Leadership coaching for women who lead differently in every language they speak
COACHING FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN
Have you ever noticed you're a slightly different person based on the language you're speaking at the moment?
If a culture and language can shape our personality, how about leadership style?
Hi, I'm Giang
Vietnamese by roots. Czech by upbringing. Built my entire career in English. Currently living in Germany.
I know firsthand what it costs to lead between worlds, to constantly adapt your style, translate your instincts, and show up as a version of yourself that fits the environment, but never quite feels like yours.
I also spent over 8 years in HR and People Development, coaching first-time managers, partnering with senior leaders across regions, and designing development programs for more than 1,600 people inside international organisations.
It's about identity. Knowing who you actually are as a leader, before the translation kicks in.
What I kept seeing in myself and in the leaders I worked with, is that the gap is rarely about skills.
That's what i work on now.
WHAT I SPECIALIZE IN
CAREER CLARITY & GROWTH
Find direction and move forward when you're building a career abroad.
Lead authentically even in environments that weren't built for how you naturally show up.
Build a leadership style that's fully yours, based on your values, not a translation or copy of someone else's.
CROSS-CULTURAL LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP IDENTITY & PRESENCE
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Book a chemistry call to find out if my coaching might be a fit for you. No sales pitch and commitment.
Ambitious women navigating careers across cultures.
WHO I WORK WITH
You've built something real in a country or culture that isn't fully yours. The professional environment works differently here, and you're figuring it out, often alone.
Working in Germany or another international environment
Navigating between cultures, languages and identities daily
Competent and ambitious, but not always leading as yourself
Ready to stop performing leadership and start inhabiting it
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”I was frustrated, scared to speak up, and constantly triggered by the dynamics around me at work. I had no clear picture of the kind of leader I wanted to be. My biggest realisation was that my biggest obstacle was myself: I didn't trust my own efforts. Naming that was everything. Now I journal every day, my triggers are subdued, and I have a real vision for my future. I'm less timid, and genuinely excited about the leader I'm becoming."
Neelamma Doddannavar
"My biggest aha moment was understanding that I don't need to lead like someone else. When I started connecting my own values to how I make decisions and show up as a leader, it just clicked, and that's what authentic leadership actually means. Coaching with Giang was self-transformative and inspiring."
Agile Business Analyst, Kühne+Nagel
Lenn Chenn
Sales Manager Netherlands & IT Compliance, RaidSonic Technology GmbH
Zsuzsanna Banga
Senior Demand Account Manager, Gravite
"A blueprint to leadership for kick-ass international ladies, and everyone else. I'm now more conscious about my behaviours and actions, and their impact on the people around me."
Here are examples of the things we might work on
Strengthen your leadership presence
→ Lead with authority in any culture, any room
→ Start saying what you think, clearly without softening the message
→ Build a leadership identity that's fully yours
→ Get clear in your next career move and how to get there
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
PRIVATE COACHING | 3 MONTHS
A coaching container built entirely around you, your situation, your leadership and goals
WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
A leadership identity that's fully yours, not borrowed from the culture around you
The confidence to speak up clearly without rewriting your message four times first
Boundaries that hold with your manager, your stakeholders, your team
Clarity on your next career move and a roadmap to get there
A way of leading that feels like you
Free clarity call to see if we're a fit
3 months · 6 bi-weekly sessions · 90 minutes each
Shared Notion workspace for goals, session notes, experiments
WhatsApp access between sessions for the messy middle
Personal development plan
WHAT'S INCLUDED
HOW IT WORKS
We start with a 45min call about where you are and what's getting in the way. If there's a fit, we move forward.
From there, we set your goals together, the three specific things you want to be different in 3 months
We meet bi-weekly for 60min
You'll also get access to a shared Notion space, where we track your goals, session notes and your experiments, so nothing gets lost between calls.
I'm available between sessions in WhatsApp when you need a thinking partner.
I work within Co-Active coaching framework, which means that you drive the agenda and I hold the mirror.
I'm not here to tell you what to do, I'm here to ask you questions that help you hear yourself more clearly.
Growth, in my experience, doesn't happen inside the session, but between the sessions in real situations. That's why every session ends with one experiment, that's small, specific, doable before we meet again.
What I'm always working toward: that by the end of our time together, you need me less. And trust yourself more.
MY APPROACH
GET IN TOUCH
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For ambitious leaders who know they’re meant for more.
giang@thriving-lounge.com