Leadership is rarely as simple as it looks
Leadership today asks more of leaders than ever before.
Leaders are expected to influence without authority, communicate with confidence, navigate matrix organizations, lead across cultures, build high-performing teams, and make sound decisions in increasingly complex environments.
Sometimes the challenge is executive presence.
Sometimes it's communication, stakeholder relationships, delegation, confidence, or leading through change.
Sometimes it's simply making sense of a situation that has become more complex than expected.
These are the moments where leaders often realize they don't need more information.
They need a different way of looking at the situation.
At This Is My Table, I work with executives, senior leaders and organizations facing exactly those moments.
Together, we begin by creating the space to explore what is really happening. We step back from the pressure, explore what matters most, and identify the choices that move leadership forward.
Whether through executive coaching, leadership development, facilitation or evidence-based assessments, the purpose remains the same:
To strengthen leaders, teams and organizations by helping them lead with greater clarity, intention and impact.
My work commonly focuses on:
• Executive presence
• Leadership transitions
• Stakeholder influence
• Leadership development
• Leading in matrix organizations
• Cross-cultural leadership
• Strategic thinking
• Team effectiveness
• Difficult conversations
• Leadership assessments
Every engagement is grounded in nearly two decades of international business experience across Europe, the US, and Asia, and shaped by the realities of leading in complex global organizations.
Because the quality of our leadership is shaped by the quality of our thinking.
Welcome to This Is My Table.
This is My Table began at this table - 2022
This is My Table began at this table - 2022
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Why This is My Table?
Every important leadership decision starts somewhere.
Usually it is not in the meeting itself. It can be beforehand, when you are preparing for a difficult discussion.
Or afterward, when you are questioning a decision. Or when you are simply trying to understand what is really happening.
This Is My Table was born from the belief that leadership begins by creating the space to explore what is on your table.
Not to judge it; not to simplify it. To understand it more fully.
Because when we see more, we discover choices we couldn't see before, and those choices shape the way we lead.
This is My Table is more than a name. It is a way of thinking.
A reminder that before we can influence what happens around us, we first need to take ownership of what is happening at our own table.
Lasting leadership begins with ownership, and ownership creates choice.
We all have a table.
A place where choices begin.
This one changed mine.
Working together
Leaders
Leadership becomes more demanding as the context around you becomes more complex.
More stakeholders. More competing expectations. Decisions with no obvious answer. Greater visibility. And often, less space to think.
This is a confidential space to explore what is on your table, see beyond your own lens, and make more deliberate choices about how you lead.
Organizations
Leadership rarely happens within neat reporting lines.
Leaders work across functions, geographies and cultures. They navigate matrix structures, competing priorities and stakeholders with different expectations, while being asked to take ownership and think beyond their immediate remit.
Leadership development is built around that reality and the business need behind it — not around a predetermined format.
What leaders say
Amit Kumar
Senior Leader, India
“Rather than providing answers, she challenged me to think differently, helping me move from solving immediate operational issues to leading with a broader, enterprise perspective.
I became more intentional in how I respond to challenges and learned to focus on influencing systems, people, and long-term outcomes rather than simply reacting to situations.”
Anonymous
Customer Success Director,
Hong Kong
“I found her approach to be very practical, she used a lot of real-world examples that helped me fully grasp the learning concepts, and I was able to apply that to my everyday interactions.
I especially valued the exercise on active and impactful ‘listening’ - I had no idea of the different approaches until she explained them, which truly changed my mindset.”
Shana
Executive Director, Real Estate Multinational, Hong Kong
“I now understand my own natural style more clearly, can better anticipate potential friction with others, and feel more equipped to tailor my approach to motivate and influence effectively.
Applying the DISC insights has already helped me foster higher engagement, collaborate more smoothly, and strengthen my overall leadership capability.”
What is on your table?
A leadership transition.
A difficult conversation.
A team that needs to work differently.
A decision that carries weight.
Or something you cannot quite name yet.
Whatever is on your table, change begins when you are willing to put it there
See it differently. Challenge what is holding you back. Explore what becomes possible. Make the choices that move you forward.
Because empowerment is not about someone else having the answers.
It is about owning what happens next.