Urs Winzenried is a Professional Coach, Facilitator and Mentor who is supporting his clients as they walk between the many different worlds encountered at work, in relationships, and in various cultures.
He studied law and economics in Berne, Switzerland. After some years living in Australia, gaining more personal and professional experience, he returned to Europe to work for over 15 years in various management functions in the Swiss-based family enterprise (packaging, printing inks, real estate and construction).
Later he became more interested in Personal and Leadership Coaching, Values Thinking and Human Potential, while still being involved in various non-profit projects and initiatives and serving as a nonexecutive Board Member of several start-up companies. He has an unusually wide experience of businesses, organizations and projects, both from the inside and outside, and considers his rich and diverse biography as his major asset for his work with individuals and teams across Europe and North America.
Urs has completed extensive coach training in various locations and methodologies. These include solution-focused Team Coaching in Switzerland; “Co-active Coaching” in the UK; and “Ontological Coaching” He was certified by Newfield Network, USA and holds a PCC credential from the International Coach Federation. His work is based on individual, values-driven innovations styles, which are guiding his clients through complex and changing environments.
He often calls himself an Edgewalker, being able to support clients in building and successfully walking across bridges between cultures and different perspectives, between task-oriented capabilities and more reflective capacities guided from within. He firmly believes in the power of living one’s core values and creating a competitive advantage through more meaning at work with an effective contribution to the greater whole.
Urs speaks several languages and presently works and travels between England, Switzerland and Mallorca, Spain.
