Individual Coaching Program
for Leadership Development

Become stronger in your work, make better decisions, and increase your impact. With a professional business coaching program, you develop greater self-confidence, resilience, and focus. Are you a professional who wants to take more control, act with greater authority, and truly make a difference? Or a leader who wants to inspire your team? We help you grow with conviction and decisiveness. Invest in your leadership development and take the first step today!

Who is Individual Coaching for?

Individual Coaching Programs are ideal for:

HR managers and business leaders who want to enhance employees’ competence, well-being, motivation, and ownership, so that teams perform better, talent is retained and the organization grows sustainably in a changing market.

Leaders, managers, and executives seeking an honest and safe sounding board to address their challenges and ambitions. For anyone looking for new insights, tools and strategies to strengthen their leadership skills.

Employees from all sectors and at all levels who want to strengthen their communication, build self-confidence, advance in their role, resolve conflicts constructively, and experience greater motivation, job satisfaction and productivity.

When do organisations choose Individual Coaching?

A large part of our lives is spent at work. That’s why it’s important for every employee to enjoy their work, find it fulfilling, and continue to develop. An individual coaching program helps professionals tap into their talents, take initiative, and build strong relationships, better results, and healthier organizations. Companies with a coaching culture increasingly turn to individual coaching when an employee faces a new challenge. This could be a new role, a shift in vision or strategy requiring the employee to develop new skills, and so on.

Sometimes coaching starts from a difficult situation, where the coachee has been underperforming for a longer period, has lost motivation, etc., while the company still believes in their potential. In both cases, it helps to have an (external) trusted advisor who observes from the sidelines—impartially and without bias—who thinks along, listens, and challenges the coachee, enabling them to regain their strength and create the desired 'shift'.

Which topics are addressed?

Together with your coach, you will work on:

  • Behavioral Change: Learn to consciously manage counterproductive habits that no longer serve you
  • Competence Development: Strengthen the skills that truly help you move forward
  • Values and Beliefs: Gain deep insight into what drives your daily functioning
  • Identity Coaching: Discover who you truly are and which contexts and projects suit you best
  • Well-being Coaching: Develop greater resilience and balance across all areas of your life

 

Possible topics may include:

  • Clarifying vision and mission, working purposefully, prioritizing, delegating, giving feedback, motivating, …
  • Negotiation, sales, influencing, personal branding, networking, …
  • Leading through change, creating buy-in, situational leadership, coaching leadership, fostering ownership …
  • Communication skills (active listening, empathy, powerful questioning, being fully present, …)
  • Improving team performance, conflict management, decision-making processes, time management, mentoring, …
  • Reintegration (after illness), managing stress, resilience, assertiveness, work-life balance

 

You will be coached in a safe environment where you can think out loud, be challenged, and receive support. You will gain clarity on your strengths, growth opportunities, and blind spots. By exploring your challenges from new, refreshing perspectives, you make better choices, act more effectively, and discover previously hidden possibilities. This allows you to take targeted steps toward your goals and act with greater confidence.

The Power of - Individual Coaching - in Numbers:

Recent studies show that individual coaching delivers strong, measurable effects—for both you and your organisation:

  • More Self-Confidence & Better Performance – Over 70% of participants report improvements in work performance, communication, and relationships
    (Institute of Coaching / ICF Global Coaching Client Study, 2009; Coachilly, 2024)
     
  • Behavioral Change & Personal Growth – Coaching has the greatest impact on behavior (g = 0.73), followed by personal resources such as resilience and self-efficacy (g = 0.52)
    (Meta-analysis, PMC, 2023)
     
  • High Return on Investment – Organisations earn back their investment on average 7×; in some cases up to 50×
    (ICF + PwC, 2024; Manchester Inc., 2001)

What does an Individual Coaching Program look like?

An Individual Coaching Program is a process, consisting of several steps.

01

Intake Conversation

Each program begins with an intake conversation in which the objectives are discussed and documented. The manager, coach, and coachee are all present. All parties commit to the program by signing a coaching agreement. This conversation typically lasts one and a half hours.

