Selena van der Weijden, ACCG, PCAC, PCC

ADDCA Assessor

Germany

Selena van der Weijden, ACCG, PCAC, PCC, partners with senior professionals, teams and organisations, to strengthen leadership, change, neuroinclusive workplaces and business growth, personal and professional development. As a Trained Co-Active Coach, she is Germany’s first ACCG, PCAC, PCC ADHD Certified Coach. Selena supports a worldwide client base, working mainly online with senior professionals and business owners, late diagnosed or self-identified during phases of transition and growth.

Selena’s prior 20+ year corporate career includes leadership roles and spans large-scale transformation, strategic marketing, creative brand building, culture and change management across matrix organisations such as Microsoft, Essity  and Mindshare. Selena brings a deep understanding of the challenges faced by leaders navigating complex and demanding work environments both client, agency side and as a business owner.

As a New Zealander with a love of learning, cultures and connection, she has been fortunate to have lived and worked in Australia, The Netherlands, Curacao, London, U.K and now Germany. Gaining UK citizenship in 2016, Selena understands the complexities of working in and adapting to new cultures, languages and systems whilst raising a young neurodivergent family.

In 2023, Selena launched Play Bold Coaching, a Strengths-based, goal orientated leadership, change and talent development practice for organisations, teams, executives and business owners. Her approach includes being ‘bold with play, creativity, self trust and self compassion’. Although focused mainly on coaching adults, her coach training extends to kids, teens and parents in service of supporting the whole person and their system/s. She is a trainer of systemic coaching and assists on the ICF Accredited Co-Active Coach Training Program. Her work with the ADDCA Faculty includes supporting and empowering ADHD coaches-in-training to uphold the gold standard in coaching and ethics through ICF and PAAC assessment.

Selena’s ADHD informed services include one-to-one Executive, Leadership Coaching and Group Coaching. Strengths-based Leadership Development, Facilitation and Training, Change Leadership across Capabilities and Culture, Onboarding and Offboarding, Neuroinclusive Workplaces that foster diverse perspectives, belonging, recognition and safety. As well as ICF, ACCG and PAAC Certified Coach Mentoring.

Selena is a member of PAAC and the ICF as well as the ICF Deutchland Chapter.