True Leadership — Centre for Coaching Switzerland

At the Centre for Coaching, we believe that True Leadership begins with self-awareness. When leaders understand and connect with their inner purpose, they unlock their potential not only to lead but to develop, improve and inspire others. Our mission is to support individuals in discovering their unique capabilities, helping them navigate change and empower those around them. This belief in the power of authentic True Leadership drives everything we do.

How True Leadership works

Through our 1:1 coaching approach, we focus on a holistic development process that supports leaders in aligning their inner strengths with their outward actions. This method not only builds self-awareness but also empowers leaders to embody their roles with authenticity and purpose.

Working with Leaders, we focus on:

Individual coaching that engages both the coachee’s inner world (thoughts, emotions, values, worldview) and outer world (behaviors, language)
Building awareness to enhance leadership capacity
Enabling leaders to role-model organisational values
Empowering leaders to fully step into their role

True Leadership Approach

Grow yourself and others

Develop: Emphasises the foundational growth of the leader, supporting both self-awareness and skill-building. It helps leaders grow personally so they can better empower others.
Improve: Focuses on continuous refinement and enhancement, which is essential for adapting to new challenges and maintaining effective leadership practices.
Inspire: Reminds leaders of their role in motivating and positively influencing their teams, which is vital for creating a thriving, engaged workplace culture.

True Leadership Packages

You can choose among three True Leadership Packages, which provide flexible options tailored to meet your unique leadership development needs, allowing for both depth and customisation in your coaching journey.

Choose from the following packages:

Each package is designed to guide you through a structured, impactful journey towards authentic and sustainable leadership.

If there are more than 5 coachees from one organisation, we can provide a detailed report.

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Who Will Work with You

At the Centre for Coaching, in addition to our leadership team, we provide access to an international team of certified Integral Coaches, each bringing extensive professional experience and expertise across diverse cultures and industries. We offer our clients the flexibility to work with professionals who truly understand their unique leadership contexts, wherever they are in the world. Centre for Coaching’s pool of coaches allows us to match the right professional to each leader’s needs, fostering transformative growth and resilience.

Our Coaches

Daniel Ahlers

Managing Partner and Director (Switzerland)
Professional Integral Coach®

In addition to 1-on-1 coaching, Daniel’s passion and talents for developing others lead him to also be a teacher and mentor on the coach training programmes run by the Centre for Coaching, as well as running in-house coaching workshops, Coaching Circles and leadership development interventions for blue-chip clients all over the world. Daniel also supports organisations in the design and implementation of leadership, coaching and mentoring interventions on both local and global levels.

Having spent 15 years in the corporate world and 10 years with entrepreneurial ventures, Daniel appreciates that success comes from our capacity to engage those around us. He is passionate about catalysing leaders to unleash their inner potential, in order to meet their goals while developing confidence, connection and authentic leadership. His forte is working with people undergoing transformational shifts, on an individual or organisational level, supporting them in building the sustainable and self-correcting capacity necessary to succeed.

Practicing for the last 10 years, he has accumulated over 1000 hours of 1-on-1 and team coaching, focusing on executives and senior managers within large SMEs and NGOs.

Languages: English, French.

Janine Ahlers

Managing Partner (Switzerland & South Africa)
Professional Integral Coach®
Academic Director of Centre for Coaching
Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business
New Ventures West Senior Faculty Member

Janine has over 3,000 coaching hours logged. She is a founding member of both the Coaches & Mentors Society of SA (COMENSA) and the Coach Educators and Training Association of South Africa (CETASA).

Janine has been coaching primarily to blue-chip senior executives who are often working on strategic, leadership and relationship challenges. Her clients span a wide range of geographies and nationalities, from South Africans to clients from Australasia, Central Asia, East and Western Europe, UK, Japan, Turkey, Dubai, Singapore, East and West Africa and the full Southern African region.

Her work in multinationals has allowed her to develop a keen appreciation for the challenges facing leaders who operate in multi-cultural global organisations. She has frequently facilitated top team interventions and specialises in coaching and facilitating teams towards improved cohesion and performance. She works with a coaching style, always with an eye on the agreed desired strategic outcomes.

Her top team coaching/facilitation work includes organisations such as ABSA, Barclays Africa (Mauritius), BAT (SA, London, Kazakhstan, Dubai, Ukraine, Australia), Pearson, PMI (SA, Portugal, Switzerland), Toyota Tsusho Africa.

Language: English.

Michele Stoudmann

Academic Programmes Director Switzerland
Professional Integral Coach®

Through her coaching, Michele accompanies her clients in their questioning and exploration, guiding them towards greater clarity and possibility in all aspects of their lives.

Since 2005, Michele has been exploring the field of personal development, holistic therapies and the role of emotions on both the mind and the body. She is both a certified EFT Therapist and an Accredited Senior Journey® Practitioner. Michele’s experience, both corporate and with private clients, has given her a deep appreciation of multicultural challenges, of the richness of interpersonal work with clients, and of the uniqueness and potential residing in each human being.

Michele completed her training as a certified EFT Therapist in April 2008 and as an Accredited Journey® Practitioner in June 2010. She is an active member of Soroptimist International, a worldwide service organisation working to improve the lives of women and girls.

Languages: English, French.

Once a coaching need is identified, we initiate a streamlined process to connect coachees with the right coach.

In addition to our Directors listed above, each coachee will be offered to choose from 4 to 6 coaches, chosen based on their organisational level and specific coaching needs. If needed, a 20-minute virtual chemistry session can be arranged with two shortlisted coaches to help finalise their decision. Once selected, we formalise the engagement in our coach management system. The chosen coach then directly contacts the coachee to set up an intake session, define coaching goals, and initiate the program with tailored practices and self-observations.

Impact of True Leadership

Value creation through the increase in a leadership capacity
High level of leaders’ role alignment & focus
Create commitment & engagement from others through role-modeling values
Increase capacity to influence & impact context in a healthy and sustainable way

Contact us:

Any questions?

Contact us at info@centreforcoaching.ch or click here to book a short virtual call with Daniel Ahlers to explore True Leadership opportunities.