Power | Potential |Purpose
About
Experience has taught me to stay curious.
I spent more than 25 years in international IT leadership, working with people, teams and organisations across countries and cultures. It taught me a great deal about international business and constant change, but what fascinated me most was always the people. Why do some of us thrive while others get stuck? What drives us? What holds us back? And why can two people experience exactly the same situation so differently?
That curiosity eventually led me to coaching. I am a certified Co-Active coach and trained in the PQ (Positive Intelligence) methodology, bringing together my leadership experience with a deeper understanding of how we think, grow and make choices.
Today, I work as a coach and youth career mentor and am the founder of The Self Awareness Lab™, focusing on young adults (…and their parents). My work is about helping people become more self-aware, recognise their power and potential, and make choices that are genuinely their own. And perhaps, along the way, helping them find their purpose. I definitely found mine!
Coaching & Mentoring
Two different ways of helping you move forward.
Coaching is a minimum of six one-to-one sessions, in person or online. We start by getting a clear picture of where you are today, defining what you really want, exploring the patterns that may be holding you back and identifying what matters most to you.
I bring many of the tools from The Self Awareness Lab™ into these very personal sessions, adapting them to you and what you want to work on. After these first three or four defining sessions, where we create a clearer picture of who you are, what drives you and where you want to go, we move more with the flow of your current challenges, and you decide the topic of the following sessions.
Coaching is not about me giving you the answers. It is about helping you find your own. Through questions, reflection and sometimes a different perspective, I help you understand what you want, what may be holding you back and what feels right for you. The answers are yours. My role is to help you hear them more clearly, become more self-aware, and give you specific tools and techniques to support you along the way.
Mentoring is for young adults who would like some experienced guidance as they navigate education, career choices, their first steps into working life, or a change of job or career. It is offered one-to-one, in person or online, and unlike coaching, there is no minimum number of sessions.
Mentoring is different from coaching. Here, I do bring my own experience, advice and perspective into the conversation. After more than 25 years in international business and IT leadership, I have recruited people, built teams, managed careers and worked with people from many different backgrounds, countries and cultures. I have also conducted hundreds of hiring interviews. I know quite a bit about the world of work, but I also know that there is no single right path into it.
Depending on what you need, we might explore different education or career options, work through your CV and online profile, or prepare for a specific interview. When relevant, we can also role-play the interview, with me taking the role of the hiring manager.
Or maybe you are simply thinking, “I have no idea what I want to do.” That’s also a perfectly good place to start.
I will listen, ask questions and challenge you when I think it may help. But in mentoring, I will also tell you what I think, share what I have learned and give you practical advice when you want it. You still make the decisions, of course. It is your education, your career and your life.
The Self Awareness Lab™
I wish I knew all this earlier.
During my year-long coaching certification programme in London, I often found myself thinking exactly that. And that was when the idea came to me: what if I could somehow bring some of this to a younger generation?
That thought developed into The Self Awareness Lab™, a practical self-awareness methodology that helps young people understand who they are, what matters to them, how their minds can get in their way, and how to make more conscious choices.
The Lab now works with young adults and sometimes works with their parents too, in separate groups. It has also inspired a book, It’s ALL About You! – Self Awareness for Young Adults, bringing many of the ideas and tools from the Lab to young people wherever they are.
And it doesn’t stop there. The Lab is developing a certification programme for teachers and other professionals who want to bring the methodology to the young people they already work with, or plan to work with.
You see, I’m on a mission here!
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Let’s talk.
If you would like to explore coaching or mentoring together, you are very welcome to get in touch.
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