Sophie Bonneau is a Professional Certified Coach

Sophie Bonneau, PCC | Executive Coach and Mentor Coach

Active Practice. Unmatched Perspective.

You won’t find Sophie reciting theory from a textbook. She is in the dynamic core of the work every week—advising executives and leaders as they solve complex problems in real-time. She channels that live experience directly into every mentoring session, guaranteeing guidance that is current, field-tested, and built for immediate impact.

Validated Tools. Rigorous Practice.

Coaching Backed by Credentials That Matter

Every engagement is grounded in validated psychometric tools and ICF-aligned methodology, not guesswork.

ICF Member & PCC Certified.
Represents thousands of hours of rigorous, client-tested coaching practice, strictly bound by top-tier ethical standards, confidential framing, and outcome-driven results.

Mentor Coach Specialization.
Advanced training aligned with the ICF Mentor Coaching Competencies. Qualified to observe coaching sessions, validate coaching skills against ACC and PCC level standards, and provide developmental feedback that supports reflective learning and professional growth for coaches.

LCP Certified.
Proven expertise backed by over 260+ high-impact 360-degree debriefs, designed to reveal key reactive patterns and creative leadership strengths for both individuals and leadership teams.

MindShift Certified.
Awareness is only the first step. This structured process builds on the LCP by guiding leaders through the inner work required for vertical growth—dismantling self-limiting reactive patterns to cultivate greater complexity, capacity, and adaptive leadership.

EQi 2.0 Certified.
A psychometric assessment that measures emotional intelligence, providing measurable data on self-awareness, interpersonal skills, and stress management to improve decision-making.

DiSC Certified.
A behavioural profiling tool that maps individual communication styles and work preferences, helping leaders build self-awareness, strengthen team dynamics, and adapt their leadership style.

These are not decorative credentials. They are the tools that make the work measurable, defensible, and lasting.

ABOUT

Why Sophie Does This Work

Before building her independent practice, Sophie spent years working in people and culture roles inside organizations, supporting leadership development, employee engagement, and organizational health.

That background gave her something most coaches do not carry into the room: a grounded, data-informed understanding of how people actually function inside complex systems. She has sat inside the organizations that create the pressures her clients bring to coaching. That context changes the conversation.

Sophie holds a Master of Arts in Cognitive Sociology from the University of Calgary and completed her coach training through the Newfield Network's Ontological Coach Training program. Those two threads, the academic study of how people construct identity and meaning, and the practice of ontological coaching, shape how she approaches leadership development. This is not about fixing behaviour at the surface. It is about shifting how a person sees themselves and their role, which changes everything downstream.

In 2021, Sophie moved from internal to independent practice and built Queen Bee Coaching into a full direct-to-client business. She now works with senior leaders, executives, organizations, and aspiring coaches across Canada. She lives in Calgary with her twin boys, who keep her humble, grateful, and very rarely bored.

Credentials and Certifications

The Professional Foundation Behind the Work

ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)

Credentialed by the International Coaching Federation at the PCC level, with documented hours approaching the MCC threshold. Sophie's credential is current, active, and reflective of a practice that meets the highest standards of the profession.

HR Analytics Background

Sophie's pre-coaching career in HR analytics gives her a rigorous, data-informed lens on leadership effectiveness that purely coaching-trained practitioners do not have.

Certified in the Leadership Circle Profile

With more than 240 LCP 360 debriefs completed, Sophie is one of the most experienced Leadership Circle practitioners in Canada.

Certified in Everything DiSC

A behavioural assessment tool used to help leaders understand their own style and improve how they navigate team dynamics and interpersonal complexity.

Certified in EQi 2.0 (Emotional Intelligence Assessment)

A validated measure of emotional intelligence used to surface where EQ is limiting leadership effectiveness and where targeted development will have the most impact.

Dual Practice Spanning Both Streams

Sophie holds the rare distinction of offering both executive and leadership coaching and ICF-accredited mentor coaching under one active practice, giving her clients access to a breadth of perspective that single-stream coaches cannot match.

What Clients Say

In Their Own Words

Whether you are an executive navigating complexity or a coach building toward mastery, your path begins here. Choose the one that fits where you are.

