“The effectiveness of any coaching depends on the personal qualities and professional skills of the coach.”

Personal yet Professional
Each coaching assignment is a uniquely designed one-on-one learning alliance, tailored to achieve your personal and professional growth and development. At Authentic Coaching we understand that your life and business are your most valuable assets, too important to interfere without the appropriate knowledge and skill.

See what others are saying about Authentic Coaching

“Since the moment I began working with her, Elke has had a profoundly positive effect on the quality of my life. She blows me away every session with her ability to listen, encourage me to think critically and allow me to gain a greater understanding of the conflicts in my life, guiding me towards discovering the tools that allow me to take action.

By no means is it easy, one has to put in conscious effort to make changes in one’s life. However, I can confidently say that after working with her, I am more in touch with myself, have greater connections with friends and family and have found greater happiness in my life than ever before. Thank you Elke, I look forward to what the future holds :)”

Lucas Thomson Athlete, Team GB

“Elke has the rare gift of listening between the lines. She hears what you don’t realise you’re saying and asks questions that help you cut to the heart of the matter and understand yourself better. I have no hesitation in recommending her highly.”

Elizabeth Journalist, London England

“The longer I work with Elke the more I realise what a profound effect she has had on my thinking. Even if you come to her believing you will be honest about things, be prepared for some very real shocks when a true mirror is held up in front of you. Most powerful for me has been finding a language to encapsulate the inner me, which brings a freedom from years of telling unhelpful stories about myself as a method of protection. She has a very special combination of talents and character which are focussed on bringing transforming change to her clients, and for me, it works.”

John Renfrew Company Director at Right Way Up

“Elke is a highly knowledgeable and informed coach who brings wide understanding of a range of coaching and mentoring methods and techniques. Her work with a very broad range of individual and organisations throughout the World enables her to draw upon a unique combination of insights and experiences. This aligned to her empathetic approach means that she delivers high quality support for clients in an extensive array of settings”

John Eady Owner & CEO: Knight, Kavanagh & Page;
Owner & proprietor: Le Village du Bois

“Elke coached me through adjusting to a new organization and role. The questions she asked were spot on to help crystallise the issues I was wrestling with. As a coach myself I felt like I was watching a master listener and questioner at work! I grew as she helped me look at my assumptions more deeply, prodded me with questions and gave encouraging feedback. She is are truly a master at what she does and having spent time with her I feel like I have learned from the best. Thanks so much!”

Hilary Lynch Operation Mobilisation, Training

I liked Elke’s technique and her manner of working: she didn’t tell me what to think, but by asking me various questions, she led me to the answers that had been always in me. After just two sessions, I felt like I had more space in my life. I felt I had a new toolbox at my disposal to help me build a life that is characterised by satisfaction instead of frustration, freedom instead of fear, and hope instead of anxieties.
I came to Elke because I needed breakthrough in my life concerning certain thought and behaviour patterns. I could see that they were wrong but I struggled with changing them: no matter how hard I tried, I felt it was beyond my strength to do something about them as they always came back. Elke helped me to expose the paradigms in my thinking that I never questioned because I believed they were the only option. She also equipped me with tools that enabled me to build new paradigms, new ways of relating to myself, others and life. It was like being given a new mind!
Learning that I had a choice about what goes into my head made me feel empowered; being given practical tips and exercises made me feel excited about my life.

Katia Hryharuk Assistant to Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Trading Team at Sberbank CIB, UK

“Elke is an exceptional individual. She is a very highly skilled coach who combines extensive knowledge, in-depth experience and a passion for helping individuals in her work. Her professional commitment and reliability is outstanding. She is easy to work with, and has wide-ranging international experience that informs her understanding of cross-cultural issues in individuals and organisations. Elke is also highly innovative in developing solutions in challenging circumstances.
All in all, a terrific person to know and to work with, I strongly recommend her in connection with any work in the coaching, training and organisational consultancy field.”

