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Aldo Civico Ph.D.

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Aldo Civico, Ph.D., has been defined as "one of the best global executive coaches" (John Mattone, executive coach to Steve Jobs) and as "the leaders' whisperer" (Abigail Disney, philanthropist). In addition to work with business leaders and celebrities across the world, Aldo is a negotiation and conflict resolution instructor at Columbia University, an author and a keynote speaker.

Insightful and engaging, Aldo Civico teaches executives around the world how to powerfully upgrade their mental game and to develop the character and the skills to become intelligent and conscious leaders. From experience, Aldo knows that executives unlock and unleash their potential when they expand their "Inner Core," leverage the skills they already master, and close the development gap that prevents them from achieving high performance. As a result, Aldo's clients have consistently experienced exponential growth, adding significant value to their organization, families, and life.

For the past twenty-five years, Aldo has served as a negotiation adviser and facilitator in armed conflicts in Colombia, the Western Balkans, and Syria. He led efforts to curb urban violence in Mexico, Haiti, Italy, and the United States and advised national governments on disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former combatants. Since 2005, Aldo has been intimately involved in the peace talks between the Colombian government and insurgent groups.

In 2000, after serving as a senior advisor to Palermo’s anti-mafia mayor, Leoluca Orlando, Aldo moved to New York where he joined the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University. In 2007, he was named the director of the Center and today continues to lecture in advanced conflict resolution courses at Columbia University’s Master in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. Today Aldo leverages the skills and insights he gained in extreme contexts to help CEO, senior executives, members of Family Offices, and Board members to deal effectively with conflict.

The author of four books, Aldo received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in socio-cultural anthropology in 2008. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Abigail Disney’s "Peace is Loud" foundation and of the Association for Conflict Resolution. His forthcoming book Intelligent Conflict builds on Aldo’s international experience and will help executives to discover in conflict an opportunity for innovation as well as personal and organizational growth.

Aldo received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in social-cultural anthropology in 2008. In July 2017, he joined John Mattone Global as an IL Executive Coaching Master Trainer and the Operations Director for Latin America. In 2018, Aldo launched the ICF-accredited Executive Conflict Coaching Certification training. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración in Bogotá, Colombia.

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Recent Posts
How to Build Rapport: A Powerful Technique

Knowing how to build rapport is at the root of our personal and professional success. Here is a powerful technique you can practice right away.

Knowing how to build rapport is at the root of our personal and professional success. Here is a powerful technique you can practice right away.

Dealing with Difficult People: Lessons from Iran and Cuba

What can the meeting between Barack Obama and Raul Castro and the framework agreement between the United States and Iran teach us to deal with difficult people?

What can the meeting between Barack Obama and Raul Castro and the framework agreement between the United States and Iran teach us to deal with difficult people?

Getting to Yes with Yourself

In his latest book, William Ury, one of the world's best-known experts on negotiation, shows us how we can understand and influence ourselves first, before we engage in difficult conversations and negotiations with others--thus improving our chances for a successful agreement.

In his latest book, William Ury, one of the world's best-known experts on negotiation, shows us how we can understand and influence ourselves first, before we engage in difficult conversations and negotiations with others--thus improving our chances for a successful agreement.

What's Wrong With Giving Advice

We might think that giving advice might be the best way to help someone who has a problem. But it might instead inhibit our interpersonal relations, and be very ineffective. Here is why.

We might think that giving advice might be the best way to help someone who has a problem. But it might instead inhibit our interpersonal relations, and be very ineffective. Here is why.

4 Secrets to Communicating with Difficult People

Are you dealing with a grumpy teenager, or an impossible boss? Here are 4 secrets suggested by successful mediators to deal with difficult people and situations.

Are you dealing with a grumpy teenager, or an impossible boss? Here are 4 secrets suggested by successful mediators to deal with difficult people and situations.

To Improve Your Relationships, Give Up These 4 Habits

The major barrier to interpersonal communication is our natural tendency to judge and evaluate. Becoming aware can help us become better communicators.

The major barrier to interpersonal communication is our natural tendency to judge and evaluate. Becoming aware can help us become better communicators.

How to Turn Resolutions into Results

We all have dedicated some time wondering about what we would like to see happening in our live this year. The list might include the weight we want to lose, the more time we want to share with friends and family, the steps we will take in our career, etc. In this article, I present a method to turn resolutions into results.

We all have dedicated some time wondering about what we would like to see happening in our live this year. The list might include the weight we want to lose, the more time we want to share with friends and family, the steps we will take in our career, etc. In this article, I present a method to turn resolutions into results.

How to Get Into a Productive State of Mind

How do you get into the rift state of mind to get back to work? asked me a friend. For a great number of people, September is the month when they get back to work, to school, to the everyday routine, after a time of vacation. How not to feel nostalgia for the vacation and instead step right into a productive state of mind?

How do you get into the rift state of mind to get back to work? asked me a friend. For a great number of people, September is the month when they get back to work, to school, to the everyday routine, after a time of vacation. How not to feel nostalgia for the vacation and instead step right into a productive state of mind?

An Incredible Story of Forgiveness

When he was 11 years old, Didier witness the killing of his mother. At first he went down a path of self-destruction, but eventually he found the strength to meet and to forgive his mother's killer. The space of death, shaped by violence, terror and death, is preeminently a space of transformation. Didier's story invites us to reflect on the essence of our human nature.

When he was 11 years old, Didier witness the killing of his mother. At first he went down a path of self-destruction, but eventually he found the strength to meet and to forgive his mother's killer. The space of death, shaped by violence, terror and death, is preeminently a space of transformation. Didier's story invites us to reflect on the essence of our human nature.

Mindful Listening to Enhance Your Life Performance

I am often asked this question: Why is it that guerrilla fighters, paramilitary leaders and gang members sit down with you and confess to you? In this post I share my experience and highlight how mindful and empathic listening can engender a transformative experience and is characteristic of peak performance in life.

I am often asked this question: Why is it that guerrilla fighters, paramilitary leaders and gang members sit down with you and confess to you? In this post I share my experience and highlight how mindful and empathic listening can engender a transformative experience and is characteristic of peak performance in life.