Taking up a new role
Taking over a site or a department in Sion, Martigny or Brig while the teams remain in another valley.
Coaching · in the canton of Valais
Executive and management coaching in the canton of Valais
A confidential working space for managers and directors in Valais, who are often the only ones deciding and are frequently away from their teams.
Working in the canton of Valais
The canton of Valais lives on hydropower, healthcare, viticulture and alpine tourism, with family firms and institutions spread across several valleys. Sion, Martigny, Sierre, Monthey and Brig do not operate in the same way: the canton is bilingual, and a manager often works at a distance from their teams, inside a network of local actors where close relationships matter.
Most common working languages in the canton of Valais: French in Romand Valais, German in Upper Valais.
Coaching in the canton of Valais: what we secure
Tense situations and hard decisions
Running a family firm in Valais: separating the decisions of owner, manager and family member.
Developing your management practice
Driving a transformation project in a hospital, a municipal administration or a para-governmental institution, where coalitions take time to build.
Coaching Valais: where we intervene
We work in the cities below and cover the whole canton of Valais.
Coaching in other cantons
The same support, adapted to each canton's economic fabric.
Coaching Valais: why choose SHR
Coaching Valais 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 Valais engagement aims at visible change at work.
Coaching Valais 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 Valais, never the content.
Our coaches know the local context and can run the Coaching Valais in the coachee’s working language, on site, at a neutral venue or online.
At the end of the Coaching Valais, a three-way review measures what has changed. To start Coaching Valais, a no-commitment first meeting checks that the working relationship can form.
How SHR coaching works — Coaching Valais
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 Valais
Is coaching in Valais available in German?
Yes, in French and in German, including for bilingual situations between Romand Valais and Upper Valais.
How does coaching work when you are far away?
Most Valais engagements combine two or three face-to-face meetings with videoconference sessions, limiting travel while keeping the quality of the exchange.
How many coaching sessions should be planned in the canton of Valais?
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 Valais 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 Valais are French in Romand Valais, German in Upper Valais.
A situation to work on in the canton of Valais?
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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