Clarissa Celli | ESEI Faculty 2024

Clarissa is an Italo‐Venezuelan grown between Milan, Italy, and Barcelona, Spain. She is an Expert Consultant, Facilitator, and trainer with more than 9 years of experience facilitating and organizing skills training and workshops across a wide range of sectors. Clarissa’s aim as a consultant, trainer, and facilitator is to enable people to communicate through mutual learning by introducing improved methodologies, techniques, and processes. Having worked as an employee manager in a commercial position, she learned to approach issues from the client’s perspective and focus on delivering an exceptional level of service with a solution-driven attitude. .

Professional Background

Clarissa Celli is a dynamic and multilingual facilitator, trainer, and professor with a deep passion for guiding teams and organizations through transformative learning experiences. As the founder of Nina Academy and Nina London, Clarissa specializes in creating human-centered innovation systems, combining cutting-edge methodologies with an emphasis on collaboration, creativity, and emotional intelligence. Her consultancy is dedicated to helping organizations, particularly large and medium-sized businesses, transition from traditional work models to more innovative, people-focused practices. With extensive experience across industries, she provides training, coaching, and consulting services that foster continuous learning and development.

Clarissa’s expertise is rooted in her strong academic background and international experience. She serves as a professor at universities in Rome and Barcelona, where she teaches courses on leadership, organizational behavior, and e-learning innovation. Fluent in both Italian and Spanish, Clarissa is known for her ability to connect with diverse audiences, offering tailored solutions that enhance team dynamics, decision-making, and overall performance. Whether through in-person workshops, remote training, or e-learning simulations, her interactive approach ensures impactful results. Through her work, Clarissa is committed to empowering individuals and organizations to thrive in today’s fast-evolving business landscape. More details about her can be found at https://www.nina-academy.com/.

Core Expertise of Clarissa Celli

Clarissa specializes in Innovation and Leadership development for high-potential and senior managers. She excels in facilitating teams, offering training, and consulting for both small and large groups, including revitalizing new or underperforming teams. Her focus areas include leadership, emotional intelligence, change management, and adaptability. She supports hybrid organizations using both synchronous and asynchronous methods, employing modern methodologies. Additionally, she coaches leaders at various levels, designs management skills training modules, and fosters psychological safety, productivity, and innovation in hybrid teams to enhance performance.

Teaching Specialties of Clarissa Celli

Clarissa Celli brings her extensive expertise and real-world experience into the classroom, where she teaches Leadership and Organizational Behavior with a dynamic, hands-on approach. In these courses, she equips students with the essential skills to navigate and excel in today’s rapidly evolving organizational landscapes. Clarissa’s teaching goes beyond theoretical concepts; she fosters critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and effective communication—key traits needed to lead and inspire teams in diverse, complex environments.

Her modules on Leadership and Organizational Behavior emphasize the importance of adaptability, collaboration, and innovation, preparing students to manage organizational culture shifts, address behavioral challenges, and drive sustainable change. Clarissa leverages interactive methodologies such as case studies, simulations, and group activities to ensure her students gain practical insights and the confidence to apply these principles in real-world settings. With her international perspective and extensive background in facilitating organizational transformation, Clarissa is committed to helping students become future-ready leaders capable of fostering inclusive, human-centered workplaces.

Impact on Students

Under the guidance of Clarissa Celli, students at ESEI International Business School in Barcelona not only acquire leadership and organizational behavior skills but also develop a greater awareness of emotional intelligence – a crucial attribute for leading others and solving the complex problems that leaders encounter daily. Clarissa’s practical approach not only prepares students for academic success but also for thriving professional careers. Her mentorship is an invaluable asset that transforms students into the next generation of innovators and leaders who are fully aware of the complex environment in which they operate.