LANGUAGES

• English & French

EXPERTISE

• Executive and leadership skills

• Emotional intelligence

• Resilience and agility

• Mindfulness

TOOLS & ASSESSMENT:

• MBTI - Myers Briggs Type Indicator - leadership and team building

• EQ 2.0 for Emotional Intelligence

• Novaprofile

• Gallup Strenghs Finder – identifying strengths and talents of individuals and team

Natalie is an executive coach and facilitator working with executives, senior management and leadership teams from a wide range of corporates and international organizations. She is a specialist in the field of resilience at work. Her expertise covers areas such as agility, positivity, emotional intelligence and communications skills. She helps clients to define their objectives and needs and to improve their performance at work. Throughout her career she has excelled at coaching teams and getting the best out of people and she brings this passion and skill to her coaching practice. Natalie has worked closely with multinationals, the U.N. and NGO’s developing resilient leaders and highly engaged and collaborative teams.

Natalie has over 20 years of international business experience in demanding and challenging roles. She started her career as a commercial lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions. After several years working in private practice and for Hitachi she relocated from London to Geneva and moved into the field of communications, working in managerial positions for the World Health Organization and a number of international NGO’s.

Natalie’s commercial background enables her to connect and understand her clients’ needs quickly. She combines a dynamic and pragmatic approach with a creative, and intuitive style. Clients describe her as warm, energetic, committed, and intuitive.

ACCREDITATIONS

• Certified Professional Co - Active Coach trained by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI)

• Certified Professional Coach, PCC

• Certified Professional Coach, PCC (International Coach Federation)

• Mindfulness X certification

• LLB in Law

LANGUAGES:

• English & French

EXPERTISE:

• Design and Implementation of D&I strategies

• Inclusive leadership training

• Directing and Supporting D&I initiatives

• Gender Equality

• Speaker and author on Gender Equality

Gill has more than 25 years’ senior leadership experience at Procter and Gamble where she led global brands such as Olay, Always and Pantene. Additionally, she was Senior Vice President for the Beauty Care business for Europe, India, Middle East and Africa.

She is the author of “Why Men Win at Work… and how we can make inequality history” with extensive experience and knowledge of the equality and diversity issue, what causes it and how to address it.

Gill is not a HR Consultant, she is a business leader who has worked at the executive level and is able to make an impact at the top, throughout organisations as a consultant, Trainer and Executive Coach - to strengthen them as HumanForce and drive sustained growth.

EXPERTISE

• Design and Implementation of D&I strategies

• Pragmatic and solution-oriented

• Inclusive leadership training

• Directing and Supporting D&I initiatives

• Facilitation of teams

• Speaker on Diversity, Inclusion and Equality

Simon is a passionate colleague engagement leader with over 15 years’ experience in directing diversity, wellbeing and community initiatives. He is a specialist in driving positive cultural change for colleagues, customers or service users. His expertise is in understanding the drivers that can help to support that change and identifying opportunities, all built on practical experience. Simon has excelled at communicating and engaging with people at all levels within organisations to achieve successful results. He has worked with organisations from across the public and private sectors, including Barclays plc, Bank of England and GSK plc.

He now works with clients across industries helping them to set their strategies and support them to drive culture change across their operations. Simon does this by building strong relationships with leaders and potential leaders to help them embed inclusive behaviours in their day to day practices.

Simon has over 25 year's experience of international businesses. He started his career in banking, working for many of the biggest global banking groups. These jobs took him to live in Dublin, Sydney and Singapore and fueled his interest in diversity. On his return to London, he moved into HR, where he became the Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Barclays Investment Bank and later the first Head of Inclusion at the Bank of England. In both these organisations and at GSK, he led work to develop and deliver their strategies.

