Our team

I first found myself fasci­nated by the “systemic” as a very young execu­tive when I was 28 – in the manage­ment team of a mana­ging director who had sought support from the Neuwaldegg consul­ting group with chal­len­ging change-related projects and for the trai­ning of his young managers.

The Neuwaldegg team accom­pa­nied me on my journey as an inter­na­tional manager for almost 20 years, until 10 years ago, when I “changed sides” and joined Neuwaldegg myself.

Change, leader­ship and diver­sity remain my focus and passions today in my role of consul­tant, and my view of gender issues is nourished by my personal expe­ri­ence as a female execu­tive. People describe me as someone who strives constantly for clarity and impar­tia­lity, and with a good feeling for what is neces­sary as the next step forwards. My clients appre­ciate my “double compe­tence” as an expe­ri­enced execu­tive and as a consul­tant. What helps me is my nurtu­ring view of orga­niza­tions – and their people. To perfect my skills here, I have also started trai­ning as a psychotherapist.

It is important to me to feel a sense of diver­sity and diffe­rence and bring them together: 

• the further deve­lo­p­ment of orga­niza­tions – and the further deve­lo­p­ment of their people; 
• the chal­lenges in manage­ment consul­ting – and my services as an volun­tary pallia­tive carer; 
• the incre­asing comple­xity of my tasks – and the amount of time I spend travel­ling to visit my clients;
• projects that chall­enge my grandchildren
• and spen­ding the evening ball­room dancing; 

all of these things make me what I am, bring me down to earth and sharpen my focus on the things that really matter.

POSITIONS

• Partner of Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg
• Lecturer for Consul­tancy at the Univer­sity of Applied Sciences Vienna

MAIN AREAS OF WORK

• Execu­tive coaching, busi­ness spar­ring with mana­ging direc­tors and manage­ment teams
• Design and support of complex change and trans­for­ma­tion processes (agile trans­for­ma­tion, digital transformation)
• Consul­ting for inter­na­tional leader­ship, stra­tegy and orga­niza­tional deve­lo­p­ment projects
• Deve­lo­p­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of corpo­rate, sales and IT strategies
• Deve­lo­p­ment of leader­ship and mento­ring programs (agility, diver­sity, gender equality)
• Coaching of execu­tives, key personnel and (inter­na­tional) project teams in chal­len­ging situations

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Since 2010: Consul­tant Group Neuwaldegg: Consul­tant, Coach
• FH Vienna, FH Burgen­land: Lecturer ‘systemic consulting’
• Oracle: Director of an inter­na­tional consul­ting team for IT stra­tegy projects
• Oracle: Consul­ting Director Vienna – Paris – Zurich
• i‑online: Chief Opera­ting Officer (COO), Austrian soft­ware company
• Blue C: Mana­ging Director Austria
• Porsche Informatik/Externa: Divi­sion Manager

EDUCATION

• Degree in Busi­ness Admi­nis­tra­tion (Vienna Univer­sity of Econo­mics and Busi­ness Administration) 
• Execu­tive MBA of Danube Univer­sity Krems (focus: change manage­ment; east/west relations)
• neuwald­egger curri­culum for systemic busi­ness development
• Solu­tion Focused Coaching (SySt Insti­tute Munich) 
• SBi – Systemic Moving Inten­sive (Neuwaldegg Consul­ting Group)
• Struc­tural Constel­la­tion in Orga­niza­tions (SySt Insti­tute Munich, Piran)
• Hola­cracy Prac­ti­tioner (Hola­cra­cyOne)
• Belbin Team Roles Certi­fi­ca­tion (Belbin Germany)
• Psycho­the­ra­peutic Propä­deu­tikum (ÖAGG Vienna) 
• Certi­fied Hola­cracy Coach (Hola­cracy One)

LANGUAGES

• German
• English
• French

After more than 30 years of consul­ting, I have finally disco­vered “direct mode­ra­tion”. It’s a phrase which provides a good descrip­tion of what’s important to me. I like to give people and groups plenty of space for their deve­lo­p­ment, but it’s equally important to me to develop hypo­theses, which seems parti­cu­larly important to the orga­ni­sa­tion itself. And I inter­vene very directly when it comes to making sure that the neces­sary work is done.