02

Coaching Sessions 1, 2, and 3

About two weeks after the intake conversation, the coach and coachee meet for the actual coaching sessions. The program consists of five sessions, each lasting 1.5 hours, with approximately one month between sessions. Ideally, these sessions take place at the coach’s home. If this is not possible, the coachee books a private meeting room without distractions.

03

Progress Evaluation

After the second coaching session, all parties come together to review the positive progress made so far. We also assess whether the initially set objectives are still relevant and make refinements where necessary.

04

Coaching Sessions 4 and 5

Approximately two weeks after the intake conversation, the coach and coachee continue with the remaining coaching sessions. The program consists of five sessions, each lasting 1.5 hours, with about one month between sessions. Ideally, these sessions take place at the coach’s home. If this is not possible, the coachee arranges a private meeting room without distractions.

05

Closing Conversation

Each program concludes with a closing conversation in which progress relative to the initial objectives is discussed and documented. Next steps are also determined during this session. The manager, coach, and coachee are all present.

These top coaches will work with you

At Coaching The Shift, you work with seasoned trainers who are not only ICF-certified (PCC or MCC level) but also masters at quickly building trust with groups and individuals. They provide participants with substantive knowledge while also demonstrating, indirectly, how to create trust in any collaboration. Because our trainers are also experienced coaches, they work not only on behavioral or competency levels but also on underlying values and beliefs. This way, participants learn how to strengthen trust—not only in themselves but also within their team and in collaboration with clients and partners.

Magaly De Smet

Magaly is the visionary and driving force behind Coaching The Shift. As the youngest Master Certified Coach ever in Europe, she recognised early on the importance of team coaching and brought it to prominence in the business world. She has trained hundreds of professionals to become certified (team) coaches and remains a leading voice in the sector. Magaly is valued for her ability to make the unspoken discussable and actionable, resulting in deep and lasting change. She has built a team of strong coaches and trainers who embody the DNA of Coaching The Shift. Together, they contribute every day to shifting clients from an ‘I’ to a ‘We’ mindset across diverse sectors.

Christine Esteingeldoir

Christine supports organisations in improving performance and strengthening relationships within teams. She works as a coach, trainer and facilitator in the fields of leadership and team development. Her approach is rooted in self-awareness and reflection. Christine is an accredited ICF trainer (Level 1 & 2) and works with tools such as Insights Discovery and the Enneagram. She is also a supervisor and peer group facilitator in the training of ICF-certified coaches. She guides teams on themes such as trust, communication and change, and empowers leaders to motivate others and achieve results. Her style is structured, creative and impactful.

Johan Van Eeckhout

Johan guides leaders through the leap of a lifetime. As a sparring partner and “parachutist,” he helps them strengthen their leadership with a fresh perspective and new approaches. Together, they thoroughly prepare for the jump so they land as conscious, decisive leaders with lasting impact. In contexts such as growth, conflict, change or mergers, he works with leaders and teams to build resilience, clarity and connection. With over 25 years of business and management experience, 1,700 hours of individual coaching, 1,200 hours of team coaching and 3,600 hours of training, he is an experienced change catalyst who helps executives build authentic relationships and enhance performance.

Dorothée Willems

Driven by her deep belief in a new leadership paradigm, Dorothée joined Coaching The Shift. She has grown into an inspirer, co-leader, and sounding board for Magaly. Dorothée is highly valued for her holistic perspective, rich life experience and expertise as a trainer and coach. She approaches leadership through the connection between body and mind, believing that authentic leadership begins with self-awareness. With extensive experience in international leadership roles, deep expertise and a warm, respectful commitment, she inspires and engages people, inviting them to adopt a fresh and expansive view of their reality and potential.

Marijke Van Moldergem

Marijke is a Master Certified Coach with over 4,000 coaching hours, guiding leaders at all levels with a gentle yet decisive approach focused on awareness, resilience, and sustainable change. Specialising in change and leadership themes, she believes every change is an opportunity to grow. She brings theory to life with practical examples and fosters self-awareness, leading to lasting behavioural change. With over 20 years of corporate experience, including 10 years as HRD Manager at TNT Express and a rich training portfolio, she quickly understands the challenges leaders and their organisations face.