Simon is an active advocate for LGBTQ+ equality and it has been a constant theme in his career. In 2004 he helped establish Spectrum at Barclays Investment Bank which led to him leading their global LGBTQ+ agenda, including the headline sponsorship of Pride in London; Coordinating the first Out on the Street conference in Hong Kong; and partnering with PFLAGG in New York to develop their allyship programme. He is currently the chair of MindOut, a UK focused LGBTQ Mental Health charity. And previously served for almost 9 years as a treasurer for Albert Kennedy Trust, an organisation dedicated to ending LGBTQ+ youth homelessness. He works with leaders to help them better understand how they can support these communities Simon’s background in business means he is empathetic to clients’ needs. He has a holistic and pragmatic approach that allows him to develop approaches and identify opportunities to maximise impact. Clients describe him as warm, creative, and intuitive.

LANGUAGES

• English & French

EXPERTISE

• Workplace Wellbeing Expert

• Health & Wellness

• Aging Demographic

• Menopause

TOOLS & ASSESSMENT

• Swiss Health Promotion Job Stress Analysis

• Swiss Health Promotion Friendly Workspace

• VIA Signature Strengths

• Barrett’s Values Centre Values Assessment

Educated in the USA, Ellen has lived in Switzerland for over 30 years. She began her career in the International Finance Industry and truly understands the challenges of a stressful working life. In 2003, through personal nutrition and lifestyle changes, she discovered her most vibrant self and has dedicated the past 20+ years to helping others to do the same.  

She has accompanied dozens of organizations to understand, assess, design and implement holistic well-being programs to sustainably improve the bottom line.

She has coached hundreds of individuals and groups in dozens of organizations to make sustainable lifestyle changes in the areas of nutrition, mindful eating, physical activity, sleep, tech-life balance and work-life balance.

For both organizations and individuals, Ellen inspires and empowers people to go from knowing what to do to actually doing it.

Most recently Ellen’s work focuses on the 50+ demographic and managing an aging workforce, including her recently released book “Wake-Up, Shake-Up, Thrive! How to Lift Up Your Life in Your 50’s and Beyond.” Ellen resides in Geneva Switzerland with her husband and 3 children.

ACCREDITATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree Economics (BAE USA)

• Accredited Consultant and Assessor Workplace Health Management (Swiss Health Promotion)

• Certified Workplace Wellness (National Wellness Institute, USA)

• Masters Health and Wellness Coaching (MAHWC Maryland University of Integrative Health)

• Accredited International Coaching Federation (ICF) PCC

• Board Certified National Board of Health and Wellness Coaches (NBC-HWC USA)

• Certified Health Coach

• Certified "Mindful Eating" Coach

• Certified Digital Wellness Coach

EXPERTISE

• Behavioural Intelligence

• Individual & Team Dynamics

• Personal, Group, and Structural Conflict Dynamics

• Behavioral Intervention

• Subtle Expressions of Power and Control

• Hidden Conflict in Teams and Organisations

• Conflict & Stress

• Tactile Control: Grounding & Calming

• Organic vs. Systematised Communication

• Strategic Communication

TOOLS & ASSESSMENT

• Mediation – Latent and

• Facilitation – Difficult Topics

• Dialogue Advisory

• Cross-cultural healing modalities

Dr. Rebecca Nicholson is a podcast host, consultant, trainer, researcher, and author working with leaders across sectors and cultures. She specialises in conflict – at all the complex levels it originates, exists, and affects us – mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical. She works with individuals, people managers, and teams who are being held back by conflict. She helps clients go beyond containing and controlling conflict, to leveraging its power to drive personal, relational, and team growth.

Her expertise is in the areas of violent and political conflict, purposeful leadership, and impactful relationships. An expert-level critical thinker and agile communicator, Rebeca helps clients articulate multifaceted conflict issues clearly and succinctly, decode subtle points of negotiation, and discover hidden possibilities for growth, learning, and expansion. Her cross-functional field experience was developed in West Africa, South America, Far East, MENA, and Europe, in initiatives that included military special forces, indigenous populations, private companies, NGOs, policy makers, media outlets, and tribal leaders. Rebecca has over 20 years of experience working in complex roles that include conflict, strategic communication, and behavioural intelligence. . Clients describe her as being easy to talk to, non-judgmental, and having a calming presence. This makes it easy for them to delve into deep issues and find creative solutions.

