Discover what your favorite song reveals about your authentic leadership
The "Leading in Tune with Your Song" session is an emotional triage - the closest thing to a scan of your heart and mind. This innovative emotional intelligence assessment uses your favorite song (or a song that best represents who you are) as a window into your authentic self, revealing insights that traditional approaches often miss.
By analyzing your musical preferences, we uncover your deepest motivations, core needs, and genuine desires that drive your decisions and actions. Unlike conventional personality assessments, this musical approach taps into both your cognitive and emotional patterns to illuminate not just who you are today, but who you aspire to become as a leader and individual.
How it works
In this powerful one-on-one session, we'll explore your chosen song through a structured yet intuitive process that offers a revealing, individualized glimpse into your emotional landscape. This exploration often uncovers:
- Key patterns that influence your decision-making process
- How your deeper needs and values shape your leadership approach
- Emotional responses that may be supporting or limiting your effectiveness
- Areas where your authentic desires and daily actions might be misaligned
- Natural strengths that are ready to be more fully expressed
The insights gained from this musical exploration serve as a foundation for creating sustainable harmony in your career and personal life – helping you conduct your life and leadership with greater authenticity, resilience, and impact.
Why it's effective
When you listen to your favorite song, something shifts inside you for those few minutes. You feel connected, whole, joyful—as if all parts of you—mind, heart, and body—suddenly synchronize. Everything falls into place, even if your circumstances haven't changed.
This happens because music is one of the few activities that engages the entire brain, requiring both hemispheres to work together. Your favorite song creates a rare moment of neural harmony - but what if you could extend those moments of perfect alignment beyond just 3 or 4 minutes of listening? What if that same whole-brain synchronization could be accessed during your most challenging conversations, important decisions, or stressful situations?
Who it's for
This approach is especially valuable for professionals and leaders who:
- Strive to integrate demanding careers with personal well-being
- Appear composed and capable at work while privately experiencing stress and overwhelm
- Feel stuck in recurring patterns despite conventional coaching
- Want to better understand and manage their emotional responses, particularly during challenging situations
- Are looking for an authentic path to personal and professional harmony
- Seek to transform unresolved emotional burdens into genuine confidence and authentic leadership presence
LEADING IN TUNE WITH YOUR SONG™
"It blows my mind that through a single song, Javier helped me understand and relate life issues to music. It brought so much to light! His coaching honestly changed my heart and my life"
Laura Cheston
CEO and Entrepreneur
“Having Javier analyze my favorite song was incredibly enlightening! It was so powerful to connect music with my emotions and life experience. This relatable approach gave me insight into specific patterns to reflect on and opportunities for growth in my own life. ”
Mandi Warren
Team Performance Manager
“Javier has motivated me to take action and I've been able to apply his inspiring and practical teaching in my business and personal life.”
Barbara Palacios
Former Miss Universe / Author and Entrepreneur
“Javier helped me understand the role of one of my favorite songs in my daily life. It showed me I could find a new voice within my voice and a way to discover and connect the distance between my heart and my mind. I discovered the parts within myself that need to be redeemed, remembered, forgiven, and rejuvenated.”
Judy Honey
Television Producer and Writer
“Life-changing. That's how I would describe working with Javier. I have been through several personal growth books, coaches, and counselors. In all my research, I had never heard what he teaches. His work changed the way that I look at my coworkers, clients, and every relationship in my life. Putting his tools into practice brought me freedom! ”
Amanda Quinn
Director of Client Services
“Javier's coaching left an indelible impact on my personal and professional growth. His passion, wealth of knowledge, and expertise ensure a transformative experience to propel leaders towards reaching new heights.”
Roxana Yglesias, Phd.
Customer Insights Executive
Meet Javier Peña; Your Guide to Workplace Harmony
Javier's journey began in 1997 when he interviewed for a choir director position, only to discover the choir members had diverse mental and physical disabilities. His initial confidence wavered, but when he played the piano, something magical happened: the room lit up with smiles, and at that moment, all the disabilities seemed to vanish.
From Impossible to Extraordinary
What followed was transformative. The choir evolved into a large, dynamic performing band. Their inspiring journey was captured in the award-winning film "For Once in My Life" (now streaming on Amazon Prime). Their story resonated so powerfully that:
- The U.S. State Department chose the film for worldwide embassy screenings
- The group was invited to the White House
- The film continues to inspire audiences, demonstrating how music breaks down barriers and transforms lives
The Harmony Principle
Through this transformative experience, Javier uncovered a profound truth: Music holds remarkable leadership lessons that transcend traditional boundaries - and you don't need to be musically inclined to unleash its power.
This discovery led to the creation of Leading in Tune™, a unique leadership program weaving together music principles, neuroscience research, and practical leadership applications. Today, this innovative approach influences Fortune 500 companies and iconic nonprofit organizations, helping leaders conduct their teams like a well-synchronized orchestra to create a culture based on harmony.
Let Javier be your conductor on a transformative journey from workplace tension to lasting harmony!
“Working with Javier has been one of the joys in my life. I've overcome many obstacles, including letting go of the past, self-esteem issues, facing fears, and being open to many things. My professional career is thriving, my relationships with friends, family, and colleagues are the best they've ever been, and my confidence and self-esteem issues are slowly fading. His coaching through music has had a profound impact on my life. I am so proud of the person I've become and continue to be because of what I learned from him.”
Katy Mortimer
Fundraiser Data Management
“Through his compassionate, attentive listening and well-designed, creative coaching, Javier gets to your core and guides you in crafting a personalized, results-driven, and highly actionable plan to reach your goals. His passion, empathy, and trust in the human spirit are limitless and inspiring.”
Kelly Ramirez
Public Relations Executive
Three Easy Steps to Your Assessment
- Select your favorite song - Choose a song that resonates deeply with you or one that best represents who you are (think of it as the song you'd send ahead before a blind date to introduce yourself)
- Complete the online form - Share basic information and details about your selected song
- Attend your session - Participate in your individualized 90-minute coaching session and receive your personalized report
