Female Leadership: Leveraging Cycles to Enhance Performance, Focus and Decision-Making
Female leadership cycles and performance
This session focuses on female leadership and is designed specifically for women in professional and leadership roles and entrepreneurs. It explores how understanding internal cycles, cognitive focus and decision-making patterns can support more sustainable performance, clearer priorities and…
Communication Skills Practice
Journalling & Reflection
Metacognition Training
Workshop
Description
This session focuses on female leadership and is designed specifically for women in professional and leadership roles and entrepreneurs.
It explores how understanding internal cycles, cognitive focus and decision-making patterns can support more sustainable performance, clearer priorities and more aligned leadership over time.
What is worked on in a 25-minute session
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A simple framework to understand different performance and decision-making phases
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Practical examples of how to align tasks, communication and leadership demands accordingly
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One concrete reflection exercise to identify current phase and immediate adjustments
Benefits
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Increased awareness of the women cicles and how different internal phases influence focus, creativity, communication and decision-making
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Improved ability to plan work, meetings and decisions according to periods of higher or lower cognitive and emotional demand
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Reduced self-judgment and burnout driven by unrealistic performance expectations
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Stronger alignment between leadership style, personal strengths and real-life constraints
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More sustainable leadership performance without compromising long-term wellbeing
Hosted by Andreia Pereira
About the Host
My work bridges business reality and human development, combining executive experience with practical mentoring, coaching and facilitation. I support individuals, teams and entrepreneurs in navigating change, decision-making, responsibility, emotional regulation and sustainable performance, always aligned with their values and real-life priorities.
With 11 years as an executive in a multinational financial environment and over a decade mentoring entrepreneurs and coaching professionals, I bring together corporate experience and hands-on facilitation to support sustainable change, better decision-making and aligned ways of working and living.
I believe that sustainable results — personal or professional — come from developing the human being behind the role. My approach is practical, reflective and human-centred, focused on autonomy, self-leadership and conscious choices rather than one-size-fits-all solutions.
My work focuses on helping people understand themselves better — their values, priorities, talents and challenges — so they can make decisions and build paths that are sustainable over time, not just successful on paper. I don’t provide answers; I facilitate reflection, clarity and practical integration.
I am also deeply committed to social impact, having worked in volunteer programs supporting people in unemployment, career transition and, currently, within the prison system, focusing on autonomy, emotional regulation and personal responsibility.
A significant part of my work over the last 2 years also focused on female leadership and women’s health, informed by my own experience and dedicated study of female cyclicality. I collaborate with health professionals, that I partner with throughtout my ecommerce business and work with women and leaders on understanding how to align energy, productivity and decision-making with natural cycles — both professionally and personally — to create more sustainable ways of working and living.
I have lived and worked in Portugal, the UK and Angola, and delivered talks and workshops in Portugal, Spain and the UK.
I am passionate about dogs, playing the piano and social dance.
Focus Areas
Well-being/HealthDevelopment/Coaching
Location
2825-431 Santo António de Caparica, Portugal
Languages
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Travel Locations
Europe (if >2h flight (+€300))
UK
Angola, Mozambique, Cape Vert (+€800)
Dubai (+€1000)
Corporate Experience
Significant
Certifications & Credentials
to be provided when requested
Session Types Offered
Interactive & Passive
Past Experience Doing Sessions
Yes - Interactive
Client Requirements
projector, microphone, whiteboard
Past Clients
EY, Sonangol, ISEG (University in Lisbon), Amway (Portugal, Spain and the UK)
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