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A Group Of Highly Skilled

Consultants, Coaches, Trainers
and Health Professionals

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THE FOUNDER

Isabelle Bester

Corporate Trainer & Facilitator in Team and Leadership development
International Speaker on Resilience
Executive Coach

Isabelle Bester

+ 15 years experience of business and facilitation experience, strong expertise in leadership, talent & team development. Designed and delivered leadership programmes for International Organisations, FMCG’s as well as smaller organisations (Start-ups, Scale-up).

Email: isabelle@besterconsulting.com
Tel: + 41 79 621 46 76
Languages: English & French

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OUR DREAM TEAM

Claire French

Leadership Programme Expert
Design & Delivery

Claire French

25 years experience in designing and delivering leadership programmes for global organisation such as Oracle, EY, adidas Group, Merck KGaA, Iberdrola, Unilever and NBC Universal.

Email: claire@besterconsulting.com
Language: English

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Julie Beusmans

Learning Designer,
Group & Team Facilitator and Leadership Coach

Julie Beusmans

Expert in Pedagogy and Methodology. Designed over 150 Learning Pathways and Journeys, customized to various audience including master students and senior executives.

Email: julie@besterconsulting.com
Languages: English & Dutch

Mark Garrod

Facilitator, Coach & Speaker

15 years experience as Consultant, Coach and Facilitator working with leaders, individuals and teams from C-Suite down.
Expert in Design and Delivering development and transformation initiatives in the fields of Leadership and Sales for Fortune 500 around the Globe.

Email: mark@besterconsulting.com
Language: English

TRAINER AND COACHES

Laurence Levy

Leadership & Team Coach

20 years of professionnal experience in international organisations in strategy, organisation and controlling. Executive coach and trainer specialised in leadership and team development, career management, women empowerment.

Email: 
laurence@besterconsulting.com
Languages: French & English

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Hélène Ducret

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Hélène Ducret

30 years of professional experience, Certified Professional Coach and HR Learning & Development specialist, holding a Swiss Federal diploma in Banking and Business Administration, a certificate in Adult Training and several professional certifications in Management and Leadership Development.

Email: helene@besterconsulting.com
Languages: English, French, German & Swiss German

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CORPORATE HEALTH & WELLBEING

Dr. Shem REECE, D.O., MSGH

Medical Doctor
Health & Wellbeing Trainer & Coach

Dr Shem Reece

Medical Dr with expertise in public health,
health maintenance & performance,
preventative care, patient counselling &
mental health.

Email: shem@besterconsulting.com
Language: English

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Anna-Katharina Mörike

Work Psychologist & HR consultant
Case Manager & Coach

Anna Morike

15+ years in HR, consulting and coaching experience for international and local
companies. Highly experienced in health at work promotion, burn-out (prevention,
detection, treatment and back to work
support) and case management.

Email: 
anna-katharina@besterconsulting.com

Languages: French, English & German

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Christine Brun

Nutritionist & Stress Management Expert
Health & Wellbeing Trainer & Coach

Christine Brun

10 years+ experience in maximising
individual’s performance through specific
nutrition and recovery techniques.

Email: christine@besterconsulting.com
Languages: French, Spanish & English

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Christine Dennis

Naturopath, Nutritionist & Energy Management Expert
Health & Wellbeing Trainer & Coach

Christine Dennis

15 years+ experience in Maximising
Individual’s Performance and improving
global health with natural solutions. Expert in PEPIT Performance & Resilience biological assessment and follow-up.

Email: christine@besterconsulting.com
Tel:+ 41 79 66 694 64
Languages: French & English, German good comprehension

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1172 Bougy-Villars
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Email: isabelle@besterconsulting.com
Tel: +41 79 621 46 76

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email: isabelle@besterconsulting.com   
tel: +41 79 621 46 76

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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT US

Dynamic, structured and interactive

It delivered great Resilience Trainings. Their work evoked a level of self-awareness within the group which opened up a path to build their resilience. It's approach was dynamic, structured and interactive. It allowed space for people on our team to gain both knowledge and self-awareness, and to reflect and to grow from there. It was a pleasure to have them at the ICRC and we look forward to welcoming them back to continue their work on personal resilience.