ACCREDITATIONS

• Doctoral Degree Conflict Analysis & Resolution

• Master’s Degree Conflict Analysis & Resolution

• Bachelor’s Degree Political Science

• Bachelor’s Degree Public Relations

• Human Trafficking Academy (U.S. Department of Justice)

• From Discord to Dialogue: Facilitating Connection in Fragmented Communities and Organisations (Harvard Law School)

• Overcoming Estrangement: Helping Family Members to Reconnection (Harvard Law School)

• Foundations in Disaster Mental Health (American Red Cross)

LANGUAGES

• English & French

EXPERTISE

• Culture & Organisation Development

• Leadership and Coaching competency building

• Resilience and Emotional Intelligence

• M&A from due diligence through integration

• Leadership and Team Development

• HR Transformation & HRIS Implementation

TOOLS & ASSESMENT

• Team Diagnostic™, Team 360 View™, Organization View™ and Team Leader View™

• Team Diagnostic Survey

• Insights Discovery

20 years of international experience, former Global Head of HR. Currently focused on Team and Leadership development and Organisational Health and Effectiveness, Systemic Change, Culture & Future of Work.

Simone works with individuals, teams and organisations in transition – M&A, cultural change, rapid growth and re-organisation. She focuses on sustainable performance through building resilience and leadership. A human-centered, collaborative approach is blended with diagnostics, analysis and drive. Simone is an executive coach and facilitator working with executives, senior management and leadership teams in both the private and the not-for-profit sectors to build personal and team leadership capacities. Simone has co-designed, delivered and evaluated values- and competency-based development programs in the areas of leadership, resilience, change, results-based management, complexity and coaching. She is an experienced and accredited professional coach, mentors and facilitates group learning processes and is a faculty member of member of the Coaches Training Institute and Team Coaching International.

Simone has over 20 years’ experience in international HR Leadership roles, spanning multiple contexts and structures - private & not-for-profit sectors; start-up & conglomerate; matrix, functional, product, geographic; consulting, Oil & Gas, and Chemical industries. Latterly she was Global Head of HR at Puma Energy International which grew exponentially. While there, she led M&A HR due-diligence, acquisition and integration along with greenfield investment for growth. She has breadth and depth in all areas of HR practices.

Simone is passionate about unlocking conversations that generate insight and impact, and enabling organisations and communities to achieve healthier states, with greater inclusivity and participation.

She graduated with a triple-degree from the UK, Germany and France, where she read law, economics and business management, and holds an MBA from Barcelona. 

ACCREDITATIONS

• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach trained by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI)

• Certified Professional Coach, PCC (International Coach Federation)

• Team Diagnostic Survey Advanced Practitioner (Team Diagnostic Survey)

• Certified Team Performance Coach (Team Coaching International)

• BA Hons

• MBA

LANGUAGES

• English & French

Nathalie has been active as a Corporate Trainer and Certified Coach in the fields of talent development, leadership and career management for more than 15 years. Her mandates have led her to intervene in various sectors (services, industries, biotech, hospitals...) and at different levels of an organization. What motivates her is to inspire, reveal and mobilize the potential and talents of her clients to help them design meaningful careers, develop their interpersonal skills and an authentic leadership style. 

In her professional coaching, as in her management trainings and interpersonal communication workshops, Nathalie brings her vitality, her multicultural experience and her capacity to positively challenge. What she knows is that everyone has great resources, the "golden nugget" needed to succeed, but not always the key to recognize, develop and express them within their work. She accompanies Managers and Executives with enthusiasm, positivity, insight to help them drive and achieve their professional projects. 

After a Master degree in Economics and Social Sciences and a post-degree in International Management, she acted as Buyer and Sales Manager in the Retailing sector, before moving to corporate training and collaborating as an Independent Consultant with several training companies and a firm specialized in career transition. She decided to create her own structure in 2015, Unique Pathways sàrl, to develop and offer her unique and innovative approach in the field of career and leadership development to companies and individuals, an approach that responds to new paradigms and emerging issues in the corporate world.

