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My process to take you to the highest level
Individual sessions are conducted via Zoom to offer flexibility and convenience in terms of location and timing. The coaching process will last somewhere between four to eight sessions. These estimates may vary depending on the objectives that we identify during your initial consultation.
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Apply for a clarity session. In this way, I will know your motivation and how I can contribute to you the most. Also, I will know if we can work together, or if you need a different professional to help you. To apply to the clarity session:
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Come to the clarity session. During this free consultation, we will clear up any questions you might have about the process and work together to better understand your motivation for the coaching sessions.
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During this initial meeting, we will also finalize when the coaching sessions will be held and how long the process will last.
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Once we have completed these steps, you are ready to begin your journey!
In the middle of every difficulty, there is an opportunity waiting for you. Switch to success
Frequently Asked Questions
Coaching is a personalized, confidential, and non-directive process in which the coach facilitates and guides the client through identifying their goals and creates a bridge between the place where they are and the place where they want to be.
Through the process of coaching, people can deepen their learning through self-discovery, improve their performance and ultimately improve their quality of life.
(Crearte Coaching Manual, 2016)
Coaching supports general life situations, improving our performance and creating desirable results, (Starr, J., 2011).
Both coaching and therapy are extraordinary tools for personal development. You must consider which of these tools is appropriate for you at this moment.
Although coaching uses tools that are implemented within therapy, its approach is very different. The main objective of a coaching process is to bring you closer to your goals by taking action.
Coaching
- Focus on solutions and specific goals: strategical planning, eliminating blockages, setting and achieving goals.
- Focus on taking action today to create wanted future experiences.
- Create self–awareness to maximize your potential.
- A coaching process can be done in a short period. It can last a couple of months.
- Because it is focused on specific goals.
- The cost of the coaching process is paid by particulars or companies.
Therapy
- Focus on specific mental health problems: traumas, mental illness, emotional healing, addictions, etc.
- Focus on healing past experiences.
- Diagnose and treat dysfunctionality.
- Therapy can be a long-term treatment. It can last for years.
- As a health service, the cost of therapy can be covered by insurance companies.
Both
- Create behavioral changes
- Change lives for the better
The clients that prefer coaching as a personal development tool are persons that like to take action and to find strategic solutions.
For instance, I work in coaching processes with clients that are going through a burn-out. Sometimes these clients decide to combine coaching and therapy to tackle their problem from two different perspectives.
In these cases, the clients consider that the coaching process offers them more actionable tools than the therapy. They feel that they are getting better, discovering their strengths, and actively creating a compelling future.
Julie Starr (2011) quoted the benefits of coaching, which have been widely acknowledged. In a survey conducted by the Association Resources Centre and PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2165 coaching clients, from 64 countries reported improvement in the following aspects of their lives:
- Self-esteem 80%
- Job performance 70%
- Interpersonal Relations 73%
- Interpersonal skills 71%
- Communication skills 72%
Starr, J. (2011). The coaching manual: the definitive guide to the process, principles, and skills of personal coaching. 3rd Ed. Pearson Education Limited, UK.
Often people arrive in a country with a specific goal to reach and with a limited timeframe in which to achieve it. At your arrival you can find new personal and professional challenges, for example:
- It is difficult to adapt to the new culture and work environment.
- The language is a barrier for you.
- You feel alone and isolated.
- You feel that you have too much to do.
- You don’t feel satisfied at work.
- You cannot enjoy your successes.
All these situations can become complications that you have to face when you’re working towards achieving your goals. This is not only exhausting but can become overwhelming.
Coaching helps you overcome difficulties and enables you to find opportunities in the problems that may arise. It allows you to optimize your talents, increase your performance, and enjoy your life abroad.
Enjoy the life that you want and that you deserve!
No, I don’t work with insurance companies. But you can ask your employer to pay for your coaching process.
Yes!
Companies often have a budget for training costs and personal development of employees. And they usually pay the cost of the coaching process in full.
If you are interested in this possibility, please let me know in your application process.
Testimonials
This is the opinion of those who worked with me
1 on 1 coaching process
I was dealing with this new chapter of my life alongside Margarita and our regular conversations were constant in an otherwise extremely uncertain period. My personal objective was to increase my presence at my workplace and to better structure and strategize my interactions. The information and knowledge shared by Margarita were of great value, extremely insightful and therefore I benefitted from a multitude of perspectives which, on top of everything, were also actionable. This means that I could take action based on our plan, and I could grow during the tough period which pandemic brought.
At the end of our collaboration, I saw a real change in my attitude and in how I was perceived at my workplace, my leadership during the pandemic being acknowledged and recognized as a role model for the team.
I couldn't be happier with this outcome.
At the end of our collaboration, I saw a real change in my attitude and in how I was perceived at my workplace, my leadership during the pandemic being acknowledged and recognized as a role model for the team.
I couldn't be happier with this outcome.
Andreea Jora-Boerosu
Transfer pricing and business modeling / Ernst & Young Global Limited expert - Amsterdam
Switch! Intercultural coaching and mentoring processes have been of great value to me. Considering that I am in a stage of changes and new challenges at a professional level, in each session Margarita has supported me helping me to establish clear objectives as well as concrete and realistic action plans.
