Individual mentoring

I mentor women who want to grow professionally caring for their wellbeing

Who I work with

How can I help you?

I don’t claim to have all the answers, but I believe you do, and for you to find them during out coaching process:

I will give you a safe space to explore alternative solutions to your challenges or to advance your personal and professional development.
I offer you the possibility to move forward in an organic and sustainable way but following a prioritized plan, with clear objectives and success indicators.
I will (gently) push you out of your comfort zone to change your perspective, challenge your beliefs, reinforce your strengths, and work on your improvement points.
We will combine self-discovery exploration during the mentoring and coaching process with an exchange of knowledge, tips and practical challenges to get you started immediately in the “doing, learning and improving” cycle.

In the process you will be able to:

Use your UX knowledge to gain insights, reframe, ideate and design solutions to their challenges
Discover alternatives and reframe your perception of a situation or yourself.
Leverage the mistakes and experience of someone who has been a designer, researcher and team leader for over 20 years.
Having someone by your side, without judging you, so that you don’t lose momentum or motivation.

Most frequently discussed topics

Working better

Better organize my time and tasks
Prioritize
Be a better leader for my team
Work more efficiently
Delegate
Improve collaboration between individuals and teams
Adding value in a chaotic environment.

To evolve both at a personal and professional level

Be more productive, focused and effective without sacrificing your physical or mental health behind.
Use your passion, idealism or perfectionism to work for you instead of against you.
Discovering and appreciating all that I can do and am not aware of.
How to be sensitive and passionate in the business world without suffering

Regarding specific design and research topics, the most requested are how to extract and prioritize insights, how to better present results, and how to better communicate my design to developers, among many others.

Frequently Asked Questions

How mentoring works

One-hour 1:1 online sessions (Meet, Zoom)
Initial 30-minute discussion (free of charge) to determine if we are a good fit and define and prioritise objectives.
Each session has its own objective (which you set). I will ask you to define success criteria so that it will be clear when you have achieved your goals.
Objectives and priorities may change, so you will always be in control of the pace and direction.
The work continues between sessions. I will give you guides and resources so that you have time to reflect and put to practice what we’ve discussed in our session.

As I want to develop and support your independence and not create a dependency on me, we will agree on a specific duration for each process (which has its own objectives).

What is the cost?

Ideally, mentoring should be paid for by the company. In this case, I will deal directly with them through my company, xcentric lab.
If this is not possible, the cost will depend on your work situation and the country where you live, as I try to adapt to the reality and situation of each person.

Mentoring is usually paid per session, although I offer the possibility of a reduced-price plan for a fixed number of sessions.

Do you offer free mentoring?

Yes. I have a limited quota of free mentorships, mostly for women who have no income or exceptional students who have very limited income.

Free mentoring is ad hoc and more suitable for specific, practical challenges – not so much for a learning process like the one I offer for paid sessions.

What do they say?

Thanks to Gaby's coaching I feel recharged as a designer and as a leader. What sets Gaby apart is her ability to inspire, push and motivate others to reach their full potential. It helped me to differentiate between personal and professional challenges, and that was key to rethink them and stop being stagnant.
Gaby's expertise in communication practices and lean thinking helped me improve my work at both the tactical and strategic levels.

With Gaby, you immerse yourself in an enriching path of growth, learning and professional challenge, which leads you to get the best out of yourself, whatever the challenge you face.

Gaby focuses on understanding your context, personality and needs to help you grow and learn from that starting point. There is no predefined solution, especially when struggling with perfectionism and burnout. She can help you find your own way to succeed at work and enjoy it.

Gaby helped me rethink the way I think and work. She introduced me to an experiment-based approach to work that significantly improved my motivation and sense of ability. She also gave me the tools to develop my UX techniques, which allowed me to grow professionally in a way that would have taken me years without it.

Let's talk 🙂

Even if we don’t get to collaborate, there’s nothing like a chat to open doors and keep learning.