My professional background
I have been working as a coach and consultant for over 10 years, assisting individuals, teams and organisations in achieving greater awareness and efficiency in their work whilst also improving their quality of life. In this, I mainly work with personnel in leadership positions, such as project managers, managers and directors of German and multinational companies. As a business coach I draw on the experience from my previous career as a software development manager in Europe and Asia – in particular the focused approach of a project-based industry, the constant search for more effective methods and processes and the flexibility of moving between very different cultural contexts.
Key milestones of my career
- Project Manager, Software Development, 1989–1994, Siemens AG, Munich
- Senior Manager, Software Development, 1994–1996, Siemens Communication SW, Bangalore, India
- Regional Training Manager South East Asia, 1996–1998, Siemens AG, Bangkok, Thailand
- Assistant Trainer for Coaching Training, from 1998, Institut für Fort- und Weiterbildung (IFW), Munich
- Director, 2003–2005, Sucker Crott & Partner, Iserlohn
- Director, from 2006, Theresia von Zadow, Integrative Leadership Building, Schwielowsee
Qualifications
- Degree in Maths and German from the RWTH Aachen
- Certified Trainer in ‘Problem Solving & Decision Making’ (Kepner Tregoe, Hamburg)
- Certified ‘Systemic Coach’ (IFW, Munich).
- Senior Coach DBVC
- Certified ‘Breathwork Therapist’ (Instituut voor Integratieve Ademtherapie, Holland/Kleve).
Personal background
I am 48 years old/young and live with my partner and his two daughters (17 and 21 years) in Caputh near Potsdam, the place where Albert Einstein enjoyed spending his summers sailing and playing the violin. When I’m not at my desk or working with a client, I spend my time feeding our cats, jogging through the local forests, swimming in or ice-skating on the Caputh Lake, reading avidly or singing at the top of my lungs.
Or I’m working on one of my projects, which include:
- finding ways of incorporating breathing techniques in coaching and the training of business executives
- continually improving my own work-life-balance
- maintaining 1,600 sq metres of a ‘blue miracle’ garden
