Goran Gakidev, CPC, ICF PCC, CSSGB is a leadership coach, facilitator, and performance development specialist whose work focuses on helping leaders use coaching to strengthen engagement, accountability, and employee performance. His expertise sits at the intersection of coaching, emotional intelligence, motivation, leadership behavior, and culture building, with a particular focus on helping managers move from directive supervision to coaching-based leadership.
Goran is an ICF Professional Certified Coach, Certified Professional Coach, certified Group Coach facilitator through the International Coach Academy, and EQ-i 2.0 certified practitioner. He is also an advocate of Positive Intelligence, applying mental fitness and self-awareness practices to help leaders and employees build resilience, improve communication, and sustain behavioral change. H
is background is especially relevant to HCI’s Coaching for Engagement & Performance Certification, where the objective is not simply to teach coaching techniques, but to help organizations embed coaching behaviors into daily management practice. Goran brings practical experience in supporting executives, senior leaders, managers, and individual contributors in areas such as role transition, authentic leadership, influence, confidence, communication, relationship-building, and navigating organizational change.
Goran has worked with leaders and professionals across the GCC, Europe, the Americas, and Africa, supporting organizations and individuals in building higher performance, stronger engagement, and more effective leadership practices. His corporate exposure includes coaching, consulting, and learning and development projects with organizations such as Saudi Aramco, KAFD, Bank Al Jazira, Mobily, Marafiq, BAE Systems, Amazon, Booking.com, AXA Insurance, Raiffeisen Bank, and the African Development Bank.
In the classroom, Goran combines professional coaching discipline with business relevance. He helps HR professionals, people leaders, and managers understand how coaching can become a scalable management capability, one that improves performance conversations, strengthens employee ownership, builds trust, and supports a more engaged and accountable workplace culture.