Coaching

I am a Certified Executive Coach and Master Facilitator with an extensive repertoire of solutions and tools

What sets me apart is my extensive business and leadership experience as general manager and in various functions across different regions and countries. This allows me to relate to many of the challenges Senior Executives face in today’s time.

Combined with very good active listening skills, being structured, patient and able to hold people accountable for progressing effectively I can help the client

to set and accomplish ambitious objectives

through straightforward but effective solutions

that allow the client to reframe problems and design step-by-step solutions to move forward confidently

See what people I coached say

Galina Prangova (GM adidas Bulgarian, Director Global Sales)

Transition Coaching

Within my organization I moved from Local to Global Role – entered a very diverse organization, interaction with different management levels, internal organizational changes. I lost direction and focus – was not sure what my role is, how to approach the change.

The 6 months coaching helped me to define clearly my goal – what exactly I want to achieve in the new position. It supported me to break this goal into small executable pieces/actions and commit to them, to simplify the way I think and to create a clear plan for moving forward. Coaching gave me confidence that I can deal with the change by structuring my thoughts and prioritizing the actions. It improved my self-awareness and understanding of the situation helped me to integrate into the new business environment – asking questions and voice openly my opinion in front of Senior Leaders.

I appreciate Eddy’s full attention and focus during each session. The conversations with Eddy are always very open and relaxed. You don’t feel the pressure which opens my mind and makes me come with practical and very tangible solutions in a very simple and constructive way. He knows how to shift my perspective, so I can find new opportunities – asks the right questions at the right time. He makes me feel accountable for my own actions and makes sure we are on track of achieving the set coaching objectives. I like the way he challenges me in a very constructive way which allows me to come to new more effective solutions. He always double checks with me if he understood my point and makes sure I am clear on the next steps.

I would strongly recommend Eddy as a coach. Something special about him is that he has this rare combination of long experience in real business environment and coaching skills. I really appreciate his ability to listen actively and ask clear questions. He keeps the conversation simple and focused while giving you the space to think and come with your own solutions. I feel he can sense and relate to your challenges in a very human and sensitive way.

Manoj Juneja (Senior Sales Director adidas India)

During the start of my coaching I was not very confident while communicating with senior leaders, but this coaching has developed a clear path forward in a structured manner and I feel very confident now speaking to any senior leaders in my company or outside company.

Below are the things which has helped me the most in this coaching

Leadership Communication : Previously I had lot of thoughts in my mind but Eddy has helped me most in “Structuring my thoughts and helping me prioritize and putting them into a action plan”. This entire thing has given me lot of confidence.

Elevator Pitch : Elevator Pitch is very critical at my level, especially when you speak with senior leaders. Eddy has helped me to structure my thoughts and taking out best 2-3 thoughts and put them into a structure communication. And with this structure communication, you feel very confident while speaking with any senior leaders.

Opening up of thoughts : This coaching with Eddy has helped me that I know everything for example, during a conversation regarding any issue, Eddy shall never give a answer but ask you more questions around that and this entire thing opened up my thought process and perspectives to any problem. Looks bit difficult initially but at the end of the day you feel you know everything, and coaching has helped me to take my thoughts out. So his “How” has helped me a lot in opening up of my thought process.

Beside this he has helped me to learn to record your conversations and then listen, this itself gives you self reflectionto improve communication. Articulation and Role Play were other things part of curriculum which has helped me to improve my overall communication.

Below are the best things of Eddy’s coaching style

Great Listening skills & patient, which allows me to move at my own pace

As a coach he takes best out of me by asking more questions, than straightaway giving solutions Finally this brings more confidence in me, that I am solving my problems on my own

Different / various perspective of a problem / issue- Challenging me in a very constructive way through provocative but effective questions

Because of his coaching skills and vast working experience in best global organizations I highly recommend Eddy as a coach

Shalom Moliov (GM at adidas Israel)

Leadership Coaching and High Performance Teams

Executive Presence at senior levels (participation, contribution, impact)
Building and developing a cohesive, collaborative high performance team
Manage and lead up
Other coaching subjects that evolve during the engagement

Coaching gave me confidence that I can deal with the change by structuring my thoughts and prioritizing the actions.It improved my self-awareness and understanding of the situation helped me to integrate into the new business environment – asking questions and voice openly my opinion in front of Senior Leaders.

