Leadership coaching for first-time managers and growing leaders. Bigger responsibility, tricky colleagues and team dynamics, difficult conversations.
I work with leaders and professionals at the moments when their role changes faster than they do. The responsibility grows, the expectations shift, and the people around you don’t always see you differently yet.
You may be starting your first management role, stepping into a more senior position, leading people who used to be your colleagues, managing a growing team or finding your way through a difficult change at work.
Together, we make sense of what is happening — in your role, your team, your relationships and the wider organisation — so you can make clearer decisions, have difficult conversations and move forward with greater confidence.
Based in Paris. Coaching internationally in English, German and French.
Book a first conversation. 30 minutes, free and without obligation. We talk about where you are, and you find out whether working together feels right.
Sometimes you don't need another opinion.
You need someone who isn't part of the situation.
Someone who listens without telling you what to do, asks the questions you may not be asking yourself, and helps you see what is happening from the outside.
I spent over eleven years working inside international organisations before becoming a coach, so my approach is practical.
We look at the people, relationships, expectations and patterns shaping your situation. We explore what you may be missing, what is within your control and what needs to change.
You leave knowing what you want to do next, and ready to do it.
You might be here because...
Starting or stepping into leadership
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You’re in your first management role and no one really showed you how
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You’re now leading people who used to be your colleagues
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You’ve been offered a leadership role and aren’t sure you want it
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You carry the responsibility but not always the authority
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You hesitate to ask for help in case it looks like you can’t manage it
There’s a conversation you keep putting off
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Preparing for a difficult conversation
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Giving or receiving challenging feedback
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Feedback to a colleague you don’t manage but depend on
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A colleague who seems to compete with you rather than work with you
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Expectations from above and below that don’t fit together
Thinking about what comes next
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A decision that affects your career and the rest of your life
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Understanding what you want from your next leadership role
About me
I was born in Kazakhstan, grew up in Germany, spent a year in the United States and have lived in Paris for the past ten years. I know what it’s like to be in between, carrying who you were while becoming a new version of yourself.
Before coaching, I spent more than 11 years working in international organisations across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
I led international projects and programmes and worked closely with executives, multicultural teams, companies, professional associations, public institutions and international partners. Over time, I became increasingly interested not only in delivering projects, but in understanding what happens between people and organisations: why some teams and partnerships work well while others struggle, even when the people involved are capable and committed.
For more than four years, I have been working as a Leadership Coach, supporting leaders and professionals through leadership transitions, increased responsibility, organisational change and complex situations at work.
I trained as a certified Executive Coach at Henley Business School and hold accreditations recognised by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the Association for Coaching (AC), and the European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC).
Based in Paris, I coach internationally in English, German and French.
Contact
If you would like to explore whether coaching could be helpful, feel free to get in touch.