TIMBRE · individual coaching
Setting the tone.
Individual coaching to assert your leadership internationally.
Setting the tone means leading with your own voice, in tune with those who hear it.
The reality
Managing elsewhere changes the rules of the game.
Feedback seen as too direct, instructions accepted with a polite “yes” but never carried out, authority that doesn't land as expected, decisions made elsewhere, in the corridors…
Managing in another country, or remotely with international teams, changes the rules of the game. What made a good leader at home doesn't necessarily work elsewhere: attitudes to hierarchy, ways of deciding, motivating or handling disagreement vary from one culture to another. These invisible gaps undermine effectiveness, weaken credibility and gradually drain motivation, both the manager's and the team's.
What if these gaps were not an obstacle, but the starting point for more authentic leadership?
My approach
A unique voice, whatever the note played.
Timbre is what makes a voice unique and recognisable, whatever the note played. A leader who sets the tone doesn't imitate: they adjust their way of leading without giving up what makes them unique.
TIMBRE offers neither recipes nor off-the-shelf management models. Coaching helps managers step back from their own leadership culture, decode that of their environment and identify their resources to develop a stance that is both authentic and adapted. The coachee remains the expert on their situation; the coach helps them find their own answers.
The framework
The 8 ICF coaching competencies.
Ethical practice
Strict confidentiality, including towards the employer, adherence to the ICF Code of Ethics, and a clear distinction between coaching, training and consulting.
A coaching mindset
Curiosity, openness, a non-judgemental stance, and awareness of one's own cultural filters.
Clear agreements
Goals, framework and duration agreed together and, when the organisation is paying, through a three-way agreement.
A space of trust and safety
To talk freely about doubts, tensions and areas of discomfort.
Full presence
To the coachee, their pace and their challenges.
Active listening
Attentive to what is said and to what plays out between the lines.
Raising awareness
Open questions, reformulation and fresh perspectives on management situations.
Growth
Turning insights into concrete actions, tested in the field, all the way to autonomy.
What it addresses
One or more goals defined with the coachee, for example:
- taking the lead of a team abroad or a multicultural team;
- joining a local team as a manager;
- establishing legitimacy and credibility in a new cultural environment;
- adapting your management style: feedback, delegation, decision-making, conflict management;
- leading teams or partners remotely, across several countries;
- driving change in an international context;
- preparing for an assignment abroad or a return from expatriation.
How it works
01
An initial meeting to clarify the request and set the framework, with the organisation if it is the sponsor
02
Regular one-to-one sessions focused on the coachee's goals and real situations
03
Concrete actions to try out between sessions
04
A final review to measure progress
Who is it for?
Managers, executives, senior staff, project leaders:
- expatriates or inpatriates taking up a role in a new country;
- Belgian professionals going on assignment or leading teams abroad;
- managers of multicultural or multi-site teams.
At the organisation's initiative or on a personal basis.
Format
- Number and frequency of sessions set according to your needs
- Session length: 1.5 hours
- In person, in Belgium or abroad, or remotely
- In French or English
What you gain
Confident leadership adapted to its context, stronger credibility with your teams, more ease in deciding, delegating and handling tension, and the confidence you need to succeed internationally.
Pricing tailored to your situation
Every project is unique: I prepare a tailored quote based on your actual needs. Whatever the format, you always receive the same level of attention and care.