Sonia Gavira

ICF Certified Coach

Location: South West

Sonia Gavira is an accomplished Leadership and Executive Coach, offering her services internationally from her base in Dorset. She collaborates with senior leaders to cultivate transformative leadership, positively impacting their organizations and teams. Sonia possesses a proven history of success across diverse industries, serving both private and public sectors. She has guided leaders at all organizational levels and demonstrates a particular passion for empowering women transitioning into senior leadership positions. With a career spanning consulting, training, and coaching since 2000, Sonia brings extensive experience. Her prior roles in Marketing and HR, reaching Director level, provided her with the expertise to manage large-scale international projects. Sonia's current focus is on developing leadership capabilities and behaviors. Her aim is to equip leaders to foster engaged and motivated workplace cultures, ultimately creating high-performing, healthy teams and individuals. As an executive coach, she primarily works with individuals at the Board and Executive Director level. Clients often credit her with providing the clarity, confidence, and courage needed to lead and manage others, as well as to steer their own careers and businesses effectively. Her board-level experience offers her a practical understanding of the challenges modern leaders face. In recent years, Sonia has particularly enjoyed working with women leaders, including business owners, emerging talent, and those stepping into senior roles. She finds fulfillment in helping women define their ambitions and achieve their goals. Sonia's coaching style is described as both "challenging and focused" and "warm, empathetic, and fun." Her multicultural experience extends to coaching and training clients across Europe and the Americas, with a focus on strategy, management, and leadership skills. She is fluent in French and Spanish. Her professional background includes working with a wide array of prominent clients such as HSBC, National Australia Bank, Microsoft, the NHS, and L'Oreal, among many others. Additionally, she contributed to leadership development programs at Ashridge Business School, including research for their Future Leaders initiative. A notable accomplishment was spearheading the EMEA expansion of an employee and customer engagement program for Ford Motor Company. This involved recruiting, developing, and leading a team of approximately 80 coaches across EMEA, while also supporting global market expansion. Sonia also advises SMEs on strategy, marketing, and people initiatives to help them achieve their objectives. For further details on Sonia's professional background, please visit her LinkedIn profile or her website. You can also reach her directly via email. Sonia is a Master Practitioner in NLP and a certified NLP Coach. She holds an ICF credential at the PCC level and is proficient in various assessment tools, including Motivational Maps, Basis, Myers Briggs, True Colors, Strengthscope, and Hogan. Her interest in neuroleadership and the science of leadership drives her ongoing professional development, a principle she strongly encourages in her clients. Sonia holds a number of professional qualifications, including Practitioner status in Logical Levels Inventory, Business Practitioner in Motivational Maps, and certifications from the International Teaching Seminars. She also completed an Executive MBA from Ashridge Business School and holds a BA Hons degree in French and Spanish from Exeter University. She is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.

Specialties

• Mentor
• Supervisor
• South West
• Emotional Intelligence
• Communication Problems
• Relationship Issues
• Anxiety & Overwhelm