Valeska Toro is an Enterprise Agile Coach (ICP-ACC) and Executive Coach (ICF) who specializes in building World-Class Leaders and Teams by transforming how they think and collaborate.

As an experienced and trusted guide, Valeska has trained, coached, and mentored over 20 globally dispersed teams (100+ team members) through multiple AGILE transformation initiatives across diverse industries. Her remarkable success is attributed to her unique ability to earn people’s trust, build strong relationships, and adapt her approach to support each team’s unique goals, cultural differences, and opportunities for improvement.

Leaders and teams value Valeska’s exceptional intuitive ability to uncover and resolve underlying issues, interpersonal conflicts, and limiting behavioral patterns. They seek and respect her inspiring nature, compassionate guidance, and straightforward feedback. Valeska provides them with the opportunity to engage in deeper dialogue, gain perspective, make decisions, take action, and move confidently toward their mission.

Valeska is a dynamic and engaging teacher, facilitator, and speaker who has led engagements at SXSW, Cornell University, Harvard, META, and Google. In her private practice, Valeska coaches senior leaders and business owners. She also teaches a meditation masterclass once a week. Before coaching, Valeska was a program manager for JPMorgan Chase and a management consultant for PwC. She was also a startup founder recognized by Forbes. Valeska resides in New York City. She grew up in Paterson, NJ, and received a B.A. from Cornell University.

Corporate Clients:

  • Andrea B. | Marketing Executive

    “Valeska equipped me with the tools to view myself, the world, and others differently. Our sessions worked towards developing and expanding my perspective, self-awareness, and trust. She helped me challenge deeply rooted beliefs about myself and how the world "works" that were holding me back.

    I struggled with self confidence for as long as I can remember, and I can boldly say now that I actually feel self confident for the first time. I feel freer, happier, kinder, and more empowered to trust in myself. I have made bigger and bolder decisions in the last year than ever before, and can't wait to see what's next.”

  • Vana K. | Financial Advisor

    "Valeska is a powerful, intuitive and caring coach who I wholeheartedly recommend. She knows how to get the best out of people and is always eager to help decipher and decode what is on your mind. Valeska understands the human psyche and makes actionable plans to help guide her clients. I first started working with Valeska when I was feeling overwhelmed and lost.

    Now, after three months of coaching, I feel calm, in control and stable. Her guidance has helped me figure out my path, in a systematic and logical way. I love the way Valeska makes tasks feel easy. Coaching is fun with her. She is a rock in my life and I don’t know what I would do without her."

  • Amanda D. | Leadership Development Director

    “I decided to make a personal investment in myself and hired Valeska as my Coach. What had me sold was her whole-hearted belief in me. From our exploratory conversations she made it clear that she was committed to helping me break the mold that I was in and would do anything to help me achieve greatness. What I expected to get in coaching was resume help, and surface career advice. What I got was so much more! Not only has Valeska been able to deliver in that capacity, the REAL contribution I have received since hiring her is a complete transformation in myself. I am breaking down the walls of limiting beliefs, I am changing the mindset that was enabling me  to live a stagnant life, I’m staring down the “bully” who’s told me that I didn’t deserve any better and I am growing into the woman I always wanted to be. You can do one of two things – you could live a “good life”, or you could make a personal investment in yourself and live your “best life”. I chose the latter ;)”

  • Sam C. | Mindset Coach

    “Before working with Valeska, I was a solo entrepreneur afraid of risk, failure, and hesitant to ask for help. Working with Valeska challenged me to examine the beliefs that were driving my decisions, and I was able to identify limiting beliefs that were holding me and my business hostage. Valeska guided me as I reshaped my relationship to failure, success, and vulnerability. 

    Because of our work together, I’ve seen more growth in my business over the last 6 months than I have in the previous 2 years. Not only has our work together changed my business, but it has also changed my relationships with my family, friends, my fiancé, and most importantly, it has changed my relationship with myself. Ultimately, I believe that Valeska is grounded, compassionate, empathetic, reliable, and trustworthy enough to help anyone she works with reach their highest potential."

  • Tami L. | CEO, Mezzo Agency

    “Valeska has been such a blessing to have as my coach! She created a safe space for me to be vulnerable with my ambitions and anxieties. She taught me practical exercises to help me clarify my vision, plan better, track my progress and even understand how to source the root of my issues to propel me forward in productivity and success.

    I look forward to our check-ins weekly and highly recommend her if you are looking for an incredible Life and Business Coach!”

  • Mi’Lisa P. | Intuitive Guide

    “No words can ever express the impact working with Valeska has had on my life. Over the course of 8 months, she completely helped me overcome self-made obstacles and fears holding me hostage. Valeska helped me identify my own negative patterns and cycles, assisting me with positive steps toward radical change. I am now more open, vulnerable, self-assured, and ready for whatever life brings next. I am so thankful for the time we shared. If you are looking for a coach, look no further. Valeska will partner with you to help you get out of your own way and manifest everything your heart desires.”

