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Power-Up your life and career
Developed as part of an ideation contest going back to 2018, the coaching platform PowerUp has since helped hundreds of Novartis associates transform their professional careers and improve their well-being.
By Goran Mijuk, Ann Weber, Asmita Apte and K.E.D. Coan. Photos by Laurids Jensen, Kirby Griffin and Adriano A. Biondo. Videos by Nicolas Heitz and Kirby Griffin.
Time for coaching
At a simple level, we all need coaches. Whether you think you do or not, we could all benefit from coaching in one element of work or another.
Olga Apryshkina
Team Effectiveness Coach | Basel
Rob Kowalski
Chief People & Organization Officer | Basel
Ivonna Demme
Head DEI Communities and Engagement | Basel
Yes, I can do this
Louise Pritchett is one of hundreds of Novartis associates who have benefitted from the PowerUp internal coaching program. Collaborating with her coach, Alison Pulte, Louise has learned how to look within herself to find the skills she needs for delivering impact in her role.
Alison Pulte
Director Leadership Training | East Hanover
Louise Prichett
Associate Director Bioanalytics | Basel
The chemistry of coaching
Teodora Venu and Corina Wyler have both been coaching since 2018 and are now members of the PowerUp program’s core team of coaches. Listen to them share their insights on what coachees can expect from coaching.
Corina Wyler
Senior Career Center Coach | Basel
Teodora Velu
Senior People Partner Switzerland | Basel
Democratizing Coaching
In 2021, Sabine Adler wanted to learn how to share her career and personal insights in a more systematic way. This led her to train as a coach and join PowerUp community, which aims to democratize coaching.
Sabine Adler
Senior Global Program Manager | Basel
Perfect fit
Su-May, a coachee, and Teodora, her coach, share how their chemistry sessions and coaching interactions created transformative experiences.
Su-May Goh
Lean Digital Core Adopt Integration Lead | London
Teodora Velu
Senior People Partner Switzerland | Basel
Across the globe
Aparna Lakshmanan shares the clarity she has gained through Maria Giovanna Vianello’s coaching.
Maria Giovanna Vianello
Director Leadership Development | Basel
Aparna Lakshmanan
Compliance Manager | Coimbatore
Pursuing potential
Thea Morris, a Senior Medical Safety Lead in Neuroscience and professional coach, aims to assist others based on her experiences of growth and transformation.
Thea Morris
Senior Medical Safety Leader | Basel
Speed coaching
Live. Magazine’s Goran Mijuk and Ann Weber discuss speed coaching with Olga Apryshkina.
Olga Apryshkina
Team Effectiveness Coach | Basel
A live coaching session
Yvonna Demme, a professional coach, will work through a live coaching session with our colleage, Ann Weber.
Ann Weber
and Ivonna Demme
Head DEI Communities and Engagement | Basel
The finale
In this final session of the PowerUp Coaching podcast series, the Live. Magazine team discusses how the program has evolved since its inception seven years ago.
Ivonna Demme
Head DEI Communities and Engagement | Basel
Olga Apryshkina
Team Effectiveness Coach | Basel
