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EXECUTIVE & TEAM COACH · LEADERSHIP FACILITATOR · BILINGUAL EN/FR
You're still delivering.
And somewhere along
the way, you stopped
enjoying it.
I work with senior leaders and their teams who are successful by every measure — and quietly ready for more than fine. We find what's actually driving the situation. Then we move.
Clarity that sticks. Decisions that move. Momentum that lasts.
WHY IT WORKS
I work
below the waterline.
You bring me the situation — the decision you can't make, the team that isn't quite clicking, the role that's bigger than you expected, the restlessness you can't quite explain to your partner let alone your board.
That story is real. And underneath it, there's almost always something else driving it. A pattern that keeps showing up in different clothes. A values gap you haven't named yet. Something that, once you see it, makes everything else suddenly make sense.
We find that. And then — because insight without movement is just an interesting conversation — we get you moving. With real experiments, real accountability, and someone who will tell you the truth — warmly, directly, without any of the usual corporate padding.
One thing you should know: you'll feel genuinely heard — in a way that's rarer than it should be at this level. Most people tell me it's the first time someone has truly listened, without rushing to fix or advise. That's where we start. And yes — we'll laugh too, because serious work doesn't have to feel heavy the whole way through. There will also be sessions where you think that was hard. That's not a bug. That's the work working.
01
The leaders I work with
Most look absolutely fine from the outside. Results landing. Team performing. Calendar full. And somewhere between the third back-to-back meeting and the fourth "great job" they didn't quite feel — something quietly switched off. They're not in crisis. They're just not themselves anymore. And they're not entirely sure they're allowed to say that out loud.
02
We start with where you are — but we don't stay there
We start with where you are — honestly, without glossing over it. But you can't change the past, so we don't spend long there. What we're really building toward is where you want to go, how you want to lead, and how you want to feel along the way. Outside in. Future first. Then the moves that close the gap.
03
What changes
Leaders who do this work don't just perform better. They remember why they wanted to lead in the first place. Their teams feel it. The energy shifts. What was adequate becomes intentional. And the results — which were already fine — tend to get considerably better than fine.
Nathalie Michaud
PCC · CPCC · Systemic Team Coach · Bilingual EN/FR
"I had the career, the promotions, the international roles. And one day I looked up and thought — is this it? I quit. Spent three years living in five different countries. Took the scenic route out. My clients don't have to do any of that. But it's why I can sit across from someone who says everything's fine — and know immediately that it isn't."
THREE WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
The work, depending
on what you need.
We start with where you are — honestly, without glossing over it. But we don't stay there long, because you can't change the past. What we're really building toward is where you want to go, how you want to lead, and how you want to feel along the way. Outside in. Future first. Then the moves that close the gap.
01
Executive Coaching
For mid-to-senior leaders at a crossroads — a new role, a reorg, a promotion that should feel better than it does, or simply the recognition that good isn't good enough anymore. We work 1:1 on what's actually driving the situation. Every engagement is designed around you. There is no standard template.
3–12 month engagements · Virtual delivery
EQi · EQ 360 · DiSC · Positive Intelligence
Stakeholder-Centered Coaching · Bilingual EN/FR
02
Team Coaching
For teams performing adequately but not at their potential — where trust is fragile, direction is unclear, or the leader's own clarity has quietly become the team's ceiling. Team coaching works on the whole system, not just the individuals within it.
Systemic team coaching · Group coaching
Team alignment · Trust & collaboration
Psychological safety · Bilingual EN/FR
03
Leadership Workshops
Boutique leadership development workshops for smaller organizations — experiential by design, tailored to your specific context. Not a binder. Not a certificate. Something that changes how people show up on Monday.
Difficult conversations · Emotional intelligence
Resilience · Executive presence
Coaching skills for leaders · Bilingual EN/FR
THE PROCESS
What the
journey looks like.
01
Find the real story
What's actually keeping you stuck — not just what's visible on the surface. This part is done when you feel it land, not when the calendar says so.
02
Build the moves
Specific, behavioural, designed for your context and tested in real conditions. Not homework for homework's sake. Experiments that generate real learning whether they succeed or fail.
03
Bring the people along
Change that only happens inside the coaching room doesn't survive the return to the desk. Your stakeholders, your team, the people whose perception of you needs to shift — they're part of this too.
04
Build what lasts
Most engagements run several months — typically starting at 3, often running 6, with many renewing to 12 as the work deepens. Long enough to create real change. Short enough to keep the urgency alive. The goal isn't that you need me forever — it's that you walk away with a compass you can use on your own.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
The work, in their words.
"
She knows when to press in and when to call my bluff. That balance is rare. The work was paradigm shifting — the most meaningful growth period of my career.
SENIOR LEADER · GLOBAL L&D · TECHNOLOGY
"
She helped me uncover insights I hadn't realised were holding me back. I left with clarity I hadn't had in years.
DIRECTOR · FINANCIAL SERVICES
"
Amazing things can happen when you know you have Nat in your corner. There will be moments you think — that was hard. And then moments where you go: wow.
VP · TECHNOLOGY SECTOR · CANADA
A WORD ON TIME
This isn't a quick fix. It's a permanent one.
Most leaders who come to me have already tried the fast version — a new framework, a course, a reorganisation. The situation changed. The pattern didn't. We slow down to interrupt what keeps recreating the problem. That's not slower. That's the fastest route to momentum that actually lasts. It takes less time than solving the same problem again in two years.
If something
here resonated —
let's talk.
A discovery call costs nothing and clarifies everything. Thirty minutes — no pitch, no slide deck — to see if working together makes sense. If it doesn't, you'll still leave with something useful. That's a promise.
PCC · CPCC · Systemic Team Coach · Bilingual EN/FR
25 years in corporate leadership, including 12 in executive coaching & facilitation
contact@vestraleadership.com