Michael Berger

When I look at my current and former clients, I see an incredibly wide range. It seems to not matter so much about your sector, your geography, or even your role. I work with entrepreneurs and with start-ups. I work with corporate execs and government leaders. I work with money-makers and do-gooders

The common thread is that the people I work with are deeply committed to facing into their hardest challenges and courageously moving through them to become more than they were before. For the leaders that this resonates often offers some light onto a critical resource to increase their success and effectiveness.

The best work I’ve done over the past years is with individual senior leaders and exec teams of small and mid-sized organisations. The 1-to-1 work has helped these leaders see more than they can see on their own and then helped hold them to account to move past their immediate response and action to more thoughtful, considered steps that ended up being better for them and for the system they led.

If we work together, I will most likely be as much of a companion as well as your coach. We will navigate the the paths you need to take together. I will create a safe place for you to develop your ideas. I will hold firm in the face of your biggest fears. I will be one of your biggest cheerleaders and also be a strong but kind critic. I will accompany you along the way. My relationships with my clients are professional, and hold a personal and intimate quality that seems really important if you are going to grow and change through our work.

I have learned many things that shape my approach to working with clients: Formally through study, informally through experience, and just by being on the planet for a bit longer now. My background as a journalist, my formal study of organisation and human development, and being exposed to intellectual, physical, and energetic models and ways of thinking have all blended to teach me what I now know.

I am an associate in CL, leading client work, providing 1-to-1 coaching with clients, and actively involved in supporting relationships inside of our growing collective.

MA in Organisation Development, ICF accredited coach with advanced training with The Leadership Circle, the Hogan Assessment system, Growth Edge Interview qualified, Strozzi Institute Embodied Leadership Somatic training

I get to live in the French countryside in an intentional community that both stretches and nourishes me as a human being on this planet.  I can take long walks with dogs and friends, cook beautiful meals, and spend time with beloved family members.

I mostly work with senior leaders in organisations and leadership teams. Much of my work over the past has been in the environment and government sectors, but in the last few years I have worked with many early- and mid-stage start up leaders.