Executive Coaching for women leaders: strengthen your authentic leadership
Reach new heights in your professional and personal life
Executive coaching is a transformative, personal development process in which I work with you in a 1:1 setting. In this type of coaching, we focus on both professional and personal challenges, with an emphasis on strengthening authenticity, personal leadership and self-confidence. For women leaders, especially in male-dominated environments, executive coaching offers a valuable opportunity to refine their unique leadership style and strengthen their authentic voice.
How executive coaching is transforming the careers of women leaders
As a woman in a leadership position, you often encounter unique challenges, especially in industries where men dominate. These include dealing with gender dynamics, power dynamics and navigating complex professional relationships. The tendency to one of the guys to become one of the guys is great, also to continuously adapt yourself to the traditional, masculine leadership model.
Many women I work with have developed their leadership in a male-dominated environment. They can hold their own in this just fine, but yearn to grow in their authenticity as leaders and become more of their own unique voice. This focus on personal growth, strengthening self-confidence and developing authentic leadership, is at the heart of my work as an executive coach.
As an executive coach, I create a safe, supportive space for you in which you learn to address these challenges your way. The process helps you explore and integrate your unique values and qualities into your leadership role. This leads to more self-confidence, more satisfaction and more impact in your organization.
“Carla is amazing! She has helped me find my own path as a leader without worrying about what is ‘normal.’
She knows all the coaching tricks, but the best part is that she puts them aside to really put the focus on me. Thanks to her, I started to see my own barriers and overcome them.“
Managing Director
1:1 Coaching
The move to more influence, more control, more responsibility, more visibility. In other words, more leadership. That demands something of you. The pressure is increasing and you feel it. Who you are, what you stand for, your change leadership skills, this becomes increasingly important in the roles you perform. This also means that you need to create space to show more of yourself in your work. This is what our coaching methodology Journey to Wholeness is all about.
Since then, I have inspired and helped hundreds of women. From the Amsterdam Economic Board to the Volksbank. From Accenture to PGGM. And from Vivium Zorggroep to the ZZP’er and SME entrepreneur who is building the growth of her company. For inspiration, here are some of the coaching questions women come to me with.
Do you feel inspired and would like to know more about an individual coaching program with Carla Clarissa? Then I cordially invite you to an introductory conversation with me to discover how I can help you with your leadership challenge.
Holistic Leadership
Mental, physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of leadership
I coach you towards the development of holistic leadership. In which a balance is found between mental, physical, emotional and spiritual aspects in your development. In my coaching, I help leaders develop balanced and resilient leadership that can handle not only business but also personal challenges. The coaching sessions focus on integrating your whole humanity into your leadership and combines techniques such as meditation, visualization, systemic constellations and embodiment practices, along with self-analysis and reflective questions.
I have even translated my holistic approach to leadership into my own coaching methodology, the Journey to Wholeness®. An approach where Mind, Body and Soul merge to unlock your full leadership potential.
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“After the first few months, I knew for sure that I wanted to achieve a culture change within our organization without getting sucked into the existing dynamics. Although I knew pretty well what needed to be done, I noticed that this transformation required a lot of calm, overview and leadership.
Thanks to the coaching, I learned to work smarter instead of harder, and collectively make the right choices.
The conversations helped me better understand the dynamics inside and outside the organization and take strategic steps. The result is that I can now lead more effectively and experience more peace and control in my role as Director Director.”
Director Director, The Social Partnership
Carla is above all an extraordinary, radiant, charismatic woman. She is also very competent as individual coach, with a true psychotherapeutic fiber, empathetic, understanding, and intuitive. I have learned a lot from her support and advice, including how to reconnect with the feminine. With Carla, I understood the value, the dignity and the joy of being a woman.
Carla has a particularity: she is proud to be a woman without trying to reject the masculine or to overwhelm men. This is the attitude and vision that the world needs today.
As a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, I strongly support Carla’s work and projects, and I recommend that any woman seeking to find her roots, her deepest nature, to work with her. Helping women to find themselves, as individuals and in complementarity with men, is the way of the future, so that together, women and men, we can build a future respectful of each other and of the world around us.
How can I help you?
If you want a solid executive coach to help you grow as an individual and within your position, schedule a no-obligation consultation to explore the possibilities together.
I have an MSc. in Management from Nyenrode and twenty years of experience in the corporate world. First as management consultant at EY, later as business manager at Nuon and Alliander. Because I myself have years of experience as a manager and in leading (organization-wide) culture change processes, coaching board members, management teams and senior leadership teams, I know from personal experience the dynamics in which you operate.
I received my coaching training from the renowned The Tavistock Institute in London and I am also a Certified Deep Coaching (and Enneagram) Professional from DCI in San Francisco. Here I am trained in presence-based coaching, systems thinking, group dynamics, gender and power dynamics within organizations and my clients can learn to navigate complex professional relationships.
From my own coaching space at the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam (or online) I will guide you on your journey. I see it as my mission to help you see and develop your own potential as a leader. Executive coaching is a unique opportunity for leaders striving for transformation and growth. It is not only a path to professional success, but also a journey to personal fulfillment.
1 LOSSE SESSION
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60-minute coaching session
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Incl. intake
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Bookable for existing customers only
START TRAJECT
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Spread over 3 months
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Per session 1 hour of coaching
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Incl. intake interview
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Incl. interim evaluation
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Plus: workbook with 156 pages of inspiration and tips
PREMIUM ROUTE
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Spread over 9 months
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Incl. intake interview
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Four half-day sessions at a retreat location, including somatic coaching
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Plus six online coaching calls
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Incl. interim evaluation
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Plus: workbook with 156 pages of inspiration and tips
“Stronger female leaders emerge from these leadership programs and so do stronger companies.”
Curious about my group programs?
McKinsey research shows that women-only leadership programs have a major impact not only on the careers of women leaders, but also on the organizational cultures in which they work.
My own experiences as a transition manager for executive teams, where I was responsible for culture and leadership development, are consistent with this. Click here to read further about my offerings in female leadership programs and discover what a women-only program can do for your development.
Frequently Asked Questions
Although both executive coaching and management coaching focus on improving leadership skills, there are important differences. Management coaching focuses primarily on operational and task-oriented skills, such as project management and team management. Executive coaching, on the other hand, emphasizes the personal development of the leader himself. The goal is to integrate the leader’s unique traits and values into their leadership style, allowing them to operate more effectively and authentically.
Authentic leadership is about staying true to yourself and your values, even in challenging situations. For women leaders, this often means finding their own voice and style within a male-dominated environment. Executive coaching helps with this by guiding women to discover and integrate their unique strengths and values into their leadership roles. This leads not only to more effective leaders, but also to a greater sense of fulfillment and authenticity in their work.
An executive coach plays a critical role in supporting leaders in their personal and professional development. This includes providing guidance, feedback and insights to help leaders achieve their goals and unlock their potential. A good executive coach works with the leader to discover and integrate their unique strengths and values into their leadership style. This process helps leaders become more effective and authentic both at work and in their personal lives.
