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“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
― Mark Twain

"Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve. "
– Mary Kay Ash

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Leila Abid 
Career Coach for soon to be and existing professionals

I specialize in helping people discover WHO they are, WHAT they want in their career and HOW to get there.

I strongly believe that everybody can find work that fulfills them and am working towards helping my clients achieve just that.

What made me become a career coach?

Paradise
Born and raised in Luxembourg, I had the enormous chance to go study in Honolulu, Hawaii aka “Paradise” ☺

What made me go all around the globe to go study? The sun, beach, surf… ◠‿◠ ha ha ha nooo not even. Actually, it was the only place my parents got me to go to university ☺.

The thing is… high school and me were not the best of friends. So going to university was the furthest on my mind. Until… I had worked for about 1 year, and realized something was missing.

And when I got offered the opportunity, I actually did not even think. All I said was “yes” and everything just fell into place. I visited the school; was sold after the first minute (come on, who wouldn’t? ☺); signed up; got accepted; 2 months later I moved to paradise; found an apartment, furnished it within 1 week and started school the following week. And I went from an average "C" student to an "A" student nearly overnight. I was on my path.

Reality

Back home after my studies, I got hired by 2 big multinationals and saw that people were a lot grumpier here in Luxembourg. They were living in luxury compared to the Hawaiians and still were not happy. They never had enough and always wanted more. How come? So I started to want to understand. I bought all kinds of books, got certified in a whole bunch of different personality questionnaires and followed coaching and Neuro Linguistic Programming classes.

After a little over 9 years in HR, I was not happy with where my life was headed, and I could not shake the feeling that something was again missing. So I quit my job, without having anything else planned. I just had reached a point where I could not stay anymore. But where to go? What to do?


Until, one day a family member was let go from his company he worked for all his life. I sat down with him and we went through the process of reevaluating his life, preparing his application and re-motivating him to go back out there and get the job he wanted. And he got it. I tell you I was even happier than he was ☺.

And there it was … staring me right in the face: I was back on my path and had found what I wanted to do with my life….


Why I work with soon to be and existing professionals

I know how it feels when u are right out of school and are overwhelmed with looking for your first job. I lived through the joys and pains of corporate life, went through the ordeal of being made redundant with a family member and I found the career of my dreams.

What life has taught me

There is no doubt: life can be tough. It can take you on a rollercoaster ride.

But when it is right for us, life also makes everything fall into place.

We have all the answers in ourselves; and the only thing stopping us from achieving everything we want is ourselves.

Education/Training

  • Master of Science in Communication, Behaviour and Credibility Analysis
  • Master of Arts in Human Resources (MAHR)
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Travel Industry Management (BSBA-TIM)
  • Professional Certified Coach (PCC), a credential awarded by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). The ICF sets rigorous standards for excellence in a professional coaching worldwide.
  • Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner. NLP describes the fundamental dynamics between mind (neuro) and language (linguistic) and how their interplay affects our body and behavior (programming). 
  • Certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Practitioner. The MBTI assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions.
  • "Perf-Echo" and "Perf Orient" Practitioner - two behavioral skills assessment tools
  • Other certifications:
    • DISC® a personal assessment tool used to improve work productivity, teamwork and communication
    • OPQ32, an indicator of an individual’s preferred behavioral style at work
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within us out into the world, miracles happen"
–Ralph Waldo Emerson