Stronger Teams. Better Outcomes.
Ready to Lead, But Not Sure How?
Stronger Teams. Better Outcomes.
I partner with universities to coach academic and professional teams, building trust, communication, and execution through modular workshops and facilitated sessions.
Leadership doesn’t begin with a job title, it begins with mindset. I help universities support PhD candidates and postdocs in building the confidence, communication skills, and self-awareness they need to lead teams, projects, and themselves, within academia or beyond.
I partner with universities to coach academic and professional teams, building trust, communication, and execution through modular workshops and facilitated sessions.
What your teams need to work better, together
What You Really Need Isn’t Just a Title — It’s Transformational Leadership
What your teams need to work better, together
We co-design practical coaching that turns siloed effort into shared goals, healthy dialogue, and reliable delivery - across faculties, labs, and professional services.
Being a great researcher doesn’t automatically translate into being an effective leader. I guide PhDs and postdocs to lead with self-awareness, influence, and resilience, skills that are essential in labs, institutions, and industry alike.
We co-design practical coaching that turns siloed effort into shared goals, healthy dialogue, and reliable delivery - across faculties, labs, and professional services.
Shared Direction & Roles
Leadership That Feels Authentic
— clear priorities, decision rights, and responsibilities so projects keep moving.
— Help your researchers lead in a way that reflects who they are, not who they think they’re supposed to be.
Better Conversations, Less Friction
Skills That Go Beyond Research
— simple frameworks for feedback, conflict, and meetings that lead to decisions.
— From conflict resolution to strategic communication, coaching builds essential leadership skills that academia rarely teaches.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Confidence to Lead With Impact
— common language and processes so researchers and professional staff pull in the same direction.
— Support your researchers to speak up, step in, and handle complexity without losing clarity or confidence.
Sustainable Delivery & Wellbeing
Guidance From Someone Who’s Been There
— lightweight rhythms (planning, stand-ups, retros) that protect workload and maintain momentum.
— With years of experience coaching researchers into leadership roles, I offer practical insight grounded in both academia and industry.
From siloed to aligned
From siloed to aligned
What Team Coaching Looks
Like on Your Campus
What Team Coaching Looks
Like on Your Campus
01. Align Goals & Measures
A 45-minute intake with your lead(s) to clarify outcomes, roles, and constraints. We agree on cohorts, timelines, and how we’ll measure progress.
02. Rapid Team Diagnostic
03. Co-Design the Roadmap
04. Workshops & Facilitated Sessions
05. Sustain & Report
01. Start with a Leadership Clarity Call
We identify the leadership challenges your researchers face, whether it’s managing teams, leading projects, or navigating difficult conversations.
02. Deep-Dive into Self-Awareness
03. Build a Personalised Leadership Plan
04. Practice Key Skills in Real Scenarios
05. Stay Supported Through the Process
01. Align Goals & Measures
A 45-minute intake with your lead(s) to clarify outcomes, roles, and constraints. We agree on cohorts, timelines, and how we’ll measure progress.
02. Rapid Team Diagnostic
03. Co-Design the Roadmap
04. Workshops & Facilitated Sessions
05. Sustain & Report
01. Align Goals & Measures
A 45-minute intake with your lead(s) to clarify outcomes, roles, and constraints. We agree on cohorts, timelines, and how we’ll measure progress.
02. Rapid Team Diagnostic
03. Co-Design the Roadmap
04. Workshops & Facilitated Sessions
05. Sustain & Report
Meet Your Coach, Dr. Tina Persson
I’ve helped hundreds of PhDs and professionals navigate career change with clarity and confidence. As a scientist-turned-career coach, I understand the weight of uncertainty, and how to move through it with purpose.
I have the pleasure to cooperate with Dr. Tina Persson over the past years at Karolinska Institutet. An invaluable trait of Tina´s coaching line that I have adopted is that the performance of an individual is inseparably coupled to their unique work environment, be it related to research, education or management. Therefore, development of academic leadership is a bidirectional process that aims to utilize most efficiently the competences of the available work force, while optimizing the responses to the challenges of the work environment. As a truly international coach, Tina embraces diversity, multi-disciplinarity and adaptability as major driving forces for new age leadership in an academia beyond borders.
— Georgios Belibasakis
Professor, Karolinska Institutet
FAQs
FAQs
Below are the questions universities ask most about our team coaching, what we deliver, how we tailor it, and how we measure progress.
