Sonja Robinson is an inspirational leadership coach focused on establishing relationships of mutual trust. Acting as a thought leader within talent management, Sonja coaches individuals and teams at middle and senior level to enhance personal and professional purpose, learning and growth, increase performance, and deliver impactful results for the organization. With an expertise in designing and managing customized leadership, peer coaching and skills training programs, Sonja has designed regional and global leadership development programs annually, covering development areas like time management, delegation, communication, coaching skills for leaders, conflict management, feedback, mediation and behavioural change. She has managed and delivered multicultural project teams of up to 20 on global event projects with FIFA, collaborating with team members and senior level stakeholders including CEOs, politicians, diplomats and members of Royalty and government. Sonja has also taken part in Volunteer Leadership with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for over 12 years. Sonja holds a masters in coaching and consulting for change from Oxford SAID university of Oxford. She is a certified CORETM coach, and ICF-accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and CHART Certified Coach. www.prime-coaching.com
This podcast reflects Sonja's journey to coaching as well as her contribution to ICF Switzerland and the relationships that she has been built up as a result with ICF Switzerland volunteers that she has met such as e.g. Virginia Williams, Nathalie Ducront, Thomas Freitag.
Moreover, Sonja shares insights into her coaching activity and her client base, what makes her successful as a coach, what authenticity means for her as a coach, and how has learnt to know and trust herself.
At the end of the interview, Sonja shares deep thoughts about truly listening, truly understanding and how important this is for coaching.
Recorded on 26 June 2023, interviewers: Natalia Pliszczak, Rachael Des Lauriers & Matthias Läubli