One of my clients recently put it in a nuts­hell: “Mr. Patak succeeds in being unob­tru­si­vely present in a flaw­less way.” For me it’s more about the impact of work­shops on the orga­ni­sa­tion and less about the imme­diate expe­ri­ence or the feedback.

As a consul­tant, I like to switch between diffe­rent worlds and support profit-based compa­nies just as much as NPOs or public sector orga­ni­sa­tions. I like it when inspired part­ner­ships develop with my clients and colle­agues which last for decades.

POSITIONS

• Senior Partner of the Neuwaldegg Advi­sory Group Lecture­ships at the Vienna Univer­sity of Econo­mics and Busi­ness Admi­nis­tra­tion and the Univer­sity of Klagenfurt
• Chairman of the Super­vi­sory Board of Karl Schu­bert Haus / Mariensee
• Curator in the scien­tific advi­sory board of Joan­neum Rese­arch / Graz Full member of the ÖGGO (Austrian Society for Group Dyna­mics and Orga­niza­tional Consulting)

MAIN AREAS OF WORK

• Accom­panying profit and non-profit orga­niza­tions in transition
• Concep­tion and mode­ra­tion of processes that ensure conti­nuous reflec­tion, as well as provi­ding orien­ta­tion and support Design of processes for corpo­rate development
• Concep­tion and moni­to­ring of quali­ta­tive plan­ning processes
• Conti­nuous moni­to­ring of the deve­lo­p­ment of family businesses
• Concep­tion and mode­ra­tion of major events 
• Culture and iden­tity work in teams, areas and organizations
• Team deve­lo­p­ment – in a balance of working on content and personal relations 
• Design and support of conflict manage­ment / media­tion processes
• Direc­tive Moderation
• Execu­tive Coaching Consul­tant training
• Manage­ment trai­ning and leader­ship programs
• Consul­ting for manage­ment teams in non-profit orga­niza­tions (often in the area of conflict between profes­sio­na­liza­tion and commitment)

EDUCATION

• Graduate in busi­ness admi­nis­tra­tion at the Vienna Univer­sity of Econo­mics and Business
• Trai­ning as a group dyna­mics trainer (ÖGGO)
• Trai­ning in systemic consul­ting, project manage­ment, systemic constel­la­tion work, mindful­ness and systemic leadership
• 30 years of consul­ting experience

LANGUAGES

• German

I love working with people in orga­ni­sa­tions so that we can become better toge­ther and develop new things. I see and find the poten­tial – in indi­vi­duals, teams and orga­ni­sa­tions. This creates strength and energy in me – and this is how most clients also describe me: as a power woman who sees the posi­tive and is capable of inspi­ring others for new things.

I do a lot of work in the fields of agile trans­for­ma­tion, self-orga­ni­sa­tion and leader­ship. For example, I am certi­fied as a Hola­cracy Coach and I have streng­thened my know­ledge of the topics of error manage­ment and posi­tive leader­ship. As a consul­tant, I always try to explore the limits of theory and prac­tical feasi­bi­lity. I’m also a critical spirit: I chall­enge coope­ra­tion, as I am mainly inte­rested in achie­ving the desired impact. This is also connected with my systemic basis, which conti­nues to be my point of refe­rence and aspiration.

I consider my occu­pa­tion to be a gift. Being involved in deve­lo­p­ment processes on a repeated basis inspires me (even if it can be really exhaus­ting ;)). And I also know these feelings as a mother of two teen­agers and a partner – wonderful, but some­times a chall­enge at the same time. I bring balance to my busy life in yoga, jogging, gardening … and if I have any time left over, I also love to sing!

