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