Executive & Leadership Coaching Program
For aspiring and current leaders ready to enhance their impact. Strengthen your leadership capacity and realize your full potential.
Do you wish to explore and develop your leadership skills for effective organizational performance and improved career development? Then this intensive coaching program is for you.
What's included?
One introduction session (20 minutes) to determine coach-client fit and programme goals
Six personalized 1:1 coaching sessions
The coach remains available between sessions
Program Description
Do you wish to be a more authentic leader with purpose? Are you looking to enhance your skills in motivating your team to succeed? Do your communication skills need sharpening? A successful leader leads with emotional intelligence to drive change and performance. A globally successful leader knows when and how to adapt to local cultures to drive performance.
Our leadership coaching program provides individually tailored coaching working towards your goals. Leadership coaching is a partnership where the coach through deep questioning and an action oriented process helps you understand and develop both your strengths and fill identified gaps, find solutions to your challenges while empowering you to succeed through deeper insights, self-awareness and skills enhancement. Topics can vary, based on needs identified. Examples are: developing leadership skills, motivating others to perform, communication, interpersonal relationships, emotional intelligence, leading for performance.
Our coaches
Our coaches are skilled in working with senior leaders, middle managers and rising leaders and have experience working within the United Nations System, International Development and Corporate. Most are also graduates of International Coach Federation certified programs with extensive experience as coaches.
Structure and cost
A package includes 6 sessions of 45 minutes each, and a 20 minute initial introductory discussion to determine coach-client fit. In addition to the actual coaching sessions, the client is expected to work towards agreed upon goals and assignments between the coaching sessions. The coach is available for brief in-the-moment support between sessions when needs arise (usually via email and limited to brief questions).
You will start to define the overarching goals of the program in the intro session. In each session you will define the goal of the session, check in with assignments (if given during previous session) and summarize learning, goals accomplished and assignments agreed upon. The coaching sessions are normally scheduled every two weeks, allowing the client to implement goals and complete assignments between meetings. It is important to try to stay on this schedule to maintain momentum and optimize the benefits of the coaching.
Program fee: EUR 1,800
How to get started
Select your coach, share your details and CV, and confirm your booking. Your coach will personally reach out to schedule your session at a time that suits you. After the sessions, you are welcome to share feedback on your experience.
Choose your coach
All our coaches have hands-on experience in the impact sector. They understand the challenges and rewards of a career in this field. Browse our coaches to find the coach who’s the right fit for you.
Anna Cope
Anna has 20+ years in HR with UNICEF, WFP, and international organizations, serving as recruiter, YP coordinator, and HR operations manager. A global nomad, she understands the challenges of international careers. Since 2016, she’s been an Impactpool coach, now working as a PCC/EMCC-accredited coach, consultant, and small business owner.
Based in: Sweden
Languages: English, Italian, Swedish
Beate Pawlikowski
Beate built a 25-year HR career at UNDP in New York and Copenhagen, focusing on recruitment, talent, and leadership development. Certified as a CPCC and PCM coach, she now works internationally, supporting professionals in career transformation. Holding multiple master’s degrees, she is passionate about helping individuals unlock their potential and achieve meaningful change.
Based in: Munich, Germany
Languages: English, German
Carmen de los Rios
Carmen is an ICF-certified coach with 30+ years in HR, including Chief HR roles across the UN, ESA, and OECD. Having lived in 6 countries and worked in both HQ and hardship duty stations, she brings a global perspective to her coaching. With a practical, action-oriented style, she empowers professionals to grow, lead, and successfully navigate careers in international organizations.
Based in: Madrid, Spain
Languages: English, Spanish, French
Katarina Holm-Didio
Kat is a leadership and executive coach with 20+ years of global experience in HR, learning, and consulting across the UN, corporate, and academic sectors. She coaches leaders in global, cross-cultural leadership and executive skills and careers, and serves as an HR consultant with IDLO. ICF-certified, with dual master’s degrees, she is from Finland and based in New Jersey.
Based in: New York City, USA
Languages: English, Swedish, Finnish
Linda Bawazir-Davin
Linda is a Leadership and Career Coach with 20+ years guiding humanitarian and development professionals. Experienced with the UN, US Dept. of State, and WFP, she helps leaders navigate career transitions and maximize impact. Multilingual and certified (PCC, PARWCC, EQ & NLP), she blends empathy, collaboration, and cross-cultural insight in her coaching.
Based in: Stockholm, Sweden
Languages: English, Arabic, French
Matanat Rahimova
With 20+ years of global leadership in STEM, peacekeeping, health, diplomacy, nuclear security, and development finance, Matanat helps mid- to senior-level professionals land impactful roles and grow as leaders in the UN and multilateral system. An ICF-certified executive coach, she empowers clients to align strengths, navigate hiring, and lead with confidence and impact.
Based in: Vienna, Austria
Languages: Azerbaijani, Russian, English, German
Michele Damone
Michele is an optimist and global coach who empowers executives, UN leaders, and professionals to amplify their influence and unlock potential. With 12+ years of international experience across sectors and deep expertise in leadership and talent development, he guides clients to grow consciously, lead authentically, and achieve greater impact in today’s complex world.
Based in: Vienna, Austria
Languages: English, Italian, Spanish
Wolfgang Weiszegger
Wolfgang brings 40+ years in UN peacekeeping and HQ roles, rising from FS-2 to D-2. A former recruitment panel chair, he knows the UN hiring process inside out. Now an ICF-member and consultant, he mentors professionals to join, excel, and lead in the UN, offering tailored guidance to achieve impact and career success.
Based in: Manama, Bahrain
Language: English
FAQ
What is leadership or executive coaching?
Leadership/Executive coaching concentrates on the leadership aspects of a professional career. It invites you to look inside and discover your values, innate wisdom, strengths, passion, purpose. The more you understand about yourself the better your decisions will be and the more effectively you will be able to implement those decisions and motivate others to perform.
What is the difference between Leadership/Executive coaching and career coaching?
While career coaching focuses more on the professional development, leadership/executive coaching focuses on the leadership aspects of a career, often but not always within a certain organizational context. However, in all coaching the whole person is in the center of the coach's attention with his/her uniqueness.
Will I be an executive leader by the end of the program?
The program will increase your self awareness, effectiveness and connection with yourself. Your learning journey is applicable to both personal and organizational leadership. It will provide you with meaningful insights through consistent self exploration and thus will help you find new ways to act in different situations and go forward in life with purpose.
I am not in a leadership role right now, is this program for me?
Knowing about and developing your leadership skills and gaps does not only benefit you when you are in a leadership role. Leadership permeates through life and comes into play whenever you take responsibility for your actions or non actions.
Why should I engage in leadership coaching?
Coaching as well as leadership coaching is about personal growth and development of latent potential. If you are interested in challenging yourself, your limitations and what is possible, then leadership coaching is for you.
Can the organization which I’m employed by pay for this coaching? Can the fee be paid in installments?
Yes! Contact us on how to invoice your organization, or to split your payment in installments.