Eva Declercq

Eva is fascinated by the interaction between people, tasks, and the (work) environment. She focuses on collaboration, team dynamics, (personal) leadership, motivation, perfectionism, stress and burnout. With a background in psychology and marketing, and years of experience as a manager in the recruitment and staffing sector, she connects effortlessly with a wide range of teams and organisations. As a coach, she is non-judgemental and respectful, yet unafraid to mirror and challenge. As a team coach, she quickly senses group dynamics and identifies what is needed for growth. With humour and energy, she encourages participants to step out of their comfort zones and explore new paths.

Heidi De Roo

Heidi’s mission is to support organisations, leaders, teams and individuals in achieving sustainable growth through coaching, training and strategic HR advice. She strives to create workplaces where people feel valued, connected and inspired. As an HR expert in learning and wellbeing, she translates strategic visions into a tangible values-driven culture. This makes values concrete, fosters connection, and brings out the best in people. Her style is personal, empathetic and focus on her goal. With extensive experience in peer coaching, leadership training, and individual coaching, she helps people strengthen their intrinsic capabilities and supports organisations in their growth.

Eva Buyck

Eva Buyck

Eva combines strategy, sales, and coaching into a powerful profile. As Policy and Strategic Lead, she helps shape the direction of Coaching The Shift and develops sustainable partnerships. Her international sales experience gives her sharp insight into what organisations truly need, which she translates into solutions with measurable impact. As an experienced business coach, she guides leaders and teams in growing their awareness, resilience and results, always keeping both the human side and business objectives in mind.

Silvia Zeppieri

Silvia is an experienced coach who supports entrepreneurs and professionals in their growth. With a background in business operations, strategy and HR at executive level, she understands the challenges organisations face. She combines analytical insight with a strong focus on personal development and believes in coaching-based leadership. Her clients learn to make decisions with greater confidence and to break through patterns. She creates a safe space where new perspectives emerge and collaboration is strengthened. Her approach is both practical and profound: she works not only on thinking, but also on feeling and doing, with sustainable behavioural change as the outcome.

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Tom Versée

Tom combines his didactic background with extensive training and coaching expertise across a range of sectors to inspire, challenge and motivate leaders, employees and teams. He brings energy, creativity and structure, making complex processes clear and accessible. As an expert in body language and presentation techniques, he quickly senses what is happening beneath the surface and responds accordingly. His approach is interactive and practice-oriented: he uses a variety of methods and effortlessly engages diverse groups. Tom enhances communication, fosters collaboration, encourages reflection and supports growth. He challenges the status quo and guides his clients towards sustainable change.

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Naziha El Handousi

Naziha is an ICF PCC-certified coach with 19 years of leadership experience, 16 of which were in corporate environments. She supports leaders and teams in growth companies in finding calm, resilience and decisiveness in a world that never stands still. With her no-nonsense approach and vibrant energy, she creates clarity, connection and depth, always with an eye for both people and results. She believes that each of us carries both differences and similarities, whether visible or less apparent. It is precisely this that makes teams powerful: diversity as the driving force for synergy, trust and lasting impact in times of constant change.

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Clients' Testimony

Caroline Gentier, klant van Coaching The Shift

I started this program with the ambition to become a certified professional coach and to build a solid foundation for my further development. What I didn’t expect was how profound and transformative this journey would be — both professionally and personally.

One of my biggest insights came when I realized that my ability to “listen well” sometimes drifted toward merging with the other person. The concepts of the “mush” and the “wall” truly opened my eyes and helped me find a healthy balance in my conversations. They were real game changers in my development as a coach.

The supervisions, one-on...

Caroline Gentier
Sales Developer Manager
Argenta
4.9
Elsy Liebaut, klant van Coaching The Shift

For me, the journey began with a special experience on the very first day. While listening to my first recording, I received positive feedback that immediately made me realize I didn’t have to start from scratch. I became aware of what was already there and how I could build on it. That gave me confidence and made the start both softer and more powerful at the same time.

This program has enriched me in so many ways. It has given me not only tools and techniques but also a new level of confidence and awareness. For anyone who wants to grow — both as a coach and as a person — this program is an...

