Herdis Pala

I´m a big believer in Self-Leadership and use that concept frequently in my presentations, corporate training, executive coaching, and management consulting.

I have been in management roles for over 20 years, and C-suite positions for about 13 years.

My responsibilities have mainly been HR / Talent Management, Marketing, Services, Facilities, and Operations.

I have also been on management boards for various companies and associations and volunteered for several others as well.

Over the years I have done a lot of change management. With several M&As, changing workplace cultures, working on company images, etc.

Also supporting other leaders in their roles, as well as the workforce in general, about how to best move forward in an ever-changing environment.

I love to read and learn - but also to share my knowledge and experience with others.
These days I´m mostly reading and writing about the future of work, workplaces, the workforce, and the labor market in general.

In the last 15-20 years or so there have been published a great number of articles that I have written, in various papers and magazines. I have also frequently been on radio and TV, discussing leadership and management.

I have also run workshops and given presentations at conferences, internationally, like in the UK, Switzerland, Slovakia, and Romania.

I graduated with MBA, with a concentration in HR Management, from the University of New Haven, CT, USA, in the year 2000.

I graduated with a degree in Executive Coaching from Reykjavik University in the year 2012.
In the year 2013, I got internationally certified as a coach, ACC certification from ICF (International Coaching Federation), and then renewed that certification in 2016.
Due to the heavy workload in my corporate roles in the last few years, I was not able to renew that international certification in 2019 - but I still have my degree in executive coaching nonetheless.

In 2022 I finished training and got certified as an AQ Foundation Practitioner and can work with the AQai adaptability assessments from Adaptai Ltd.