I work with leaders who
- aim to shape transformational change – for themselves, their teams or their organization.
- seek constructive feedback, inspiring dialogue and new ways of thinking.
- expect a sounding board at eye level with whom they can develop personal strategies and solutions to be most effective in their role.
Leadership is a social process.
COACHING OF
LEADERS
I support people to boost their effectiveness as a leader and achieve outstanding results.
Boardroom Coaching & Leadership Advisory
- You are looking for feedback at eye level to reshape your vision, strategy and goals.
- You are facing constant change and unexpected challenges.
- You expect critical questions and constructive solutions.
I offer a constructive dialogue at C-suite level to create clarity in complex challenges, realize strengths and capabilities, define next goals and successfully implement specific actions.
Transition Coaching
Top executives live in a world of permanent change and unpredictable challenges.
Times of change may create pressure and uncertainty but may also offer new perspectives and opportunities.
Changes in the ownership structure, supervisory board or C-suite may require a significant recalibration. Embracing personal or organisational change as an opportunity maybe challenging even for experienced C-Suite leaders.
I support executives in transition processes to explore all options for action and to find clarity for their own decisions
Executive On-Boarding & Integration
For C-suite executives, the first three to six months are a particularly critical phase. Ideally, the foundation for successful work in the following years is laid during this time.
A crucial challenge for leaders who join a new organisation is to establish relationships of trust and effective communication with the key stakeholders.
I offer individual coaching tailored to the specific situation to help new C-level executives make most of this critical phase.
Leadership Reflection – 1 day off-site
- Creating space to think and find solutions.
- Getting clarity about own ambitions and goals.
- Realizing own potential and strengths.
- Merging experience with insight.
- Strengthening the ability to act in situations that cannot be foreseen.
- Understanding leadership as a social process.
I support you to further develop your effectiveness as a leader and achieve your most ambitious goals.
COACHING OF
LEADERSHIP TEAMS
„Leadership is the art of achieving a common goal with people. “ (Klaus Ewerth)
I use my years of experience as a leadership advisor to support C-Suite teams improve their performance and consistent alignment with the organization’s strategy and goals.
Coaching of C-Suite teams includes:
- Team Selection and Composition
- Team Culture
- Team Building
- Team Organisation and Structure
- Team Leadership
- Team Communication
- Conflict Management
- Workshops focussed on specific operational or strategic issues
COACHING FOR
CHANGE
Organisations and leaders permanently need to adapt to change and unexpected challenges.
COACHING FOR CHANGE
Transformation and integration processes involve a wide variety of challenges, such as establishing a new culture, adapting processes and structures, or deploying the right employees in the right functions. Moreover it is crucial that changes and altered expectations are communicated effectively.
People & Culture Due Diligence
Mergers & Acquisitions are only successful if new teams can work together effectively. Issues in the leadership organization or a poor corporate culture are the most common reasons for unsuccessful integration processes.
A People & Culture Due Diligence produces transparency and clarity both prior to the deal and in PMI processes and creates the foundation for substantial people-related decisions.
I support my clients both before and after a merger in analysing and evaluating other management cultures, identifying potential conflicts in top management, anticipating resistance and retaining top performers.
Retention Counselling & Retention Analysis©
Retaining top talent in the company has a direct impact on the company’s performance. A high fluctuation in the leadership team causes significant damage such as higher cost, a loss of intellectual property, customers or reputation.
For more than 20 years I have been familiar with motivation patterns and motivational structures of C-Suite executives and with the reasons why executives resign from their organisations.
In addition to the view from the outside and benchmarking with the relevant market, retention counselling offers specific recommendations for concepts and measures to motivate top performers and keep them in the company.
A company must be resonant to be successful.
About me …
For more than 20 years, I have been advising companies on the design of their leadership organization as well as the development of top executives and their teams.
During these years I have lived in Berlin, Paris, Munich, Frankfurt, London and Hamburg. I have worked in Europe and the USA.
Today, I work with clients across Europe and also serve on supervisory and advisory boards for people and leadership related issues.
I am a Mastered Executive Coach, trained by Meyler Campbell in London, one of the world’s leading business coaching organisations.
In addition, I have been trained by Dr. Richard Schwartz (Harvard) in the „IFS Internal Family Systems“ method, by Nancy Kline (London) in „Time to Think“ and by Alexander Caillet (Boston) in team coaching.
My approach to coaching is based on my belief that human leadership is superior. Always.
In my early years at university, Leadership was already the topic of my master’s thesis, after I had experienced what leadership means under the extreme conditions of a submarine crew.
I subsequently worked in investment banking at UBS in London and as a strategy consultant at A.T. Kearney in Munich. After three years at RussellReynolds Associates in London, I became a Managing Partner at Civitas International in 2004. With HUMAN LEADERSHIP ADVISORS I advise and coach managers and teams in Germany, the UK and other European countries.
I graduated with an M.A. in Sociology, Politics and History from Hamburg University and later completed my M.B.A. at ESCP Business School in Paris.
I am a Fellow of the Institute of Coaching at McLean/Harvard Medical School and a regular participant in Mobius Leadership’s Next Practice Institute in Boston.
I am happily married with two grown sons and am a passionate musician and active jazz and gospel singer. I prefer to spend my free time with my family at the North Sea, with band rehearsals, playing golf or good – really good books.