We focus on your challenges and opportunities to define your action
Trust and confidentiality
At the heart of coaching is transparency about who we are and how we will work together. This is established early on and is renewed and reinforced as the coaching progresses. It is important that you feel at ease with me, that you feel you can ask questions, be honest about yourself and your situation, and come to an agreement with me how we will collaborate.
The underlying principle throughout our collaboration is that we tap into the wealth of resources that you have available to yourself and that you have not yet fully utilised. As your coach I support you to make these resources available to you.
Two brains and two hearts
I will not tell you what you should work on, what you should do and how you should do it. However this will emerge from our conversations. Many of my clients are not clear about what they want to achieve at the beginning of their coaching. As your coach, I am a “tool” (an intelligent one!), who is here to help you.
I have no other agenda but to help you achieve what you want to achieve. To this end, I bring my skills and techniques, along with my brain, my experience, and my heart. I listen to you, help you to clarify your thoughts, define your plans and your actions, review your progress and celebrate your success.
A coaching programme entails clear steps
Initial conversation
• Initial conversation to establish whether we would like to work together
• Agreement on number, frequency and location of coaching sessions
Project start
• Often some form of assessment
• Identification of coaching objectives
• Conversation with your line manager to gather input on your objectives (optional)
Coaching sessions
• Discussion of specific points and progress
• Laps of time between sessions: reflection, implementation of actions, specific exercises
• Programme over 4 to 8 months
End of project
• Review of your successes, your learning and the way to maintain momentum
• Some form of assessment (optional)
What our clients say
"Even my more skeptical managers came away from a few hours of coaching saying that the hours invested had been time very well spent."
Alison Holmes
Chief, United Nations (IOM)"Claire's coaching style gets to the heart of your management issues by asking the right probing questions. I am extremely grateful for her professionalism and support."
William Marvin
FAO Rome (UN)"Claire, the results of your good coaching are amazing."
Sylvie
Liaison and Operation Officer, FAO"Working with Claire got me to fully understand my strengths but also, specially, my weaknesses. Thanks to that I was able to adjust accordingly and deliver more effectively at my work. Totally recommended!"
Sergio, not real name
Global CS Operations"Claire was very easy to talk to, and good at asking questions. She gave me exercises, which made me think and see things from a different perspective. I would certainly recommend Claire to anyone looking to make career decisions."
Samantha Thompson
Partner at global law firm"10/10 rating on all aspects. Claire is a wonderful coach."
Romain
Production Manager Wrapping, Wrigley"The outputs of this coaching were brilliant, as I turned my first leadership challenges into successes… Trust was a key factor that enabled me to share all my questions!"
Raluca Alexandrescu
Key Account Manager, Mars Petcare"Dear Claire, thank you for your valuable time and coaching provided during the last 4 months. It has given me time to think, read and improve my way of leading with the teams. This will definitely improve my future handling of teams and I will be able to lead bigger teams with clear vision and better and clearer communication."
Rajiv Agarwal
Senior Officer, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations"I want to really thank you for the coaching sessions you had with me. It has helped me tremendously. If I look back, I feel I am a different person – with better understanding and more maturity. Thanks for listening to me, quizzing me and, most importantly, going through my frustrations."
Rahul, not real name
Fast Moving Consumer Goods, unsolicited feedback"Claire was laser-focused in supporting me develop precisely in the areas I needed to address. Her role was was extremely important!"
Monika Schwertner
Managing Director"I worked with Claire about four years ago when I was leaving the financial sector as a computer consultant after 25 years, to consider other career and lifestyle options. (...) Claire offered a supportive and objective approach to the professional and personal aspects of my search for new directions."
Minh-Tam Janssens
Independent Consultant in Higher Education after career transition"With a good understanding of my role, Claire pushed me to think, apply and step back. This enabled me to reflect on my leadership style and to change significantly. Claire was very professional and pleasant to work with. I very much enjoyed my sessions with her and I could very well experience the power of coaching. Perfect!"
Maxime Sauvageon
Area Sales Manager, France, Mars Group"I would recommend Claire for other coaching programmes. She is perfect."
Manager
United Nations"I had the opportunity to experience Claire d’Aboville’s coaching. This coaching was integrated into a training programme on management excellence. Thanks to Claire’s support I made a lot of improvement to enable me to successfully fulfil my role and be recognized as such."
Laurent Leblic
Mars Market Director"Deploying both coaching art and craft, Claire led me to follow what proved to be the best of the alternatives I was examining."
John (not real name)
Business Advisor"We talked the same language and I felt supported. It was very useful to me to step back through the coaching."
Jacques (not real name)
United Nations"Her coaching exceeded my expectations and brought significant change."
Isabelle Garnier
European HR Sr role, Food"My experience with Claire started with the aim of identifying how I could better understand and motivate my team as well as cope with increased work pressures. It ended up achieving much more than that. I have come face to face with my strong and weak areas, identified ways to work on better developing myself."
Gihan Bahig
Travel Operations Officer, FAO Shared Services Center, United Nations"I never had a coaching before but it is a very helpful way to approach my professional challenges and I can only recommend Claire as a Coach because she listens, grasps the topics quickly and leads to solutions and key learning."
