About me
Annaleta Winiker on becoming an...
Experienced Executive & Leadership Coach
Lifecoach & Micronutrition Coach
Consultant & Mentor
I was born in Barcelona to Swiss parents and with three older siblings. We lived the protected, international and intellectual expat life, which was slightly flavoured by the political challenges of the Franco regime.
Growing up partly in Barcelona, the city of 'art, architecture and entrepreneurship', right at the mediterranean see as well as in German-speaking Switzerland and the breath taking mountain area of Upper Engadine equipped me for an exciting and possibly somewhat unusual life.
After my high school degree in Lucerne, with a focus on economics and law, I studied law in Fribourg (CH), including an Erasmus year at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona which allowed me to go back to my roots.
In my final year at University of Fribourg, I took on the role as a tutor in Federal Constitutional Law on behalf of Prof. Dr. Astrid Epiney, parallel to finishing my studies.
Many years later, in 2019 I went back to University, this time to the esteemed Executive School of law and management of the University of St. Gallen (HSG), where I joined the CAS for Data Protection Officers GDPR and graduated summa cum laude.
After successfully completing my law degree (Master's), I moved to Zurich, where, as a fourth-generation Zurich citizen, I started and developed my professional career, eventually taking on the role as General Data Protection Officer and General Compliance Officer of a globally operating company with 45'000 employees and an annual turnover of CHF 4.7 billion.
Today my partner and I live in the Zurich area and are enjoying spending time in our second home, in Oberengadin
where we love to ski, hike, meet with friends and enjoy art and fine dining.
The reason why I love my job as a Coach...
because success begins in the mind – but so does failure:
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That is why I work with you – and for you
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For you to achieve your goals and to successfully take on the next chapters in both, your work and personal life.
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Together we create your vision which propells you in the aimed direction.
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This by bringing in my compiled experience, knowlege and sixt sense regarding the strategy needed to achieve your vision in managebal steps - respecting and includin your individual life situation and your (work) environment.
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In doing so, I ensure that your mental foundation for achieving your goals is strengthened in the long term and that the most successful methods are applied in your coaching.
I feel honoured to accompany you in your successful carrer developmet
or your personal path of insight and personal growth
as your trustworthy
coach, source of inspiration and mentor
Meeting with Elisabeth Gilbert
Elisabeth Gilbert, author of the bestselling book
"Eat Pray Love" and I in Zürich, on December 3rd, 2013.
I remember having always had a vivid interested, even curiosity, regarding the question 'what drives people's actions' – and 'how to change it to one's favour' – both in a business and personal context.
Since everything begins with people and hence with oneself, I started working as a consultant which also allowed me to travel to a meditation resort in India during the winter months to further my education in this field.
During these years, the focus was clearly on learning sustainable and effective coaching methods & tools as well as on meditation and personal growth.
Having started this journey back in 2003, I found that it was difficult for friends and family to understand why I, who was so business and career-oriented, was undertaking these journeys, investing my time and money in further training overseas.
After Elisabeth Gilbert's book ‘Eat Pray Love’ became a success, my family and friends began to understand.
‘Eat Pray Love’ changed our conversations in that I no longer had to explain myself, but instead people started asking me specifically about my daily routine in India, meditation, and wanted to know everything about my experienc with coaching and personal growth trainings in this faraway, knowledgable place. This made it all the more exciting to meet Elisabeth Gilbert in person in my home town.
With Steve Jobs we had the first extremely successful CEO who openly talked about vision, success and the impact, of being spiritual on himself and his business. It since became commen knowledge that success, being spiritual and to meditate go hand in hand. Or what did you think the thin, red bracelet on Sergio Ermotti's wrist (CEO UBS) stands for?
In these ranks you will also find Jensen Huang, CEO Nvidia, Oprah Winrey, CEO OWN, François-Henri Pinault, CEO Kering,
Sara Blakly, founder of and CEO Spanks, Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post and Thrive Global, Jane Fonda, Richard Gere, Ashton Kutcher, Dakota Johnsen, Paul McCartney, Demi Moor, and Robert Redford, to name a view.