Ian Wycherly Former Programme Director of MA coaching and Mentoring Programme,
Oxford Brookes University

Elke is a great trainer and coach for expatriate staff. She knows how to pick-up on where people are and bring them to the next level.

Scott Breslin International Director of Operation Mercy

I would highly recommend Elke as a Coach. It was very enjoyable and rewarding to work with her. She coached me for 4 sessions and helped me progress in my work, my thinking and my life plans in a really good way. She is highly skilled and also very friendly, personable and encouraging. I would really recommend Elke if you are keen to explore ideas, work and future plans and would value some coaching to help you to do this.

Matthew Currey Associate, Advocacy Group, Tearfund

I’ve worked with Elke personally as my coach, as well as getting her to lead some of my team away-days and coach a number of people in my team. She demonstrates a high level of knowledge and expertise in coaching and was particularly adept at assisting us through a period of change and uncertainty. She is great at making people feel at ease and comfortable and leads the way in creating a trusting and open environment. She can also challenge thinking and mindsets and help people to consider new ways of approaching an issue. I’d recommend her for a range of training, learning/development and coaching.

Sue Willsher Acting Joint Head of Public Policy, International Development, Tearfund

Elke is a highly intelligent, thoughtful and compassionate individual. It has been a huge pleasure getting to know her and benefitting from her support and challenge over the past 2 1/2 years. She combines real insight with creative and practical solutions, is very client focussed and manages to balance support and challenge with plenty of humour too.
I would whole-heartedly recommend her.

Helen Hawken VP Production and Development, Factual at Discovery Networks International

It is fantastic working with Elke. When I started with her, I couldn’t even articulate what I needed/wanted to sort out, I just knew that I was in a bad place and something needed to change. She helped me sort through all of that in such a way that things were resolved for now, and I was strengthened for the future. She has been gentle, insightful, kind, challenging (in a good way!) and given me so much to ponder on. I really cannot recommend her highly enough. Every time I’ve finished a session with her I’ve felt ‘light’, and like I’ve been in a spa session! If there was a trip advisor rating for Elke, she’d be getting 5 star reviews!

Sarah Anthony Thrive Director at Innovista

Elke is one of the most inspiring coaches I have had the fortune to meet. She is very knowledgeable about coaching theory and the psychology of coaching, and importantly to her clients, she has empathy in spades. She combines genuine curiosity with an inquisitive mind and will challenge and stretch people who ask her to work with them. As a fellow coach I rate her skill, insight and compassion very highly and know my collaborations with Elke are always going to be interesting, warm, fun and thought provoking. It is a pleasure recommending Elke, and I do so without hesitation.

www.sociusassociates.co.uk

Flo Van Diemen Van Thor Coach. Mentor. Facilitator.

Thank you for the superb job you did in facilitating our leadership session. It was very tricky subject matter and you handled us and the conversations with great skill and tact. Not everyone has the ability to be able to get to the heart of what’s going on without dishonouring or alienating the people involved. I have since recommended you several times.

Andrea Johnson Director of Operations St Paul's Church Hammersmith

Whether it’s face-to-face, via Skype of by phone, I really recommend anybody who would like someone alongside for a while, to think with them, come up with new perspectives, think outside the box, realising dream, and more, to connect with Elke and enjoy some great professional mentoring and coaching.
I met Elke during a five day residential coach-mentoring training in Ireland in January 2015. The training was delivered by Elke and two of her direct colleagues. I thoroughly enjoyed this training. Elke was clearly the driving force behind the curriculum. Elke ‘lives’ mentoring; she has a passion for helping people grow and help them set and achieve targets. During the training I enjoyed a great mentoring conversation; this was great, in the way that it didn’t actually feel like a mentoring conversation but more like a friend who comes alongside you.

Anton De Zeeuw Project Management at Cisco Systems

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Authentic Coaching

Elke Hanssmann – MA Coaching and Mentoring

Authentic Coaching

Client-centred agenda with clear learning outcomes:

A Collaborative and Egalitarian Learning Alliance:

The tandem features of challenge and support

Multi-layered and Holistic