For nearly three decades, I worked in senior leadership roles in international organizations, leading across countries, cultures and complex institutional environments. I have led teams through periods of change and uncertainty, navigated crises and difficult stakeholder dynamics, made decisions when there was no perfect answer, and experienced firsthand the human realities that sit behind organizational performance.
My leadership career has included senior roles with the International Labour Organization, including most recently Deputy Regional Director and Acting Regional Director for the Americas, as well as serving as President & CEO of the Fair Labor Association.
Across those roles, I worked with governments, employers, workers, companies, boards and international institutions — often across competing interests, cultures and perspectives.
Those years shaped how I think about leadership — and how I work with leaders today.
I believe self-awareness matters enormously. How we interpret events, respond under pressure, manage our emotions, exercise judgment and relate to others shapes the impact we have as leaders.
But leadership does not happen in isolation.
We operate within systems — organizations, teams, cultures and relationships — with histories, incentives, power dynamics, competing interests and constraints of their own. Those environments influence how we lead just as surely as our leadership influences them.
That is why my work looks in both directions.
We explore what is happening within you — your assumptions, reactions, patterns, strengths and choices — while also examining what is happening around you: the people, relationships and organizational dynamics shaping the situation.
The question is not simply “How do I change myself?” It is: What is really happening here, what part of it is mine, and how can I lead more effectively within it?
Reflection is important, but I do not believe insight is the endpoint of coaching.
The work eventually has to show up in the real world: in a conversation you handle differently, a relationship you repair, a boundary you establish, a decision you make, a stakeholder you influence, a team you re-engage or a difficult situation you begin to move forward.
My approach therefore combines the depth of executive coaching with the perspective I bring from years of senior leadership.
Sometimes that means creating the space and asking the questions that allow you to see something differently. At other times, it means offering an observation, framework or leadership perspective that may help you think through the situation.
The purpose of both is the same: to help you expand your choices and lead more effectively.
The name reflects something fundamental about how I work.
Sustainable leadership change requires us to look inward — to understand ourselves, our impact and the choices available to us.
But inside-out is not a one-way street.
The leader shapes the system, and the system shapes the leader.
Effective leadership comes from understanding that interaction — and becoming more intentional about how you engage with it.
I have spent more than three decades working in complex international environments, including at the most senior levels. I understand leadership not only as a coach, but as someone who has carried responsibility for people, organizations, difficult decisions and outcomes.
I am an ICF-credentialed executive coach (ACC), trained to create the reflective space in which leaders can challenge assumptions, deepen awareness and develop their own capacity to navigate complexity.
I look beyond the individual to the relationships, organizational dynamics and wider environment influencing the challenge.
Our work stays connected to the situations you are actually facing. Insight becomes useful when it changes what you do.
I provide a confidential and supportive space, but support does not mean avoiding difficult questions. I will respectfully challenge assumptions and patterns when I believe doing so can help you see more clearly.
I work globally, virtually and in person, and coach in English, French, Spanish and Dutch.
Copyright ©2026 InsideOut-Coaching. All Rights Reserved