Eddy has this remarkable capability of staying in the moment and moving me along until I develop the outcome that makes me feel satisfied and confident. He challenges without pressuring and guides without being directive. What I most appreciated is his active listening skills, reading between the lines and understanding things I said but was not really aware of. His other strengths is the way he helped me see things differently, put myself into someone else’s shoes and reassess situations accordingly – it let to outcomes and solutions I would have never considered hadn’t I not changed the way I looked at things.

I can sincerely recommend Eddy as a coach – his executive experience combined with his coaching skills place him in a unique position to help senior leaders to find solutions to and overcome even very difficult situations.

Jad Chouman (Sn. Director BU Training, Emerging Markets)

Career Coaching

I was confused and not sure what to do to resolve a very important issue and therefore thought help of a coach. Through the coaching, which has lasted for about 6 months, I have been able to set a clear objective, explore different options and develop plans and specific action steps. The coaching with Eddy allowed me to explore new ways and look at various possibilities which I had not considered before. Being clear where I want to go and putting in place a step-by-step approach gave me the confidence to move forward.

Eddy is a very good listener, asks great questions that help to shift perspective and structure ideas. He is focused, challenging when needed, empathetic, patient and knows how to hold people accountable. I can highly recommend Eddy as a coach.

Ertugrul Akbulut (Director eCOM Emerging Markets)

Leadership Development and Strategic Thinking

Having had 6 months of coaching helped me first to think out of box and step back and re exercise the thought process which resulted in me being more confident and looking at things in a more mature way.

The first thing I learned was that I cannot control every matter but can adopt my style to my advantage. It’s a learning process and sometimes painful. I realized that I tend to make thinks more complex than needed. Eddy helped me to see the core of the issues, simplify and create a plan and concrete action steps to tackle them. The coaching also helped me to understand the benefit of asking questions rather than making assumptions. This helped me to reduce uncertainty and take quality decisions. Also, the coaching was very helpful for me to understand how important it is to present your idea in an impactful way and not only to have a good idea…and how to build partnerships and create positive perceptions.

Eddy has been very committed to the coaching. He took me out of comfort zone and led me to think differently and creatively. His questions helped me to nail down the issues and overcome them. The way he takes conversions is very constructive and positive. He easily builds the trust and confidence. His long executive leadership experience helped him to relate well to my challenges and guide me towards the best and realistic solutions.
I recommend Eddy as a coach to anyone looking for development and ready to challenge themselves. Those will see how their thought process will improve and lead to productivity and mental efficiency. I appreciate his time given, open and honest feedback and helping me to take the best step forward.

Cihan Dincer (Retail Director Turkey)

Leadership Development and Performance Management

The coaching sessions with Eddy helped me to find out my strengths and opportunities to improve. The findings of the sessions are then put into structured plans, which lead me to grow as a leader confidently.

Eddy is always a good listener and always focused during the sessions, which gives you the confidence that everything even small details are captured and not missed out. His coaching style opens up new perspectives, which you never thought of before and he lets you link these opinions and find solutions by yourself.

His organizing and tracking ability was also very helpful to manage the sessions in series and develop myself covering many different areas and combining them in the big picture.

I highly appreciate and recommend Eddy for his coaching ability combined with his experience as a leader. His to the point approach with open and friendly style always made me motivated and feel I am really moving forward to achieve my targets personally.

Ali Erten (Sn. Director Supply-Chain Turkey and Israel)

Career Development

The coaching with Eddy was an eye opener for me and has helped me very much to find my potential career path within my organization. Before I was quite confused with multiple options in mind. The coaching sessions benefitted me through prioritization, preparing a plan and taking actions to achieve tangible steps forward.

Eddy’s approach helped me to do that in a very structured and productive way without leaving any doubt in my mind – keeping me focused 100% on my goal.

Now I have a trustful and very capable coach in my life on a call distance and will recommend Eddy to my friends and peers in anyone who required a really good coach.

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