Sofia Kalfa

Profile

Sofia has been working as an Executive Coach for six years. Before becoming an Executive Coach, Sofia was a Senior Leadership and Program Management professional in the corporate world for 12 years. As part of her role at DELL and Wayfair, she has created and delivered several bespoke in-house Leadership Development, Coaching, and Mentoring Training programs. Sofia teaches Coaching in Project Management at University College Cork as a guest lecturer.

Qualifications

Sofia holds a Master of Science in Personal and Management Coaching from University College Cork. In addition, she also has qualifications in Psychology, Business, and Project Management and is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt trained.

Sofia is passionate about leadership psychology and supporting people to embrace and overcome the beliefs that impact their performance and development. Her corporate background helps her relate to the challenges of her coachees while holding space to help them create awareness and evaluate their decision-making process. She leverages the power of dilemmas in one’s experience as a vehicle for growth and transformation.

Memberships, Affiliations, and Supervision

Sofia is a member of the Institute of Coaching (IOC) Harvard Medical School Affiliate, and she regularly attends CPD events and supervision in line with best practice guidelines. 

Key Skills

Sofia approaches her work from a position of developing the person, not just their skillset. Her coaching is grounded in her ability to draw from several modalities (Humanistic, Behavioural, Gestalt, Systemic) based on the coachees’ needs. Sofia has a particular interest in the developing area of Vertical Development Coaching, where she is planning to contribute to academic research for the development of the field.

Other Interests

Sofia is an advocate of diversity and equality and is a member of several D&E initiatives. Additionally, she is an ambassador of Network Cork, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting women’s leadership. Finally, she has created and regularly facilitates the University College Cork Coaching Alumni Community of Practice.