POSITION

• Mana­ging Partner of Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg

MAIN AREAS OF WORK

• Agile trans­for­ma­tion processes with stra­tegic realignment
• Accom­panying cultural changes in organizations
• Self-orga­ni­sa­tion & Self-management
• Purpose Driven Organizations
• Inter­na­tional Leader­ship Initia­tives & Manage­ment Development
• Team Jour­neys
• HR Deve­lo­p­ment
• In-depth: error culture, strength-oriented leader­ship, digi­ta­li­sa­tion, gender equa­lity, orga­ni­sa­tional design

WORK EXPERIENCE

• More than 15 years of profes­sional expe­ri­ence as a consul­tant and trainer on the topics of leader­ship, OE and HR deve­lo­p­ment in various produc­tion and service companies
• Mana­ging Partner, Head Busi­ness Deve­lo­p­ment & Senior Consul­tant MDI GmbH
• Marke­ting Manager MDI-SPIDI

EDUCATION

• Master degree in Systemic Coaching, Orga­niza­tional Deve­lo­p­ment and Personnel Deve­lo­p­ment (SFU Vienna)
• Certi­fied Hola­cracy Coach (Hola­cracy One)
• Sbi neuwald­egger Programme for Systemic Consulting
• Program systemic constel­la­tions (Inte­gral Systemics)
• Change Campus (Neuwaldegg)
• Posi­tive Leader­ship Certi­fi­ca­tion (PERMA LEAD)
• Master degree in Marke­ting & Sales (FH Vienna)
• Trai­ning and certi­fi­ca­tion in Kirk­pa­trick Bronze “New World Model, DISC, ZRM, Impro­vi­sa­tion Theatre, Energy Work, Group Dynamics

LANGUAGES

• German
• English

40 years ago, six of us “invented” and founded the Neuwaldegg consul­ting group – we wanted to develop new things with committed people from compa­nies and to make the world a better and more inte­res­ting place through inter­ac­tions between people, orga­ni­sa­tions and tech­no­logy. Looking back, a lot has been achieved, but looking to the future, the chal­lenges haven’t dimi­nished: how do we combine public welfare and indi­vi­dual benefit perspec­tives, how do we balance self-orga­niza­tion with the manage­ment expec­ta­tions of others, and how can social and orga­ni­sa­tional dyna­mics get along with each other? I still enjoy finding new answers, sharing and connec­ting know­ledge with the next gene­ra­tion (and some­times the gene­ra­tion after that), supporting people and expan­ding the poten­tial of orga­ni­sa­tions. Not wanting to stand still, perso­nally and profes­sio­nally, is probably the under­lying credo – but it’s always a good idea to take a brea­ther, to enjoy what’s going on and let your gaze wander, to where and what the next things to discover are.

POSITION

• Senior Partner der Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg

MAIN AREAS OF WORK

• “Change Campus”: the trai­ning lab for Change Manage­ment – with more than 700 parti­ci­pants since 1990
• Corpo­rate deve­lo­p­ment – focused on corpo­rate wide system-inte­gra­tion and management-culture
• Facilitating/coaching manage­ment teams
• “Leader­ship by Neuwaldegg” – crea­ting new approa­ches for systemic leader­ship development

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Basket­ball-Coach at National League Level
• Indus­trial-Invest­ment-Analyst for an Austrian Bank
• Co-Founder of Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg in 1980
• Focused on Corpo­rate Deve­lo­p­ment, Change Manage­ment and Coaching of Management-Teams

EDUCATION

• Degree in busi­ness administration
• Degree as elec­tronic engineer
• Certi­fied primal therapy professional

LANGUAGES

• German
• English

Assis­ting people and orga­ni­sa­tions in chal­len­ging processes of change and deve­lo­p­ment both asks a lot of me and encou­rages me in my daily work. Every reflected answer to an important ques­tion and every stra­tegy for a solu­tion which is deve­loped as a result leads to personal growth – for my clients as well as for me. The approa­ches and the thin­king never stand still, and certainly not in indi­vi­dual or orga­ni­sa­tional deve­lo­p­ment, but I love my job.

As an occu­pa­tional and orga­ni­sa­tional psycho­lo­gist, I work in consul­ting, trai­ning, coaching and rese­arch on the work-related expe­ri­ence and beha­viour of indi­vi­duals and groups in orga­ni­sa­tions. In this respect, the focus is on meaningful control processes, new forms of work, the selec­tion and deve­lo­p­ment of people, and the cultural confi­gu­ra­tion of the company, with the ambi­tious goal of making the best possible use of the exis­ting poten­tial for both indi­vi­duals and the organisation.