ANDREA PINK, Head, Global Talent Management Division, ICRC

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Isabelle Bester

Corporate Health & Wellbeing Consultant
Trainer and Executive Coach

Isabelle Bester

LANGUAGES:

  • Fluent in English & French

EXPERTISE:

  • Emotional intelligence
  • Interpersonal communication skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Mindfulness and stress management
  • Neuronutrition (nutrition for brain’s performance)
  • Resilience at work
  • Energy management

Tools & Assessment:

  • Nova Profile – communication and interaction with others, motivations, preferences for individuals and teams
  • Gallup StrenghsFinder - identifying strength and talents of individuals and teams
  • EQ 2.0 : Emotional intelligence individual assessment with 360 option
  • IOMET micronutrition test
  • HeartMath Heart Coherence – emotional intelligence and energy regeneration
  • Biological test - identification of specific stress hormones, minerals & vitamins for optimal health and performance

Isabelle Bester is an executive coach and consultant specialising in talent development and team synergy. Isabelle started her career in brand management for Stryker, a Fortune 500 company where she received the International Marketing Excellence Award in Singapore for the outstanding growth of the business for which she was responsible. Ten years ago, she decided to develop her skills to focus on human capital development. She requalified and became an executive coach and energy management expert to accompany individuals and teams to thrive in fast-paced environments through a multidimensional approach.

She has developed and delivered resilience trainings and coaching programme to build physical, emotional, mental and social capacities for teams and managers. She gives her clients new tools and strategies to improve leadership and communication skills . Her clients describe her work as “an eye-opener in terms of how much of a difference it has made in their work life” and her personality is “enthusiastic, passionate with a positive mindset”.

Isabelle has worked for Non-Governmental Organisations, FMCG’s, Medical Device companies as well as Universities, Public Administration, Private Clinics and Hospitals.

Isabelle holds various degrees in different fields including Business Administration, Communication, Coaching, Stress Management and Neuro-Nutrition.

Accreditations:

  • Diploma of Professional Coach recognised by ICF (International Coaching Federation)
  • Certified in Team Coaching recognized by the Swiss Federal Diploma in coaching
  • Certified HeartMath Coach and Mentor (USA)
  • Certified Mental Health First Aid
  • Certified Health Creation Consultant (Bath University, UK)
  • Certified Stress Management Specialist (sophrologist) recognized by ASCA
  • Diploma in Nutrition and Micronutrition recognized by ASCA
  • Communication Certificate – Duke University, USA
  • BSc. Business & Administration – University of Applied Science, Switzerland

To contact Isabelle Bester email isabelle@besterconsulting.com
Or call +41 79 621 46 76

Claire French

Expert – Leadership development programmes
Executive Coach, Trainer & Academic Director

Claire French

LANGUAGE:

  • English

EXPERTISE:

  • Design of Leadership Programmes
  • Building High Performing Teams
  • Mastering conflict
  • Creating vision and Strategy
  • Coaching skills for leaders
  • Storytelling & Presenting with impact
  • Resilient leadership

Claire is an international leadership expert, Faculty and Academic Director in Executive Education for a number international business schools across a variety of global clients. She specialising in people development and is passionate about enabling individuals and organisations to increase their resilience and performance.

She has over 25 years experience working with global organisations such as Oracle, EY, adidas Group, Merck KGaA, Iberdrola, Unilever and NBC Universal.

Having worked with 1000s of teams and individuals across more than 45 countries in various sectors, she shifts mindsets and cultures to enable organisations to overcome their challenges and prepare for the future.

Claire draws on her successful career leading large complex teams and divisions along with her extensive experience as an executive level Facilitator and Certified Coach working with first time managers, functional leaders and global board executives. Her expertise lies in working with leaders to build high performing teams, enabling them to become more authentic and delivering sustainable organisational success through others.

