Biography
Isabel Paiva de Sousa is a People Management Consultant with more than 30 years of corporate experience leading and negotiating across consulting, industry, and retail environments. She specializes in culture, values, and leadership. She is also a mentor, speaker, and researcher in Positive Psychology and Corporate Well-Being. She is Program Director and faculty member at Porto Business School and the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto (FEP-UP).
She has extensive experience as a trainer, with particular expertise in power and influence processes, including communication, negotiation, and leadership, across a wide range of sectors such as technology, banking, pharmaceuticals, food, public administration, construction, furniture, healthcare, and energy. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Management at FEP-UP. She holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Minho (UM) and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Porto (UP). She is certified in Brain-Based Coaching by the NeuroLeadership Institute.
She is a member of the Editorial Board of RH Magazine and an ambassador for U.DREAM and TEDxPorto, where she has also been a speaker.