ACCREDITATIONS

• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach trained by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI)

• Certified Women’s Leadership Coach, trained by One Of Many, UK

• Trained in Transactional Analysis in the field of Organisations (9 years with ATORG, Paris)

• MA in International Management, ESCP, Paris

• MA in Economics and Social Sciences, Fribourg University, Switzerland

LANGUAGES

• English & French

EXPERTISE

• Senior leaders and high potentials

• Retirement transitions

• Burnout, anxiety & depression

• Mindfulness

Niki is a Certified Leadership Coach working with senior leaders, high potentials and those in (pre) retirement. She builds on a career of over 25 years experience in global communications and campaigns as well as training, coaching and team building in international NGOs, UN agencies, Foundations and private sector companies. 

She specializes in coaching those in life transitions and those experiencing professional and personal burnouts who want to address change in a sustainable and resilient way. She is also a trauma sensitive yoga teacher, a big believer in the mind-body connection, and as such blends her somatic skills and knowledge in her coaching. She is also a cold-water swimmer - fascinated by the impact cold water immersion has on the body, mind and breath. 

Niki runs her own coaching and communications consulting company as well as working for the ICRC – running their global coaching programme & coaching community for their 20,000 staff worldwide.  Clients describe her as intuitive and warm, yet also very pragmatic. Niki brings her energy, empathy and international life experience to her clients to create lasting and sustainable changes.

Clients describe her as intuitive and warm, yet also very pragmatic. Niki brings her energy, empathy and international life experience to her clients to create lasting and sustainable changes. 

ACCREDITATIONS

• Certified Professional Co - Active Coach trained by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI)

• Certified Professional Coach, PCC (International Coach Federation)

• Certificate in Organizational and Relational Systemic Coaching (fundamentals) - ORSC

• Certified Retirement Coach (Retirement Options)

• Certified Neuro-Linguistics Programming practitioner

• Yoga teacher (YTT200) & trauma informed yoga teacher (YTT 100)

• BSc (Hons) in International Management (Bath University, UK)

• MA in Sociology and Anthropology (Surrey University, UK)

Languages

• Fluent in English & German

Coaching Certifications

• Executive Coaching Programme (Tavistock Consulting, London)

• Decoding Group Dynamics (Tavistock Consulting, London)

• Integral Coaching Certificate (Centre for Coaching, CH & New Ventures West, US)

• Team Coaching Certificate with Prof. David Clutterbuck (FHNW, Switzerland)

Tools & Assessment

• HOGAN assessment certified MVPI, HDS, HPI

• NEO-PI-3 personality assessment certified (the Big Five personality traits)

• DiSC® certified trainer

• Various 360ies

• Various experiential team exercises

20 years international experience. Former program manager (design & delivery) of leadership programs at the IMD business school in Lausanne. Currently focused on Team and Leadership development in his practice as an executive coach.

Tim is a Certified Executive Coach with 10 years’ experience in the professional coaching space as well as in learning & development having worked for the IMD business school in Lausanne. He has first-hand international management experience having worked in hospitality for 7 years with the Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. He is passionate about personal and interpersonal leadership, Tim studied at Tavistock Consulting in London and has a psychodynamic approach in coaching: working with the unconscious in the mind and exploring what information that gives us to bring his coaching to another level.  

Core competencies

• A dynamic and charismatic professional with outstanding interpersonal communication skills

• In his coaching practice Tim is very passionate about the human behind the professional and connects on a personal level with his clients

• He is very comfortable to work in an international environment and across different cultures, industries and functions

• Clients range from junior leaders to C-suite members of international corporations

• He uses empathy, positivity, frankness and authenticity to connect and to challenge his clients

• Trained and experienced in business coaching, team coaching, leadership development, group and team dynamics, communication, conflict management and feedback

• Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC)

• Certified at Senior Practitioner level

• Pragmatic execution skills gained from experience as team and project manager in L&D and the hospitality industry