Working dynamically in the virtual and face to face arena across various tools and platforms she is engaging, energetic and insightful with a challenging edge. Her success is attributed to her results driven focus and her ability to deliver experiential, immersive and relevant sessions, creating impactful experiences addressing the needs and challenges of organisations.

Education:

  • ICF Certified Coach
  • Certified Team Performance Coach CTPC
  • CTI Co-Active Coach
  • Hogan Certified MVPI. HDS, HPI
  • Organisation System Relationship Coach (ORSC)
  • Experienced in coaching using Insights,
  • Hogan, MBTI and DISC
  • Prince II Certified
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Degree in Hospitality Management

BUSINESS SCHOOL EXPERIENCE:

  • Program Orchestra and Faculty role on Iberdrola’s Leading in the Age of Disruption Program (Headspring)
  • Faculty and Program Orchestrator on EY’s Edge Program (Headspring)
  • Faculty for Global Advanced Management Program (IE Business School)
  • Faculty and Academic Director (program design, delivery and TTT) for Thunderbird Global School of Management on their global Management Foundation Program and Expert Foundation Program for Merck KGaA.

To contact Claire French email claire@besterconsulting.com

Laurence Levy

Leadership & Team Coach

LANGUAGES:

  • French & English

EXPERTISE:

  • Leadership coaching
  • Collective intelligence
  • Women empowerment
  • Organisation efficiency
  • Career transition
  • Stress management
  • Work-life balance

After 20 years in the automative industry with an extensive experience in management, strategy, organisation, cross-functional project management and controlling, Laurence decided to move towards a more human-centered activity becoming a certified professional coach and trainer.

Laurence is motivated by the idea to support people in understanding who they are, what makes them unique, and answering fundamental questions such as « what do I want to do with my life ». She helps them overcome their inner blockers and get into action.

At a corporate level, Laurence’s ambition is to collaborate with organisations :

  • to support collective intelligence growth
  • to create the conditions to people to thrive

in order to reinforce the engagement between the employees and their company. 

She considers this is not just an additional challenge for the organisations but a question of societal responsibility and a key leverage to their success. 

Combining her corporate experience in international environment, a deep understanding of current human resources issues and her approach in coaching and training, Laurenceis accompanying people and teams willing to achieve new goals.

Hence, she is working with :

  • Executives, managers, employees to enhance their self-confidence and leadership skills
  • Teams to facilitate more collaborative and engaged groups
  • Individuals in career transition
  • Small and medium companies owners and freelancers, focusing on their business development, personal branding, organisation…

Whatever she does, she is committed to make people feel better and thrive and encourage more agile and performing organisations.

Skills & Accreditations:

  • Master Coach, International Coaching Institute, Geneva
  • DISC certification, 24x7 Assessment, Geneva
  • Master in Strategy, Planning and Control, Paris Dauphine University

To contact Laurence Levy laurence@besterconsulting.com

Hélène Ducret

Hélène Ducret

LANGUAGES:

  • Fluent in English, French, German & Swiss German

Tools & Assessment:

  • NovaProfile® Coach and Trainer
  • Belbin® Team roles – team development
  • MBTI®-Myers Briggs Type Indicator – leadership and team development
  • TTI Success Insights™ MDI - Management Development Instrument
  • TTI Success Insights™ – Emotional Intelligence
  • DiSC® Certified Trainer
  • Systemic Business Constellations – management team facilitation
  • MOA Business - Meaningful Occupational Assessment
  • RELIEF - Individual Stress Prevention
  • S&B Portfolio de carrière© – career transition and corporate employability development

Profile:

Certified Professional Coach and HR Learning & Development specialist with 30 years of professional experience, holding a Swiss Federal diploma in Banking and Business Administration, a certificate in Adult Training and several professional certifications in Management and Leadership Development.

