1. To : President,OakFoundation
Directorof Finance andAdministration St Prex,28th
February2016
Subject:Recommendationforservicesof Isabelle Lambert,IlingServices,Geneva.
Dear Kathleen, DearVinit,
I wantto expressmygratitude to Oak Foundation forthe opportunitytobe coachedbyIsabelle
Lambertoverthe past4 months.
Isabelle has awide experience of coaching includingwiththose who,like me,were seekingclarity
aboutmajor life changes. It washer level of experience, plusherwishtoinclude myhusbandin
one of oursessions (todiscussthe impactof retirementonthe couple),thatledme toaccept her
offerof coaching.
I have foundwithhersupporta way to articulate feelings,anxietiesandthoughtsaboutthis change
process. From a veryconfusedwayof thinkingaboutachange in life, the coachingprocess has
guidedme in the stepsrequiredtotake upthischallenge, notably frominitialideasandplans,toa
realisticandpragmaticdecision-makingprocess,andontohow the firstfew months intothe change
inlife couldappear.
In all her coaching,I foundher to be a verydeepandsensitive listener withanuncanny abilityto
summarise andre-package mythoughtstomake sense of my confused thoughtsandfeelings. And
all the time she encouragedme notto be lostin the dailyplanningof retirement –but insteadto
take a broaderview,andtoopenup possibilitiesfor the future.
Her realismaboutthe impactof thislife change onthe life of the couple wasan eye-openerwhich
has made me anticipate things towhichI hadnot previously givenmuchthought.
She accompaniedme inthisprocessof thinkinganew future – whenI reallyhadno ideaof how to
start thinkingaboutthis – and thisisperhapsthe mostimportantpart of heroverall coachingplan.
I happilyrecommendherservicestoothersinOakFoundation.
Florence Bruce
Director
ChildAbuse Programme
Cc: Isabelle Lambert