LANGUAGES

• Fluent in English, French & Romanian

EXPERTISE

• Resilience, Stress Management and Emotional Intelligence

• Leadership and Coaching competency building

• M&A from due diligence through integration

• Leadership and Team Development

• HR Transformation & HRIS Implementation

TOOLS & ASSESMENT

• Team Diagnostic™, Team 360 View™, Organization View™ and Team Leader View™

• Team Diagnostic Survey

• Insights Discovery

Daniela is passionate about helping people and organisations thrive. She works with individuals and teams to develop their inner leadership capabilities, their emotional, social and collective intelligence and reach higher levels of performance and well-being. Daniela creates integrative coaching and training solutions that challenge ingrained mental models and allow people to reduce stress, build resilience and transform their approach to collaboration, innovation, performance, communication and leadership. Daniela held various management roles leading innovative digital platforms and outreach projects for climate change, leadership, talent management, and corporate/employer branding for the Canadian Public Service. As a coach, Daniela is known for creating safe environments for people to face their fears and limiting beliefs, supporting them in finding new possibilities and opportunities, expanding into their power and full potential

EXPERTISE

• Leadership coaching

• Emotional intelligence

• Collective and team intelligence

• Interpersonal communication

• Resilience and stress management

• Conflict resolution and effective relationships

• Conflict resolution and effective relationships

• Mindfulness and self-management

SKILLS AND ACCREDITATIONS

• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach trained by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI)

• Certified Professional Coach, ACC (International Coach Federation)

• Organizational and Relationship Systems Coaching Fundamentals – ORSC (CRR London)

• Neuroscience and Transformational Coaching training (various courses)

• Non-violent communication training (fundamentals)

• Integral Coaching and Integral Life (Ken Wilber training)

• Change Management training (in-house, Treasury Board of Canada)

• Leadership Programs – IMD (International Institute for Management Development)

• MSc. International Business Development (University of Neuchâtel)

• BA Communications (University of Ottawa)

ACCREDITATIONS

• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach trained by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI)

• Certified Professional Coach, PCC (International Coach Federation)

• Team Diagnostic Survey Advanced Practitioner (Team Diagnostic Survey)

• Certified Team Performance Coach (Team Coaching International)

• BA Hons

• MBA

EXPERTISE

• Teacher in the neuroscience and psychology of wellbeing

• Employee engagement through employee wellbeing

• Diversity: from employee individuality to team cause and business purpose

• Business process improvement from a human angle

• Leading through human kindness

TOOLS & ASSESMENTS

• Team Connect 360 (TC 360)

• ACT Valued Living

• Positive Psychology Questionniares (from the University of Pennsylvania)

• Diana Dentinger’s Your Life Your Way™ coaching

Natalie is a qualified systemic team coach and certified mental health first aider. She also has a postgraduate diploma in psychology and neuroscience and a strong background in corporate commercial roles. Natalie has a proven record of managing people and peers through the strength of providing psychological safety. Originally a teacher, Natalie found her way into the corporate field early in her professional life and has continuosuly expanded her responsibilities in the business environmemnt.

In her 18+ years in multinational corporations, Natalie has flourished by using her skill to engage people individually as well as in teams. Natalie excels at creating welcoming work-environments despite high workload, leading with empathy and trust while managing organisational expectations through practical approaches that benefit both, the wellbeing of the teams and the requirements of the organisation.
Natalie’s strength lies in the combination of solid business experience, scientific knowledge on human behaviour, teaching background and a passion to create emotional balance for individuals as foundation of a well-performing team and a thriving organisation.

Those having worked with Natalie emphasise her exceptional people skills, her diplomacy and her ability to prioritise team & individual wellbeing also in times of increasing business pressures.

ACCREDITATIONS

• Postgraduate Diploma in the Psychology & Neuroscience of Mental Health

• Bachelor’s degree in pedagogy & practical teaching degree (German system)

• Systemic Team Coach certified by Global Team Coaching Institute (GTCI) accredited by the European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC)

• Certified Mental Health First Aide

LANGUAGES

• English, Polish, Dutch

EXPERTISE

• Gender Equality

• Inclusive leadership

• Intercultural communication

• Gratitude in the workplace and beyond

• Moderation

TOOLS & ASSESSMENT

• Facilitator

• Speaker: Gender Equality & Mental Health

Anna Stando has 10 years of experience in leadership training, event hosting and moderation of panel discussions. She works with companies, NGOs, women’s networks and employee resource groups facilitating insights, starting conversations and moving the needle towards a healthier, happier and more equal workplace. She is also a frequent podcast guest and speaker on the topics of inclusive leadership, diversity and inclusion, gratitude and resilience, leveraging her professional and personal experience to inspire others to act. 

