The first leadership role flips the work. You go from doing the job to leading others to do it.
There are two layers to the transition: the new skills the role calls for – influencing, delegating, leading through others, communicating with clarity. And the deeper questions underneath: What do I actually want from my career, and what kind of leader do I want to be?
I'm Valeria, founder of Coaching Stream. I work with people who want to lead without losing themselves. People who care about doing work that matters, and about having a life that's bigger than their job. I coach them as they make the move from expert to leader, and I partner with organisations developing the executive teams of tomorrow.
The outcome is capable, confident leaders today, and a future-ready executive bench tomorrow.
Who I work with
Rising leaders
I coach ambitious professionals moving into their first significant leadership role, or finding their feet now they're in it.​
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​Together, we'll focus on helping you:
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Move from doing the work yourself to leading through others
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Build influence across your organisation
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Develop your team and lead with confidence and authenticity
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Strengthen both self-awareness and practical leadership skills
Organisations
I partner with organisations to develop their leadership talent and support smooth transitions during change.
This contributes to:
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Improving performance by equipping new leaders to lead through others
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Increasing engagement and motivation during critical career transitions
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Reducing attrition of high-potential talent and the teams they lead
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Building a reliable succession pipeline for future executive roles
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Support smoother transitions during periods of organisational change​
What people are saying
Hello, I’m Valeria.
I’m a Leadership and Career Coach with 10+ years of front-line experience in financial services, including investment banking, private equity, and regulation. From growing up in Italy to building my career across four countries and now calling London home, I bring a genuinely global perspective to the challenges leaders face – from stepping into leadership for the first time to leading teams spread across countries, cultures, and business functions. I work with clients in both English and Italian.
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​I work with people who want to lead without losing themselves – coaching them as they make the move from expert to leader, and partnering with organisations to prepare their next generation of executives. Having made this move myself, from specialist roles into leading cross-functional teams, I know what makes stepping into leadership hard, and what it takes to do it well.
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As an accredited EMCC coach and Strengthscope® practitioner, I combine self-awareness with practical skill-building – so what gets learned actually sticks. Organisations protect their investment in the people they're betting on. Leaders grow into the role with confidence and judgement, and stay grounded in who they are.
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Ultimately, my purpose is simple: to help rising leaders thrive from day one, while supporting organisations in building a future-ready executive bench.
Credentials
2022 - 2023
2012 - 2015
2009 - 2012
Coaching Professional – Level 5, BPP
​MSc Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
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BSc Business Administration and Management, Bocconi University
Professional experience
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