About LYA – Lead YourSelf Africa
Lead Yourself Africa — About | LYA 360 Method

About Lead Yourself Africa

A proprietary methodology designed to address the complexity of professional and organizational contexts in Africa, where leadership, culture, and execution must be addressed in an integrated manner.

LYA 360 Method

A proprietary methodology that goes beyond conventional leadership and management models. The LYA 360 Method views the organization as an integrated system in which leadership, people, processes, and execution are constantly interconnected and influence one another.

Unlike linear approaches, this methodology addresses real interdependencies in complex organizational contexts.

Executive Thinking

Decision-making, prioritization, and strategic analysis of the context

Management

Resource allocation, processes, and organizational design

Execution

Execution, accountability, and delivering results

People

Leadership, team dynamics, and organizational behavior

Integration and Alignment

Alignment between strategy, people, processes, and execution

“Traditional models do not always address the complexity of real-world organizational contexts.
The LYA 360 Method was born out of the need for an approach tailored to the African context.”

Cristina — Founder of Lead Yourself Africa

Cristina Leandro Faria

Founder & Managing Partner

With over 20 years of international experience in leadership, management, and organizational transformation across Europe and Africa, Cristina Leandro Faria has held top executive positions at various levels of decision-making, including General Manager and Chief Executive Officer, in highly complex environments.

He has worked directly on critical organizational transformation initiatives, including interim management roles in organizational restructuring, transition, and rebuilding projects.

Throughout his career, he has worked with executives, leadership teams, and organizations to develop executive skills, management capabilities, decision-making abilities, and strategic alignment through mentoring, executive coaching, and organizational consulting.

For over 25 years, he has been dedicated to research in quantum intelligence as applied to human and organizational development, having studied under leading international experts in this field and developed his own methodology tailored to the African context.

She is the author of proprietary executive diagnostic and development tools, as well as the "Leading in Angola in Times of Change" Playbook series, designed to help leaders address the specific challenges of the Angolan market.

Lead Yourself Africa was founded on the belief that Africa needs development models that are better aligned with its cultural, economic, and human realities—models capable of boosting competitiveness without sacrificing local identity.

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Our mission

We believe that the future of leadership in Africa calls for more mindful approaches—ones that can develop people and organizations without losing the cultural identity that makes each context unique.

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