Ruth Kappelgaard
Personal leadership coach based in Bangkok, Thailand
| Hourly rate range | $150 to $250 an hour |
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| Also coaches | Career coach and Business coach |
| Based in | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Credentials | ACC; CPCC; MBTI; Co-Active Certified coach |
Ruth Kappelgaard is a personal leadership coach who helps people move from feeling like insecure overachievers to secure, steady achievers. She spent over a decade in management consulting, in both supporting roles and leadership positions. She is a Co-Active certified coach from Copenhagen, Denmark, and she now lives in Bangkok, Thailand. Her work starts with self-awareness. Clients look at their story, strengths, values, wants and vision.
What Ruth helps with
Ruth helps people build personal leadership so they can act with integrity and stay true to themselves. She also works on self-doubt in leaders.
- Moving from insecure overachiever to secure achiever
- Building personal leadership
- Self-doubt in leadership roles
- Knowing your story, strengths and values
- Clarifying your wants and vision
- Leading with authenticity and integrity
- Coaching your own team with the tools you learn
Who Ruth works with
Ruth's clients include leaders and founders. Past clients include a director and a founder and advisor. Many come to her during a tough period, or when self-doubt gets in the way of their leadership.
How Ruth works
Ruth builds her coaching on self-awareness. Clients explore their story, strengths, values, wants and vision. From there, they build a strong sense of personal leadership. She trained in the Co-Active method and also holds MBTI credentials. She gives clients practical tools. One director used these tools to coach his own team.
Background and qualifications
Ruth spent over a decade in management consulting. She worked in different supporting roles and in leadership positions. She is a Co-Active certified coach and holds ACC, CPCC and MBTI credentials. She comes from Copenhagen, Denmark, and now lives in Bangkok, Thailand.
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The CoachVouch take
Ruth pairs more than ten years of management consulting with Co-Active coaching centered on personal leadership.
Best for leaders who feel like insecure overachievers and want a stronger, more secure way to lead.
Common questions
How much does Ruth Kappelgaard charge?
Coaching with Ruth runs $150 to $250 an hour. Request an intro for an exact quote.
What does Ruth Kappelgaard help with?
Ruth Kappelgaard helps with moving from insecure overachiever to secure achiever, building personal leadership, self-doubt in leadership roles and knowing your story, strengths and values.
Is Ruth Kappelgaard certified?
Ruth Kappelgaard lists: ACC; CPCC; MBTI; Co-Active Certified coach.
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