Client stories and testimonials are shared with permission and in full accordance with ICF confidentiality standards. Transformational outcomes are never guaranteed; they are co-created and realized as clients actively translate their personal insights into action.

Partnering with Sophie has been transformative for both my day-to-day perspective and my strategic leadership. She has an exceptional ability to pinpoint blind spots and uncover underlying mindset patterns. One of the most impactful shifts was learning to reframe challenging emotions into powerful strategic tools—a skill that has significantly elevated my confidence, clarity, and outcomes during high-stakes negotiations. Beyond my own growth, her insights helped me cultivate a highly collaborative, accountable, and productive team culture. If you are an executive looking to lead with greater intention, clarity, and measurable impact, Sophie is the partner you need.

Director

Corporate Strategy and Operations

Sophie is different. She doesn’t rely on a standardized coaching formula; she instantly customizes the engagement to your unique needs and exact corporate reality. In a highly challenging business environment, she helped me completely reframe my thinking—shifting from the exhaustion of chasing uncontrollable corporate milestones to executing meaningful, high-impact shorter-term wins. The mindset shift was profound. I went from being head-down and disengaged to fully re-energized, finding deep fulfillment in my work and my team again. If you want a coach who transcends standard leadership guidance and delivers lasting, personal transformation, work with Sophie.

T. E. Vice President

Energy and Natural Resources Sector

Sophie’s listening skills and ability to ask the right questions are unmatched. She helped me find absolute clarity—not by telling me what to think, but by asking the critical questions that allowed me to develop my own strategic solutions. Sophie’s calmness, active listening, and masterful questioning take tremendous skill. I am incredibly grateful for her support in helping me find clarity and lead with confidence.

Manager

Brand Business Solutions

Sophie is a consummate professional and a tremendous coach who brilliantly balances deep, intuitive listening with an action-oriented framework. She serves as an invaluable guide through critical leadership and career inflection points, challenging you to clarify your highest-priority goals and execute a clear pathway to achieve them. Her warm, highly relatable style drives genuine personal and professional transformation—leaving you both inspired and equipped to act. For any organization looking to elevate its leaders, I highly recommend her coaching.

Senior Leader

People & Culture

Sophie is an amazing coach—I’ve worked with her for nearly four years to elevate my leadership game. She has masterfully supported both my career trajectory and work-life integration, helping me navigate transitions and thrive. Sophie is adept at asking probing questions that help me tap into my own inner wisdom, offering pertinent insights by mirroring my strengths and highlighting blind spots. Under her guidance, I successfully landed the dream executive role I was seeking. She reads exactly what I need and balances support with challenge. I look forward to partnering with her for years to come to maintain my best self, at work and in life.

Mandy Krahn

School Administrator, Public Education Sector

Our investment in this 360 coaching program, driven by our commitment to Jayman's culture, has yielded measurable, consistent improvement. What we value most about Sophie is her clear communication, seamless execution, and ability to guide individuals to deepen their self-awareness, collaborate more effectively, and own their development. She makes the entire initiative low-effort internally while delivering exceptional impact. Highly recommend!

Nicole Westman-Jones,

Executive Director, Legacy & Strategy

Sophie is an exceptional coach and thought partner. Her greatest strength is cutting through noise and complexity to bring clarity to overwhelming situations. She keeps you grounded, challenges assumptions, and helps you focus on what matters most to lead more effectively. Striking the perfect balance between support and accountability, Sophie asks the incisive questions that drive real progress rather than just offering advice. If you want to challenge your thinking, strengthen your leadership, and navigate complex issues with confidence, I highly recommend working with her.

Jennifer Leaman

VP People & Culture, Leavitt Industrial Group

As an executive coach myself, I came to Sophie to complete my ICF mentor coaching hours - and left with so much more. In the middle of a demanding season across multiple roles, she created the kind of space where I could really reflect on my best path forward. She has a gift for asking the one question that cuts straight through the noise, and more than once I walked out of a session seeing a leadership challenge completely differently than when I walked in. Through her mentorship, I learned how to be a better coach for my clients and the ripple effect of her support has been significant. If you're considering working with Sophie, don't hesitate.

Megan Gill

Founder & Executive Coach