Lili Mesesan

Commander
DISC Type : D

Leadership & Emotional Culture Coach at Gentle Hug

Romania

Overview

Lili is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) specializing in leadership and emotional culture. After more than 18 years at IBM in roles like People Manager and Learning Consultant, she now helps professionals and teams improve their impact and collaboration. She holds a degree in Psychology from Babes-Bolyai University.

Lili is passionate about integrating work and life, believing that results and wellbeing can support each other. She enjoys listening to peoples life stories and is fascinated by the impact of personal narratives. She also loves to travel, discover new cultures, and experience sunny days and the sound of the sea.

She is the founder of the Coaching Community within IBM, creating a space for passionate people to support each others growth.

Personality Overview

Strong-Willed

Impact-Driven

Decisive

They like to be in a position where they can control the conversation and terms.  More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product. They like to act fast and expect others to do the same.

Topics They Care About

Compassionate Leadership
Her work focuses on helping leaders navigate complexity with emotional awareness. She developed a "Compassion @Work" capstone project for a Stanford University affiliate.
Emotional Culture
She uses tools like The Emotional Culture Deck to help teams improve collaboration, trust, and engagement, and has led workshops on the topic for large groups.
Work-Life Integration
Her coaching philosophy is centered on helping professionals grow and perform without sacrificing their personal wellbeing, a challenge she knows firsthand from her corporate career.

Media Appearances

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Work History

1-2025
Leadership & Emotional Culture Coach at Gentle Hug
7-2025
Engagement & Vendor Relationship Manager at IBM
6-2023 - 6-2025
Learning Consultant, Globally Integrated Capabilities (GIC) Customer Transformation @IBM Consulting at IBM
6-2017 - 12-2024
Internal Coach (Volunteer) at IBM
2011 - 7-2023
People Manager at IBM

Education

2000 - 2005
Psychology from Babes-Bolyai University
2015 - 2015
Transformational Coaching from MindLearners Coaching School (ACSTH)

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Insights For Selling To Lili

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Help them weigh the risks by sharing objective proof points without becoming too analytical
  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers

DONT's

  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any
  • Do not spend too much time focusing on product tech or features
  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Lili is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Lili

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Lili move?

  • They can take decisions very fast if you manage to convince them.
  • Can Lili take some risk or not?

  • The risks don’t matter much to them.

You And Lili

Personality Compatibility


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