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Coaching

You may be exploring the possibility of hiring a coach. You may recognise that what got you to where you are, won’t get you where you want to go - you might not even know where that is. Perhaps the task ahead feels too challenging, you lost your motivation, or you’ve had feedback, want to change but don’t know how. All these and more are good reasons to look for a coach.

For me, coaching is about the context, not the content.

As the client, I believe you are the content expert, whether you are a Marketing Director, Financial Controller, or CEO. My role is to help shine a light on your context, to help you become aware of how you are operating.

Coaching is a space to sharpen your awareness about where you are now, where you are going next, why, and how to get there. You’ll become conscious of the patterns, behaviours, values, and scripts that are operating in the background. With this awareness comes choice, enabling you to decide what serves you and what doesn’t, and how that aligns with the future you want to create for yourself and those around you. 

A coach, consultant, facilitator, trainer and systems thinker, I bring all of these skills to my practice.

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How I Coach

My work is about helping leaders and teams grow, develop and evolve so they can face the challenges and opportunities ahead.

My coaching is influenced by three key concepts:

  • Creating The Conditions For High Performance

  • Systemic Thinking

  • The Head - The Heart - The Body

Creating The Conditions For High Performance

Over the last 20 years working with organisations, leaders and their teams, I’ve learned that the key to success is continuous learning and the key to learning is for people to feel safe, trusting and have a sense of belonging. 

Teams with high levels of psychological safety outperform others in communication, learning, collaboration, innovation, growth, decision-making, problem-solving and market competitiveness, as well as fun and enjoyment of each other.

In my work with leaders and teams, we shift our attention to creating the conditions for high performance by focusing on trust building, getting to know each other as people,  giving effective feedback, engaging in healthy debate and more. We surface the unspoken and create the conditions for trust to build. This is not something you achieve and leave, it is a continuous process and needs ongoing attention. 



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How I Coach

My work is about helping leaders and teams grow, develop and evolve so they can face the challenges and opportunities ahead.

My coaching is influenced by three key concepts:

  • Creating The Conditions For High Performance

  • Systemic Thinking

  • The Head - The Heart - The Body

Creating The Conditions For High Performance

Over the last 20 years working with organisations, leaders and their teams, I’ve learned that the key to success is continuous learning and the key to learning is for people to feel safe, trusting and have a sense of belonging. 

Teams with high levels of psychological safety outperform others in communication, learning, collaboration, innovation, growth, decision-making, problem-solving and market competitiveness, as well as fun and enjoyment of each other.

In my work with leaders and teams, we shift our attention to creating the conditions for high performance by focusing on trust building, getting to know each other as people,  giving effective feedback, engaging in healthy debate and more. We surface the unspoken and create the conditions for trust to build. This is not something you achieve and leave, it is a continuous process and needs ongoing attention. 



My Services

“Yas’ ability to work across multiple levels of seniority is unique and she serves each individual with respect and care that makes them feel valued.”

Emma Whittaker, People Director, WoodSmith Mine, Anglo American 2017-2022

“Yas’ ability to work across multiple levels of seniority is unique and she serves each individual with respect and care that makes them feel valued.”

Emma Whittaker, People Director, WoodSmith Mine, Anglo American 2017-2022

“Yas’ ability to work across multiple levels of seniority is unique and she serves each individual with respect and care that makes them feel valued.”

Emma Whittaker, People Director, WoodSmith Mine, Anglo American 2017-2022

Systemic Thinking

Systems, by which I mean the family, community, organisations, institutions, culture, and gender and generational constructs shape our thinking, feeling and behaviour.

Systemic thinking informs my work as I look at people, issues, situations and circumstances in the wider context they operate in. I believe that understanding the systems that have shaped us and impact us as an individual and as a team, brings awareness about the dynamics at play, enabling a perspective shift, which creates new avenues of thinking, feeling and behaviour.

Using a systemic lens entails taking a larger perspective, looking not just at the problem right in front of you, but also at the context in which that problem exists. I believe it is an essential element in the complex and interconnected world we live in.



Systemic Thinking

Systems, by which I mean the family, community, organisations, institutions, culture, and gender and generational constructs shape our thinking, feeling and behaviour.

Systemic thinking informs my work as I look at people, issues, situations and circumstances in the wider context they operate in. I believe that understanding the systems that have shaped us and impact us as an individual and as a team, brings awareness about the dynamics at play, enabling a perspective shift, which creates new avenues of thinking, feeling and behaviour.

Using a systemic lens entails taking a larger perspective, looking not just at the problem right in front of you, but also at the context in which that problem exists. I believe it is an essential element in the complex and interconnected world we live in.



The Head • The Heart • The Body

Science shows us that we have multiple intelligences: head - intellect, heart - emotions, and body - sensations. Western society favours the intellect, the rational intelligence to the detriment of the others.

 My coaching work with individuals and teams uses our whole intelligence. After all, if a client had been able to ‘think’ their way out of their issues with cognitive capacity alone, they would have done so before they came to me. 

My work opens up wider perspectives by using exercises and approaches that tap into the head, heart and body. Examples of approaches used to do this are structural constellations, visualisations, story telling, ‘real’ plays, journaling, and drawing. 

My Services

The Head • The Heart • The Body

Science shows us that we have multiple intelligences: head - intellect, heart - emotions, and body - sensations. Western society favours the intellect, the rational intelligence to the detriment of the others.

 My coaching work with individuals and teams uses our whole intelligence. After all, if a client had been able to ‘think’ their way out of their issues with cognitive capacity alone, they would have done so before they came to me. 

My work opens up wider perspectives by using exercises and approaches that tap into the head, heart and body. Examples of approaches used to do this are structural constellations, visualisations, story telling, ‘real’ plays, journaling, and drawing. 

My Services

“All change comes from within. If you are trying to make a change, get somewhere, achieve something but seem unable to, there’s probably something you need to learn. The desired change becomes possible once the learning has been integrated.”

Yasmin El Dabi

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What People Say

My Thinking

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© 2026, Evolving Leadership (EL) Ltd

About

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Services

What People Say

My Thinking

Contact

© 2026, Evolving Leadership (EL) Ltd