As a coach, I help my clients unlock their potential, explore their multiple identities, and build a life that is meaningful and aligned with their values, enabling them to achieve success and grow holistically.
As Central Europe’s Director of Learning & Development at one of the world’s top strategy consultancy, I’m on a mission to help people thrive both at work and in life. I’m passionate about guiding individuals to become their most authentic selves, blending professional success with personal fulfillment.
I am a U.S. native (Philadelphia) who has lived and worked in Europe for 30+ years, including the last 24 years in Switzerland. In 2018-19 I took a break from my multi-faceted corporate career and thoroughly enjoyed a 16-month fellowship at Stanford’s Distinguished Careers Institute (DCI). Among other activities at Stanford I was very fortunate to have been a student of Dave Evans and Bill Burnett, co-founders of Stanford’s “Designing Your Life” program. Returning to Switzerland in 2000, I founded a consulting practice to work with a select group of start-up companies, NGOs, multinational organizations and academic professionals that are bringing truly innovative approaches to improving global health, healthcare delivery, healthy aging and sustainability/ESG. As a Stanford-certified DYL coach, I enjoy coaching and co-mentoring as part of my practice, incorporating the “designing your life” philosophy and tools I learned at Stanford.
Liana’s passion lies in helping individuals, teams, and organizations build strategies for impactful outcomes in their lives and communities. She is a thought leader and innovation professional, as well as an insights storyteller, experienced in driving social impact initiatives related to the future of work and economic progress. As the Global Head of Innovation and Insights at the Innovation Foundation within the Adecco Group, she implemented the social innovation lab methodology, leveraging data and insights to co-create solutions for underserved populations in the labor market. She developed insights reports outlining critical challenges faced by mature workers, women re-entering the workforce, and youth. In her role as the Global Head of Thought Leadership and FU.SE (Future of Work Initiative) at the Adecco Group, she oversaw the thought leadership strategy for the Adecco Group. Additionally, she served as a design thinking facilitator, developing programs for the annual Global Leaders Conference and training colleagues in design thinking methods for addressing complex business challenges. Liana held a prior position at the World Economic Forum, where she executed a strategy for business engagement and high-level stakeholders, knowledge management, as well as program design for the Annual Meetings in Davos. She has solid experience in building partnerships and fostering engagement with international organizations, the private sector, and academia. Liana was responsible for community management and knowledge curation within the Network of Global Future Councils, the largest community of academic, business, and civil society leaders focused on resolving global challenges. She also led institutional engagement with the G20 and B20 processes. Liana holds an Executive Master in Global Leadership from the World Economic Forum in collaboration with INSEAD, London Business School, Wharton School of Business, Tsinghua University. She also earned a Master of International Affairs (MIA) from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Claudia enables humans to design their professional future in a rapidly changing world of work. Fascinated by digital and agile transformation, she strongly believes that in times of constant change, seeking to create the perfect master plan for a successful career and a happy life is no longer the best choice. A more agile approach to career and life development are more promising. In her coaching practice she combines scientifically proven classical methods from career diagnostics and counseling with elements from design thinking, life design and positive psychology. She works for entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who are looking for a significant transformation in their careers and lives beyond. Prior to her “second career” in coaching and career counseling Claudia spent over 10 years in innovation and transformation consulting. This is where she learned from the scratch what it means to accompany humans through change processes and deal with uncertainty and ambiguity. Claudia holds a master’s degree from University of Zurich (Switzerland) and has completed various further education programs in the areas of career counseling, coaching, life design and design thinking.