Lassi Albin — Executive Coaching

Who This Is For

Already capable. Now operating at a higher level.

C-Suite & Directors

Navigating at the top.

Navigating pressure, politics, and board-level expectations. Sharper presence. Clearer communication. Stronger stakeholder impact.

Senior Leaders in Transition

The gap between managing and leading.

Stepping into larger roles, broader influence, and higher visibility. Building the behaviours the new level demands before the first misstep.

High-Potentials

Preparing before the promotion arrives.

Building the presence, communication, and self-awareness the next role requires — before the gap becomes visible to others.

Corporate-Sponsored

Investing in leaders you cannot afford to under-develop.

Individual coaching within a corporate mandate. For organisations investing in directors, VPs, and C-suite leaders. Full confidentiality maintained.

Coaching Focus

The work is direct. The conversations are honest. The outcome is behavioural change.

Coaching Areas

Executive presence Communication under pressure Emotional intelligence Stakeholder influence Leadership confidence Difficult conversations Role & career transitions Strategic self-awareness Mentor coaching Board-level communication Managing up Team leadership

Industries

Banking & Finance Energy Technology Consulting Manufacturing FMCG Aerospace & Defense Automotive Pharma & MedTech Insurance Luxury Hospitality & Tourism Sports Forest & Pulp NGOs Software & Services

Experience with leaders across 50+ nationalities. Fortune 500 companies, scaling startups, and mid-sized international firms. Sessions conducted in English.

The Process

A serious coaching relationship needs structure, time, and honesty.

Confidential intake

Context, goals, pressure points, and what has and hasn't worked before. No agenda brought into the room.

Leadership focus

Define the behavioural shifts that matter most at this stage and in this role. Specific, measurable, honest.

Coaching & sparring

Direct sessions. Real challenge. Preparation for actual situations — your meetings, your stakeholders, your decisions.

Real-world application

What happens between sessions matters as much as the sessions themselves. Accountability is part of the work.

Review & calibrate

Honest mid-point and end-point assessment. What changed, what still needs work, what comes next.

Minimum 6 sessions

approx. 12 weeks

Online · Blended · In-person

Europe available

2 sessions per month

typical rhythm

60–90 min online

2–3 hrs in-person

Lassi Albin

You do not need a platform coach.

Lassi Albin is an ICF-PCC executive coach with 5,000+ coaching hours across Fortune 500 firms, scaling startups, and global institutions. He has coached 1,000+ leaders across 50+ nationalities and 14+ industries, working with senior executives at the level where the stakes are highest and the conversations most difficult.

His coaching style is direct, emotionally intelligent, and grounded in real business experience. Before coaching, Lassi built his career across supply chain management at Hilti Corporation and American Standard Companies — both Fortune 500 organisations — followed by business development across Latin America, corporate relations at the University of St. Gallen, and executive education at IESE Business School in Barcelona. He has lived and worked in 11 countries — Finland, Germany, the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Mexico, Poland, Latvia, Spain, and Australia — giving him an unusually broad cultural fluency that transfers directly into his work with international executives.

He teaches executive communication at IESE Business School and is co-founder of Lead as Coach, an ICF Level 1 accredited leadership program. His certifications include EIQ-2 (Emotional Intelligence), DISC, Six Sigma Black Belt, and an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management. He works with individual private clients and corporate-sponsored coaching mandates across Europe and the Middle East, including Switzerland, Finland, and the Gulf region.

ICF-PCC EIQ-2 Certified DISC Certified Six Sigma Black Belt MBA Rotterdam 5,000+ Hours 1,000+ Clients 50+ Nationalities IESE Business School 11 Countries Europe & Middle East

Experience that transfers.

Business school background

Executive Coach & Lecturer at IESE Business School. Coaching across IE Business School, EADA, and Aalto University.

Real corporate experience

Supply chain at Hilti Corporation and American Standard Companies (Fortune 500). Business development across Latin America. Corporate relations at University of St. Gallen.

Global cultural fluency

Lived and worked in 11 countries. Coached leaders across 50+ nationalities in Europe, the Middle East, and beyond.

Why Not a Platform

"When the issue is political, personal, or confidential — the relationship matters more than the platform."

Platform Coaching

Working with Lassi

Scalable — built for volume

Personal — one coach, always

Standardised programs

Context-specific to your role

Coach matching algorithm

Direct relationship from day one

Dashboard & KPI reporting

Trust-driven, fully confidential

Broad employee development

Senior, complex, sensitive work

AI-augmented sessions

Human judgement, no scripts

"Platforms are good for scale. Senior leaders often need something else."

Client Voices

The work is real.

"Lassi has been a tremendous executive career coach for me in the past and helped me significantly in my career progression. His coaching, networking, and perspective helped me to understand what really matters in life and work, and how to combine this to the best outcome for long term progression."

Toni Hänninen

CFO & Director · TheraCryf

"Lassi is one of the best communication trainers we have at IESE Business School. He is a people-oriented person, knows how to create and transmit both impactful content and empathy, and his positive energy is contagious!"

Yago de la Cierva

Professor · IESE Business School

"When I was returning from my sabbatical, Lassi helped me explore my options, strategise opportunities and create a concrete action plan. Practical and tactical with great insight, topped with positive energy. Topnotch career coach and sparring partner."

Meliina Räty

Tech Startup Operations · Europe

The coaching your leadership role now demands.

Already capable. Now operating at a higher level.

The work is direct. The conversations are honest. The outcome is behavioural change.

A serious coaching relationship needs structure, time, and honesty.

You do not need a platform coach.

The work is real.

Ready to work at the level your role now requires?