Christoffer DeGraal
Christoffer has built his career in helping people from all walks of life discover, understand and implement best practice changes. He is a coach, facilitator and musician with over 20 years experience in both personal development and group coaching, with qualifications in relational dynamics coaching.
Christoffer has experience in banking, professional services, defence, education, NHS and homelessness. Christoffer has lived experience of neurodivergence, managing long covid and supporting those seeking to destigmatise mental health. Christoffer has long been a proponent of the social model of disability, from his days creating art projects as a form of inclusive activism, touring Europe and South America. Christoffer uses creative tools to facilitate coaching conversations, as well as technology.
Christoffer believes we can all work at our best, but it sometimes requires a mind-set shift and strategies that are a close match with how we think. He also believes we need to be able to navigate and discuss the often unspoken limiting rules, behaviours and environment we may face in today’s workplace. When Christoffer is coaching at his best, he is like a terrier, friendly but rigorous about making sure people know what they are doing and why they are doing it, checking and tweaking to make sure that outcomes are making a difference.
Christoffer is a senior coach with over 30 years of working as a coach. He has extensive experience of Neurodiversity Work Support (Strategy Coach, Neurodiversity Trainer, Workplace Needs Assessor). He has personal experience of Access to Work as an employee and as a manager. He works with Senior Managers and staff in National and Multinational companies (including Ernst and Young, Lloyds, Atkins) and with PhD candidates, senior managers and employees in Universities, Local Authorities, the NHS, national and local charities, factory shop floor workers, and self-employed people. Christoffer also has lived experience of Dyslexia and other neurodivergent traits.
Qualifications
Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) certified as a Relational Dynamic Coach
Certified Trainer and and Consultant
Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Early adopter and long-time practitioner of Clean Coaching
Mental Health First Aider
