Executive Coaching Elevate your Leadership Competencies
Confident in the Face of Complexity.
Leadership today is more complex than ever before. Dynamic markets, digital transformation, hybrid, intercultural teams and demanding stakeholder management pose enormous challenges for managers, including
- You are expected to provide guidance even when conditions are constantly changing.
- You are expected to make decisions that are both economically viable and value-oriented.
- You are needed as a motivator, strategist, crisis manager, visionary – and as a human being.
In this field of tension, you need a place where you and your challenges are the centre of attention. A confidential, psychologically safe space where you can reflect honestly, gain clarity and develop solutions to your challenges. This is exactly what I offer you with executive coaching.
What is the Approach of Systemic Coaching?
In systemic coaching we look at the whole system around the coachee. This means that the coachee is seen as part of a system, e.g. an organisation. Example: The coachee is part of a management team as well as a leader for a team. Depending on the issue, we work with the environment in the management team or as a leader of a team. Thus the complex relationships between the coachee and the individual elements become visible and we can work out possible solution scenarios to achieve the goal.
It becomes visible how the coachee's attitudes and behaviours influence their own environment and vice versa. This gives the coachee a comprehensive picture of the individual situation and enables them to solve it sustainably.
Example questions are:
- How can I successfully navigate transformations, change and all the situations and emotions that come with them?
- As a manager, how do I deal with the challenges of the transformed work environment? Keywords: remote working, new work, hybrid work.
- How do I improve my leadership skills?
- How can I successfully manage a role change, e.g. a promotion or a move to a new area or company?
- What does diversity mean for me as a executive? What are my tasks in the organisation and in the team?
- How do I build trust with my team as a leader?
- How do I handle difficult situations as a leader, e.g. review meetings or dismissals?
- How do I build up more stress resistance and resilience?
- Personal development: How do I grow faster into my new leadership role, e.g. after a promotion or after a job change?
- How do I deal with specific leadership issues?
- Women in leadership roles.
We build on your strengths and talents and turn them into concrete strategies that get you to your goal.
No other format responds so precisely to your situation. That's exactly why one-to-one coaching works: you grow in your role and as a person — and make real progress.
The advantages for you by a coaching according to ICF (International Coaching Federation) standards:
- A highly qualified coach who is required to re-accredit the credential every three years. .
- Due to the obligation of continuous further training, I am up-to-date with the relevant research in the field of coaching and leadership.
- Consequent self-commitment to the ICF values:
- Professionalism: A commitment to a coaching mindset and professional quality that encompasses responsibility, respect, integrity, competence, and excellence.
- Collaboration: A commitment to developing social connection and community building.
- Humanity: A commitment to being humane, kind, compassionate, and respectful towards others.
- Equity: A commitment to using a coaching mindset to explore and understand the needs of others so I can practice equitable processes at all times that create equality for all.
- Compliance with the ICF Code of Ethics:
- Agreements for Client and/or Sponsor Engagement.
- Confidentiality and Legal Compliance.
- Professional Conduct and Conflicts of Interest
- Commitment to Delivering Consistent Value
- Professional Integrity and Accountability.
The individual steps of the process:
- Getting to know each other ie. a chemistry check to see if we fit together.
- 1-on-1 individual sessions online or offline.
- Closing discussion.
This coaching is ideal for all leaders who want to solve individual challenges in a preventive and sustainable way.
FAQ
What is executive coaching?
Executive coaching is confidential one-to-one sparring for leaders. You work on concrete questions from your day-to-day leadership — from decisions under uncertainty to role changes and team and transformation topics — and develop solutions that hold up.
Who is executive coaching for?
For leaders in the Mittelstand and in professional services — from C-level to experienced managers — who want to solve individual issues in a preventive, sustainable way.
What does coaching to ICF standards mean?
The ICF (International Coaching Federation) is the international professional body for coaching. Coaching to ICF standards means a certified qualification (PCC), regular re-accreditation, continuing professional development and a binding code of ethics.
What is systemic coaching?
In systemic coaching, we consider you in the context of your whole environment — organisation, management team, your own team. This makes visible how your attitude and behaviour shape your environment and vice versa, and we develop solutions that hold up over time.
Is the coaching remote or in Düsseldorf?
Both. Sessions run online or on-site in Düsseldorf — whichever works best for you.
How does an executive coaching engagement work?
It starts with a getting-to-know-you conversation as a chemistry check. If the fit is right, we move into one-to-one sessions online or on-site, and close with a joint review.