How We Work
Empowering Leaders to Rise with Purpose and Impact.
Navigate challenges, align with your values, and achieve meaningful growth through our proven, values-driven approach.
How We Work
At ArêteQuest, we offer professional and personal coaching and consulting services designed to support you in aligning your life and work with authenticity and purpose.
While our services are tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of each client, we believe in being transparent about the values and principles that guide how we work. This openness is central to ensuring that we serve you with integrity.
Our Coaching Philosophy
At ArêteQuest, our philosophy is rooted in arête—an ancient Greek concept that embodies excellence and virtue aligned with one’s highest purpose. This philosophy underpins everything we do and inspires a way of being that calls leaders to step into their roles with integrity, courage, and the pursuit of excellence.
For us, leadership is not just about achieving goals. It’s about how you show up: grounded in purpose, acting with intention, and stewarding your gifts in a way that inspires and empowers others. Drawing on ancient wisdom and a Christian ethos, we bring a holistic, values-centred approach to our coaching, walking alongside you as you navigate your journey in work and life.
Our Core Values
Our work is guided by the FIERCE Leadership Framework—a set of six values that anchor our commitment to transformational growth and leadership:
- Faith: We ground our work in a vision of hope and possibility that transcends individual ambitions, enabling us to serve clients with humility and purpose.
- Integrity: We prioritise alignment between actions and values, ensuring that our coaching honours both your aspirations and our shared commitment to authentic leadership.
- Excellence: We strive to deliver the highest standard of service, honouring the trust you place in us by helping you achieve meaningful growth.
- Respect: We build genuine, empathetic connections that honour the diverse experiences, perspectives, and dignity of every client.
- Courage: We embrace challenges as opportunities for growth and gently encourage our clients to do the same, always guided by core values.
- Ethical Stewardship: We lead with care and responsibility, committed to creating a positive, enduring impact for the generations to come.
How We Connect and Consult
Guided by these values, we engage with you as a trusted partner. We listen without judgment, ask powerful questions, and create a safe, supportive space where you can discover solutions that resonate deeply with your goals and aspirations.
Our role is not to prescribe answers but to work alongside you as you develop the tools, mindset, and strategies needed to navigate challenges with clarity and confidence. Together, we aim to empower you to move forward with purpose and conviction.
Our Distinctive Approach to Leadership and Purpose
Clarifying Your Leadership Quest
At ArêteQuest, we view leadership as a sacred calling—a responsibility to steward your unique gifts for a purpose greater than yourself. Leadership, in our view, is not defined by external metrics alone but by how well it aligns with your values and deepest convictions.
We see leadership as a journey of self-mastery that transcends individual ambition —one that requires both reflection and action. Through our coaching and consulting, we guide you to reconnect with your values, dream boldly, and cultivate the courage to pursue your aspirations. Whether in your family, community, business, or creative practice, our goal is to support you in making a meaningful impact in every sphere you touch.
Discerning Your Purpose
Discovering your purpose or calling can be a deeply personal and sometimes elusive process. That’s why our work begins with understanding your story, values, and vision. Through thoughtful exploration and guided reflection, we help you bring every facet of yourself into alignment, emerging with clarity and a renewed sense of direction.
We believe that you are the expert in your own life—the chief narrator of your story. Our role is to walk alongside you as you shape that story into one of transformation, purpose, and inspired leadership.
At ArêteQuest, we are committed to supporting you as you lead with authenticity, courage, and the confidence to navigate life’s valleys and summits.
Why Work With Us?
Navigating a volatile, uncertain, and complex world requires resilience and clarity. At ArêteQuest, we understand that leading from a place of purpose is key to overcoming challenges and driving growth. When you are clear about who you are and what you stand for, you build an unshakable foundation for transformation.
We listen with empathy and ask powerful questions to truly understand your story and context. With you in the driver’s seat, we act as your guide—reflecting your values and aspirations—helping you tap into your inner strength, align with your core beliefs, and lead with confidence, conviction, and authenticity. That’s where true transformation begins.
Our Distinct Advantage
Our service is grounded in the extensive expertise, spiritual insight, and lived experience of Alberta Stevens, our founder and lead coach. This combination of professional, academic, and personal depth allows us to provide you with a holistic, tailored coaching experience:
- Professionally Trained Coach: ICF – ACC trained-coach, equipped to deliver transformational results by fostering clarity, purpose, and alignment.
- Academic Credentials: A Master’s degree in Leadership, complemented by a solid foundation in Theology, Political Philosophy, Human Rights and Marketing, enhances my understanding of leadership, values, and human complexities.
- Spiritual and Philosophical Depth: A unique ability to incorporate spiritual and philosophical insights, guiding you towards purpose, fulfilment, and aligning your values with your aspirations.
- Corporate Expertise: Over two decades of leadership experience in CSR, business, and sustainable impact across the tech, banking, and education sectors.
- Lived Experience: As a Black British woman of African descent and working mother, I bring a nuanced perspective on overcoming cultural biases and systemic barriers. My global experience spans Europe, the Middle East, and partnerships across Africa, South America, and the Americas, offering a diverse lens through which to support clients.
- Holistic Perspective: My blend of professional expertise, spiritual depth, cultural awareness, and personal lived experience enables me to empower leaders to realign their work and life with their core values and aspirations.
Alberta’s unique combination of expertise enables us to create a compassionate, strategic, and reflective coaching environment—helping you uncover your true purpose, navigate challenges with courage, and achieve lasting transformation.
“Start your ascent to purpose-driven transformation.”