You are here because something above resonated. Did you answer “yes’” to at least one of these questions?
These questions reflect the great variety of workplace changes.
And yet, at the root of all those ills is relationship friction: a difficult work relationship that is holding you back.
As a contributor, it undermines your productivity and reputation.
As a manager, it damages your team performance and talent retention.
Your career prospects are compromised. It also affects your home life and health.
I combine 20 years in corporate roles with 15 years of executive coaching to help ambitious professionals resolve those difficult work relationships that block their progress.
I have been where you are.
I am pragmatic and results oriented. I offer you a structured process to take you from relationship friction to relationship wisdom. You will sort out those particularly hard relationships, achieve your goals AND learn to relate to everyone well enough. (And sleep better).
“I have learnt so much. I feel resourced for the future. Working with Alexandra has renewed my ambition. I am now more daring and I am raising the bar“ – Olivier, Law Firm Partner
Please do reach out for an exploratory chat.
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In your private life, avoidance can work. You can ignore the annoying uncle or ghost an irritating acquaintance.
But at work? You can’t ignore your manager who controls your performance ranking, the colleague you must collaborate with, the employee who drags down your team, or the client whose business your company needs.
In those cases, relationship friction can cost you dearly. A promotion obviously but before that, that sense of your career stalling… Your productivity dipping, your results dropping, your reputation suffering. If you are a manager, you could also lose some talented staff as your team performance dips. Your confidence erodes and you start bringing your work problems home, because that’s the only place where you can safely vent. Soon, your better half is hurting too. You lose sleep, you lose that salary increase – you lose control over a big portion of your life.
The health, family and career implications of some difficult relationships cannot be ignored.
I can help you resolve those work relationships that are keeping you from taking your career forward, enjoying your family and friends AND a good night’s sleep. You need to sort out that particularly hard relationship.
You also need to know how to relate to everyone well enough.
You can learn to address relationship friction and develop your relationship wisdom.
And when you do, you stop struggling and start engaging better instead. You understand others’ behaviour, increase your impact and visibility, handle conflict, lead and influence, persuade with ease. You move up – or move on. You become more assertive, resilient to change, and you even know how to stand out from AI.
So, what’s your current work environment like?
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I hope the above was informative and that you explored a few of this site’s pages a bit more in detail. If you’re still unsure, don’t hesitate to contact me: I’ll be delighted to have an exploratory chat to see if I am the right resource for you at this time.
You can also get a feel for who I am and how I approach some work life challenges by browsing my library of videos and articles. Use the alphabetical menu to find a topic of interest: several videos and articles will be displayed. I hope you find something useful!
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Working with Alexandra has been transformative. Her approach is direct and practical. What I appreciated most was her ability to help me understand my underlying drivers, identify exactly where I was stuck and provide practical, actionable tools to break through those barriers. I now have a better understanding of myself as a professional, the ability to make a greater impact and a renewed confidence to take on new challenges.
You have rare leadership qualities which you have shown me I too can hope to acquire.
Alexandra combines strong leadership skills, a result-oriented personality and an extensive banking experience. This makes her a unique individual, capable of understanding and giving advice on day-to-day issues at the office as well as support one’s career aspirations.
I chose to take coaching from Alexandra as I had been a past colleague and had admired her organisational skills, efficiency and her nouse in a large corporate setting. Initially my priority was developing better time management skills for myself. It soon became obvious that there was a bigger need to grasp prioritisation itself, and even more than that, developing techniques for clear thinking. She has clearly helped me to develop these for myself, in my own way. Over the months I have worked with Alexandra, I have found myself better able to cope with a job that has become more demanding as the global financial crisis has become prolonged. In turn, this is enabling me to think strategically about the possible directions my career could take and to start making choices. While everyone will have their unique set of development or self-improvement needs, I am happy to recommend Alexandra’s work and approach, particularly as she is a good listener who asks the right question and consequently has been prepared to assess specific needs objectively rather than working to a Dr Phil type manual or textbook.
After a few successful roles in IT and strategy, I took the decision to review where I was at professionally and define where best I should continue my journey. I had met Alexandra at a leadership conference and had been impressed by her style and energy. Today, I am so glad to have made this choice. Alexandra guided me through a complete assessment process, from the identification of my core values through to the understanding of my strengths and how I could play with those differently. As a result, I improved both my self-confidence and impact in my current job significantly, and the next step in my professional career became clearer. Alexandra has a unique style which I find both energising and reassuring. She has strong people skills – a lot of intuition, she is very good at listening and understanding what is said and unsaid. As well, Alexandra brings structure, in the form of rational and relevant tools in her coaching. The journey is very clear from start to finish, with a list of steps, so you understand where you are and can see the progress day after day. Each potential question or issue is noted and dealt with during the session or later in the process. This definitely helped me to always stick to my objectives and make steady progress.