Professor Alvarez de Mon holds a doctorate in sociology and political sciences and has an MBA from Houston University. His areas of interest are leadership, motivation, teamwork, conflict management, personal development, and coaching. He has taught organizational behavior and leadership at IE Business School since 1999. He has been a director of the Academic Department of Human Resources at IE Business School since 2006 . He is also the author of several books, articles, and case studies. He has been a visiting professor at Ashridge Business School (UK), Porto Business School (Portugal), Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Instituto de Estudios de la Empresa (Uruguay), and Instituto de Desarrollo Empresarial (Ecuador). In Spain, he has worked at the University of Antonio de Nebrija, Universidad Carlos III and in Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid.