Fabiana Leal Pereira's writing on leadership clarity: decisions, pressure, transitions, and how to lead from a steadier place.https://viaalignment.com/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-question-leaders-forget-to-ask/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-question-leaders-forget-to-ask/“How can I support you?”Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCommunication, Trust & Influencehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-power-of-yet/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-power-of-yet/One simple word can change the whole direction of a thought.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-problem-was-never-confidence/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-problem-was-never-confidence/You don’t need more motivation, more hours, or more tools.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/from-proving-yourself-to-creating-value/https://viaalignment.com/insights/from-proving-yourself-to-creating-value/In a recent coaching session, a director was stressed about an important upcoming meeting with a VP and a new CMO.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/what-you-focus-on-expands/https://viaalignment.com/insights/what-you-focus-on-expands/“Fabiana, are you not reading the news?”, a friend asked.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/upgrading-the-system-not-the-effort/https://viaalignment.com/insights/upgrading-the-system-not-the-effort/There is always a simple solution to any complex problem.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/when-the-obvious-was-not-an-option/https://viaalignment.com/insights/when-the-obvious-was-not-an-option/Recently, I was at the gym and found myself curious about a woman using a tool I had never seen before, doing stretches I didn’t recognize.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-paradox-of-leadership-when-opposites-coexist/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-paradox-of-leadership-when-opposites-coexist/Last December, my great-uncle passed away.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/from-a-perfect-plan-to-clear-direction/https://viaalignment.com/insights/from-a-perfect-plan-to-clear-direction/In a session with a Director, she was overwhelmed by a request to deliver a 5-year vision.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-shift-from-fixing-problems-to-choosing-them/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-shift-from-fixing-problems-to-choosing-them/Being intentional about the problem you choose to solve can change the trajectory of your career.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-via-alignment-leadership-framework/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-via-alignment-leadership-framework/Many leadership problems are not execution problems. They are level-of-leadership problems.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/slowing-down-to-understand-your-habits/https://viaalignment.com/insights/slowing-down-to-understand-your-habits/It always fascinates me how powerful simple ideas can be.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/goals-dont-create-results-habits-do/https://viaalignment.com/insights/goals-dont-create-results-habits-do/I have received many questions about goal consistency and how to make it last. For that reason, I will dedicate the next few articles to exploring…Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/what-happens-to-goals-after-january/https://viaalignment.com/insights/what-happens-to-goals-after-january/We are now in February, the second month of the year. It is interesting how some patterns repeat themselves.Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/from-title-to-posture-embodying-leadership/https://viaalignment.com/insights/from-title-to-posture-embodying-leadership/“I am a new leader.”Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-invisible-reality-uncovering-the-patterns-we-follow/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-invisible-reality-uncovering-the-patterns-we-follow/Recently, I listened to a short philosophical anecdote.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/why-learning-to-fall-matters-more-than-getting-it-right/https://viaalignment.com/insights/why-learning-to-fall-matters-more-than-getting-it-right/I studied for more than 18 years, across three different countries. The one class I never had in formal education was how to learn to fall. Not…Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-invisible-resistance-behind-our-goals/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-invisible-resistance-behind-our-goals/I often ask myself why some people are able to achieve what they want, while others aren’t.Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/from-overwhelm-to-clarity/https://viaalignment.com/insights/from-overwhelm-to-clarity/A client arrived at a session completely overwhelmed. Too much to do. No idea where to start. Three big projects and zero clarity.Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-cost-of-it-could-have-been/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-cost-of-it-could-have-been/“Fabiana, it could have been.”Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/closing-tabs/https://viaalignment.com/insights/closing-tabs/We are closing 2025, and the air feels mixed. There is excitement for the holidays, and at the same time, a loud exhaustion and sense of overwhelm.Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/how-to-navigate-choice-overload/https://viaalignment.com/insights/how-to-navigate-choice-overload/“We were happier when we did not have so many choices.”Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/from-childhood-patterns-to-conscious-adulthood/https://viaalignment.com/insights/from-childhood-patterns-to-conscious-adulthood/“Do you know what it is to not have something, yet still be expected to give it?”Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/when-common-is-not-normal/https://viaalignment.com/insights/when-common-is-not-normal/Have you ever woken up feeling different and realized that what you accepted as normal was not serving you at all?Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/reimagining-balance-through-harmony/https://viaalignment.com/insights/reimagining-balance-through-harmony/Balance became a loaded concept. Everybody has an opinion about it:Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/redecide-on-purpose-choose-with-intention/https://viaalignment.com/insights/redecide-on-purpose-choose-with-intention/Most people live on autopilot.Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/be-where-your-body-is-the-power-of-presence/https://viaalignment.com/insights/be-where-your-body-is-the-power-of-presence/Be where your body is.Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/how-to-influence-up-not-fight-reality/https://viaalignment.com/insights/how-to-influence-up-not-fight-reality/I believe in possibility, and part of my mission is also to bring clients back to reality when needed.Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTCommunication, Trust & Influencehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/stage-vs-backstage-stop-comparing-and-start-progressing/https://viaalignment.com/insights/stage-vs-backstage-stop-comparing-and-start-progressing/One of the toughest traps I see is this: people compare their backstage with someone else’s stage.Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-truth-teller-advantage-what-real-support-looks-like/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-truth-teller-advantage-what-real-support-looks-like/At the end of every coaching session, I ask my clients what was most valuable.Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTCommunication, Trust & Influencehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/face-the-hard-now-live-easier-later/https://viaalignment.com/insights/face-the-hard-now-live-easier-later/One of the most useful skills you can learn is how to process difficult emotions.Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-messy-middle-progress-happens-in-the-middle-not-in-the-headlines/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-messy-middle-progress-happens-in-the-middle-not-in-the-headlines/Last week, I posted the article “Success Is Not a Straight Line, Anticipate the Detours”, and I got questions about what I call the messy middle, so I…Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/success-is-not-a-straight-line-anticipate-the-detours/https://viaalignment.com/insights/success-is-not-a-straight-line-anticipate-the-detours/There is a common misconception that success is linear.Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-purpose-of-life-demystified/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-purpose-of-life-demystified/Have you ever thought that you were made for more? Have you ever asked yourself, “Why am I successful and still not happy?”Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/clean-pain-dirty-pain-and-why-it-matters/https://viaalignment.com/insights/clean-pain-dirty-pain-and-why-it-matters/I love the concept of clean pain and dirty pain because it is simple and powerful.Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-gap-and-the-gain-why-recognition-matters-more-than-you-think/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-gap-and-the-gain-why-recognition-matters-more-than-you-think/I learned the concept of The Gap and the Gain from a book of the same name, it blew my mind. It’s wonderfully simple and incredibly powerful.Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-power-of-five-how-past-decisions-shape-your-present/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-power-of-five-how-past-decisions-shape-your-present/Pause for a moment and think of five major decisions you've made in the past that are shaping your life today.Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/stop-resisting-make-peace-with-where-you-are-to-move-forward/https://viaalignment.com/insights/stop-resisting-make-peace-with-where-you-are-to-move-forward/Every time you fight reality, you lose.Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/do-the-basics-well-the-secret-to-real-progress/https://viaalignment.com/insights/do-the-basics-well-the-secret-to-real-progress/Success is simple; it is a series of simple actions that create it.Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/choose-your-hard-the-trade-offs-that-shape-your-life/https://viaalignment.com/insights/choose-your-hard-the-trade-offs-that-shape-your-life/I believe in abundance and expansion. Yet, there are times when we need to choose our hard, to decide which difficulties we prefer.Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/fear-or-faith-youre-imagining-both-so-choose-wisely/https://viaalignment.com/insights/fear-or-faith-youre-imagining-both-so-choose-wisely/My client was concerned that he might be laid off. It is justifiable; instead of denying what comes, let’s acknowledge and analyze it.Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-freedom-in-rejection-how-asking-anyway-can-open-new-doors/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-freedom-in-rejection-how-asking-anyway-can-open-new-doors/One of the hardest things I’ve done in my life was looking for a job when I was unemployed.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/certainty-is-an-inside-job-the-feeling-you-seek-isnt-out-there/https://viaalignment.com/insights/certainty-is-an-inside-job-the-feeling-you-seek-isnt-out-there/I love certainty. I love clarity. Even if I know none is real.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/why-change-feels-hard-and-what-to-do-about-it/https://viaalignment.com/insights/why-change-feels-hard-and-what-to-do-about-it/Have you ever wondered why change feels so hard?Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/your-intentions-matter-why-do-you-do-what-you-do/https://viaalignment.com/insights/your-intentions-matter-why-do-you-do-what-you-do/It is not about what you do; it is about the intention behind what you do.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/mortality-motivation-how-facing-death-could-be-a-reminder-to-live-fully/https://viaalignment.com/insights/mortality-motivation-how-facing-death-could-be-a-reminder-to-live-fully/One of my mentors talks about mortality motivation. He says that when we face death with our eyes, we give a different meaning to life.Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/do-you-really-want-what-you-say-you-want/https://viaalignment.com/insights/do-you-really-want-what-you-say-you-want/Do you really want what you say you want?Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/dissect-the-question-discover-the-truth/https://viaalignment.com/insights/dissect-the-question-discover-the-truth/Our brains are fascinating machines that are designed to keep us safe, not to make us thrive or dream.Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/answer-your-own-questions-you-may-realize-that-the-worst-is-already-happening/https://viaalignment.com/insights/answer-your-own-questions-you-may-realize-that-the-worst-is-already-happening/Our brains are fascinating machines. Below is a sample of questions I hear often in my coaching sessions.Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/stop-overreacting-start-managing-up/https://viaalignment.com/insights/stop-overreacting-start-managing-up/What is important to you? What do you value most?Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTCommunication, Trust & Influencehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/wherever-you-go-there-you-are-the-hidden-constant-behind-your-challenges/https://viaalignment.com/insights/wherever-you-go-there-you-are-the-hidden-constant-behind-your-challenges/“Hawaii is a state of mind.”Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/tell-yourself-the-truth-and-your-life-will-change/https://viaalignment.com/insights/tell-yourself-the-truth-and-your-life-will-change/Stop lying to yourself. Make telling the truth a must.Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/why-work-expands-to-fill-the-time-understanding-and-outsmarting-parkinsons-law/https://viaalignment.com/insights/why-work-expands-to-fill-the-time-understanding-and-outsmarting-parkinsons-law/Time management is often a topic in my coaching sessions. There are so many techniques and ways to improve it.Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-problem-is-never-the-problem/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-problem-is-never-the-problem/I know you are a smart person. I also know that you have a recurring topic that bothers you and that you have been trying to solve it for a while without…Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-power-of-presence/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-power-of-presence/When was the last time that you were present where you were? I mean, intentionally present. Can you remember?Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/how-much-is-enough-for-you/https://viaalignment.com/insights/how-much-is-enough-for-you/How much is enough for you? Do you know the answer?Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/two-myths-about-time/https://viaalignment.com/insights/two-myths-about-time/Time is a relative subject. Although you can measure it, each person will feel it differently.Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/the-overlooked-step-in-the-decision-making-process/https://viaalignment.com/insights/the-overlooked-step-in-the-decision-making-process/Making a decision can be challenging. It may bring doubt, confusion, and uncertainty.Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTClarity in Complexityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/like-nature-we-all-have-seasons-what-season-are-you-in/https://viaalignment.com/insights/like-nature-we-all-have-seasons-what-season-are-you-in/I feel lucky enough to work on something I am passionate about. Whether I act as a coach in a coaching session or in a project acting as an Information…Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/you-are-allowed-to-dream/https://viaalignment.com/insights/you-are-allowed-to-dream/Being an adult is challenging. We don’t come with manuals, instructions, etc. We are raised by other humans who, like us, also didn’t receive a manual.Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeadership Identityhttps://viaalignment.com/insights/lessons-from-my-emotional-intelligence-journey/https://viaalignment.com/insights/lessons-from-my-emotional-intelligence-journey/It is so common to talk about emotional intelligence today, and we often don’t even know what an emotion feels like. We ask everybody to do something, and…Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTLeading Under Pressurehttps://viaalignment.com/insights/stop-being-all-or-nothing/https://viaalignment.com/insights/stop-being-all-or-nothing/Our relationship with time is a little different today. With technology in the palm of my hand, I definitely live an easier life than my grandma Elizia…Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/3-goal-setting-mistakes-and-how-to-fix-it-today/https://viaalignment.com/insights/3-goal-setting-mistakes-and-how-to-fix-it-today/Setting goals is easy. Setting goals in a way that will empower and move you is an entirely different story. We all know that in February, most of the…Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focushttps://viaalignment.com/insights/a-goal-setting-method-that-will-change-your-year/https://viaalignment.com/insights/a-goal-setting-method-that-will-change-your-year/At this time of the year, most of my clients are thinking, talking, and working on defining goals. From my experience, there are a few simple steps that…Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTSustainable Performance & Focus