Eduardo Mendes is a leadership and organizational development practitioner with extensive experience working with senior executives and leadership teams across financial services, retail, energy, healthcare, and professional services. He is Managing Partner at Harpoon Consulting, a people and culture advisory firm based in Lisbon, where he leads projects on leadership development, organizational culture, strategic workforce planning, and executive education in Portugal and internationally. Before, he was an HR executive in multi-national Companies both in Portugal and abroad. Alongside his professional practice, Eduardo is actively engaged in executive education, designing and facilitating leadership programs focused on self-awareness, influence, trust, and human-centered leadership. His work bridges theory and practice, drawing on contemporary research in leadership, organizational behavior, and adult learning, and translating it into experiential learning journeys for executives and managers. Eduardo collaborates regularly with Nova School of Business and Economics, where he contributes to executive and postgraduate programs in people management and leadership. His current intellectual interests include leadership legitimacy, the dynamics of power and influence in organizations, and the conditions that enable adaptive, courageous leadership in contexts of uncertainty

2012 – Master of Science (MSc) in Management and Business Administration – ISCTE Business School, Lisbon

2012 - Executive Master in Business Management (Postgraduate Program) – ISCTE Business School, Lisbon

2009 – Bachelor’s Degree (Licenciatura) in Psychology – University of Coimbra

 Leadership legitimacy, authority, and influence in contemporary organizations Human-centered and adaptive leadership in contexts of uncertainty and transformation; Power dynamics, fear, courage, and trust in leadership decision-making; Leadership development and adult learning in executive and managerial populations; Organizational culture, sensemaking, and behavioral change; Bridging evidence-based leadership theory with executive practice; Organizational Development Talent Management.