Alina Siegfried
Author, speaker, leadership coach
A different kind of leadership for a different kind of world.
We live in remarkable times, in a world that can be volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous.
The old leadership playbook is no longer enough, and the challenges facing organisations today demand something different: leaders who understand themselves deeply, who can hold complexity without “fixing” it, and who are willing to examine the stories and inherited beliefs quietly shaping their actions, behaviours and decisions.
Leadership coaching with Alina is narrative-led, deeply personal, and grounded in the belief that the most important leadership work happens beneath the surface. Her approach is to help leaders understand and re-author the stories we carry about who we are, the meaning of success, and what we’ve sacrificed to fit in.
Working together, Alina helps clients to meet the future on their own terms, leading from the inside out.
About Alina
Alina is a leadership coach, author, speaker, and narrative specialist based in Wellington, New Zealand, working with clients internationally. She played a pivotal role in building the Edmund Hillary Fellowship — a global community of 500+ outstanding entrepreneurs, investors, changemakers and bold leaders committed to partnering with Aotearoa New Zealand to create global impact. Alina has advised and supported executive leaders through significant organisational transformation, and is the author of A Future Untold: The power of story to transform the world and ourselves.
Alina is currently completing her professional coaching certification through the International Coaching Academy, an ICF-accredited programme, and works with a small number of clients at a time.
As a former New Zealand National Poetry Slam champion, Alina is an inspiring and engaging public speaker, on topics ranging across leadership, personal development, systems change, and narrative strategy.