Where Academia meets Business

Holding spaces for experiential learning and meaningful (ex)change

Working with me

Applying insights from management research to support executives and scientists

Come join an experience in which navigating unsettling challenges and creating community supports personal and organizational development and career growth.

How this work of love takes shape depends less on who you are or the role you hold, and more on what you are seeking. Whether a researcher, a business leader, a top executive, an entrepreneur, a student, or a team, the starting point is always open inquiry and the direction in which you hope to develop.

What differentiates my approach is not only the focus on meeting clients where they are but also the care with which the experience itself is crafted and delivered.

Having lived and worked in ten countries, each of my workshops and sessions draws from years of in-depth exploration into human nature.

In our common spaces, clients interrogate with rigor as well as lightness and even some humor what is present and what might become; the learning process is always grounded in who they are to offer clarity, yet broadly open to elicit new meanings and opportunity. When tackling limiting beliefs with a perspective shift, we notice that change energies and self-awareness arise naturally.

Participants share that they leave these transforming conversations feeling seen, heard, and able to think about themselves and their choices positively. They take with them a stronger sense of direction and an experimental action plan.

Solution Design and Facilitation – Executive and Group Coaching

Who I partner with

For Corporate / Business

Experiential workshops and group coaching to build leadership mindset, resilience, and momentum in complex organizations.

For Research / Academia

Workshops and cohort formats that bring freshness, strategy, and learning behavior to researchers, lecturers, and academic leaders.

Growing

A seed
In the dark
Opens

In safety
A root
emerges

Slowly we unfurl

strong Roots
 grow
strong Greens

Encouraged
We bloom

The world
sees

Yes
We can.

I am Here
 Strong
 Resilient
Blossoming

By Betsy Nahas – for Claudia, who creates a safe experience where we can grow.

„I don’t know where I am going,
but I am on my way.“

Attributed to Voltaire

Claudia Benassi offers experiential workshops for scientists, individual and group coaching for leaders, and enabling exercises for boards and management teams.

With 17 years in the world of top business schools and deep familiarity with academia, she brings clarity, and energy to complex environments.