Core competencies:

  • A dynamic and charismatic professional with outstanding interpersonal communication skills
  • Trained and experienced in business coaching, leadership development, career transitions, team dynamics, communication and conflict management
  • Member of the professional association SRCoach, an accredited partner of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council
  • Qualified and experienced in stress management, burnout prevention and EQ at work
  • Comfortable working in an international environment and across diverse sectors with people coming from diverse cultures and backgrounds
  • Strategic thinking and pragmatic execution skills gained from experience as team and project manager in Finance, IT and Client Services

Summary:

Helene started her career in the Finance industry, working at various managerial positions based in Zurich and Geneva including project management for large scaled re-engineering and business development programs across EMEA, Asia and in the United States.

In 2004 she joined the HR Learning & Development department at JPMorgan Asset Management, working for different globally aligned business units. As an HR L&D Manager, Helene designed and delivered end-to-end people development curriculums, Management and Leadership training programs and established a successful collaboration with her global partners in the US, UK and India. In addition, she acted as primary regional contact for Switzerland, France and Austria, advising over 1’300 employees on performance strategies, personal and leadership development. She was responsible for the delivery of Organizational Development initiatives, such as New Leader workshops, offsite team events and team buildings, and for providing facilitation and coaching support for Subject Matters Experts.

In 2011, she became certified as a Professional Coach (ICF) and as a certified organizational systemic coach focusing on strategic and organizational development as well as change management. She completed a certification in cognitive behavioral methodology and is promoting training and coaching programs that help managers and employeesdevelop a resilient mindset to better manage negative thoughts and emotions and to navigate successfully through challenging situations.

Helene’s philosophy is that positive people deliver positive results and her methods enhance creativity, motivation and excellence in both personal and team performance.

To contact Hélène Ducret email helene@besterconsulting.com
Or call +41 76 382 72 79

Dr. Shem REECE, D.O., MSGH

Medical Doctor
Health & Wellbeing Trainer & Coach

Dr-Shem-Reece

LANGUAGE:

  • English

Competencies:

  • Family Medicine
  • Global/Public Health
  • Health maintenance and preventative care
  • Mental Health
  • Problem solving
  • Classroom and individual training and coaching

Profile:

Board-certified Family Medicine Physician with medical expertise in public health, health maintenance, preventative care, patient counselling & preventative biological assessement to maximise Health and Performance. Currently an Associate Medical Consultant with a focus on developing public health strategies for COVID-19, problem solving, and coaching.

Summary:

Dr. Shem Reece is a Board-certified Family Medicine Physician and Associate Medical Consultant at W-focus inc. Prior to this role, he completed an internship at the World Health Organisation in Geneva in the department of the Global Coordination Mechanism on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), strategizing on country mechanisms for the reduction of NCDs.

As a medical resident doctor, he worked towards improving his patients’ health outcomes by focusing on health maintenance, education, and prevention; and was a passionate advocate for end of life managed care. During this time, he served as a medical representative on Christ Hospital’s BioEthics Committee where he played a direct role in re-shaping hospital ethics policies.

Shem holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, NJ; a Board Certification in Family Medicine from the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians; a Master of Science in Global Health from the University of Geneva; and a Bachelor of Science in pre-clinical biology from Rowan University, NJ.

To contact Dr. Shem REECE email shem@besterconsulting.com
Or call +41 79 747 00 20

Anna-Katharina Mörike

Work Psychologist & HR consultant
Case Manager & Coach

Anna Morike

LANGUAGES:

  • Fluent in French, English and German

Tools & Assessment:

  • NOVA Profile – psychometric tool about behavior, communication, psychological type and motivations
  • VIA character – identifying strength and talents of individuals and teams
  • JoueTaVie® speed-coaching process, for individuals and teams
  • MPA (Master Person Analysis) – psychometric personality test
  • LABEL – psychometric personality test
  • COMPER – psychometric competency assessment
  • OPUS – psychometric orientation assessment
  • IVPG – psychometric values assessment

Profile:

  • Work psychologist (FSP) and HR consultant
  • 15+ years HR, consulting and coaching experience, for international and local companies
  • Specialised in skills and personality assessment, career development and recruiting
  • Experienced in health at work promotion, burn-out (prevention, detection, treatment and back to work support) and case management
  • Expert in positive psychology, strengths and talent revealer
  • Enthusiastic and warm professional, client and solution oriented, strong human touch with high analytical skills

Summary:

A scientific spirit (maths and logic, she loves it!) coupled with an artistic soul (singing, dancing, tap dancing – she has nearly 20 years of stage experience) means that Anna juggles a sharp mind and an omnipresent intuition. Hypersensitive and multi-potential, she learned over time to tame all these facets, which allow her to observe the world on all levels and to use these skills when working with her clients.