Elsy Liebaut
Head of facility management
Nationale bank van België
4.7
Karolien Vandersteen, klant van Coaching The Shift

I experienced the coaching program as an inspiring and transformative journey toward professional growth and mastery. From the very beginning, it was clear that this program is much more than just a course — it’s an intensive journey that truly prepares you for a career as a professional coach. With a strong focus on both theoretical insight and practical application, it provides a solid foundation for anyone who wants to develop into a skilled and confident coach.

What truly makes this program unique is the space it gives for personal development and its strong emphasis on professionalism. The...

Karolien Vandersteen
Leadership & Development Partner
Colruyt Group
4.9
Ilsa Goosens, klant van Coaching The Shift

The Professional Coach Training Program (ICF Certified Level 1 and 2) was an exceptionally valuable experience for me — exactly what I needed to confidently shape the next steps in my career. I was looking for a high-quality, professional training that would encourage reflection and self-awareness, while also being directly applicable to my own coaching practice.

The program was well structured and offered deep insights into both personal and professional development. What I found most valuable was the practical applicability of the tools and techniques we learned, which immediately enhanced my...

Ilsa Goossens
Coach and Entrepreneur
Ilsa Goossens
4.8
Serge Van Houten, klant van Coaching The Shift

My three absolute highlights during this program were:

  • Seeing the connections between behavior, beliefs, values, and identity.
    It was fascinating to discover how these elements influence one another — and how this awareness enables you to make more conscious choices.
  • Discovering the power of visualization.
    I experienced for myself how powerful visualization can be in achieving goals and feeling confident in challenging situations. It was a real eye-opener that I now apply every day.
  • Learning to see emotions as signals.
    I’ve learned not to view emotions as “difficult” or “negative,” but as important...
Serge Van Houten
Manager Production
Prothya Biosolutions
4.7
Olivier Mangelschots, klant van Coaching The Shift

As a digital consultant, I work every day with data, strategies, and processes. Yet, I felt something was missing in my work — something that went beyond numbers and analysis: the art of truly connecting with people and supporting them in their growth. That’s why I decided to follow this program, and it has far exceeded my expectations.

What moved me most was the way Dorothée and Magaly showed up within the group. Their combination of professionalism, vulnerability, and authenticity was truly inspiring. They shared not only their expertise but also personal stories that made the training...

Olivier Mangelschots
Digital challenger
ODUM
4.8
Nathalie Luyckx, klant van Coaching The Shift

This program was incredibly enriching in terms of content. I learned so much from the practical examples and am deeply grateful for the trainers’ willingness to share their personal stories and experiences. The supervision sessions were also a major source of insight and growth for me.

What truly moved me was the authenticity of the group and the mutual trust that developed. It created a safe environment where everyone could be themselves and fully engage in learning. The handouts were very useful, and the additional links and YouTube videos provided great depth. The mix of theory, group...

Nathalie Luyckx
Teamleader Clinical Support Team
Galapagos
4.6
Corrine Hiertz, klant van Coaching The Shift

I had the great privilege of having Dorothée as my trainer and coach during my coaching program. Dorothée immediately stood out as a highly experienced coach who combines extensive knowledge in interpersonal domains (such as NLP and Transactional Analysis) with solid professional experience in the private sector.

Beyond that, Dorothée possesses other remarkable qualities that make her truly unique. She shows a genuine interest in others, is curious about everyone she meets, and always seeks to deeply understand their different perspectives and approaches. In doing so, she supports each person...

Corinne Hiertz
4.6
Anneke Bezuyen, klant van Coaching The Shift

This program has completely changed the way I look at people and situations. I now find myself much more in observation mode rather than jumping to judgment. With a curious mindset, I can understand others — and myself — much better. I highly recommend this training to everyone.

Magaly and Dorothée embody a unique combination of strength and playfulness, professionalism and vulnerability, reflection and progress. They are two outstanding trainers who are perfectly attuned to each other and to the group, creating a safe and stimulating learning environment.

The program is highly educational and...

Anneke Bezuyen
HR Project Manager
Belfius Direct
4.8

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