She is a Co-Leader of Lean In Switzerland, a business networking group for women, and she sits on the Board of Capacity, a non-profit organisation supporting refugees and migrants in starting their own business in Switzerland.

She is also the Founder of “My Gratitude Challenge”, a 28 day program that teaches how to practice gratitude for better mental health, increased overall wellbeing and greater ability to cope with short- and long-term stress.

She started her career at ECCO, an international shoe company, where she travelled the world teaching best practices with focus on operations, sales and staff development. She then moved into employee experience and wellbeing as a Senior Sales Manager for Virgin Pulse, one of Richard Branson’s ventures. In her last role, she worked for over 4 years as the Relations Manager for Advance, a Swiss-wide association, helping companies to get to gender equality in the workplace. 

Anna has a master’s degree in Intercultural Communication from the Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and she has lived and worked in Poland, the Netherlands, Guatemala, Mexico, Denmark and Thailand. She is now based in Switzerland. 

Clients often comment on Anna’s positive energy, ability to move people to take inspired action and her skill of creating spaces where people feel safe to ask, share and learn, both in-person and online. 

ACCREDITATIONS

• ICF ACC, Centre for Coaching

• Reiki Level 2 Practitioner

• The Science of Wellbeing, Yale University

• The Science of Happiness, Berkeley University

• ACCA

• MBA

• Bachelor in Finance & Accounting

LANGUAGES

• English, German, French

COMPENTECES

• Pragmatic and solution-oriented

• Systemic and strategic thinker

• Passion for diversity and effective relationship building

• Influence by motivation

Bettina has over 20 years of HR experience in multinational companies in local and mostly global HR roles spanning the entire life cycle of employees. She has worked with employees at all levels in organisations and was HR Business Partner for senior executives at C-suite level.

Bettina’s preferred working style is through developing a relationship where trust, openness and authenticity are at the center and believing in the resourcefulness of her contact partners. Bettina works with individuals, teams, and organisations in transition and aims at establishing an optimal balance between business objectives and sustainable profits and overall health status of the organisation and employees. When designing and implementing solutions Bettina focuses on a customer targeted approach and accompanies the client in the implementation phase. Ensuring best fit for the organisation is a priority.

Amongst others Bettina is a passionate coach supporting clients in their journey of building self-awareness and self-confidence in making the changes in their life to achieve their individual objectives.

EDUCATION

• MBA, Cornell University, USA

• Master in Science / Biochemistry, University of Geneva

• Coach / Practitioner, iOpener Institute, EMCC

EXPERTISE

• Strategic HR paired with strong business acumen

• Culture & Organisation Development

• Change Management

• Leadership and Team Development

• Talent Management

• Concept, design, and facilitation of leadership development workshops and relationship building; workshop moderation

• Competency design

• Emotional Intelligence and Positive Psychology

Workshops

• Engaging Dads: Why it is important to support dads in the workplace and how you an go about doing it.

• Contact hello@human-force.ch for details

Webinars

• The truth about dad’s and men’s mental health and what we can all do to help.

• What it means to be a man in 2022: allyship, equality & masculinity.

• Contact hello@human-force.ch for details

Elliot is one of the UK’s most prominent speakers and writers on topics around fatherhood, masculinity, mental health, equal parenting and gender equality.

His work engaging men in gender equality conversations has been recognised by the United Nations and he was awarded the UNWomen UK’s #HeForShe ‘Changemaker of the Year’ award in 2019.

Elliot is also an award winning author and TV broadcaster and a regular contributor to some of the UK’s most renowned media outlets such as The Independent and the Guardian.

Elliott previously held senior Diversity, Equity & Inclusion roles, recent positions include the Head of Race Equality in Defra and the Head of D&I delivery at HM Treasury.