What inspires me is looking consis­t­ently at the exis­ting resources, as well as the exci­ting ques­tion of how and for what purpose they are put to use. “Streng­thening strengths streng­thens”, this play on words from the field of posi­tive psycho­logy doesn’t just apply to my working life. Since I have had children, I have also realised how helpful this approach is and all the things that are and can be possible if we reflect on the things that we can do well and bring us joy.

POSITION

• Partner

MAIN AREAS OF WORK

• Consul­ta­tion and support of change processes
• Diagnoses of orga­ni­sa­tions and systemic evalua­tion of processes
• Cultural analyses
• Concep­tion, trai­ning and evalua­tion of trai­ning programs
• Employee- and manager surveys
• Personal- and team diagnostics
• Manage­ment audits 
• Coaching, feed­back and deve­lo­p­ment dialogue
• Selec­tion and deve­lo­p­ment of indi­vi­duals as well as teams 
• Strength-oriented leader­ship
• Various teaching assign­ments (perso­na­lity deve­lo­p­ment, leader­ship deve­lo­p­ment, presentation)
• Lectures (orga­niza­tional diagnoses and systemic evalua­tion, work psychology)

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Tricon­sult Wirt­schafts­ana­ly­ti­sche Forschung Ges.m.b.H. (2001–2006)

• Lead of the field rese­arch depar­te­ment: plan­ning, manage­ment and control­ling of quali­ta­tive and quan­ti­ta­tive studies (2001–2006)
• Lecturer at Univer­si­ties of applied sciences
• Expert of diagno­stic and evalua­tion processes

EDUCATION

• Degree in psycho­logy sciences at the Univer­sity of Vienna with focus on economic psychology
• Univer­sity course of market and opinion rese­arch (Vienna)Addi­tional trai­ning in indus­trial psycho­logy (certi­fi­ca­tion: “indus­trial psycho­lo­gist” from the profes­sional asso­cia­tion of indus­trial, economic and orga­ni­sa­tion psychology)
• Certi­fied for the follo­wing psycho­lo­gical tests:
  CAPTain (poten­tial analysis), SIZE (perso­na­lity and commu­ni­ca­tion), PERMA-Lead (strength-oriented leadership)
• Further educa­tion in Change Manage­ment and systemic Busi­ness Coaching

LANGUAGES

• German
• English

Social systems and their patterns emerge in the inter­de­pen­dency between forces of change and inertia. Change cannot exist without conti­nuity, agility cannot exist without stabi­lity. From this posi­tion, an appre­cia­tion emerges for all of the roles in the dyna­mics of an orga­ni­sa­tion and its struc­tures. Ther­e­fore, resis­tance becomes a confi­gurable energy in the occur­rence of change.

Profound trans­for­ma­tion only becomes possible by respec­ting that which exists. This has been my personal approach for more than 25 years. Initi­ally, for 10 years with Coopers & Lybrand, Price Water­house Coopers and IBM, and now as a Senior Partner at Neuwaldegg for more than 16 years. Clients say that I combine the best of two worlds. On the one hand, the “clas­sical, analy­tical, tough” side to consul­ting and the expe­ri­ence gained from large-scale and sophisti­cated systems, busi­ness models and structures.

And on the other hand, the “psycho­lo­gical, socio­lo­gical, mindful” side of trans­for­ma­tion and leader­ship. I’m grateful for the oppor­tu­nity to continue to live out my passion and to tailor corpo­rate deve­lo­p­ment processes to the clients. I suppose you can tell.

POSITION

• Senior Partner of Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg

MAIN AREAS OF WORK 

• Deve­lo­ping and imple­men­ting orga­ni­sa­tional struc­tures that respond to the compe­ti­tive needs of the organisation.
• Corpo­rate deve­lo­p­ment work, strategy.
• HR stra­tegy and orga­ni­sa­tion design.
• Stra­tegic trans­for­ma­tion: Alig­ning purpose, struc­tures, service offe­rings and product port­folio, gover­nance and compe­tences of corpo­ra­tions with stra­tegic intent.
• Top Execu­tive and Change Agent Coaching.
• Speaker on change manage­ment success factors.
• Post Merger Integration.
• Design and deli­very of global Manage­ment Deve­lo­p­ment Programs
• Culture and iden­tity development.
• Change moni­to­ring and project port­folio management

