Mauricio Valencia is a distinguished international speaker and consultant specializing in Change, Transformation, and Trust Building, as well as a recognized expert in sustainable value creation and adaptive leadership. His expertise spans crucial areas such as result-based leadership, strategic HR alignment, organizational capability development, and systemic problem-solving in multicultural environments.
Mauricio currently serves as Principal for Latin America at The RBL Group, where he leverages his extensive experience to help organizations and leaders develop the capabilities needed to navigate change and deliver sustainable value in increasingly complex environments.
With 30 years dedicated to helping organizations become highly effective in their value promises, Mauricio has built an impressive career providing consultancy to leaders and teams across more than 200 leading companies in diverse sectors, sizes, and geographical locations with measurable results. He is also a partner and co-founder of CARISMA LATAM and a partner for Latin America at OGM LATAM and PRATIAN TECHNOLOGIES (Bangalore-India), expanding his influence and expertise across multiple business platforms.
As an international speaker on Change, Transformation, and Trust Building for Sustainable Value Creation, Mauricio has delivered keynote presentations and workshops to more than 100,000 people throughout Latin America, the United States, and South Asia. His ability to connect with diverse audiences and translate complex concepts into actionable insights has made him a sought-after speaker and consultant in the region.
Mauricio is the designer of the CREAR® model, a framework that has helped numerous organizations navigate change and build trust-centered environments. His primary areas of knowledge and skill include articulating strategy in changing environments, navigating uncertainty, innovation with holistic vision, delivering value through systemic problem-solving, creating trust environments, fostering commitment, linking HR strategy with organizational strategy, building adaptive leadership capabilities, and articulating differentiating attributes to culture to generate value.
His solid academic foundation includes training as an Industrial Engineer and as a Coach at the Society for Organizational Learning (SOL). He further developed his expertise at Carnegie University in Human Relations & Leadership for Executives. His professional credentials are enhanced by certifications in Organizational Systems Models, Leadership Brand, Leadership Code, High Performance Teams, and Emergent Strategy. He is also a Corporate and Executive Coach, providing personalized development support to senior leaders.
Mauricio is fully bilingual (English/Spanish), allowing him to work effectively across cultural and linguistic boundaries throughout the Americas. His multicultural competence enables him to build excellent relationships through powerful conversation skills oriented toward problem-solving and creating environments of trust.
At 58 years old, Mauricio is happily married to Tatiana, and their three children—Paula, Simon, and Tomas—serve as his life's motivating forces, bringing personal perspective to his professional approach on leadership and organizational transformation.