Executive leadership coach for leaders who want clarity under pressure, and the courage to act on it.
You don’t need more advice. You need a trusted thinking partner who helps you see what’s true, name what matters, and move forward with conviction—without losing yourself in the process.
Marielle Métrailler is an ICF PCC executive leadership coach, Erickson International trained, with 10+ years of coaching experience and 2,200+ coaching hours (and growing), supporting executives and leaders across North America, Europe, and Asia in English and French.
- ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
- Erickson Certified Professional Coach (ECPC)
- 2,200+ coaching hours (and growing)
- Coaches leaders globally; fluent in English & French (and also German)
- Certified in Enneagram, EQ-i 2.0, EQ 360, Nova Global, Leadership Circle Profile
Why leaders choose Marielle
She creates clarity, fast
Leaders come to coaching with full calendars and real stakes. They do not want long conversations that feel insightful but go nowhere. Marielle is known for helping clients quickly identify what is true, especially in moments of pressure, conflict, or uncertainty.
Her style is warm, direct, and structured. She listens for patterns, asks the question that unlocks movement, and helps leaders translate insight into a next step they will actually take. Clients often describe the experience as both grounding and energizing: fewer spinning loops, clearer priorities, and stronger follow-through.
She brings real-world fluency, not coach-speak
Marielle’s coaching is grounded in lived experience across industries, countries, and major professional transitions.
She began her career in marketing in Switzerland, in the luxury watch industry, where brand, precision, and reputation are non-negotiable. She then made a significant leap into biopharma, building more than a decade of experience across the sector, including Regulatory Affairs work on major drug introductions and later roles spanning communications, scientific and regulatory affairs, and advocacy. Finally, she transformed again into Executive and Leadership Coaching, founding Clarivia in 2016 and building 10+ years of coaching experience with 2,200+ hours.
Why this matters to leaders: Marielle understands change because she has lived it. She has navigated career shifts, international relocations, and industry complexity, with depth across marketing and go-to-market, luxury goods, pharma and biopharma, regulatory affairs, and advocacy. That range helps her ask better questions, spot patterns faster, and support decisions that are both human and commercially grounded.
She delivers impact beyond the individual
Coaching is often framed as personal development, but leadership never stays personal. The way you think, decide, communicate, and recover under pressure becomes the climate your team works in.
Marielle coaches with that wider system in mind. As leaders gain clarity and steadiness, the ripple effects show up in meetings, execution, and relationships: clearer expectations, healthier conflict, more trust, and stronger accountability. That is how coaching becomes an investment in the whole organization, not only the individual.
Clients often notice that the benefits compound. When a leader becomes more intentional and emotionally agile, the team spends less energy on misalignment and more energy on outcomes that matter.
Marielle’s coaching philosophy
Marielle founded Clarivia with a simple vision: help people achieve their full potential, one conversation at a time.
Her coaching is built on Clarivia’s values — Courage, Curiosity, Compassion — so leaders can:
- face what’s hard without avoidance,
- explore options without overthinking,
- and commit to action without burning out.
If you’re a leader who wants to lead with integrity and deliver results, you’ll feel at home in this work.
What changes when you work with an executive leadership coach
Most leaders don’t come because they lack ambition. They come because the situation is complex, and the cost of staying stuck is rising.
Marielle’s clients commonly report shifts such as:
- Decision clarity: fewer spinning loops; faster, cleaner choices
- Executive presence: steadier tone, clearer messaging, stronger boundaries
- Stakeholder influence: less politics-by-guessing; more intentional alignment
- Team health: higher trust, better conflict, real accountability
- Sustainable performance: progress that doesn’t require self-sacrifice
This is the heart of Marielle’s work as an executive leadership coach: helping you become the leader your context requires—consistently.
Tools Marielle uses (and why they matter)
Marielle is certified in multiple evidence-based tools. Each one is useful for a different kind of leadership leverage: self-awareness, relational effectiveness, and measurable behavior change.
Note: These tools are never used as labels. They’re used as mirrors, to create language, choices, and a practical development plan that fits your real context.
Enneagram (self-awareness + leadership patterns)
The Enneagram is a personality system often used in leadership development to accelerate self-awareness and team effectiveness. It helps leaders see the “auto-pilot” patterns that emerge under stress, and expand their range of choice.
Why it matters to leaders: because your leadership style under pressure becomes your culture.
EQ-i 2.0 (measured emotional intelligence skills)
EQ-i 2.0 is an emotional intelligence assessment designed to measure EI skills and support leadership and workplace performance.
Why it matters to leaders: EI is not “soft.” It’s the operating system behind influence, conflict, trust, and decision quality.
EQ 360 (how others experience your emotional intelligence)
EQ 360 is a multi-rater (360) assessment that combines your self-view with feedback from peers, direct reports, and leaders.
Why it matters to leaders: because leadership is partly about impact, and 360-degree feedback makes blind spots coachable.
Nova Global (relational intelligence + communication style)
The Nova Global Profile is a psychometric assessment designed to support personal and organizational effectiveness by exploring behavioral preferences, psychological types, and motivations.
Why it matters to leaders: because clarity in how you communicate and what drives you, reducing friction and increasing alignment.
Leadership Circle Profile (LCP) (leadership effectiveness at depth)
The Leadership Circle Profile is a 360° leadership assessment designed to provide insights into leadership effectiveness and development areas.
Why it matters to leaders: because it connects what you do (competencies) with what drives it (habits of mind), where lasting change actually happens.
“I work with inspiring individuals, courageous enough to take their dreams into reality… If you believe that you can become an even better leader, we need to talk.” – Marielle Métrailler
Global perspective, grounded presence
Originally from Switzerland, Marielle has lived and worked across Europe and North America. She is fluent in English and French (and also German) and has supported leaders from many cultural contexts. That matters because leadership complexity is often cross-cultural, not just cross-functional.
Background and credentials
Marielle brings a rare mix: coaching mastery and real professional depth across sectors:
- Co-Founder & Managing Partner of the Coaching Practice, Clarivia Inc. (2016–present)
- Biopharma advocacy and regulatory roles (Innovative Medicine Canada; Biogen)
- Marketing and communications leadership (including luxury goods)
- Bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Sociology
- Government of Canada security clearance (Level II / Secret; Enhanced Reliability)