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Coopers & Lybrand, Busi­ness Process Reen­gi­nee­ring- und Change-Beratung
• Price­Wa­ter­hous­e­Coo­pers Consul­ting, Senior Manager — Stra­tegic Change
• IBM, respon­sible for Human Capital Trans­for­ma­tion in Germany
• Since 2003 Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg

EDUCATION

• Degree in indus­trial engi­nee­ring sciences at the Univer­sity of Tech­no­logy, Hamburg (Germany)
• Bench­mar­king study in co-opera­tion with EFQM and ESTIEM in Asia and the USA
• Several trai­nings in systems thin­king, coaching, corpo­rate deve­lo­p­ment, project and process consul­ting, meditation.

LANGUAGES

• German
• English
• Spanish

“I can also be nice, but it won’t achieve anything”, that’s what it says on a poster in my office. You could say that it’s charac­te­ristic of me. My humour might be described as being “black”. Some find it funny, while for others, it’s cynical. But I don’t really want to be ever­y­bo­dy’s darling.

I’ve been respon­sible for finance and accoun­ting as well as control­ling at Neuwaldegg since 2010. Anyone with a ques­tion about the book­kee­ping, who needs tax infor­ma­tion, or is invoi­cing a project comes to me. As long as you don’t hear from me or see me that much, it gene­rally means I’m doing a good job and I’m running things smoothly for the consul­tants. Well that’s how I see my role. To better under­stand what our consul­tants do, I’ve also trained as a systemic consul­tant and a coach.

When I’m not crun­ching numbers, I’m a genuine news junkie, and read 3–4 news­pa­pers per day. I like music, cooking and going to the theatre. But I prefer to spend time with my one-year-old daughter, who has already wrapped me around her finger and brings comple­tely new emotions from the rational thinker in no time. It’s certainly going to get interesting!

When I read reports from the “Medi­ter­ra­nean Death Zone” which merchant ships and warships circum­na­vi­gate so as to “over­look” drow­nings, or when I follow German climate policy, which half-hear­tedly decides the things that are already making it impos­sible to stop global warming, then I ask myself whether it isn’t high time to join an aid orga­ni­sa­tion myself rather than stand on the side­lines. What am I still doing here?!

As my Swabian grand­mo­ther would say, “a cobbler should stick to his last!” Rather than navi­ga­ting a rescue cruiser or pursuing Euro­pean policy, I am a “busi­ness pilot”, however. Consul­ting flows through my veins and it’s what drives me, day and night: whether it’s honing the stra­tegy, the most func­tional orga­ni­sa­tional struc­ture, the most adequate manage­ment model or the further deve­lo­p­ment of the leader­ship: what’s the right answer so that my clients’ compa­nies can stay fit for the future?

That the profes­sion also has paral­lels with flying and that it’s tradi­tio­nally about profit and growth rather than the greater good and sustainability?

That’s right! So I stretch myself accor­ding to our Purpose and have made meaning into my field of rese­arch. In our book, we show why meaning is the answer to incre­asing comple­xity, and that a “side effect” of this clear contri­bu­tion by an orga­ni­sa­tion means growth, profit and satis­fied employees for others. Money follows meaning! And if that isn’t a marke­ting fig leaf, but a central guiding star, orga­ni­sa­tions can unfurl the power to shape our future.

What keeps me at my last are my clients. That’s because they’re intel­li­gent, funny and just as deman­ding as I am. And because they know that consul­ting can’t be a “deli­verable” product.

Why I ask myself the ques­tion of the “last” at all? Because our second child has just been born and my children have shown me that I don’t have to be a user of the planet, but an enabler for life.

