José’s consulting company, Inner Tunes, delivers customized solutions in the areas of leadership, team effectiveness, global and cross-cultural leadership and coaching. He believes that awareness of your own cultural mental models will help you recognize and leverage differences when working with diverse people and teams. Connecting with your inner voices or “inner tunes” is a key step for increased leadership effectiveness. He has been based in Singapore for over fifteen years where he has worked with a number of organizations and executives in this role within the APAC region. He has lived in Brazil, U.S.A., Germany, Switzerland and Belgium and has traveled extensively worldwide.

Previously to starting his own company, José worked with a global Leadership Provider organization in several roles in their EMEA and APAC offices. In his last role as an Enterprise Associate and Faculty, he worked closely with the Client Solutions group to customize and facilitate leadership development programs. He planned, directed and assisted in the design and delivery of custom program activities for global clients. Before that, as part of the APAC Management Team in the Business Operations Director role, José supported the expansion and growth of CCL in the APAC region.
He was then asked more recently to come back to that organization as an interim Coaching Talent Manager responsible for the management of the associate coaching community.

José’s experience comes from working with clients from a variety of industries including Financial, Pharmaceutical, Telecommunications, IT, Service Providers, Oil/Gas and Government organizations. He has delivered programs and worked with executives in South America, U.S.A., throughout Europe, Asia and Africa.

José began his career as a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. His time was also dedicated to working in educational institutions in the area of career counseling, area where he published some articles. He translated into Portuguese the book “Der Berufsbilder Test. Projektives Verfahren zur Abklärung der Berufsneigung“ by Martin Achnich (BBT. Teste de fotos de profissões. Método projetivo para a clarificação da inclinação professional, CETEPP, 1991).

Services Offered

Executive coaching/Team Coaching
Group facilitation
Career coaching for executives
Coaching supervision

Current Credentials

Professional Certified Coach (PCC – ICF)
Coaching Supervisor – CSA
Member Singapore Psychological Society – MSPS
Member Singapore Association for Counseling

Education

He holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Sao Paulo with a specialization in Career Counseling from the Université Catholique de Louvain. He has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychology and Sciences of Culture & Arts from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium.