Roula Saba Mouhanna holds the highest credential in coaching. This engineer, INSEAD MBA, and humanitarian is reshaping leadership across the MENA region and Europe.
From Civil Engineering to Global Business
Roula Saba Mouhanna began her academic journey with precision and structure. She earned a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the American University of Beirut (AUB). Thereafter, she expanded her strategic mindset by pursuing an M.B.A. from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Consequently, she built a rare foundation that blends technical logic with high-level business acumen.
A Pivot Rooted in Rigorous Training
Nevertheless, Roula chose to channel her expertise into developing people rather than structures. She trained extensively with Coach U, a globally recognized coaching institution. In addition, she sought specialization through the John Mattone Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching process. The Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder-Centered Coaching model. Therefore, her coaching practice was built upon some of the most respected methodologies in the world.
Roula Saba Mouhanna: A Portfolio of Advanced Credentials
Roula’s commitment to mastery is reflected in her extensive certifications. She is a Senior Consultant in the Birkman Method®, a tool for understanding behavioral style. Furthermore, she is a Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Master Practitioner and Trainer. She is also a Master Practitioner and Trainer in both Time Line Therapy and Hypnosis. Additionally, she holds certifications in EQ-i and EQ 360, focusing on emotional intelligence. She is a certified system-level facilitator of Lego® Serious Play®. She is also a Motivation Factor Practitioner. In short, she possesses one of the most comprehensive credential sets in the industry.
Leadership in Coaching Education
Roula does not only practice coaching; she actively shapes the profession. She serves as a member of the faculty at Coach U in the U.S.A. Simultaneously, she co-founded Coach2Transform, an ICF-accredited coaching school. Through this school, she ensures that future coaches receive training that meets the highest international standards.
Extensive Corporate and Global Experience
Roula’s professional reach spans continents. She has gained extensive experience coaching and training at the corporate and executive levels. Her clients include local and multinational organizations across the MENA region and Europe. As a result, she offers both corporate coaching programs and individual coaching for managers and leaders. Her goal is always to help them achieve their full potential.
Areas of Specialization
- Leadership: She focuses on Executive Coaching and Leadership Coaching
- Teams: She specializes in Team Motivation, Team Collaboration, and Team Coaching
- Interpersonal impact: she works on Emotional Intelligence, Communication Impact, Building Trust, and Organizational Health.
- She also provides training and facilitation in Problem-solving, mental well-being at Work, and the Facilitation of senior team off-sites.
A Multilingual and Humanitarian Identity
Roula is proficient in five languages, allowing her to connect deeply with diverse clients. She holds memberships in several professional bodies, including the American Board of NLP, the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and the Time Line Therapy Association. Yet her contributions extend beyond business. She co-founded Ibtissama Clown Doctors Foundation, an NGO in Lebanon. This non-profit brings laughter and smiles to hospitalized children, revealing its deep commitment to community and compassion.
Editor’s Note
Some build careers, and then some build meaning. Roula Saba Mouhanna began with the solid logic of engineering and the strategic breadth of an INSEAD MBA, yet she chose a path less traveled. She turned her gaze inward, then outward, dedicating herself to the intricate architecture of human potential. What makes her journey remarkable is not the accolades she has gathered along the way, but the quiet consistency with which she has shown up for others.
She moves seamlessly between boardrooms and hospital wards, coaching executives toward clarity one day and bringing laughter to sick children the next. In doing so, she offers a quiet but profound lesson: that true leadership is not about the titles we hold, but about the lives we touch.
Her story is an invitation to consider that our deepest impact is often found not in what we achieve for ourselves, but in how we choose to lift others along the way.
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