POSITIONS

• Partner of Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg
• Teaching trainer for syst. Consul­ting and Coaching
• Member of Forscher­gruppe Neuwaldegg

MAIN AREAS OF WORK

• Purpose Driven Organizations
• Purpose, Vision, Strategy
• Systemic design and moni­to­ring of change processes
• Culture and iden­tity deve­lo­p­ment / cultural transformation
• Leader­ship development
• Agile orga­niza­tion / models of self-orga­nized organizations

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Since 2006 systemic consul­ting, trai­ning, coaching in various sectors (auto­mo­tive, health, tele­com­mu­ni­ca­tion, finance, it, produc­tions, trans­por­ta­tion, aircraft industry, energy industry, real estate sector, public manage­ment, NGO sector).
• Since 2010 lecturer at univer­si­ties and profes­sional schools in Germany and Austria
• 2000 – 2006 jour­na­list for tele­vi­sion and maga­zines in Germany

EDUCATION

• Degree in inte­gra­tive outdoor-acti­vi­ties IOA® in consul­ting service and trai­ning MSc at the Univer­sity of Vienna. Degree in Philo­sophy & Culture at the Univer­sity of Witten in Germany
• Degree in jour­na­lism from the Henri Nannen School of Jour­na­lism, Berlin, and the Cologne School of Tele­vi­sion Journalism
• Educa­tion in change manage­ment, systemic orga­ni­sa­tional consul­ting, coaching (personal devel-opment, leader­ship, vision) commu­ni­ca­tion trai­ning, mindful­ness training
• neuwald­egger curri­culum for systemic orga­niza­tional development
• SBi – neuwaldegg programm for systemic consulting
• Academic Trainer and Advisor for Personal‑,Team and Orga­ni­sa­tional deve­lo­p­ment, accor­ding to the acti­vity- orien­tated Inte­grated Outdoor Acti­vi­ties ® Hola­cracy Coach

LANGUAGES

• German
• English

The most important ingre­dient when desig­ning work­shops and projects is energy. Without energy there can be no action, and action is always required to get things going or to solve problems.
I am parti­cu­larly pleased to support orga­ni­sa­tions with rising to the chal­lenges surroun­ding the topic of “New Work” and to go in-depth, so as to emerge on the other side full of energy and with a cool head. My tools of the trade come from my back­ground in econo­mics, my many years of expe­ri­ence as a consul­tant in a variety of indus­tries and orga­ni­sa­tions, and my trai­ning in systemic orga­ni­sa­tional deve­lo­p­ment, agile methods and design thin­king. Drawing on my degree in philo­sophy, I am also used to finding comple­tely incom­pre­hen­sible situa­tions at first and to encoun­tering them without fear. I keep my fear for the occa­sions when it fulfils its purpose: to protect and raise my aware­ness in risky situa­tions, such as surfing, one of my passions.

Those who know the sea will also know: there is almost no part of the natural world where more energy can be found. To be able to absorb this energy and ride the wave rather than being hit by it and “washed” by it, you have to be very atten­tive of the sea and to encounter it with all of your atten­tion, and at the crucial moment, to avoid working against it but to go with it. I ther­e­fore feel I am good at hand­ling energy and action. For my clients, that means even a work­shop for rede­sig­ning processes can lead to joy in working toge­ther – and that is exactly what I want.

POSITION

• Prin­cipal der Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg

MAIN AREAS OF WORK

• Leader­ship and team development
• Change and reflec­tion processes
• User centered solving strategies
• Agile Mindset

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 13th Congress for Family Busi­nesses, overall responsibility
• Project & Event­ma­nage­ment, self-employed
• Revue, Maga­zine for the Next Society, Chief Editor
• Summer&Co Stra­te­gies, Senior Consultant

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts in Busi­ness Econo­mics, Univer­sity of Witten/Herdecke, Germany
• Master of Arts in Philo­sophy and Culture, Univer­sity of Witten/Herdecke, Germany
• Design Thin­king Metho­do­logy, Hasso Plattner Insti­tute Potsdam
• Profes­sional Scrum Master I, Scrum.org
• “Neuwald­egger Curri­culum“, systemic orga­niza­tional deve­lo­p­ment, Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg

LANGUAGES

• German
• English

The ques­tion of the meaning of life is some­thing I’ve been grap­pling with since my school days. And then there’s the reali­sa­tion, as inspired by Herr­mann Hesse, that life only has as much meaning as we are able to give it ourselves. Over 20 years of expe­ri­ence in both manage­ment and provi­ding consul­ting services to orga­ni­sa­tions has shown me that meaning, or purpose, also play a decisive role in busi­nesses. Meaningful and purpo­seful work isn’t just a key factor for ensu­ring indi­vi­dual well-being, but also for the posi­tive and sustainable deve­lo­p­ment of people, orga­ni­sa­tions and society.