Offerings & Services

TRANSFORMATION COACHING: Valeska has trained, coached, and mentored over 20 globally dispersed teams (100+ team members) through multiple AGILE transformation initiatives at agencies, non-profits, and Fortune 500 organizations.

SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS: Valeska is a dynamic and engaging teacher, facilitator, and speaker who has led engagements at SXSW, Cornell University, Harvard, META, and Google.

1:1 EXECUTIVE COACHING: In her private practice, Valeska coaches senior leaders and business owners. She also teaches a meditation masterclass once a week.

Notable engagement and details are listed below.

  • MORGAN STANLEY | 2020 - 2023:

    Led the AGILE transformation for 15 business and technology teams spanning two risk management departments at a Fortune 500 Investment Bank. Successfully transformed and optimized strategy, planning, collaboration, stakeholder management, consistency, quality, and delivery time.

    DIGITALUNDIVIDED | 2019-2022

    Led numerous engagements for an award-winning tech incubator that offers resources, support, and funding to high-growth tech startup founders. Provided support to the CEO and coached staff through significant organizational change and AGILE adoption. Additionally, trained coaches to support startup founders participating in various entrepreneurship programs.

  • GENIUS GUILD | 2020 - 2022

    Partnered with the CEO to develop the core values for her new VC Firm. Led a quarterly 3-day retreat, facilitated workshops, and coached the organization’s staff on performance improvements. Provided 1:1 leadership coaching to the executive team on a bi-weekly basis.

    WHITPR | 2021 - 2022

    Provided 1:1 Executive Coaching to the CEO of a Boutique PR Agency. Following the engagement, the CEO doubled her revenue and gained recognition as a Top Woman in PR and 40 under 40 list. She then hired me to lead their staff through multiple workshops at their annual retreat.

    RALPH LAUREN | 2022

    Led a company-wide, one-hour workshop for team leaders on how to address and mitigate Quiet Quitting. Guided leaders through case studies and best practices. Provided coaching and mentorship to team leaders to help them solve existing concerns and challenges.

  • PRX | 2021 - 2022

    Coached C-Level Executives of a non-profit media company to redefine their core values after a major merger. Taught executives how to lead a series of cultural workshops across the organization to gather feedback, foster inclusion, and create momentum toward creating a new vision.

    B-CAPITAL | 2020

    Facilitated a DEI workshop for the senior executives of a multi-stage global investment firm. Led executives through an open, honest, and proactive conversation on DEI challenges and opportunities for both internal staff and founders they invest in.

TESTIMONIALS

“Valeska’s coaching style is highly empathetic, personal, and unconventional. She has an exceptional ability to understand and connect to her clients intuitively. Her ability to uncover underlying issues and areas of improvement is a high part of her success in coaching. It wouldn’t be possible without building trust and openness with her clients. Valeska is honest and transparent in giving constructive and positive feedback. It empowers and guides her clients to strive for better and become the best version of themselves.”

- Sinan, Product Owner | Budapest

“Thank you for bringing your full, authentic self to our coaching sessions and for always encouraging me to do the same. You asked the most thought-provoking questions, and it was clear from our conversations - and the words that you would reflect back to me - that you were fully engaged and deeply attentive not just to what was being shared or experienced at the moment but to the fullness of my personal and professional journey. The training sessions that you led, practices that you shared, and mindsets that you encouraged will serve me for a lifetime!”

- Danielle, Research Director | Newark

“Valeska’s coaching is persistent, patient, articulate, curious, and honest. She gives us reason to pause. She does this by the questions she asks - be it a magic wand or more recently, the impossible goal. She also creates perspective. She pushes for considering other perspectives, viewpoints, and what ifs. She’s helped our fleet think through what is blocking us or what we are assuming is getting in the way. She does this by asking questions in different ways to reach everyone.”

- Denise, Fleet Leader | New York City

“Valeska's coaching brought the team together in times of both success and adversity and solidified the compassion that we have for each other and for ourselves. Her coaching techniques and presence helped us to stay grounded throughout a particularly challenging year and became key factors in our ability to work together and thrive both individually and as a team. Valeska is able to sense and meet the needs of each of our team members, which leads to greater clarity and strength as a team. She leads by example, lives by her core values, and wholeheartedly cares about each team member as a person and as a key contributor to the success”

- Ariel, Comms. Strategist | San Francisco

“Valeska’s coaching has been invaluable to me as a Product Owner, as well as the squad as a whole. She has guided me through challenges of managing absent stakeholders, provided insight into how to obtain improved engagement and walked through how to be successful as a PO of two squads. More importantly, Valeska has provided valuable career coaching which has helped me realize my value to our fleet and understand the positive view people have of my leadership.”

- Marcy, Executive Director | New York City

“Valeska helped us build a squad that works as a single team. When we all started, the squad was pretty new to agile and there was some inertia to stay in our comfort zones. The squad has come a long way and bonded more. We’re thinking as a team rather than individuals. Members of the squad are more vocal and engaged, irrespective of seniority. I really feel the coaching helped the team culture that grew organically within our squad and made it more tangible, something real that we can speak about and take pride in. This ultimately improved our communication and productivity.”

- Biju, Vice President | New York City

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