Taking up a new role
Taking responsibility for a function in a company whose decision centre is outside the canton or outside Switzerland.
Coaching · in the canton of Ticino
Executive and management coaching in the canton of Ticino
An individual working space for directors, executives and managers in Ticino, often called to decide on their own and away from the decision centres.
Working in the canton of Ticino
The canton of Ticino combines industry and pharmaceuticals in the Lugano-Mendrisio area, banking, fashion, trade and a network of family-run SMEs. Teams are often trilingual and people change employer several times during a career. For a Ticino executive, leading people means moving between languages, cultures and decision centres located outside the canton.
Most common working languages in the canton of Ticino: Italian, with French and German in international functions.
Coaching in the canton of Ticino: what we secure
Tense situations and hard decisions
Leading a trilingual team: adapting feedback and posture to expectations that differ greatly from one person to another.
Developing your management practice
Taking over a family business: separating the roles of owner, manager and family member.
Coaching Ticino: where we intervene
We work in the cities below and cover the whole canton of Ticino.
Coaching in other cantons
The same support, adapted to each canton's economic fabric.
Coaching Ticino: why choose SHR
Coaching Ticino 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 Ticino engagement aims at visible change at work.
Coaching Ticino 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 Ticino, never the content.
Our coaches know the local context and can run the Coaching Ticino in the coachee’s working language, on site, at a neutral venue or online.
At the end of the Coaching Ticino, a three-way review measures what has changed. To start Coaching Ticino, a no-commitment first meeting checks that the working relationship can form.
How SHR coaching works — Coaching Ticino
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 Ticino
Does coaching in the canton of Ticino take place in person or remotely?
Both. Sessions are held at your premises, in our offices in Lancy or by videoconference; many participants combine the two formats.
How many sessions are planned?
Usually six to ten sessions, with objectives defined at the start and reviewed along the way. After three or four sessions we take stock of the progress made.
How many coaching sessions should be planned in the canton of Ticino?
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 Ticino 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 Ticino are Italian, with French and German in international functions.
A situation to work on in the canton of Ticino?
Describe the situation in a few lines: we call you back to frame the request and propose a method suited to it.
SHR — Swiss Human Resources — Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy (Genève), Suisse · Monday–Friday, 8am–6pm.