Katarina Huber

Founder, Executive Coach and leadership expert

I have coached and developed leaders across the globe, sharpening their awareness of themselves, their values and identities, their actions’ effect on others and their behaviors. Fostering an attitude of possibility, reflection and inclusion is my goal. I'm interested in YOU.

I create a tailored training and coaching experience that will let you and your team emerge in your best form, while still respecting and taking special care of your unique culture and context. I coach with a focus on the future, imagination, possibility and potential.

Focus areas:

  • transition into a new leadership role (ramping up to succession, executive onboarding, leader impact)

  • building a succession pipeline, bench strength (assessment, career paths, development programs)

  • performance development/management (rating, appraisal conversations)

  • mid-career / career change

  • female leadership (male-dominated environments, communication, empathy)

  • leaders who are parents (balancing, value shifts)

  • DEIB and inclusive leadership (business benefit of people’s uniqueness)

  • top team collaboration and effectiveness (decision-making, accountability, behavioral patterns)


BACKGROUND

Business

I'm a global Leadership Development expert and experienced leader of intercultural teams. I've held roles as

  • Consultant to large global corporates, SMEs and ventures on leadership and HR topics

  • Group Head of Executive Development at Zurich Insurance Ltd., a 55k+ employee global insurance company

  • Director Global Executive Leadership Development at Amcor, a 10B USD packaging company (FMCG)

  • Head of Learning & Development Switzerland & Global Talent and Performance Management Lead at KPMG, a 150k+ employee professional services firm

  • Human Resource Business Partner in the media industry

  • Trainer and teacher in retail and education businesses

Academics

ICF PCC (Professional Certified Coach) Education at SolutionsAcademy

Education on Career Change: Mid-Career and Beyond at London Business School

Interior Designer from The Interior Design Institute

Advanced Executive Coaching at Ashridge/HULT Module 1

PhD Cand. DOK in Leadership Development at University of St. Gallen (on hold)

Master of Advanced Studies (MBA equivalent) in Human Resource Management from University of Applied Sciences in Olten (FHNW)

Master of Arts in English Language & Literature, Political Science and Educational Psychology from University of Zurich, incl. one semester at UC Berkeley

Certified in various personality tests and profiling tools (Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), Lego®SeriousPlay®, Hogan MVPI/HPI/HDS, MBTI 1&2, SHL/OPQ, MPA)

Able trainer and coach in (Swiss) German, English and French, conversational in Spanish and Polish

 

And else

As I have always been interested not only in business, but also in creativity, art and design, I have decided to include a new professional self into my portfolio, which is interior design. I accompany clients in their building or renovation projects (click here for reference projects).

And I'm a wife, a mother of 2 boys and a dog, and a kitesurfer with a passion for art & travel.