I help leaders navigate the
transitional space.

You’re stuck

Transitional moments creep up on us.

One day you realize that things just don’t feel the same. What used to be a source of joy and motivation suddenly becomes a daily slog. This is the beginning of a transition. But instead of seeing it for what it is, a time to forge ahead with something new, we expend a lot of effort and energy on recovering what was lost.

You want to move ahead, but where?

You’ve made up your mind that it’s time for a change. A new strategy, a new role, a new career, a new location. But it’s not clear where you should go. You have some options, but you’re wondering if you’re making the right choice. Will you be happy when you get there, or is it a mistake? Your family, friends and peers tell you to be grateful with what you have. But it doesn’t feel right. Is change even the right decision?

You know exactly where you want to go

Maybe you know exactly what you want. Maybe you’ve always wanted to go off on your own path, maybe you’re on the brink of significant growth for your company. But it doesn’t happen. For the last 3 years you’ve been 6 months away from an IPO (true story of one of my clients). You know what you want, but it doesn’t feel right.

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“The eye cannot see itself, it needs a mirror. Being coached by Wissam is like looking into that mirror and seeing yourself, maybe some aspects of yourself for the first time, with the good and the bad. As he raises the mirror, he skillfully finds that fine balance between telling the naked truth and taking care of you. You are vulnerable, yet you feel safe. Then he helps you find out what you want to change in that reflection and how. A powerful experience.”

— Isil Dedeoglu, General Manager

Why work with me?

You thought you could “figure it out”, after all you’ve overcome big challenges before...certainly bigger than this one. So why is your experience and knowledge failing you now? The reason is that the big transitions in life are tied up with somewhere deeper than our analytical mind can reach.

I work with leaders below the surface. Together, we will emerge deeper desires and motivations. But this is not a therapeutic intervention. The purpose is wholly practical, as we continuously circle back to the “so what” of the here and now.

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What my clients say

Testimonials

“I was going through an uncertain time. I was going around in circles and every time it was getting more complex and I was changing the process. [Coaching with Wissam] helped me peel back the various layers and helped me at my own pace get to some personal realizations.”

“What was interesting was what i was going through was a combination of objective [change] but this was overlayed with real emotions: anxiety, worry, excitement. I thought executive coaching was more concerned about the objective aspects, but I didn't think it would also understand and work through the emotional aspects of this as well as they are certainly linked.”

“I am feeling better. I have a trusted expert to lean on. I have accountability and a neutral source that is driving me to decision-making not based out of only [my] emotions.”

“I was not sure what to really expect with executive coaching. I had heard about executive coaching from others who had experienced it with good outcomes. I was in a crossroads, career wise, which included tackling a number of options on what would happen next. I was feeling nervous and anxious.

The sessions have been eye opening for me. Understanding the roots and reasons for the emotional aspects of this process has been critical to provide me the space to map out career decisions into the future. It has far exceeded my expectations. It links career planning with emotional/psychological insights into inner drivers.”

About me

For more than 20 years I’ve been working on designing, supporting and driving organizational change. This has include small companies of 18 people up to large-scale international organizations of 30,000 employees. I’ve also helped design and transform Dubai Government, and currently support the UAE Federal Government in their government transformation program.

I’m a Founding Partner of Wave 25, a global association dedicated to leveraging the study of system psychodynamics to enable intrinsic change in leaders and organizations.

I’m a member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations and the American Psychological Association.

I have an Executive Master in Consulting and Coaching for Change from INSEAD, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the American University of Beirut.

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