leadership is for everyone

Be you a business leader, people manager, an employee, solopreneur or artist... Titles don't make leaders. Leadership can be defined a number of ways and I define it as taking responsibility for your world. We all live in a complex, volatile, uncertain and changing environment in which we are bombarded by data and demands on our attention. On a daily basis, you are faced with choices and dilemmas.  And amongst the business and noise, challenges and opportunities are abound! You are squeezed for time. As a leader, you take responsibility for your choices, and what they create. And others are watching you like a hawk, and are affected by your choices…

life is a creative process

Our thoughts, beliefs, assumptions, choices, actions and words are our tools that we use to create our experiences and circumstances. You want to thrive, embrace opportunities, experience the multi-coloured richness of relationships with self, others and events. Connecting to what gives your life purpose, creatively expanding the opportunities, getting clear on what is important to you, choosing what is next, and taking purposeful action will have you lead a life of your design, in integrity with your values. Coaching is a process of both reflection and action. Book a no-obligation, free exploratory session to explore how coaching can help.

What are you choosing now?

 
 

if you feel ...

  • your life is lived more by default and less by your own design

  • you could make more of a positive difference - in your team, organisation, family, community

  • that your relationships are a source of stress

  • at a crossroads or turning point - perhaps you are managing a life transition: career, business launch, relationship, move, illness ...

  • a yearning for change but without clarity on which direction to take

  • you have clarity on what you want to achieve and get stuck on the path, or in your own way

  • pulled between competing priorities and wanting to find more balance, flow and joy in life

  • moved to increase your impact in your world, and develop self-mastery

... like you want more … then you may well benefit from coaching

coaching is a partnership that supports the leader in you

You deserve support. Insights in to what fuels your fire, energises your creative nature, and gives your life purpose put a bounce in your step. Expanding perspectives opens up new opportunities. Understanding what holds you back provides useful insights and learning that can unlock your untapped potential. Action that supports you doing what matters to you can be a step or a leap in the right direction. To thrive is to feel alive. Coaching taps in to your wisdom to get clarity on what is important to you, reveals the dynamics in your life that support and hinder you, and supports you moving forward to create the life that is true for you. you matter & your choices matter

 

why me?

 

I build trust, listen deeply and without judgment, perceive what is unspoken and speak to what is needed, to explore multiple perspectives, and to sense what is wanting to emerge. I am fascinated by system, culture and human nature and chose to specialise in Organisational Development, Team Dynamics, Leadership and Resilience. My unique approach to coaching, involves playfulness, humour, frankness, compassion, and a bit of daring and eccentricity. You feel safe and open to explore, learn and grow. Don’t take my word for it - see the words of some past clients and book a no-obligation, free exploratory session to explore for yourself.

 
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The coaching with Simone was transformative… The changes of perspective that our sessions provided were invaluable in seeing problems differently and identifying options…I liked that she was able to see through the ‘problems I presented’, to gently 'cut the crap' to get to the real issues and to challenge me. She is a lot of fun too. Three years after I initially connected with Simone, I still see and feel the benefits of the coaching.    

Alexandre Le Cuziat, Regional Operations Director @ Action contre la Faim, Paris 🇫🇷     

What has really helped me - and still does - has been not to feel judged when I have been judging myself very harshly. And to feel empowered by being invited to remember my strengths and qualities. Also, to feel the constancy of Simone’s presence for me. I can trust Simone was really there to help me and if I embrace that trust I can actually move forward. I also appreciate Simone’s ability to take me exactly where I am and help me do what I could from there - it gives me something concrete and doable to focus on versus getting lost in the horizon and discouraged.

Anne-Valérie, Dancer, mover, improviser, explorer, player, performer and teacher, Neuchatel 🇨🇭

In the very beginning, I felt so far from believing I could take any kind of action and so afraid. I notice now that I recognise my negative patterns faster and I get to understand what is needed when they show up. All these sessions have brought me to see, hear, accept, and to dare to claim who I am and what I can and want to do of this life. In other words, it has slowly made me feel like I matter and I can be part of this world. I like the combination of all the different approaches.

