Authentic Leaders DK
Charlotte Søndergaard
Coach · Facilitator · Speaker · Podcast Host
For Leaders
What
changes in your leadership
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Understand how you show up — and how to navigate different leadership rooms with greater impact
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Greater clarity about your strengths, values, and leadership identity
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New behavioural patterns that support your leadership goals and everyday leadership practice
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Stronger confidence in communication, decision-making, and leadership presence
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Increased influence and movement toward the leadership role you aspire to
Becoming an Authentic Leadere
Become the leader
you already have
the potential to be
Over six months, you'll develop the presence and confidence to communicate with clarity, influence stakeholders, and navigate the conversations that matter most.
Grounded in strengths, values, and purposeful action, Becoming an Authentic Leader is leadership development that starts with who you are — and transforms how you lead, the impact you create, and the meaning you bring to your work.
Curious about the Becoming an Authentic Leader programme? Download the brochure to explore the details, or get in touch for a conversation about how the programme can support your leadership journey.
Leadership coach
Meet Charlotte Søndergaard
17+
Years coaching leaders
500+
Leaders coached
17+
Years coaching leaders
17+
Years coaching leaders
Nordic
Focused market expertise
ICF
Certified coach & facilitator
Hi, I'm Charlotte Søndergaard — leadership coach, facilitator, speaker, and founder of Authentic Leaders DK.
I believe the most impactful leaders are those who know themselves deeply, lead with authenticity, and create the conditions for others to thrive.
For more than 17 years, I have supported executives, leaders, and teams in developing the self-awareness, confidence, and capabilities needed to navigate complexity and create meaningful impact. My clients include Novo Nordisk, Microsoft, Ørsted, Deloitte, EY and Implement.
Before founding Authentic Leaders, I spent more than a decade at Accenture, most recently as Human Capital & DEIB Lead, working with global organisations on leadership development, talent, diversity, equity and inclusion, wellbeing and organisational transformation. These experiences shaped my belief that excellence starts from within.
I also led the implementation of a strengths-based culture there, coaching employees at every level through the CliftonStrengths profile — more than 500 sessions in total. It is where I came to understand leadership not as theory, but as lived practice inside complex organisations, under real pressure, with real expectations.
Today, I combine evidence-based coaching, positive psychology, and strengths-based methodology to help leaders understand their unique strengths, expand their impact, and build cultures where people can perform and thrive.
My approach is both personal and practical: creating a space where leaders can reflect honestly, challenge assumptions, and turn insight into meaningful action.
Because authentic leadership is not about becoming someone else.
It is about becoming even more of who you already are.
Charlottte's framework
The Authentic Leadership
Journey™
The Authentic Leadership Journey™ is my signature leadership development framework, underpinning all my work with leaders. Developed through years of coaching and leadership development across the Nordic region, it guides leaders from deeper self-awareness to intentional action and lasting organisational impact.
Leadership is not about becoming someone else. It is about understanding yourself deeply enough to lead with clarity, confidence and authenticity — and creating an impact that extends beyond you.
Charlotte Søndergaard Authentic Leaders DK
The Mirror
You can't lead others well until you see yourself honestly.
Using CliftonStrengths and values-based coaching, we create a clear, unfiltered picture of how you actually show up as a leader — not how you think you do, or how you hope others experience you. Together, we uncover your patterns, blind spots and untapped strengths, giving you the self-awareness to lead with greater clarity, confidence and authenticity.
CliftonStrengths
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Values mapping
Self-awareness
The Shift
Awareness without action is just insight.
This is where awareness becomes action — where old patterns are replaced by new choices, and clarity becomes confidence in real leadership situations. We work within your actual leadership context: your team, your organisation and your challenges, ensuring every insight translates into how you lead on Monday morning.
The Ripple
Authentic leaders don't just perform better — they change the rooms they walk into.
We build the presence, communication and influence that make your leadership felt long after you leave the room. Your impact ripples outward — shaping your team, your organisation and your relationships, creating cultures of psychological safety, belonging and sustainable performance.
Behaviour change
Impact
Culture Building
II
III
Confidenc
Real-world labs
Psychological safety
"The journey from knowing yourself to changing the culture around you — that is the entire work of authentic leadership. And it is always worth doing."
Charlotte Søndergaard · Authentic Leaders DK
"The journey from knowing yourself to changing the culture around you — that is the entire work of authentic leadership. And it is always worth doing."
Service
Three ways
to work together
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Leadership
Coaching
Stand in your own power.
One-on-one coaching built around your strengths, your challenges, and where you want to go. For leaders who are done playing small.
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Becoming an
Authentic Leader
A programme that changes how you see yourself — and how you lead.
A 6-month journey that goes beyond skills and into identity. You'll clarify what you stand for, build unshakeable confidence in your leadership, and create impact that lasts.
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Masterclasses &
Speaking
Leave the room different.
Keynotes and masterclasses that go beyond inspiration — into honest, practical insight your audience will carry with them. Available for conferences, leadership events, and corporate programmes.
Client stories
"The'Becoming an Authentic Leader' programme has been an absolutely incredible journey for me in my personal development. Our individual sessions, in combination with our classroom sessions, have given me the ability for self-insight and self-reflection, providing the best possible foundation for my continuous development in my strengths and opportunities to do even better as an authentic leader and colleague."
Mette Andreassen
Senior Manager, Deloitte
"Charlotte is an incredible coach who helps your team and yourself to discover your behaviors, leadership style, and most importantly strengths – all to excel as a team and as a person. If you invite Charlotte to coach yourself or your team, I can assure you that she brings the trust, experience, and professional expertise that will make your organization and its individuals shine."
Christian Veng
Partner, Implement Consulting
“Charlotte is an amazing heartwarming person, who guides you through the journey of becoming a unique authentic leader. I feel very honored and grateful for having the opportunity to be coached by her. If you strive after challenging the “normal”, understanding your strengths, wanting to experience a new mindset and being your authentic self - contact Charlotte! I can strongly recommend her!"
Director, EY
"It's an understatement to say that I learned more about myself in those 7 months than in the previous 15 years!
Charlotte didn’t just deliver a program, she created a safe space where growth felt both possible and personal. She changed the way I think about my career, my strengths, and what kind of leader I am and want to be. "
Sigfridur Gudjonsdotir
Product Owner, Islandsbanki
"I have derived immense value from the emphasis placed on identifying my strengths, exploring leadership opportunities tailored to my style, and aligning my personal values with my role as a leader. This focus has enabled me to recognize and fully embrace the unique qualities I bring to my position, empowering me to lead with authenticity, intentionality, and purpose."
Christina Rønsholt
Director, Novo Nordisk
"Charlotte has been my rock and inspiration throughout a topsy-turvy time at work. Her kindness and empathy are the cornerstones that have helped me find my foundation to build from. She is attuned to when I need a push and when I just need to vent. She has been instrumental in my growth. I will forever treasure the lessons, gentle guidance and attentiveness she has shown me to help me develop and grow."
Ditte Buch Andersen
VP, Neurons
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