Paola Palmesano is a visionary entrepreneur who has been transforming corporate training into a driver of growth, innovation, and inclusion for over twenty years. Founder and CEO of Effetto Formazione and Ubloom Società Benefit, she leads two organizations operating at the national level with the goal of building future-ready organizations capable of combining business results and human development.
Specializing in gender equality, female empowerment, and innovation in HR processes, Paola has developed a unique methodology that integrates managerial, digital, and soft skills with tools funded by interprofessional funds and public policies, making training accessible and strategic for businesses.
Alongside her role as an entrepreneur, she is a speaker, trainer, and opinion leader: she brings topics such as fusion skills (the intersection of artificial intelligence and human skills), the evolution of inclusive leadership, and the importance of investing in people as a lever of competitiveness to Italian stages. She is currently Global Corporate Partnership Vice President of Professional Women Network (PWN), an international network dedicated to female leadership, through which she builds bridges between companies, institutions, and associations.
Paola believes that training is not just the transmission of knowledge, but an act of transformation.
A strong advocate of the concept "Train to Transform", she inspires HR, managers, and professionals to see training as a strategic investment. Her leadership style is characterized by energy, concreteness, and vision: an approach that combines the ability to build numbers and results with the desire to leave a positive mark on people and organizations.
His goal? To help people and companies flourish, demonstrating that only where people grow can results grow.