Supporting your researchers to lead with purpose, inside and beyond the university.
Below are the questions universities ask most about our team coaching, what we deliver, how we tailor it, and how we measure progress.
Who is this for?
Academic and professional services teams - labs, faculties, admin units, project groups, and cross-functional committees.
What outcomes do you focus on?
Alignment on goals and roles, better meeting habits, confident conflict handling, clearer decisions, and steadier delivery.
How is it delivered?
Modular workshops + facilitated sessions, with optional 1:1 support for team leads, on-campus, online, or hybrid.
How long is a typical program?
From a one-day reset to a 6–8-week sprint or term-long cadence. We recommend a duration after a quick diagnostic.
Can you tailor it to our context?
Yes. We use your real projects and constraints, adapt tools to each discipline, and co-design the roadmap with you.
How do you handle conflict and psychological safety?
Confidential, structured facilitation with clear ground rules and practical frameworks for feedback and repair.
How do you measure impact?
Baseline + pulse checks, attendance/engagement, decisions made, and commitments completed, summarized in a simple report.
How do pricing and procurement work?
Fixed-fee modules or a scoped package that includes prep, delivery, and reporting, aligned to your procurement process.
Who is this for?
Academic and professional services teams - labs, faculties, admin units, project groups, and cross-functional committees.
What outcomes do you focus on?
Alignment on goals and roles, better meeting habits, confident conflict handling, clearer decisions, and steadier delivery.
How is it delivered?
Modular workshops + facilitated sessions, with optional 1:1 support for team leads, on-campus, online, or hybrid.
How long is a typical program?
From a one-day reset to a 6–8-week sprint or term-long cadence. We recommend a duration after a quick diagnostic.
Can you tailor it to our context?
Yes. We use your real projects and constraints, adapt tools to each discipline, and co-design the roadmap with you.
How do you handle conflict and psychological safety?
Confidential, structured facilitation with clear ground rules and practical frameworks for feedback and repair.
How do you measure impact?
Baseline + pulse checks, attendance/engagement, decisions made, and commitments completed, summarized in a simple report.
How do pricing and procurement work?
Fixed-fee modules or a scoped package that includes prep, delivery, and reporting, aligned to your procurement process.
Who is this for?
Academic and professional services teams - labs, faculties, admin units, project groups, and cross-functional committees.
What outcomes do you focus on?
Alignment on goals and roles, better meeting habits, confident conflict handling, clearer decisions, and steadier delivery.
How is it delivered?
Modular workshops + facilitated sessions, with optional 1:1 support for team leads, on-campus, online, or hybrid.
How long is a typical program?
From a one-day reset to a 6–8-week sprint or term-long cadence. We recommend a duration after a quick diagnostic.
Can you tailor it to our context?
Yes. We use your real projects and constraints, adapt tools to each discipline, and co-design the roadmap with you.
How do you handle conflict and psychological safety?
Confidential, structured facilitation with clear ground rules and practical frameworks for feedback and repair.
How do you measure impact?
Baseline + pulse checks, attendance/engagement, decisions made, and commitments completed, summarized in a simple report.
How do pricing and procurement work?
Fixed-fee modules or a scoped package that includes prep, delivery, and reporting, aligned to your procurement process.
Who is this for?
Academic and professional services teams - labs, faculties, admin units, project groups, and cross-functional committees.
What outcomes do you focus on?
Alignment on goals and roles, better meeting habits, confident conflict handling, clearer decisions, and steadier delivery.
How is it delivered?
Modular workshops + facilitated sessions, with optional 1:1 support for team leads, on-campus, online, or hybrid.
How long is a typical program?
From a one-day reset to a 6–8-week sprint or term-long cadence. We recommend a duration after a quick diagnostic.
Can you tailor it to our context?
Yes. We use your real projects and constraints, adapt tools to each discipline, and co-design the roadmap with you.
How do you handle conflict and psychological safety?
Confidential, structured facilitation with clear ground rules and practical frameworks for feedback and repair.
How do you measure impact?
Baseline + pulse checks, attendance/engagement, decisions made, and commitments completed, summarized in a simple report.
How do pricing and procurement work?
Fixed-fee modules or a scoped package that includes prep, delivery, and reporting, aligned to your procurement process.
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Still exploring options?
We’re happy to listen, share what’s working at peer institutions, and map a sensible next step.
We’re happy to listen, share what’s working at peer institutions, and map a sensible next step.
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