Anne-Valérie, Dancer, mover, improviser, explorer, player, performer and teacher, Neuchatel 🇨🇭

I have a more complete or richer set of options to use and behaviours, which reflects in what I project to others in terms of leadership and personality, and generally feeling and projecting a lot more confidence in times of uncertainty, ambiguity or conflict. More generally, I think I have changed some of my behaviours at work and socially, became more confident and assertive where I was sometimes too diplomatic, which has often helped in solving issues and conflicts more effectively 

Alexandre Le Cuziat, Regional Operations Director @ Action contre la Faim, Paris 🇫🇷     

I got to understand what my direction was, what path I wanted to walk on and what I want to achieve. I almost want to say that this tolerant, non-judging, patient and caring support, over time, has been the only chance I have had (or have given myself) to allow myself to understand these notions of responsibility and power of action...

Anne-Valérie, Dancer, mover, improviser, explorer, player, performer and teacher, Neuchatel 🇨🇭

I like the combination of all the different approaches. I really loved the session we had with the different characters symbolizing some different parts of me... I appreciate the trust that has grown in me towards this coaching relationship since the beginning, and the sense of consistency, stability and being grounded that it provides me, and that I can rely on. Specifically, when I feel I myself standing on a shaky ground in my life.

Anne-Valérie, Dancer, mover, improviser, explorer, player, performer and teacher, Neuchatel 🇨🇭

Throughout the sessions I was able to learn more about my behaviour, patterns, beliefs and self-inflicted limitations. Working with Simone helped me see possibilities and break some of my patterns. Identifying them allowed us then to determine how I wanted to deal with these issues. Often the change of patterns became homework. The homework was precise and measurable which I believe helped me a lot in implementing.

Martine, Bern 🇨🇭

I liked the open discussions and being pushed even when it hurt. As well I appreciated the checking in between the sessions. I think Simone is a very professional coach with lots of different approaches. She was able to show me things outside my comfort zone that I want to pursue. She is a great support when wanting to move forward and grow.

Martine, Bern 🇨🇭

I liked the fact that Simone could make everything sound so easy going and simple to do, which was one of the biggest motivations for me to make things happen session after session without hesitation. A lot of fun, actually more than I expected ;)... At first, I thought Simone was too serious, but then I realised you was more fun, more relaxed and funnier that I thought... all in the best sense! A big thanks for your services! :) 

Marcela Morales, Independent Speciality Coffee Professional | Green Coffee Sourcing, QC & Grading, Hamburg 🇩🇪    

It was both interesting and challenging working with Simone. On one specific occasion, she posed a very direct question that pierced the hard shell of my external image. I felt intense anger but also understood a fundamental truth underneath this emotion. Simone helped me to discover some assumptions, limiting beliefs, and unhelpful behaviors. She also helped me to reinforce my natural resilience and to visualize my future project. We used exploration, reflection and small but achievable steps to help me take action.

Valerie Mims, Consultant, Public Diplomacy Strategies, Geneva, CH🇨🇭

I was always surprised by the angles of her questions! There is always this open space she has for me, to explore, to pour out my thoughts, my emotions - without interruption – and to let me comfortably, safely, just be me. It helped me to slow down and to look at the bigger picture, or to look from a different angle (which Simone often does), instead of focusing on the details &/or actions. I am a visual person and glad that her skills in taking me through some visualisation helped me to solve a few difficult situations. Simone has supported me more than I expected and ever hoped for.

Cindy Kao, Marketing Product Development Lead @ PMI, Lausanne, CH🇨🇭 

Simone has the skills to open a shell up. She conveys trust and made me feel at ease at all time. She listens carefully, and at the same time she challenged me. In a very kind way, Simone challenged me to explore, to dream, and to awaken my creative mind. She provides people what they need and are willing to take – in order to help change behaviours and outlooks in a positive way.    

Maribel Landau, Regional Programme Organization @ UNDP, Panama City, PA 🇵🇦

Creative and hardworking, Simone is also very gifted to bring clarity and to hold a systemic view and approach to help individuals, groups and organisations to grow. A pleasure to work with her!

