching sessions while hiking in the Swiss mountains.

Personality Overview

Impact-Driven

Decisive

Very Quick

More than the product, they care about the impact of the product.  They like to move fast and expect the same from others. They are not always relationship oriented.

Topics They Care About

Nature-Based Coaching
Her company, Hikes of Life, is founded on her passion for combining professional growth with connecting to nature, using outdoor environments for executive coaching sessions.
Leadership Development
The core of her work is empowering leaders through coaching and facilitating high-impact learning experiences, focusing on communication, empathy, and purpose.
Cross-Cultural Expertise
Having lived in seven countries and being fluent in multiple languages, she leverages her deep cross-cultural understanding to help global leaders and teams connect authentically.

Media Appearances

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Work History

1-2025
Google Mastery Faculty at Google
12-2023
Facilitator & Consultant at Accelerate Performance Sales Consulting
11-2022
Executive Coach at bonum coaching (500 LatAm B14)
6-2022
Founder at Hikes of Life
9-2021 - 5-2022
Head of Global Partnerships at Talent Academy

Education

7-2015 - 7-2016
Master of Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD
2012 - 2014
Master's degree from Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa

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Insights For Selling To Carolina

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust

DONT's

  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person
  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any
  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Carolina is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Carolina

  • If they decide not to go ahead, they will say no without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Carolina move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Carolina take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Carolina

Personality Compatibility


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