Almost vertical - this is how Isabelle describes her learning curve in the past decade. It started with personal experiences, which, as a young business leader at the helm of an international company, were diverse. They involved leading through the heights but also through change and crisis. Aside from business and market related matters, many challenges could be traced to drivers of human behavior and organizational dynamics.
Burning questions emerged: what drives people, especially when it comes to leadership? Why the hiccups despite supposedly clear governance systems? What could she learn from experiences for her professional and personal development journey to help others navigate change and future-proof their business?
Speaking with others in leadership, she learned that most of them had experienced some sort of challenges, but it seemed that admitting issues of this nature was viewed as taboo. Yet there was a strong need for exchange on topics such as ‘how to prevent’, ‘how to learn from experiences’ and ‘what makes a good leader’.
This is when it clicked: The combination of personal experiences with the ones of others, mixed with learning from education in business, law and social science allowed her to investigate, understand and simplify the complexity of organizational and relational dynamics and explain them in scientifically verified but easy to read books and in her ‘coachsulting’ work.
Two-time Amazon bestselling author, Isabelle Nüssli, is an international thought leader, board member and leadership coach. As the chief energizing officer of Leverage YourSelf AG and the co-founder/ chairperson of Responsible Leadership AG, she coaches BoDs, management and startups in capitalizing on their full potential. Her focus areas include navigating change and capitalizing on their full potential. She is the former chairperson of the NUSSLI Group. Isabelle holds master’s degrees from Kellogg School of Management, INSEAD, and the University of St.Gallen.
