Lance Diaresco
Google Coaching by Mastery Co-Founder | Disney VP APAC | Lead with Clarity, Trust & Impact
Reviews
"Lance has a remarkable ability to build authentic connection and trust. Through powerful storytelling and practical frameworks, he inspired my teams and helped lay the foundation for high-performance, built on trust and mutual respect. Any organization would be fortunate to have Lance help shape their culture. "
Lucy Werner
Senior Vice President - Global Partnership
Marriott International
"Lance has a unique strength as a business leader and executive coach. He is trusted by my team for facilitating different programs including coaching, feedback, negotiation, and competitive selling. He also helped our leadership team develop our vision and mission. "
Michael Yue
Managing Director and GM - Hong Kong
Google
"Lance created and scaled Disney’s Brand Stewardship Training for our growing international cast members. He inspired us to uphold the trust consumers place in Disney while bringing together brand strategy, consumer insight, and powerful storytelling. "
Charlie Cain
Senior Vice President - Global Brand Management
The Walt Disney Company
About Lance Diaresco
Lance lost his father at seven and grew up in poverty. With self-leadership and courage, he earned his way through scholarships to become a leader at 5 iconic global brands. He built high-performing teams through waves of disruption, from traditional media to digital transformation and now AI. Through it all, one capability made the difference: discernment, the ability to see what really matters, judge wisely under pressure, and act with integrity.
Speaking
Speaking engagement:
Keynote | Conference Speaker, Trainer | Mentor, Coach
Expertise:
Leadership, Business | Management | Strategy, Future | Trends
Field of Speaker:
Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Innovators | Visionairs
Best Audience:
Csuite/ Executives, Managers/ Supervisors
Travels from:
Portugal
Fee range:
from $18000 up to $25000
Topics
1. As AI Becomes Smarter, What Makes Leaders Wiser?
The organisations that win in the AI age won't just have smarter tools. They'll have more discerning leaders. AI is making every organisation smarter: more data, faster analysis, better predictions at every level. But the hardest decisions are rarely between right and wrong. They are between growth and efficiency, speed and rigour, innovation and risk. No system, however intelligent, can decide what deserves priority, which trade-offs are acceptable, or what values should govern the choice. That requires discernment: the human capacity to see what really matters, judge wisely under pressure, and act in alignment with your values. As AI makes decision-making more decentralised, building discernment as an organisational capability is your competitive advantage: the integrity to lead clearly when stakes are high, the trust to align teams under competing priorities, and the wisdom to act on what matters most for the organisation and beyond. AI is your engine. Discernment is your compass. Ideal for conferences and leadership teams navigating digital transformation, where technology is moving faster than the people leading it.
2. Building High-Trust Teams That Speak Up & Step Up
Most leaders are not getting the full picture. People filter the issues before they go up. They avoid debate that can improve decisions. The root cause is not capability. It is trust. Trust is built in the moments that cost something. Lance distils 3 ways to build trust: self-mastery, creative tension, and wise calibration. Self-mastery to protect your inner state and respond wisely. Creative tension to turn differences and friction into innovation. Wise calibration to navigate the polarities every leader faces: when to support or challenge, between empathy and accountability, between autonomy and intervention. Integrity means doing what is right, not what is safe: saying no, reaching out, or standing by someone. Leaders who earn trust create a culture where everyone speaks up and steps up. Ideal for organisations rebuilding trust after rapid growth, restructure, or change that left people uncertain about where they stand.
3. Expanding Your Impact: From Success to Significance
In business, ROI measures return on investment. In life, ROI measures ripples of impact. Imagine your most experienced leaders choosing to stay, choosing to mentor, and co-creating something meaningful. Lance asks leaders 3 questions: who am I becoming, how am I connecting, what am I contributing right now. He evolved from a career building global brands to a calling building conscious leaders, and now guides senior leaders through the same inflection point: identity, influence, and impact. Organisations that invest in their leaders' transition from success to significance retain their most valuable leaders: their wisdom and their mentorship. Those that don't risk watching them disengage and wait for retirement. Ideal for executive retreats and senior leaders ready to move beyond their next milestone toward something more meaningful.
Program
Workshops
For organisations that want to go deeper, Lance offers workshops designed to build the critical capabilities:
Workshop 1: Performance by Design:
Turning Team Strengths into Business Results
Workshop 2: The Discerning Coach:
Developing People while Delivering Results
Workshop 3: Courageous Leadership:
Turning Tension into Innovation
Reviews
Lucy Werner
Senior Vice President - Global Partnership, Marriott InternationalLance has a remarkable ability to build authentic connection and trust. Through powerful storytelling and practical frameworks, he inspired my teams and helped lay the foundation for high-performance, built on trust and mutual respect. Any organization would be fortunate to have Lance help shape their culture.
Michael Yue
Managing Director and GM - Hong Kong, GoogleLance has a unique strength as a business leader and executive coach. He is trusted by my team for facilitating different programs including coaching, feedback, negotiation, and competitive selling. He also helped our leadership team develop our vision and mission.
Charlie Cain
Senior Vice President - Global Brand Management, The Walt Disney CompanyLance created and scaled Disney’s Brand Stewardship Training for our growing international cast members. He inspired us to uphold the trust consumers place in Disney while bringing together brand strategy, consumer insight, and powerful storytelling.