Guidance.
I am a Professional Coach, Facilitator and Mentor who is supporting my clients as they walk between the many different worlds encountered at work, in relationships, and in various cultures. I studied law and economics in Berne, Switzerland. After some years living in Australia, gaining more personal and professional experience, I returned to Europe to work for over 15 years in various management functions in the Swiss-based family enterprise (packaging, printing inks, real estate and construction).
Later I became more interested in Personal and Leadership Coaching, Values Thinking and Human Potential, while still being involved in various non-profit projects and initiatives and serving as a non-executive Board Member of several start-up companies. I have an unusually wide experience of businesses, organizations and projects, both from the inside and outside, and consider my rich and diverse biography as my major asset for my work with individuals and teams across Europe and North America.
I have completed extensive coach training in various locations and methodologies. These include solution-focused Team Coaching in Switzerland; "Co-active Coaching" in the UK and US; and “Ontological Coaching”. I was certified by Newfield Network, USA and hold a PCC credential from the International Coach Federation. My work is based on individual, values-driven innovations styles, which are guiding my clients through complex and changing environments.
I often consider myself a Lateral Connector, being able to support clients in building and successfully walking across bridges between cultures and different perspectives, between task-oriented capabilities and more reflective capacities guided from within. I firmly believe in the power of living one’s core values and creating a competitive advantage through more meaning at work with an effective contribution to the greater whole.
"I always sensed and am now convinced, that the challenge of creating sustainability, wellness and well-being with a healthy profitability must be based on values awareness, change management, embodied leadership, and of course, continuous learning. Coaching creates tremendous ‘added-value’ and includes professional and personal life issues.
It requires soft, yet laser-sharp skills, openness, trust and the courage to move 'outside of the box'. I sometimes compare coaching to 'verbal acupuncture', the age-old wisdom and profession of activating the resources and inherent potential of an organism through minimal but precise and effective intervention. The key point is often nowhere near the area of pain, symptom or problem."
I speak several languages and presently work and travel between the USA, Mallorca, Spain and Switzerland.
"The easiest thing is to react. The second easiest is to respond. But the hardest thing is to initiate." - Seth Godin
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