Sparring & Coaching
A counterpart for your most important decisions
Those who make decisions at the top rarely have someone who thinks things through with them without an agenda of their own. In sparring, I put your strategies and decisions to the test and challenge them where necessary. Coaching goes deeper: it is about your role, your patterns and your self-assurance.
My guiding principle: Pause, reflect and gain momentum.
Three typical occasions
- Development: for me and my organisation.
- Taking stock: Where do I stand, where does my company stand, what is the next step?
- Pressure: I have to change myself and my organisation.
Sparring on strategic issues
Together we look at complex challenges from a helicopter perspective and develop hypotheses and new solutions. To do this, we work with the organisation chart, the strategy and the stakeholder landscape.
Typical questions: How do I orchestrate a major transformation? How do I set up my leadership team? How do I make my company fit for the years ahead? How do I make sure the strategy is implemented? How do I improve the interplay between sales and production?
Coaching for your own effectiveness
At its core, this is about self-leadership. We look at how you work with others and at your own patterns of thinking and acting. I give friendly, sometimes provocative feedback and invite you to experiment. You develop the answers yourself.
Typical questions: How do I deal with a difficult opponent in a conflict? How do I gain more standing in the leadership team? How do I move from being driven to being the one who shapes things? How do I combine professional ambition with a fulfilling private life?
The methods come from performance coaching, systemic consulting, Gestalt work and depth psychology. This depth sets my coaching apart from pure management sparring.
Sessions of three to four hours, full days if needed
- Deliberately away from your office: in my rooms in Bad Hersfeld or in places that create distance
- Complemented by shorter online sessions
- Formats: ongoing sparring mandate, support during the first 100 days, intensive retreat, sparring for managing director duos
My clients usually leave a coaching session a little tired, relieved and inspired. We begin with an initial conversation, because trust is the foundation.