With whom do you share ‘your unique space to think?’

Manuela van der Glas, EMBA, MSc.
is senior partner & advisor of van der Glas & van der Glas.
She is a deep thinker, author, 40+ years of practical real-life insights, global experience in human nature, organisational behaviour & development.

Manuela holds an EMBA/Executive Masters in Business Administration from HULT International Business School in Massachusetts / USA, a Masters as well as accreditation in Executive Coaching [EMCC equivalent: senior pactitioner] from Ashridge Business School, Berkhamsted / UK, a teaching certificate from the University of Cambridge in Cambridge / UK, a life- and health consultant certificate of BVLGB Switzerland. Furthermore she holds a certificate of ‘Improving your business through a culture of health’ from Harvard, Boston MA / USA as well as a certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies of The Trauma Reserach Foundation in Boston MA / USA.

In addition to coaching in the field since 2026, Manuela mentors Ashridge Masters in Executive Coaching students through their thorough Masters programme, inspires and guides ‘her students’ through year one and two of the AMEC as well as the intensive accreditation process to become an accredited Ashridge Executive Coach since 2019.
Furthermore, she is a mentor in the Global Compassionate Communications Network, based in New York since 2022
as well as a member of the NHS Leadership Academy Hub in the UK since 2025.

Manuela is also the author of numerous articles, case studies like the most recent one ‘net zero naturally’, ‘sustainable business models’, ‘due diligence’ as well as the PCOCI-Model, that guides towards a best practice onboarding and human-to-human-development in organisations. In addition to that she is co-author of ‘Plan & Get Your Things Done!’ as well as ‘21st Century Leaders: Healthy Co-Communication. Learn the Art!’

But above all, she is a sensing human being, woman, coming from a stance of curiosity, loving 1st person inquiry & understanding matter holistically.

Book your appointment for ‘your unique space to think’
conveniently online here.
I look forward to meeting you. See you inside!
With kindness,
Manuela

What our clients say:
look here & scroll down.

Manuela integrated during the Ashridge Masters in Executive Coaching between 2015-2019

Developing coaching strategies, psychological and robust theories of personality: working in relationship, repetition & change working in the relationship, creative change interventions, team coaching, professionalism in the coaching relationship, personal reflection journey, the coach and his/her perceptual framework/system, the coach and their emotions, the coach and limits of coaching, the coaching relationship and transference, the relational, working with the organisation through coaching, inquiry into coaching in action, accreditation process & live coaching.
Trust and safety in coaching supervision, mindfulness & meditation, awareness, learning cycles, evidence based practice & practice based evidence, the coach's values and significance in professional practice, phenomenological inquiry & gestalt psychology, taking your experience seriously, inquiry & reflection on the relational.
The significance of emotion in coaching, the role of empathy, stress & trauma at the workplace, attachment theories and implication for coaching, action research, 1st, 2nd, 3rd person, autobiography, generational trauma. Learning through supervision & mentoring. Ethics in professional Executive Coaching, Mentoring & Supervision.
Dissertation research question:
“Finding ‘me’ in the coaching relationship” [ and how ‘me/I’ can impact my client in the room and the organisation outside of the coaching room as well. ].

Some of our clients we have been working with since 2006
to name a few and to give you a first impression [ in the sense of do good and talk about it - value yourself. ]

C-suite & management & team leads in the banking & finance field in Switzerland.
NHS doctors and leaders in the UK.
Upper Management & team leads in the field of aviation in Switzerland.
Upper Management & team leads in the field of health care [ transitioning/transformation of a group of hospitals ] in Switzerland.
Business Administration Team lead in Belgium.
Generational family business owners in Switzerland.
Leader in the packaging industry from Argentina.
Leaders in the Pharma industry throughout Europe and USA.
Board members in Switzerland and Eastern Europe.
Leadership Coach in San Fransisco / USA.
Executive Coaches in Europe.
Leaders in the local, regional and federal council in Switzerland.
C-Suite in the global Pharma consulting industry.
Advising Head HR ‘on ethics’ in the Metal- Electro- and Machinery-Industry in Switzerland.

How it all started out with in 2006:
young professionals & their mentors accepting & following me as their leader in the field of business administration, leading & education.
- and human beings in need.

Manuela is grateful for
the trust, openness, honesty and willingness to understand on a deeper level that her clients bring to the ‘space to think things through thoroughly’.


A huge thank you to all
that helped Manuela to become who she is today [ the ones in the past & our ancestors ],
the ones that are ‘currently in the present’ as well as
the ones that are coming on her path in the future.
Thank you for allowing her to do this important work continuously.

What clients say about working with Manuela:

“ You force us to think! “ I “ When working with Manuela you have to brace for impact. “ I “ This is like therapy, healing. “ I

“ You are the best advisor that is on the market! “ I “ I could not have done this without you! Thank you. “

See you soon!