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Interview of Mathilde Poirieux: Leadership and Career Transition Coach

2022/04/25

A Research Paper By Claire Braunwald
Change Coach, HONG KONG

I was fortunate enough to cross Mathilde Poirieux’s path through the ICF Hong Kong Chapter when I first began my coaching career. Mathilde is the President of the ICF Hong Kong Chapter and a PCC Senior Executive Coach and Coach Supervisor. I recall Mathilde’s enthusiasm and readiness to share her passion for coaching and understanding of the coaching process with newcomers like myself who had a lot of questions, including how to get started. Her encouragement and support helped me achieve clarity on my path and the route I should follow at a pivotal point in my career and life, and it had a great and long-lasting impact on me. Fast forward three years to the building of my ICA portfolio, and I’ve learned a lot.

ADAPT

2022/04/21

A Coaching Model By Claire Braunwald
Change Coach, HONG KONG

My emotional intelligence was built by learning to adapt to shifting situations and understanding the causes underlying people’s behaviors from a young age. I began a ten-year journey in the exciting world of luxury hotels, working in Sales & Marketing in four countries, armed with this formidable “people skill.” This path also includes a two-year stint with a worldwide change management consulting firm; both of these experiences were crucial in honing my ability to adapt to change. Here, my life experiences, commitment to self-development, coaching skills, and natural ability to be a cheerleader have come together to build the ADAPT coaching model that will accompany my clients through their life and career transitions.

Self-Limitation vs. Self-Empowerment

2022/04/13

A Coaching Power Tool By Claire Braunwald
Change Coach, HONG KONG

Self-limitations are barriers that a client constructs for themselves, preventing them from seeing the full scope of possibilities and being their most genuine and powerful selves. Self-empowerment, on the other hand, is the ability to be aware of our own choices and to choose our own path to the desired outcome. Self-empowerment is essential for a client’s shift and achievement of their goal. I’d like to call this shift in viewpoint the “self-limitation vs. self-empowerment” power tool because it transforms the client from a bystander to a participant in the circumstance.