Coaching is a very personal and deep experience. At the end of every coaching relationship we share in a completion session what's needed for the client/s and the coach to feel complete with the coaching process. I use to ask my clients if they are willing to share a testimonial about their coaching experience. My deep gratitude goes to my clients.

„Nochmal vielen Dank für das Coaching. Deine vielen guten Anregungen und Hinweise zu meiner beruflichen Entwicklung haben mir viele positive Denkanstöße gegeben, mich inspiriert und mir viel Mut gegeben.“ (LH, Female, Germany, 2021)

„Before starting coaching, I knew I needed to change something in my life. I felt miserable and Corona didn’t help either. Since I started coaching with Michaela, I am a lot more secure about what I want.

The biggest thing is, that I have a better sense who I am. I am feeling calmer. The coaching helped quieting the chatter in my head, I am much more focused now. 

I am able to voice my needs more, both in my personal and professional life.

I learned to stop negative behaviors early on and not to wait until having a crises.

Through coaching I have been able to solidify what is important to me, not only for now but also for the rest of my life. 

Today, I know what I want and I appreciate myself a lot more.“

(E.H., Female, Scientist, USA, 2020)

„Je voulais avant de clôturer l’année te remercier sincèrement pour la qualité de nos échanges qui m'ont permis d'avancer très clairement sur mon développement, ma connaissance de moi-même et ont contribué à coup sur à ma promotion.“ (G.P., male, Pharmaceutical Industry, France, 2020)

„Das Coaching hat mir geholfen, mich als Führungskraft anders wahrzunehmen, meinen Handlungsspielraum zu vergrößern und mich dadurch auch persönlich weiterzuentwickeln und mit dem Führungsalltag sicherer umzugehen“ (J.R., male, Automobile Industry, 2020)

„She really pays attention and supports in a way that's relevant. If she sees I struggle she does not hesitate to share thoughts but she always gives me the space to try and if I draw blank steps in.“ (F.A., Switzerland, 2020)

„Michaela, you have great experience and you are helping me reflect & capture patterns of my own behavioral patterns good & bad - this is great!

The coaching is already a time in the week and a milestone in the week where I focus on:

• me in the group
• me as a leader
• me in the past
• me in the future.  

This is already a great help toward consciousness leading to more resilience and faster self-reflection and adaptation.“

(A.V. Male, IT Industry, France, 2020)

„I will never thank you enough because you really gave me the right tools and support in a special period of my professional and personal life...I already shared this, but really you made it possible for me to find the resources and strengths needed in order not to crash and find back lucidity...so really THANK YOU from my heart! „(M.D., Male, Food Industry, Italy, 2020)

„Thank you for all our great sessions and for the comprehensive, excellent material you have sent along the way. I think you’re an excellent coach, challenging, provocative when required, and supportive, and very hands on - which is why I selected you in the first place, thinking that a coach wearing boxing gloves would offer exactly that.“ (Senior Sales Director, Male, IT Industry,Denmark 2019)

"I began working with Michaela at a time when I was very unhappy with my primary employment. I am very privileged to have met Michaela as she has been an exemplary professional coach. Not only she exhibits a unique sense of interest in my life, but her insights, great questions and gentle prodding and direction are always on target and always help me being unstuck. She helped me to stay focused on the advantages instead of the difficulties. Throughout the coaching I found how important it is to have someone to talk to on the outside, for both the perspective and encouragement. I felt very supported and championed in the attainment of my goals. 

Michaela has been a vital resource to me, she shares her wealth of experience and knowledge which I found very invaluable. Her coaching style is very caring, supportive and always listens with interest as well as providing me with the safe space to do and be whichever way I need to. She asks the right questions to lead me to very solid and clear decisions. She has definitely helped me focus and prioritize. As well as look at problems in different ways thus finding meaningful solutions. 

As a result of my work with Michaela I am currently making a very big and important career transition that although overwhelming and scary yet very exciting and coming from a very resonant and confident place inside me. I am very grateful for working with Michaela and looking forward to more work with her around other areas in my life."  (G.B. - Female, Project Manager, UK, 2016)

"I am so thankful to have been coached by Michaela Hertel at a very challenging time in my life. I had moved to a new city and was embarking on a new career path while forming a new business. I was stuck and yet at the same time I felt like things were swirling out of control around me.

Michaela listened deeply and was creative in tapping into my creativity. She helped me to not only find a path out of my "stuck-ness" but to move well beyond where I expected to be after coaching.  She is masterful and the experience was transformative!" (M.H., Female, Charleston, USA, 2016) 

"Coaching with Michaela was an eye-opener. In just a few sessions we gained a totally different perspective of each other, even discovered new personality traits, which enabled us to understand how to communicate with each other accordingly."

"Coaching sessions are not about discovering who is right, wrong and who is to blame. Mostly the magic of coaching is about providing a framework enabling both partners to consciously communicate with each other and to consciously avoid falling down the rabbit hole." (Female, London, UK, 2017)