Sylvie Faisandier, Consultant | Trainer | Certified Coach @ SFConseil, Paris, F 🇫🇷 

One of Simone’s greatest skills is her ability to help you draw on your own resources to find the answers you are looking for. She does this through engaged listening - that’s what makes the change she facilitates sustainable; since its largely based on self realisation.  This coupled with her sense of humour makes for a coaching experience that is both great learning and fun

Zubin Shroff, Health Systems Specialist, Geneva 🇨🇭

The initial contracting with Simone helped refine the objectives and build trust very quickly. I was impressed by her ability to understand the issues I was facing. Simone was able to go beyond some of the initial requests I had and move away from leadership theory to focus on... me.

Alexandre Le Cuziat, Regional Operations Director @ Action contre la Faim, Paris 🇫🇷     

Coaching helped me to outline a clearer career path and realise a greater potential that I had not wanted to embrace before. I have clearer short and mid-term goals, which has led to more motivation, creativity, energy, improved self-esteem, and less fear to face some of my biggest challenges.  

Marcela Morales, Independent Speciality Coffee Professional | Green Coffee Sourcing, QC & Grading, Hamburg 🇩🇪    

The diversity of the tools Simone used during the coaching sessions were very-well adapted as they offered me a perfect blend of creativity and reflection. This helped me immensely to tap into my inner wisdom and get inspired to bring about change into my life. Thanks to Simone, I was able develop the strength, courage and inspiration to bring about the change I aspired to within myself and in my life. Thank you, Simone, for the empowering coaching sessions and thank you for being such a beautiful and inspiring person!

Rachna Chopra, Geneva, CH🇨🇭 

Simone is clearly very passionate about helping people make profound and fundamental changes in their lives. I appreciated the ease of the transformation and that every session was very different. I started to see how I could take a different approach with issues in my life to get the results I wanted. It was all about trying new ways and allowing a creative process to evolve. An excellent coach - we got results! One of the most profound changes in my life happened. 

Paul Double, CTI Life Coach @ Double Happiness,  CT, USA 🇺🇸 

Simone is a wonderful coach. I am truly proud to have worked with someone so accomplished, and experienced. Simone was great at helping me to find ways for her to hold me accountable for the things I wanted to do during the process. Coaching with Simone has helped me to discover things about myself, aspects of life that I had never really explored. I found the power to make impactful changes in my life. 

Erik Cline, Certified life Coach, Long island, New York, USA🇺🇸

I was drawn to Simone’s directness and ability to quickly identify issues and evoke transformation in me on a practical level. Simone is a very powerful and amazing coach. Our sessions were intuitive and fun. Simone had a natural way of slowly but surely helping me to see where I needed to go and allowing me to see what I needed to do for myself.

Paul Double, CTI Life Coach @ Double Happiness,  CT, USA 🇺🇸 

I had a lot of doubts about the referral as I didn't really know the person I got it from. Moreover, having the sessions long distance... I'd never tried that before. Much less in a virtual environment. I was quite sceptical. However, it turned out I felt more comfortable speaking through the computer than if I had done it face to face. Maybe because it felt I was talking aloud to myself and not to someone else.

Marcela Morales, Independent Speciality Coffee Professional | Green Coffee Sourcing, QC & Grading, Hamburg 🇩🇪    

I chose Simone as I felt that I was going to be pushed enough to confront difficult questions while at the same time having space to breathe and be. It was up to me to decide what I wanted to work on. Sometimes I didn't know exactly what to choose and Simone provided very helpful input. I liked that the sessions contained a lot of questions and that I was given time to answer. No issue was too stupid to be discussed. This gave me the space to explore intimate emotions and deal with issues I didn't like discussing with friends and family.

Martine, Bern 🇨🇭

From the first moment, Simone was very clear, patient, and very helpful. She is very extremely professional and resourceful. Simone managed to guide me through the process, making the experience very smooth. I enjoyed the confidence Simone instilled in me - she was always very conscious of making me feel confident. This helped generate ideas relating to actions to which I needed to commit myself. I am very pleased with the results and am applying what I have gained from the process. I am very grateful. This was my first coaching experience, and I really enjoyed it.

Daniel Redondo, Head, Staff Development and Learning Officer @ the International Office of Migration (IOM), Geneva 🇨🇭