EXECUTIVE EXPAT COACH

I have learnt that while you cannot
know the ﬁne details of every culture of
every person you encounter, you can
adopt a mindset of open-mindedness,
curiosity and respect.

Charlotte Nicholson

ACC, CPC, ELI-MP

Welcome to my life for the past couple of decades.

Let’s just say, I know a thing or two about agility,
resilience, adaptability, and embracing change.

START-UP EX PERIENCE

One of my ﬁrst abroad ventures was leading the initial phase of a company start-up in Barcelona. I initiated, created and led two separate successful new business departments: one in Spain and one in Qatar.

Through my countless client-facing roles around the world, I have experienced how challenging the initial transition phase can be where you feel constantly overwhelmed and stressed from all the demands. It can be hard to show up as the best version of yourself during this time.

HUMAN RESOURCES & RECRUITMENT EXPERIENCE

I also have extensive experience as a former Human Resources Leader and Recruiter working abroad. This really opened my eyes as I saw ﬁrst hand the struggles and pressures that Executives and their families experienced upon entering into a new culture and work environment.

I noticed that the struggles the Executive Expat experienced stemmed from 3 things.

And I witnessed, frustrations rising as they saw that the skills that had got them to the level of success back at home might not serve them to the same extent in this new environment.

Experience

MY LIGHTBULB MOMENT : COACHING

At that point I realised that in order for Executives be successful on a foreign assignment they needed to have ﬁrstly their basic needs established such as housing, schooling, medical, insurance before they were a) able to focus on the job and b) become more culturally aware in terms on how best to lead a diverse team.

Without the basics in place there was no hope that these individuals and their families would be settled enough to start the journey towards embracing the new experience, performing at work and thriving.

In HR and Recruiting, coaching these executives had been a natural part of my role. I was well versed in helping new leaders and their families get up and running in their new roles abroad and saw a demand for more support for these senior executives.

I furthered my coaching training through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) an International Coaching Federation accredited program, a gold standard for coaching.

Now I seamlessly combine my leadership expertise, expat experience and coaching credentials to help other executive expats thrive during transitions with the drive and energy to achieve new heights of success without the overwhelm.

My learning journey never stops as I continue to rack up multiple certiﬁcation and training hours around, habit building, effective communication, engagement and leadership.

Today I am coaching clients from companies including Etihad Aviation Group, Barclays Bank, and emerging business owners to name a few.

I’m also speaking and running workshops on various leadership topics. You can ﬁnd out more here.

Ranked #1 coach in Breda by Inﬂuencer Digest
Highly sought after speaker and trainer featured in Amgen, Shell, Thermo Fisher and many more.
As a long time Expat I am able to engage my clients from the long time Expat perspective of shared experience and help them understand their circumstances, perspectives and options having experienced many of their life and leadership challenges.
I have created the which “Impact Abroad Accelerator” program combines the settling in process, cultural agility coaching along with a program to exceed your leadership ability in a culturally diverse environment.
Certiﬁed Core Energy coach - focusing on getting to the root (or “core”) of an individual's challenges by identifying and shifting defeating thoughts, outdated beliefs, and emotions that block a client's success.
Certiﬁed Energy Leadership Master Practitioner - Energy Leadership is an approach to life and work that positively inﬂuences not only yourself, those with whom you work and interact, and your organization as a whole which reduces stress and increases satisfaction in 14 different key life areas.
I use the Energy Leadership Development System (ELDS) - The program is a completely customised system that develops a personally effective style of leadership to promote positive changes, through awareness, increased performance and effectiveness.

Charlotte is equal parts strategist

“Charlotte is equal parts strategist, thought provoker and cheerleader. She has a knack for revamping your own, sometimes confusing thoughts in a way that adds meaningful direction and inspiration.”

Francka Sullivan

Business owner

MY
APPROACH

Through thoughtful questioning, my coaching style brings AWARENESS by revealing what is possible, uncovers fresh perspectives to discover OPPORTUNITies and provides action steps to achieve SUCCESS.

CERTIFICATIONS

Personal Performance Coaching – The Coaching Academy
Certified Professional Coach – iPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching),
Master Practitioner Energy Leadership Index (ELI) – a precise and powerful assessment that will radically change the way you view your world!
COR.E Transition Dynamics – the most comprehensive coaching process for mastering the transitions in life.
Energy Leadership Development System – a completely customised program that develops a personally effective style of leadership to promote positive changes, through awareness, increased performance, confidence and effectiveness.
Brain by Design course – bringing brain science to life: Unlocking creativity, productivity, and happiness with science-based strategies for individuals and companies.
Yale University, Science of Wellbeing Certiﬁcation
Associate Certiﬁed Coach – International Coaching Federation
Positive Intelligence (PQ) Course – which is the science and practice of developing mastery over your own mind so you can reach your full potential for both happiness and success. PQ measures the percentage of time your mind is serving you as opposed to sabotaging you
COR.E Leadership Dynamics – a systematic and comprehensive program to build and use a leader’s capacity and potential in order to optimize performance in all aspects of life and work.

Testimonial

“Charlotte is a fantastic coach who has helped me through some tricky situations. She listened to the problems and then asked some really fantastic and probing questions that made me truly think about the best way forward so that the solution aligned with my values.”

Jackie Beasley

Talent Acquisition Lead - PA Consulting group

IN MY SPARE TIME

My natural love of pushing my limits has led me to:

SEMI-PROFESSIONAL SALSA DANCING
QUAD BIKING
SKYDIVING
WAKEBOARDING
SCUBA DIVING

and many more
adrenaline-ﬁlled
sports.

BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO JUMP OUT OF A PLANE TO BECOME RESILIENT AND FEARLESS!

THAT’S WHERE
COACHING COMES IN!

Testimonial

I don’t know how Charlotte does it, but she has a knack to helping me get unstuck and rather be limited by what is in front of me. My mindset in our sessions can completely shift and I can suddenly see what is possible and how I have been limiting my potential. This is always so exciting to start taking action on.

Fatma Al Sahlawi

Head of HR - Etihad Airways

EXECUTIVE EXPAT COACH

START-UP EX PERIENCE

HUMAN RESOURCES & RECRUITMENT EXPERIENCE

Experience

MY LIGHTBULB MOMENT : COACHING

Charlotte is equal parts strategist

MY APPROACH

CERTIFICATIONS

Testimonial

IN MY SPARE TIME

BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO JUMP OUT OF A PLANE TO BECOME RESILIENT AND FEARLESS!

THAT’S WHERE COACHING COMES IN!

Testimonial

RELIVE BURNOUT INDUCED ANXIETY

MY
APPROACH

THAT’S WHERE
COACHING COMES IN!