Alicia Arenas
Alicia Arenas, founder and CEO of Sanera, The People Development Company, is a distinguished business consultant, coach, corporate facilitator, and speaker. Prior to launching Sanera in 2008, Alicia was an accomplished Human Resources leader in corporate America working in Fortune 100 and 500 companies where she led Human Resources teams, mentored leaders, developed strategic operational plans and oversaw training and development at an enterprise level. Alicia earned her SPHR certification in 2001 from The Human Resources Certification Institute.
TAKE 5
- 1. Which career role will you never find yourself in and why?
- Engineering. Believe me, the public is much safer if I never build a bridge.
- 2. What are you most defining personality traits?
- I’m kind and I tell it like it is. This strange combination meant that more often than not, when I was in corporate, I was the HR person stuck with firing people. I hated firing people, even for cause, but employees who knew the “axe” was coming would ask me to do it. I guess it was because they knew I genuinely cared. Today, it’s what makes me a good business coach.
- 3. What do you think the world needs more of?
- Cupcakes. Definitely cupcakes.
- 4. What superpower would you like to have most and why?
- This might be cheating, but I want to be like Superman, he’s got it all. He can fly, lift anything, see through walls and he’s invincible to everything except Kryptonite. We all need an Achilles’ heel, that’s what keeps us grounded.
- 5. What song will be playing in the trailer to your biopic?
- An old Christian Hymn, “It Is Well With My Soul,” Alanis Morissette’s “Thank You” and Paul Okenfold’s “Ready, Steady, Go.”
