About MT Institute for Alignment
The workplace is changing faster than ever. One reality remains constant.
Organizations succeed because of people.
Artificial intelligence is transforming how work gets done. Expectations of leaders continue to evolve. Teams are navigating increasing complexity, uncertainty, and change.
At MT Institute for Alignment, we help organizations strengthen the human capabilities that drive performance — partnering with leaders, teams, and entire organizations to develop the skills, behaviors, and mindsets needed to thrive.
Our Belief
When people are aligned, extraordinary results become possible.
Our expertise spans executive coaching, leadership development, team effectiveness, organizational consulting, facilitation, and future workforce readiness.
We help organizations create that reality — every day — through our proprietary Alignment™ framework: aligning leadership, teams, culture, and performance.
The Alignment™ Framework
Four principles that shape every engagement.
Alignment
Sustainable performance emerges when leadership, strategy, culture, and people move in the same direction.
Behavior
Lasting results come from changing how leaders think and how teams interact — not from new processes alone.
Human Skill
As AI matures, judgment, trust, adaptability, and human connection become the ultimate competitive edge.
Measurable Impact
Every engagement is designed to produce visible shifts in capability, culture, and business performance.
What Makes Us Different
Most firms send consultants. We send operators who became coaches because they were called to this work.
We don't work like major consulting firms with astronomical fees. We are deeply considerate and focus on delivering genuine value, creating a true partnership with you. Simply put: we walk the talk.
We are a small, deliberately senior bench of practitioners who have led businesses, sat through the hardest conversations, and chosen this craft as our life's work. Six reasons clients choose us — and stay.
Operators first, coaches second
Our team has sat in the C-suite, run global functions, integrated M&A deals, and led legal, commercial, and HR organizations across four continents. We don't theorize about leadership pressure — we've carried it. Clients feel the difference in the first conversation.
Credentials that meet the highest global bar
ICF PCC and ACC certifications, Ed.D. and PhD in Organizational Leadership, JD and MBAs from leading institutions, plus deep certifications in The Leadership Circle, Hogan, EQ-i 2.0, MBTI, FIRO-B, TKI, Neuroleadership i4, and Prosci® Change Management. The methods we use are evidence-based, not improvised.
Truly global, genuinely multicultural
Engagements delivered across the United States, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia — in English, Spanish, Italian, and German. We coach across cultures because we've lived and led across them.
Trusted by the institutions that can choose anyone
Sanofi, Novartis, Roche, Santander, Telefónica, Accenture, Dell, Banco Popular, Halliburton, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Towers Watson, the U.S. Department of Defense, DCSA, and the IDB Group return to us — across leadership transitions, M&A integrations, succession, and culture transformation.
Measurable outcomes, not feel-good workshops
5,000+ hours of executive coaching. 3,000+ team coaching hours. An average +18% post-program gain in leadership confidence and team engagement. Every engagement is designed backward from a measurable shift in capability, culture, and business performance.
Born to do this work
Each of us came to this practice through a long arc — law, technology, finance, academia, global operations — and chose human development as the work we were meant for. That clarity of calling is what clients feel in the room. It's why our partnerships last years, not engagements.
5,000+
Executive coaching hours
3,000+
Team coaching hours
+18%
Avg. post-program gain in leadership confidence
4
Continents of active engagements
Founder
Maria J. Terol, JD, PCC
Helping leaders and teams align, connect, and thrive.
Maria is the Founder and Principal of MT Institute for Alignment — a strategic human-capital and organizational development advisor with more than fifteen years of experience guiding senior leaders and HR stakeholders across multinational corporations, government agencies, and mission-driven institutions in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
She has logged over 5,000 hours of executive coaching and 500+ hours of facilitation and mediation, partnering with C-suite teams and high-potential leaders to strengthen leadership effectiveness, team trust, and strategic alignment. Her work blends a human-centered lens with data-informed diagnostics — The Leadership Circle, Hogan, EQ-i 2.0, MBTI, FIRO-B, and TKI — translating insight into measurable performance (avg. +18% post-program gains in leadership confidence and team engagement).
Maria is an ICF-certified Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the Coaches Training Institute, with additional credentials in Organizational Development, Change Management, Systemic Team Coaching, and Negotiation Mastery from Harvard Business School. She also serves as a Senior Coach with Right Management and as a Senior Executive Coach at the Institute for Leadership Development (IDDI), Universidad Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid. She also brings the success methodologies and pragmatic tools of Tony Robbins, having served as a member of his selected team of coaches.
Earlier in her career, Maria led cross-border legal teams at BHF-Bank (Frankfurt) and HDI International (Madrid) — experience that continues to inform her work with complex, multicultural organizations today. She holds a Master's in Environmental Law (I.E.D.E.) and a Graduate Law degree from I.C.A.D.E. School of Law & Economics, and works fluently in English and Spanish, with conversational German.
Our Team
A global bench of senior practitioners.
Our consultants bring decades of executive coaching, leadership development, and organizational transformation experience across industries and continents.
Emma M. Flack, Ed.D., ACC
Senior Leadership Consultant & Executive Coach
Leadership development facilitator, executive coach, and organizational strategist with 25+ years advising leaders and senior teams — from television newsrooms to global boardrooms.
Former VP of Organizational Effectiveness at Banco Popular Puerto Rico, Senior Faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership, and change leader at Halliburton, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Towers Watson.
Has led M&A integrations, succession processes, and culture transformations across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Ed.D., University of Georgia; MBA, Georgia State; BA, UNC Chapel Hill. ICF ACC and Prosci® Change Practitioner.
Gerardo (Gerry) Gómez, PCC
Senior Leadership Consultant, Executive & Team Coach
Gerry partners with C-level leaders and executive teams across Europe, the U.S., and Latin America — guiding individuals and teams to evolve their mindsets and deliver on demanding business goals.
Current lead of the Faculty of Trainers at Leadership Circle Europe. Over 20 years as an international leader in the IT industry, including Head of Consulting Services EMEA.
12+ years as an independent coach with 3,000+ coaching hours. ICF PCC, certified in Leadership Circle Profile, MBTI, and Neuroleadership i4. Trusted by Sanofi, Novartis, Roche, Santander, Telefónica, Accenture, and Dell. Works in English, Italian, and Spanish.
Pedro Alcaraz, MBA
Corporate Consulting — Sales & Operations
Pedro brings nearly three decades of senior commercial leadership across air & sea logistics, supply chain, and global operations — currently Head of Sales Air & Sea Logistics Southern Europe at DACHSER.
He partners with MT Institute for Alignment on corporate consulting engagements focused on sales effectiveness, operational alignment, and the leadership behaviors that translate strategy into measurable commercial results.
His expertise spans go-to-market design, key account management, multicultural team leadership, and large-scale operational transformation across Southern Europe and Latin America.
Carol Cameron, PhD, MBA
Senior Leadership Consultant & Executive Coach
Dr. Carol “C.C.” Cameron is a global leadership and organizational development expert and executive coach who — through powerful inquiry, fierce listening, and seasoned insights — acts as a catalyst to spark action in her clients and amplify momentum toward their loftiest aspirations.
Over a 25-year career, C.C. has partnered with C-suite executives and senior leaders across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East spanning BioMed, Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Financial Services, and Healthcare to align people strategy with business strategy.
She has successfully led global talent development teams in the corporate arena and served as a management strategist, organizational development expert, and executive coach at Right Management, the Center for Creative Leadership, and Harvard University. She holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Management & Leadership from Capella University and an MBA from Westminster College.
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