Taking up a new role
Leading in an administration with committees: holding your own line towards several interest groups.
Coaching · in the canton of Bern
Executive and management coaching in the canton of Bern
A protected working space for executives and management boards in the canton of Bern who lead inside political and bilingual steering structures.
Working in the canton of Bern
The canton of Bern lives on the federal administration, healthcare, telecommunications and precision industry. German dominates in the city of Bern and the Seeland, French in the Jura and Biel/Bienne. Executives here move between political processes, long decision paths and bilingual teams.
Most common working languages in the canton of Bern: German and French.
Coaching in the canton of Bern: what we secure
Tense situations and hard decisions
A role change in a bilingual organisation: leading convincingly in both languages.
Developing your management practice
Change in a hospital or an education institution: building coalitions and carrying the change over several years.
Coaching Bern: where we intervene
We work in the cities below and cover the whole canton of Bern.
Coaching in other cantons
The same support, adapted to each canton's economic fabric.
Coaching Bern: why choose SHR
Coaching Bern with SHR starts from a concrete goal set with the coachee and shared with the organisation: a new role, leadership presence, team management or workload balance. Every Coaching Bern engagement aims at visible change at work.
Coaching Bern relies on a three-way contract, spaced sessions and real situations worked on between meetings. Confidentiality is guaranteed: the organisation knows the goals of the Coaching Bern, never the content.
Our coaches know the local context and can run the Coaching Bern in the coachee’s working language, on site, at a neutral venue or online.
At the end of the Coaching Bern, a three-way review measures what has changed. To start Coaching Bern, a no-commitment first meeting checks that the working relationship can form.
How SHR coaching works — Coaching Bern
Useful coaching is judged by what changes at work, not by how comfortable the sessions feel. We start from a goal set with the coachee and agreed with the organisation, then track progress against it.
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Chemistry meeting
A no-commitment conversation to check the fit between coach and coachee. If the alliance does not form, we propose another coach — it is the first condition for success.
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Three-way contract
Coachee, manager or HR, and coach agree on two or three observable goals and on what stays confidential. The organisation knows the goals, never the content of sessions.
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Working sessions
Spaced sessions that leave time to experiment in between: real situations, preparing difficult conversations, field feedback. Tools such as 360° feedback are used only when they serve the goal.
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Review
A three-way review of the original goals, what has changed, what remains and how the organisation can support what comes next.
What coaching delivers in practice
- Written, shared goals reviewed at mid-point
- A clear confidentiality frame for the coachee
- A structured final review with the manager or HR
- Ways to consolidate progress after the engagement ends
What coaching is not
It is not therapy, not a disguised disciplinary measure and not a way to load an organisational problem onto one person. When the difficulty lies in structure, role or team, we say so and suggest the right lever.
Reference points we rely on
Meta-analyses of workplace coaching report positive effects on performance, well-being and self-regulation, while stressing the weight of relationship quality and clear goals. Our coaches follow a recognised code of ethics: confidentiality, no conflicts of interest, and referral to another professional when a need is clinical.
- Theeboom, T., Beersma, B., & van Vianen, A. E. M. (2014). Does coaching work? A meta-analysis on the effects of coaching on individual level outcomes in an organizational context. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(1), 1–18.
- Jones, R. J., Woods, S. A., & Guillaume, Y. R. F. (2016). The effectiveness of workplace coaching: A meta-analysis of learning and performance outcomes from coaching. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 89(2), 249–277.
- International Coaching Federation (2020). ICF Code of Ethics.
Frequently asked questions — coaching in the canton of Bern
Can coaching in the canton of Bern take place in French?
Yes, in German, in French or in both — including for executives from Biel/Bienne and the Bernese Jura.
Where do the sessions take place?
At your premises, in a room nearby or by videoconference; for executives from the Bernese Oberland and the Seeland this reduces travel time.
How many coaching sessions should be planned in the canton of Bern?
Six to ten sessions as a rule, with objectives set at the start and a review after three or four meetings. The pace follows your calendar.
Is coaching in the canton of Bern confidential?
Yes. Session content is not passed to management or to third parties without your explicit agreement. The languages most used in the canton of Bern are German and French.
A situation to work on in the canton of Bern?
Describe the situation in a few lines: we call you back to frame the request and propose a method suited to it.
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