I am convinced that a good life always requires good orga­ni­sa­tions. Orga­ni­sa­tions that make a meaningful contri­bu­tion to the healthy and vibrant deve­lo­p­ment of man and society without dama­ging the natural foun­da­tions of life or their social envi­ron­ment. In working with the leaders and employees of global corpo­ra­tions, medium-sized compa­nies and start-ups, I contri­bute to making orga­ni­sa­tions inspi­ring, produc­tive, inno­va­tive and meaningful.

POSITIONEN

• Mana­ging Partner Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg
• Member of Forscher­gruppe Neuwaldegg
• Teaching trainer for Change management

MAIN AREAS OF WORK

• Find and unfold Purpose
• Driving Agility and Self-Organisation
• Deve­lo­p­ment of Stra­tegy and Vision
• Busi­ness Model Innovation
• Trans­for­ma­tion and Change
• Leader­ship Development
• Digital Trans­for­ma­tion

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Pixel­park AG, Berlin, Mana­ging Director Corpo­rate Development
• Tomondo AG, München, Member of the Super­vi­sory Board
• Venture­park GmbH, Berlin, Mana­ging Director
• Consul­tant Envi­ron­mental Management
• Since 2001 Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg

EDUCATION

• Busi­ness admi­nis­tra­tion, Univer­sity of Bayreuth, Germany
• Ecole de Hautes Etudes Commer­ciales du Nord (EDHEC), Lille/France
• Inter­di­sci­pli­nary Program Envi­ron­mental Manage­ment, Univer­sity of Bayreuth
• Addi­tional trai­ning in Systemic Consul­ting, Change Manage­ment, Holacracy

LANGUAGES

• German
• English
• French

I enjoy working with people who want to change orga­ni­sa­tions and bring new things into the world. And I like people who like their inner clown, people who can laugh at themselves.

I am thrilled when we succeed in lear­ning toge­ther, when groups come into the flow, and when some­thing comes into being that nobody could have imagined before. In my profes­sion, stan­ding still isn’t an option. That’s why I like to read and write about our topics.

Deve­lo­p­ment processes always take place around boun­da­ries. Being able to over­come them requires (mini­mally inva­sive) irri­ta­tions and a careful process so as to create sustaina­bi­lity. Like a clown, as a consul­tant, I don’t want to be perfect, but to make use of mistakes for deve­lo­p­ment. The orga­ni­sa­tions of tomorrow (agile orga­ni­sa­tions) require relia­bi­lity, trust, and in some cases, perfec­tion. Above all, they need the ability to relate at the internal and external levels.

I have been an orga­ni­sa­tional consul­tant for more than 35 years. I consider it to be a gift that this occu­pa­tion has found me.

POSITIONS

• Partner of Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg
• Member of Forscher­gruppe Neuwaldegg
• Member of the OeGGO (Austrian Asso­cia­tion for Group Dyna­mics and Orga­ni­sa­tional Development)
• Author of various books and many articles

MAIN AREAS OF WORK

• Stra­tegic and orga­ni­sa­tional consulting
• Trans­na­tional change management
• Desig­ning change processes (change management)
• Re-orga­ni­sa­tion and further deve­lo­p­ment of personnel departments
• Project manage­ment and project monitoring
• Family-owned enter­prises (handing-over, further development, …)
• Team buil­ding and large-scale events
• Consul­ting at int. context
• Trai­nings

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Rese­arch assistant at the Vienna Univer­sity of Technology
• Sales manager with Siemens, Madrid (Spain)
• Manage­ment of the admi­nis­tra­tion depart­ment (personnel, orga­ni­sa­tion, accoun­tancy) of Prochema Ges.m.b.H., Vienna (Austria)
• Consul­tant since 1983

EDUCATION

• School-leaving exam (high school diploma) in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Degree in busi­ness admi­nis­tra­tion at the Vienna Univer­sity of Econo­mics and Busi­ness Administration
• PhD at the Vienna Univer­sity of Econo­mics and Busi­ness Administration

LANGUAGES

• German
• English
• Spanish

What fasci­nates me about my work is the ques­tion of how change can actually succeed. I am at my most enthu­si­a­stic when accom­panying complex change projects and making the asso­ciated dyna­mics visible, open to discus­sion and workable. One of my grea­test passions is the deve­lo­p­ment of people and orga­ni­sa­tions so that they can reach their full poten­tial. I disco­vered this many years ago in my role as an HR Busi­ness Partner.

