About the founder of Coachiba

I find solutions when obvious answers have failed.

Hi, I am Marina Bernardo. I’m interested in people whose strengths and challenges don’t fit neatly into standard categories – from children to senior executives. More specifically, I’m interested in what enables them to develop and use their abilities without constantly having to push against expectations, environments or systems that simply don’t fit.

Some of the most useful answers sit between disciplines.

Leadership is not limited to managing a team. It happens in the boardroom, in teams – and in a family home. The contexts could hardly be more different. Some of the underlying demands are surprisingly similar. I help leaders increase their impact while reducing strain in personalised coaching or training formats.

Leadership does not operate in isolation: what happens at work follows you home, and what happens at home does not disappear when the working day begins.

Many of my clients have already read extensively, completed trainings and worked on themselves for years. They often wonder why good solutions still do not work for them.

Under pressure, knowledge is not always available. You may know exactly how you want to respond and still react differently under stress. Emotion regulation shapes what happens next: Do you become sharper, withdraw, or remain clear and connected?

To find solutions that work under pressure, is why I chose to research and develop emotion regulation as a leadership competence.

A core area of my work is neurodivergence. Neurodivergence makes one thing particularly clear: people differ profoundly in how they think, access motivation, respond to pressure and translate ability into action.

This is where genuine individualisation is put to the test. Does the solution actually fit the person? Or has a standard solution simply been repackaged in more personalised language?

What matters to me is not only what people should or want to achieve, but under which conditions they can actually do so. This shapes my work with individuals as well as my Neurodivergent Advisory for organisations.

I know complex organisations and demanding careers from personal experience. I also know the everyday reality of raising neurodivergent children and being neurodivergent myself. These experiences have taught me that a brilliant idea only becomes a useful solution when it still works on Monday morning.

Similar problems do not always need the same solution. What matters is how personality, relationships, leadership, competences and conditions interact – and what needs to change.

That is why I developed the Coachiba Frameworks DECODE, DESIGN and WORKFIT to identify what is actually driving a challenge and where change will make the greatest difference.

You can keep looking for the right solution on your own. Or you can bring someone alongside who helps you see what you may be missing.

Tell me about your challenges and questions. In an introductory call, we look at your situation and discuss how my coaching, training or advisory formats can support your goal.

I look forward to meet you.