Taking up a new role
Running a bilingual team: chairing a meeting in French and German without excluding part of the participants.
Coaching · in the canton of Fribourg
Executive and management coaching in the canton of Fribourg
Support for managers and directors in the canton of Fribourg who have to lead in two languages, often without an HR department close at hand.
Working in the canton of Fribourg
The canton of Fribourg is officially bilingual: a third of its population is German-speaking. It is also an industrial canton — food products, machinery, energy — with solid SMEs and decentralised production sites from Bulle to the Broye and from the Sarine district to the Sense district. For a Fribourg manager, bilingualism is not a theoretical asset: it is a daily skill, in the meeting room and on the shop floor.
Most common working languages in the canton of Fribourg: French and German.
Coaching in the canton of Fribourg: what we secure
Tense situations and hard decisions
Taking over or growing a family industrial firm and learning to delegate to colleagues more expert than yourself.
Developing your management practice
First management role on a production site: moving from technical execution to leading a team and safeguarding safety.
Coaching Fribourg: where we intervene
We work in the cities below and cover the whole canton of Fribourg.
Coaching in other cantons
The same support, adapted to each canton's economic fabric.
Coaching Fribourg: why choose SHR
Coaching Fribourg 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 Fribourg engagement aims at visible change at work.
Coaching Fribourg 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 Fribourg, never the content.
Our coaches know the local context and can run the Coaching Fribourg in the coachee’s working language, on site, at a neutral venue or online.
At the end of the Coaching Fribourg, a three-way review measures what has changed. To start Coaching Fribourg, a no-commitment first meeting checks that the working relationship can form.
How SHR coaching works — Coaching Fribourg
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 Fribourg
Is coaching in the canton of Fribourg possible in German?
Yes, in German, in French or alternating between the two, depending on the participant's work situation.
Do you offer short formats for SMEs?
Yes. An engagement can be limited to a few sessions focused on one specific decision, with a summary of objectives provided to management if you wish.
How many coaching sessions should be planned in the canton of Fribourg?
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 Fribourg 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 Fribourg are French and German.
A situation to work on in the canton of Fribourg?
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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