Brainz Magazine Exclusive Interview
Fabienne Prevoo is a Career Coach who empowers corporate senior leaders to lead with confidence and transition to their dream careers. Her signature “Dream Career Coaching Program” is a customized system for leaders who feel unfulfilled or stuck in their current careers. She partners with corporate senior leaders through individual coaching and a group program. She also provides assessments and energy leadership training to companies. Her mission is to lead her best life and help her clients lead theirs with balance, passion, and fulfillment.
Can you provide an overview of your background and experience?
I have a solid background in the corporate world, with nearly two decades spent in audit and finance roles where I held senior leadership positions. Since making a career transition three years ago, my work has focused on empowering corporate senior leaders to transition confidently to careers that truly fulfill them. I developed the Dream Career Coaching Program to help them achieve this, focusing on personal and professional well-being.
Based in the Netherlands, I coach clients worldwide through online sessions, allowing me to make a global impact from my home office.
Reflecting on your journey, how did you find your way to your current role and career path?
Becoming a career coach began at a pivotal moment in my life. Balancing a demanding corporate role with my responsibilities as a mother to a child with special needs was highly challenging, and I often felt unsuccessful in juggling both.
One day, after a particularly tough moment with my daughter, I realized I wanted to align my personal and professional life better. I enrolled in a coach training program to become an ICF-certified coach. Eventually, I left my corporate role, realizing I could be successful on my terms by doing the work I love, being present for my children, and living my best life.
I coach other leaders to find that alignment, helping them move toward careers that give them energy and purpose. For some, this means restoring a healthy work-life balance and becoming more authentic leaders who dare to show their vulnerabilities and lead confidently. For others, it means identifying and transitioning to their dream careers, which can involve landing a new role in a different organization or industry or leaving their corporate leadership role behind to start their entrepreneurial journey.
What inspired you to become a career coach and focus specifically on empowering corporate senior leaders to have the careers and lives they dream of?
My transition from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship was the driving force behind my career coaching work. Having experienced firsthand the challenges and rewards of a corporate senior leadership role and a career transition toward entrepreneurship, I wanted to support others going through similar journeys.
Leaders often approach me because I’ve successfully navigated this path myself. My mission is to help them realize that they can find work that aligns with their values and dreams.
My greatest reward is helping clients transform their feelings of stuckness and unfulfillment into energy and passion for their careers and lives. After all, it is up to you to create the success you desire, and it is genuinely fulfilling to be a part of my client's journeys toward success on their terms.
Can you elaborate on some specific tools or techniques you use?
I developed the Dream Career Coaching Program, a customized system for leaders who feel unfulfilled in their current careers. The program consists of four steps and includes tools like the Energy Leadership Index™ assessment.
This assessment with the debrief is a process that helps you recondition yourself to see the world and yourself differently. This will trigger different thoughts, emotions, and actions, which will, therefore, produce different results.
Several exercises, such as the life vision and values assignment, are also included to help clients reconnect with who they are and what truly matters to them.
These tools and techniques allow leaders to reset, regain their confidence and energy, and cultivate inner peace and balance, which is often hard to achieve in the fast-paced corporate world.
What fuels your passion and motivation in your day-to-day work?
My passion is fueled by the transformations I see in my clients. Seeing someone find their sparkle and joy as they align their work with their life goals is incredibly rewarding.
Another motivation is my daughter, who has taught me the value of living in the moment and inspires me daily. Her neurodivergence reminds me that everyone’s journey is unique, and I bring that understanding to my coaching. Each client has distinct talents and strengths; my role is to help them use those to live their best lives professionally and personally.
Are there any exciting projects on the horizon for you? What's next on your plate?
I’m developing a new group coaching program to bring like-minded leaders together in a safe space where they can network, exchange thoughts, have mutual learnings, and receive my coaching and training on common themes.
This work is very close to my heart because I believe in helping leaders create deeply satisfying careers without compromising their personal lives and the power of connection.
Building a successful business is no small feat. Tell us about your company and what inspired you to start it.
After years in the corporate world, I started my coaching business to bring much-needed balance to senior leaders who are often overstretched and unfulfilled.
My leadership and coaching background, as well as my personal life and career experiences, allowed me to create a program specifically tailored to these leaders. I saw that leaders often spend a significant part of their lives at work without truly feeling fulfilled, and I wanted to change that.
My company enables me to coach clients personally, helping them discover careers that give them energy, purpose, and joy while allowing them to live their best lives. My entrepreneurial journey involves continuous learning and exploring new fields and talents. It brings me joy and fulfillment and makes me smile every day.