Gernot
Order to Cash Manager, Food industry"My coaching programs with Claire have exceeded my expectations. She has helped me clarify my “leadership brand”, understand the leader I want to be."
Claire
HR Manager, Food industry"Claire was a fantastic coach - I really enjoyed our conversations."
Caralyn
Head Operational Risks, Digital, Lloyds"This coaching experience became a life changer for me both personally and professionally. It has improved my work methods and my team is now keeping constant focus on priorities and work life balance. My family life has been strengthened and I simply feel we are all happier and less stressed."
Benedikte
Planning Manager, leading global company in the restaurant industry"Even my more skeptical managers came away from a few hours of coaching saying that the hours invested had been time very well spent."
Alison Holmes
Chief, United Nations (IOM)"Claire's coaching style gets to the heart of your management issues by asking the right probing questions. I am extremely grateful for her professionalism and support."
William Marvin
FAO Rome (UN)"Claire, the results of your good coaching are amazing."
Sylvie
Liaison and Operation Officer, FAO"Working with Claire got me to fully understand my strengths but also, specially, my weaknesses. Thanks to that I was able to adjust accordingly and deliver more effectively at my work. Totally recommended!"
Sergio, not real name
Global CS Operations"Claire was very easy to talk to, and good at asking questions. She gave me exercises, which made me think and see things from a different perspective. I would certainly recommend Claire to anyone looking to make career decisions."
Samantha Thompson
Partner at global law firm"10/10 rating on all aspects. Claire is a wonderful coach."
Romain
Production Manager Wrapping, Wrigley"The outputs of this coaching were brilliant, as I turned my first leadership challenges into successes… Trust was a key factor that enabled me to share all my questions!"
Raluca Alexandrescu
Key Account Manager, Mars Petcare"Dear Claire, thank you for your valuable time and coaching provided during the last 4 months. It has given me time to think, read and improve my way of leading with the teams. This will definitely improve my future handling of teams and I will be able to lead bigger teams with clear vision and better and clearer communication."
Rajiv Agarwal
Senior Officer, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations"I want to really thank you for the coaching sessions you had with me. It has helped me tremendously. If I look back, I feel I am a different person – with better understanding and more maturity. Thanks for listening to me, quizzing me and, most importantly, going through my frustrations."
Rahul, not real name
Fast Moving Consumer Goods, unsolicited feedback"Claire was laser-focused in supporting me develop precisely in the areas I needed to address. Her role was was extremely important!"
Monika Schwertner
Managing Director"I worked with Claire about four years ago when I was leaving the financial sector as a computer consultant after 25 years, to consider other career and lifestyle options. (...) Claire offered a supportive and objective approach to the professional and personal aspects of my search for new directions."
Minh-Tam Janssens
Independent Consultant in Higher Education after career transition"With a good understanding of my role, Claire pushed me to think, apply and step back. This enabled me to reflect on my leadership style and to change significantly. Claire was very professional and pleasant to work with. I very much enjoyed my sessions with her and I could very well experience the power of coaching. Perfect!"
Maxime Sauvageon
Area Sales Manager, France, Mars Group"I would recommend Claire for other coaching programmes. She is perfect."
Manager
United Nations"I had the opportunity to experience Claire d’Aboville’s coaching. This coaching was integrated into a training programme on management excellence. Thanks to Claire’s support I made a lot of improvement to enable me to successfully fulfil my role and be recognized as such."
Laurent Leblic
Mars Market Director"Deploying both coaching art and craft, Claire led me to follow what proved to be the best of the alternatives I was examining."
John (not real name)
Business Advisor"We talked the same language and I felt supported. It was very useful to me to step back through the coaching."
Jacques (not real name)
United Nations"Her coaching exceeded my expectations and brought significant change."
Isabelle Garnier
European HR Sr role, Food"My experience with Claire started with the aim of identifying how I could better understand and motivate my team as well as cope with increased work pressures. It ended up achieving much more than that. I have come face to face with my strong and weak areas, identified ways to work on better developing myself."
Gihan Bahig
Travel Operations Officer, FAO Shared Services Center, United Nations"I never had a coaching before but it is a very helpful way to approach my professional challenges and I can only recommend Claire as a Coach because she listens, grasps the topics quickly and leads to solutions and key learning."
Gernot
Order to Cash Manager, Food industry"My coaching programs with Claire have exceeded my expectations. She has helped me clarify my “leadership brand”, understand the leader I want to be."
Claire
HR Manager, Food industry"Claire was a fantastic coach - I really enjoyed our conversations."
Caralyn
Head Operational Risks, Digital, Lloyds"This coaching experience became a life changer for me both personally and professionally. It has improved my work methods and my team is now keeping constant focus on priorities and work life balance. My family life has been strengthened and I simply feel we are all happier and less stressed."
Benedikte
Planning Manager, leading global company in the restaurant industry"Even my more skeptical managers came away from a few hours of coaching saying that the hours invested had been time very well spent."
Alison Holmes
Chief, United Nations (IOM)