Isabell Gutendorf - Coaching & People Advisory

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Isabell Gutendorf

Leadership, team, and talent coach with 9+ years of experience developing people and building resilient cultures for growing organizations.

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My Coaching Approach

I practice systemic coaching, an approach that puts the individual at the center of every session.

We work together to create meaningful change by focusing on your own influence, efforts, and perspectives. While I specialize in leadership, performance, and career coaching, this approach can help with any professional or personal challenge you're facing.

Leadership Coaching

In our leadership coaching sessions, we strengthen your ability to guide, grow and enable your team. You set the agenda based on your specific challenges, whether that's defining your authentic leadership style, navigating team conflicts, managing organizational change, or improving team performance.

Reflect upon and build your leadership style

Improve your leadership effectiveness

Lead through change and uncertainty

Leadership Coaching

Reflect upon and build your leadership style

Improve your leadership effectiveness

Lead through change and uncertainty

Performance Coaching

We often tend to set ourselves ambitious goals or dream about using more of our potential, but are missing a piece of the puzzle to actually feel like we are moving forward. This coaching addresses any performance related challenges to overcome hurdles with a positive and effective change mindset.

Identify and connect with your true goals

Develop and implement performance changes

Overcome roadblocks and build a success mindset

Performance Coaching

Identify and connect with your true goals

Develop and implement performance changes

Overcome roadblocks and build a success mindset

Career Coaching

Whether you're considering a career change, exploring your next step, or looking for fresh motivation in your current role—I help you gain clarity and direction.

Build increased self-awareness and confidence

Gain clarity over your career goals and priorities

Develop career management skills

Career Coaching

Whether you're considering a career change, exploring your next step, or looking for fresh motivation in your current role—I help you gain clarity and direction.

Career Coaching

Whether you're considering a career change, exploring your next step, or looking for fresh motivation in your current role—I help you gain clarity and direction.

Build increased self-awareness and confidence

Gain clarity over your career goals and priorities

Develop career management skills

Other Coaching Areas

Coaching as a tool and initiative can be applied to any life situation, from working on conflicts in your private relationships, to supporting taking big person decisions to coaching and working with entire teams and navigating group dynamics and challenges. The examples above list the areas I have most experience with, but I’m not limited to those and welcome almost any coaching context.

Navigate personal and professional conflicts

Make confident decisions in major life transitions

Improve group dynamics and collaboration

Other Coaching Areas

Navigate personal and professional conflicts

Make confident decisions in major life transitions

Improve group dynamics and collaboration

Coaching vs Training vs Advisory

Coaching, training, and advisory often overlap. In coaching, we grow and learn (similar to training), and through reflection and gained insights, we make better decisions (similar to advisory). However, the key difference is that in my coaching, I avoid sharing personal opinions or teaching. Instead, I guide you to develop your own insights.

Coaching helps you find your own answers

Training provides structured knowledge

Advisory offers direct recommendations

Coaching vs Training vs Advisory

Coaching helps you find your own answers

Training provides structured knowledge

Advisory offers direct recommendations

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About Me

With years of experience in HR Business Partnering, coaching has always been at the core of my work. By helping executives, talent, and teams increase self-awareness and understand their influence, we've successfully defined strategies to overcome challenges and frustrations.

I truly believe in the power of self-reflection—when combined with context and open communication, it can solve many of the problems we face in our daily lives.

Location

Originally from Berlin, I’m now based in Zurich and offer coaching in both English and German.

Certification

I’ve been passionate about conflict management and coaching since 2016. In January 2023, I completed my formal coaching certification with the Coaching Association in Germany.

Results

Coaching energizes me. I gain so much from seeing my coachees take the insights from our sessions and create real change together.

Trusted by Founders & Executives

Some clients prefer full discretion, while others are happy to share their experience. Here’s what some had to say:

Working with Isabell shifted my mindset on team dynamics. Her coaching helped me understand my role in shaping the company culture.

Mona Feder

CPO & Co-Founder, doinstruct

Isabell's combination of a deep understanding of the human factor and intuitive business acumen helped me grasp the bigger picture.

Christian Sutter

CEO & Co-Founder, mympact

Isabell's coaching questions helped me see team dynamics differently and find the right approach to lead diverse talent.

Juan Bongiovanni

Chief Marketing Officer, N26

Isabell’s coaching, through her listening and asking the right questions, was a cornerstone in discovering my leadership style.

Louisa Strasser

Entrepreneur, SHK POWER

Answers to Common Uncertainties

I’m interested—what do I do next?

We’ll begin with a free introductory call. It's important that both of us feel comfortable and can envision a successful collaboration. During this call, we’ll briefly discuss your coaching topic, explore your goals, and I’ll guide you through the coaching process. This helps us both understand if we’re a good fit to work together.

I’m interested—what do I do next?

How is the coaching typically structured?

How many coaching sessions will I need?

Is coaching offered in person or online?

What if I need to cancel or reschedule a session?

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Redefine Leadership.
Unlock Breakthroughs.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you, please reach out to schedule an introductory call.

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Redefine Leadership.
Unlock Breakthroughs.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you, please reach out to schedule an introductory call.

Schedule Call

Redefine Leadership.
Unlock Breakthroughs.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you, please reach out to schedule an introductory call.

Schedule Call