At present, I am inten­si­vely engaged in the ques­tion of how the trans­for­ma­tion of orga­ni­sa­tions, teams and indi­vi­duals to self-orga­ni­sa­tion, agility and purpose drive is able to succeed. I am convinced that the bigger and wider my own inner map of know­ledge and expe­ri­ence is, the better I can accom­pany people and orga­ni­sa­tions through deve­lo­p­ment processes. Ther­e­fore, from a personal and profes­sional perspec­tive, I am in a constant process of further deve­lo­p­ment, which inspires me time and again, and allows me to discover new things.

In my opinion, trust is an important corner­stone for successful consul­ting. That is why I value accom­panying my clients on a long-term basis and at the same time find it fasci­na­ting how effec­tive a uniquely well-managed inter­ven­tion can be. My approach as a consul­tant is my stron­gest tool. In my work, I believe it is parti­cu­larly important to enable people – mana­gers as well as employees – to take the lead, i.e. to take respon­si­bi­lity for one’s own actions, to commu­ni­cate oneself and to become perso­nally effective.

POSITION

• Mana­ging Partner der Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg

MAIN AREAS OF WORK

• Imple­men­ta­tion of change manage­ment metho­do­lo­gies in inter­na­tional projects
• Deve­lo­p­ment of change manage­ment strategies
• Concept and faci­li­ta­tion of inno­va­tive work­shop formats in change processes, stra­tegy deve­lo­p­ment, team development
• Deve­lo­p­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of nume­rous HR projects (Talent Manage­ment, Compen­sa­tion & Bene­fits, HR TOM, …)
• Purpose Driven Organizations
• Agile & Self­or­ga­nized teams

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 10 years of expe­ri­ence in diffe­rent posi­tions of Human Resource Manage­ment (Recrui­ting, HR Deve­lo­p­ment, HR Busi­ness Partner, HR Projects, Imple­men­ta­tion of diffe­rent HR processes) 
• Lead in Change Manage­ment for buil­ding up an inter­na­tional Service Center/Nearshoring
• Imple­men­ta­tion and super­vi­sion of nume­rous orga­niza­tional deve­lo­p­ment programs
• Many years of expe­ri­ence in coope­ra­ting and working with mana­gers on all levels (C‑Level to Teamleader)

EDUCATION

• Systemic Consul­ting (Neuwald­egger Curriculum) 
• Hola­cracy Prac­ti­tioner (Hola­cra­cyOne)
• Media­tion and Conflict Manage­ment during Orga­ni­sa­tional Deve­lo­p­ment Processes (Trigon Dtl) 
• Systemic Constel­la­tions (Kurt Fleischner)
• Super­vi­sion, Coaching and Orga­ni­sa­tional Deve­lo­p­ment (SFU Wien)
• Master of Human Resources (Rotterdam Erasmus Univer­sity of Management)
• Degree in Busi­ness Admi­nis­tra­tion (Wirt­schafts­uni­ver­sität Wien)

LANGUAGES

• German
• English

Being open to new things and expan­ding your personal hori­zons and abili­ties are important factors in both my profes­sional career and my ever­yday life. This is also clear from my varied trai­ning in the hotel and tourism sector through to my move to the adver­ti­sing and commu­ni­ca­tions sector and the nine years I have now spent working at the Neuwaldegg consul­ting group.

During the conti­nuous discus­sions with our clients, networks and consul­tants, I get the oppor­tu­nity to make my personal remit varied, exci­ting and chal­len­ging. The Holo­cratic approach we take to our work and the high degree of personal respon­si­bi­lity and co-deter­mi­na­tion asso­ciated with it corre­spond to my personal desire for self-realisation.

It is also inte­res­ting to view these expe­ri­ences in the area of agility and inde­pen­dent work in ever­yday life in terms of the deve­lo­p­ment of my daughter, who is now almost grown up.