Caroline Thomas
Career Development Expert for HR & Talent Leaders | Professional Coach (CPCC)|About
Caroline Thomas is an Expert on Sustainable careers and workforce development. She is a partner expert and trainer within with Zest for Work, an innovative and specialized consulting and training firm focusing on fulfilment and energy at work. She partners with HR, Career and Well Being leaders to help them sustain and energized, happy and productive workforce. She also works as an independent coach supporting professionals to develop their vision, capabilities and mindset to build sustainable careers: engaging AND successful.
Prior to becoming independent, she worked 18 years in HR Leadership and Talent Development roles across industries and cultures. She built a strong expertise about organizational and talent development, learning program and curriculum design, talent and potential assessments as well as performance management.
Caroline genuinely cares and believes in people strengths and abilities. She creates a trustworthy environment for people to learn, experience and grow. Beyond her work, Caroline enjoys nature and mountains, she is also passionate about art and culture.
Expertise
- Career self-management
- Engagement and Motivation
- Energy-Stress balance
Languages
- English
- French
Categories
- Career Development
Objectives
- Some Objectives I work with
- Agile
- Out of Comfort Zone
- Wellbeing
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Workshops
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The highly interactive Career Fit-Stop was developed with the ...
Previous Clients
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Fairtrade Belgium
I designed and delivered a “Strengths Journey” for the Fairtrade team in Belgium using the Strengths Profile assessment. This series of 3 live 1-day workshops aimed at helping every Fairtrader to understand their talents and what sustains their energy, but also at nurturing the potential and strengths of the Fairtrade team and open a transparent dialogues .
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Janssen R&D Switzerland
Delivered various workshops related to career purpose and ownership, and supported people leaders to enter in transparent dialogues related to career and development.
> Career Fitstop Workshops (1/2 day) for employees and Leaders
> People Development Workshop for Leaders to enter in open & honest development conversations with staff members; addressing motivators, aspirations, as well as professional and career skills development
> Purpose and Career Workshops for all levels staff members to reflect on their identity and purpose and what it means for their career and development plans. -
Mars
Delivers online and live Energy for Life Trainings based on >30 years of performance science and the latest insight into physical, mental, and digital wellbeing, neuroscience, positive psychology, and behavior change.
Qualifications and certifications
Master, Business Administration and Management Sep 1998 - Jun 2002 Audencia
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) Dec 2019 - Nov 2021 Co-Active Training Institute
Co-Active Professional Coach Training is widely recognized as the most rigorous professional coach training and certification program in the industry. As the largest and most established professional coach training organization in the world, CTI has trained over 130,000 coaches, including employees in more than a third of the Fortune 100 companies.
Career Fitness Profiler Certification Mar 2020 - Jun 2020 TalentLogiQs
Developed and validated by the University of Antwerp, the Career Fitness Profiler is an evidence-based questionnaire to facilitate conversations related to talent and succession management, career development, mobility, and stress/wellbeing.