The space she generates for self-reflection makes one feel very comfortable, and she can make oneself propose ideas and express feelings, through her empowering questions.
And the combination of coaching with stories and mentoring with the proposals of her experience, makes me end up very motivated. I highly recommend participating in Switch! Intercultural programs to all those who want to learn to be aware of their opportunities and grow professionally, but above all, personally.
Thank you so much for everything, Margarita!
The space she generates for self-reflection makes one feel very comfortable, and she can make oneself propose ideas and express feelings, through her empowering questions.
And the combination of coaching with stories and mentoring with the proposals of her experience, makes me end up very motivated. I highly recommend participating in Switch! Intercultural programs to all those who want to learn to be aware of their opportunities and grow professionally, but above all, personally.
Thank you so much for everything, Margarita!
Bruno Weitz
Partner Marketing Manager / Global Business Development at Jacobs Douwe Egberts - Utretch
After moving abroad, I encountered work and personal challenges that I found difficult to understand and manage. Margarita helped me to understand my emotions and identify strengths to enjoy new experiences in my new home. The exercises and the sessions were always focused on exploring my feelings, questioning my reality, and building personal tools to overcome fears and challenges. She took the time to listen to my concerns and provided alternatives and examples that were easy to understand and apply. Margarita provided me with different perspectives and helped me to see opportunities where I previously saw obstacles.
At the end of our collaboration, I saw a real change in my attitude and in how I was perceived at my workplace, my leadership during the pandemic being acknowledged and recognized as a role model for the team.
I couldn't be happier with this outcome.
At the end of our collaboration, I saw a real change in my attitude and in how I was perceived at my workplace, my leadership during the pandemic being acknowledged and recognized as a role model for the team.
I couldn't be happier with this outcome.
Andrea Pizza
MSc Sustainability and Management
My colleagues have realized the change, I get compliments about my increased confidence and how I handle the office in a difficult time when many people are away from my team.
HR Business Partner
For the first time, I was presented with the opportunity to have a process of help and guidance for my life.
In my first session I felt a little strange and shy to tell everything that was happening to me at that moment, I was confused returning to my home country but Margarita made me feel very comfortable, confident, and sure.
What I liked most about this process was that there was a person who listened to me and did not judge me, that she contributed positive things in the course of all my sessions, I discovered many goals of my life, my values, and strengths.
My greatest learning of this process was to understand that life must be lived every day to the maximum and to live NOW because the future is uncertain. Also, I learned that I am the main author of my life, I must think about myself and my goals. I learned to see things differently and this helped me in my search for a new job.
This process helped me to be aware of my priorities, my dreams, and my goals.
The benefits of following a coaching process with Margarita are: to have a coach who listens to you 100%, this process helps you to see the best path for your life and it is a guide that shows you the best tools to practice in your daily life.
In my first session I felt a little strange and shy to tell everything that was happening to me at that moment, I was confused returning to my home country but Margarita made me feel very comfortable, confident, and sure.
What I liked most about this process was that there was a person who listened to me and did not judge me, that she contributed positive things in the course of all my sessions, I discovered many goals of my life, my values, and strengths.
My greatest learning of this process was to understand that life must be lived every day to the maximum and to live NOW because the future is uncertain. Also, I learned that I am the main author of my life, I must think about myself and my goals. I learned to see things differently and this helped me in my search for a new job.
This process helped me to be aware of my priorities, my dreams, and my goals.
The benefits of following a coaching process with Margarita are: to have a coach who listens to you 100%, this process helps you to see the best path for your life and it is a guide that shows you the best tools to practice in your daily life.
Catalina Rada Trujillo
Corporate Communicator - Cali, Colombia
My name is Estefanía Zárate Angarita, I was born and raised in Bogotá D.C, - Colombia, I currently reside in Aarhus - Denmark, and I have lived in Europe for the past 5 years. In 2019, I got enrolled in a European, inter-cultural experience in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where Dr. Margarita Lourido led a workshop about growth and personal development for migrants.
I could immediately resonate with her experience as a Colombian woman living in Europe and her knowledge triggered in me immense self-reflection and inner work. Her intuition is strong and she connected with me from a warm-hearted place, she could see I could benefit from the tools she could share with me... and I certainly did.
We had our first session at a moment in my journey of those we could call "low tides". I was struggling to navigate the job market in Denmark, I had recently accomplished my Master's degree and my financial and legal instability and uncertainty were a constant ticking clock in my mind. With Margarita, I learned key information and tools that helped me to ground and succeed. Since then, she has been genuinely interested in supporting my growth and we have developed a trustful and fruitful relationship.
I could immediately resonate with her experience as a Colombian woman living in Europe and her knowledge triggered in me immense self-reflection and inner work. Her intuition is strong and she connected with me from a warm-hearted place, she could see I could benefit from the tools she could share with me... and I certainly did.
We had our first session at a moment in my journey of those we could call "low tides". I was struggling to navigate the job market in Denmark, I had recently accomplished my Master's degree and my financial and legal instability and uncertainty were a constant ticking clock in my mind. With Margarita, I learned key information and tools that helped me to ground and succeed. Since then, she has been genuinely interested in supporting my growth and we have developed a trustful and fruitful relationship.
Estefanía Zárate Angarita
Journalist and Reporter - Latin America and the Nordics