Anna holds a university degree in Psychology and a postgraduated diploma in Psychology and Human Resources, She started her career as an HR consultant with recruiting agencies in Geneva and Lausanne.She then got the opportunity to pursue her career as Talent Acquisition Specialist in the corporate world, specialising in recruitment, skills and personality assessments. Over a period of nearly 10 years she worked in large international groups and in a government departments (Deloitte, UBS and at State of Vaud). Since 2016, she has accompanied her clients as they reconnect to their values, boost their motivation, find meaning in their work and reveal their strengths.Anna works also with companies to promote health at work, prevent burn-out, act as case manager or support them for recruiting.

Today, with over 15 years of experience and as an experienced work psychologist, her goal is to help her clients reveal their resources and potential in their professional life. Her clients readily describe her as positive, as a person who allows them to blossom, a great listener and open minded.

Accreditations:

  • Postgraduate in Psychology & Human Resources, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • MSc in Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Certified as speed-coach & facilitator JoueTaVie®, Paris
  • Certified in NOVA Profile 2.0, Swissnova, Switzerland
  • Certified in MPA tool – Master Management SA, Switzerland

Professional memberships: 

  • FSP – Swiss psychologist federation
  • AGPsy – Geneva’s psychologist’s association
  • Psy4Work – Swiss occupational psychology association
  • SWIPPA – Swiss positive psychology association
  • HR Geneva – Human Resources association

To contact Natalie Anna-Katharina Mörike anna-katharina@besterconsulting.com
Or call +41 79 668 45 25

Christine Brun

Nutritionist & Stress Management Expert
Health & Wellbeing Trainer & Coach

Christine Brun

LANGUAGES:

  • French, Spanish & English

Tools & Assessment:

  • IOMET nutrition test
  • BIOcheck – biological test

Christine works with many endurance athletes and corporate executives identifying their energetic and nutritional needs using a variety of biological, physical and behavioral assessments. 

She has a pragmatic and flexible approach taking into account lifestyle and the pleasures of eating. Christine is experienced in teaching nutrition to different audiences including nurses and high school students. She has also led a number of conferences in health clinics and practiced nutrition in fitness and medical center.

EXPERTISE:

  • Nutritional and micronutritional coaching to maximise physical and mental performance
  • Sleep management and recovery through nutrition & relaxation

To contact Christine Brun email christine@besterconsulting.com

Christine Dennis

Naturopath, Nutritionist & Energy Management Expert
Health & Wellbeing Trainer & Coach

Christine Dennis

LANGUAGES:

  • French & English fluent, German good comprehension

Tools & Assessment:

  • PEPIT Biological Assessment for Resilience & Performance
  • IOMET assessment

Christine Dennis is French-Swiss and has been consulting in natural medicines both in the U.S and in Switzerland since 15 years. She is an expert in Energy Management and has been following athletes and business leaders in improving their health and performance.

Optimistic by nature, Christine aims to inspire and trigger positive & healthy lifestyle changes for improved resilience and performance through a scientific-based and holistic approach.

EXPERTISE:

  • Consulting in naturopathic medicine since 15 years
  • Coached endurance athlete and business leaders for over 10 years
  • Trainer in Health & Wellbeing with a specific expertise in Nutrition

Accreditations:

  • Certified Swiss Naturopath-nutritionist ( APTN-ASCA)
  • Bachelor degree in International Business Management (ESCE, Paris)

To contact Christine Dennis email christine@besterconsulting.com
Or call + 41 79 66 694 64