Leadership & Team Performance, powered by CliftonStrengths® Coaching

Hola! I’m Paula Castillo. I’m a strengths expert helping leaders and teams recognize their patterns, work skillfully with what helps and hinders them, and develop greater collective self-awareness.

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With 15+ years of corporate and international consulting experience and a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University, I bring rigor and real-world perspective to leadership and team development.

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expand your leadership horizons

Strengths-based coaching expands how you see yourself, how you lead, and what becomes possible.

Gain awareness of how your strengths and blind spots shape the dynamics you create—and develop the capacity to shape them more intentionally.

→ Learn more about Leadership Coaching

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build an exceptional Team

Understanding your collective strengths shifts what is possible together.

Build collective self-awareness so your team can perform at its best—understanding how strengths fit together, where unhelpful patterns show up, and how to work with both to drive exceptional results.

→ Learn more about Team Coaching & Facilitation

CliftonStrengths coaching for career changes

Shape what’s next in your career

Expand your options, test new directions thoughtfully, and make career decisions that feel grounded rather than reactive.

Make sense of what’s no longer working and explore new possibilities—without rushing to reinvention. Examine how your strengths shape your career choices, and how to work with them more consciously for a fulfilling career.

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People who have the opportunity to use their CliftonStrengths are*

  • 6x

    more likely to be engaged in their job

  • 6x

    more likely to strongly agree that they have the chance to do what they do best every day

  • 3x

    more likely to report having an excellent quality of life


Teams that received strengths-based development achieved*

  • 19%

    increased sales

  • 29%

    increased profits

  • 72%

    lower turnover in high-turnover organizations

I managed to change perspective on issues that I had been struggling for years if not for decades,

and as I changed my perspective, miracles happened.

- Claudia, Lead Development Officer, USA
Paula Castillo Coaching Cliftonstrengths Washington DC

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15+ years corporate experience

Certified Coach
ICF, Gallup cliftonStrengths®

International, Multicultural Perspective

neuroscience
informed