Coach bench:
Georgina Woudstra

Biography:

Georgina specialises in working 1:1 with current and emerging CEOs, Managing Directors and other senior executives, facilitating strategic off-sites and coaching the top team ‘as a team’. A strong and experienced Executive Coach, with more than 15 years track record in her field, she is a co-author of “Coaching Global Top Teams” in Leadership in Coaching (Kogan Page). 

A successful entrepreneur, her experience intentionally spans across a wide range of industries; this gives her the ability to cross-fertilise learning and ideas.  Prior to building a successful coaching practise, Georgina founded, and grew several diverse businesses spanning clothing design, accounting, engineering, transport and change management consultancy.  

At the core of her work is authenticity – supporting leaders and teams in gaining a much deeper understanding and connection of who they are and how to leverage this for greater Success, Fulfilment and Legacy. Her approach brings together a unique combination of strategy, pragmatism and depth of understanding about human drivers and behaviour.

Georgina has worked with hundreds of senior executives across most sectors, both private and public.  Recent board-level clients include Thomson Reuters, Barclays, Beko, BGL Group, Lambeth Council, NHS, Tesco, Deloitte, McKinsey, Musanada, Paraexel, TKMaxx, Sony, Sega and more.

Languages Spoken

English

Qualifications

ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)

Certificate Supervision of Coaches, Mentors, Consultants

Diploma Advanced Coaching

Graduate Corporate Coach University

MA Change (pc)

NLP Diploma

PG Dip Business Research

AAT Accounting

Degree (Distinction) Fashion Design

Member: International Coaching Federation, Association for Coaching

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Technology, Oil & Utilities, Retail, Pharmaceutical, Telecommunications, Engineering, Professional Services, Engineering, Global Defence, Local Government, NHS, Education, Charity

Intervention Specialisms:

CEO & Senior Director Coaching; Executive Readiness for Board-level roles; Senior Leader Transitions; Coaching Boards & Top Teams; Motivations, Drivers and Authentic Leadership; Board Facilitation; Strategic Off-Sites; Self, People & Strategic Leadership; Self Awareness Psychometrics; Emotional Intelligence - measuring & developing

Approach and Competencies

Clients describe Georgina’s style as having ‘strong presence and credibility’, ‘experienced and wise’, ’sees people’, ‘extraordinary empathy’, ‘challenging but gentle’, ‘questioning and questing spirit!’  Georgina she is direct, honest and asks the questions that others may avoid, whilst seeking to find and leverage the best in her clients.