Anne-Lise
Akkaparaka

Biography Highlights

Anne-Lise Akkaparaka is a Certified Executive Coach who has a passion for helping leaders make a difference at every stage of their leadership journey. With experience managing teams in retail as well as marketing missions in media & entertainment, Anne-Lise has also worked as a coach with clients from various sectors including healthcare, FMGC, technology, finance, sales, nonprofit and small businesses.

Native from France, with experience working across different cultures, she is based in Toronto, Canada.

Coaching Methods/Specialty

Type of coaching: Executive Coaching, Leadership Coaching
Specialty: Visionaries, Creatives, Innovators & Change-makers
Modality: virtual sessions

Coaching Signature

Anne-Lise creates an inspiring experience so her clients feel 100% confident in their ability to achieve their most ambitious goals.

Her coaching includes in-depth exploration of how to make a difference as well as disruptive questioning to explore fresh perspectives & find creative solutions for her clients' tailored roadmap to success.

Credentials and memberships

Certified ACC (Associate Certified Coach) by the International Coaching Federation, Anne-Lise also holds a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from Royal Roads University and a Master in Management from TBS Education with a major in creative industries.

Testimonials

“Being coached by Anne-Lise was amazing. She is so intuitive and insightful. Her powerful questions have really helped me get to the core of my issues. Being an action driven person, Anne-Lise has a kind way to remind me to “be” instead of just focusing on doing. After every session, I felt reconnected to myself and aligned with my purpose again.”
D.H. Personal Coach

“Anne-Lise has a true gift of guiding her clients to meaningful discoveries. I worked with Anne-Lise on questions of identity and my purpose in life and she was instrumental in finding answers to challenges that seemed insurmountable before my sessions with her.”
G.M. Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University

“Anne-Lise was excellent at listening and building milestones and meaningful goals that made me thrive at work. I had a clear vision and was motivated to tackle more tasks in a shorter time, get more organized and be more efficient.” M.D. Digital Director