Leadership when the path forward isn't straightforward.

Executive coaching and leadership advisory for leaders navigating transition, organizational strain and complex leadership challenges.

When organizations change, the formal decisions are often only the beginning. Leaders still have to make sense of what is happening, rebuild trust, navigate competing expectations, influence stakeholders, make difficult decisions and keep people moving forward.

I help leaders understand both what is happening around them and how they are showing up within it — then turn that clarity into more effective leadership action.

Restore trust. Realign leadership. Renew momentum.

Nearly 30 years global leadership

ICF-credentialed executive coach

Executive coaching + leadership advisory

EN / FR / ES / NL

Global

Nearly 30 years global leadership

ICF-credentialed executive coach

Executive coaching + leadership advisory

EN / FR / ES / NL

Global

When leadership gets harder

You may be:

Leading through restructuring, transition or sustained uncertainty.
Trying to restore trust after conflict, disruption or difficult change.
Navigating stakeholders whose expectations or interests do not align.
Stepping into a larger role and discovering that what worked before no longer works.
Leading a team that has lost alignment, confidence or momentum.
Finding yourself increasingly frustrated, reactive or ineffective in an environment you cannot simply change.
Trying to influence outcomes when authority alone is not enough.

These situations require more than resilience. They require the ability to understand what is happening, see your own part in it, and choose how to lead within the reality you face.

What I do

Executive Coaching & Leadership Advisory

I work with leaders on the real situations they are facing — combining the depth of executive coaching with the perspective of someone who has spent nearly two decades in senior leadership.

Sometimes the work is primarily coaching: creating the space and questions that help you see the situation differently and expand your choices. At other times, I may offer an observation, framework or leadership perspective drawn from experience. The balance depends on what will best serve you and the situation.

Leading Through Complexity & Strain

For established senior leaders navigating difficult organizational circumstances: change, stakeholder conflict, low trust, team dysfunction, difficult decisions and competing interests.

Explore Executive Coaching & Leadership Advisory

Leadership Transition

For leaders stepping into significantly greater scope, authority or complexity — and discovering that the ways of working that brought them here no longer scale.

Explore Leadership Transition Coaching

Next Chapter

For accomplished leaders approaching or leaving their primary career who are not finished contributing, but want the next chapter to work differently.

Explore Next Chapter Coaching

How I work

Leadership is personal. But it is also systemic.

Leadership challenges do not exist only inside the leader. We look at your assumptions, reactions and choices alongside the relationships, culture, incentives, power dynamics and organizational realities around you.

Why work with me

Senior leadership experience

More than two decades of senior executive leadership in complex international organizations, including the most senior levels. I understand leadership not only as a coach, but as someone who has carried responsibility for people, organizations, difficult decisions and outcomes.

Executive coaching expertise

ICF-credentialed coaching that creates the reflective space to challenge assumptions, deepen awareness and expand leadership capacity.

Systems perspective

We look beyond the individual to the relationships, organizational dynamics and wider environment influencing the challenge.

Practical application

Our work stays connected to the situations you are actually facing. Insight becomes useful when it changes what you do.

Thinking about leadership

Reflections on leadership, organizational complexity and the human side of change — drawing on 33 years of international experience, including nearly three decades in progressively senior leadership roles, and my current work as a leadership advisor and executive coach.

What leaders say

~ Leader at the International Labour Organization (ILO) ~

January 2026

Working with Claudia came at exactly the right moment in my career, as I was stepping into a new leadership role with significantly greater responsibility. Having the support of an experience senior leader and coach during this transition made a real difference for me. Through the Leadership in Growth Coaching Program, Claudia guided me along a clear and thoughtful coaching path that helped me build deeper self-trust and confidence. This internal shift changed how I showed up as a leader, allowing me to make sharper decisions, communicate with greater clarity, and engage my team more effectively. As a result, trust within the team grew, and overall performance improved. I genuinely grew into the leader this role requires.

~ Senior leader in the UN ~

Working with Claudia was a truly valuable experience. Even as the focus of my coaching evolved, she responded with remarkable flexibility and met me exactly where I was. Drawing on her extensive experience as a senior leader, she brought thoughtful, high-level insights that helped me view my challenges from both micro and macro perspectives. She skillfully guided me in organizing complex elements and strengthening my strategic thinking, creating a space that encouraged reflection and clarity. I came away with greater confidence and a stronger foundation for the next stage of my leadership journey.

~ Veronica Henriques ~

December 2025

I had a truly wonderful experience coaching with Claudia. She came to each session fully prepared and created an open, inviting space where I felt safe to be vulnerable. Her presence was both grounding and encouraging, allowing me to share honestly without hesitation. Claudia asked thought provoking questions that stayed with me long after our sessions ended. These reflections helped me shift my perspective and expand my thinking in meaningful ways. Her coaching style is both compassionate and insightful, and I left each conversation feeling empowered and more aligned with my goals. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to work with Claudia and would wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone seeking a supportive and transformative coaching experience.

~Gillian ~

June 2025

Claudia listens 'between the lines.' She is skillful at feeding back what she's heard and asking powerful questions to help you deep dive into your topic. Her coaching style is pragmatic, gentle, and insightful. She structures sessions well and always checks on the progress made with regards to the goals for each session, as well as key action steps to take forward afterwards. I had an important breakthrough in my topic as a result of working with Claudia.

Let's start with what's happening.

You do not need to know exactly what kind of coaching or support you need before we speak. A confidential discovery conversation gives us the opportunity to understand what is happening, what you would like to change, and whether working together would be useful.