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.
“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.”
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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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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