Coaching and mentoring talented individuals in leadership roles
Unleash potential. Let responsibility grow.
In my role as a coach, I support you in your professional and personal development in the specific context of your work and transformation. One focus is on preparing and accompanying you for the next level of leadership tasks and roles. My basic attitude is
In which contexts is coaching/mentoring appropriate?
- Zur Vorbereitung auf die erste Management-Rolle sowie zur Begleitung von Managern in Phasen mit besonderen Herausforderungen und Konflikten
- To succeed in middle management: lead other managers yourself; deal with pressure and demands from all directions; find your focus, become effective and stay that way.
- To continuously develop your own leadership role in management: increase your own effectiveness in transformations; maintain and develop the balance between cooperation and competition; become and remain more resilient.
I recommend a proven combination of face-to-face and virtual coaching dialogues with ad hoc virtual “fast sparring sessions.”
- Face-to-face appointments (especially at the beginning) of a coaching relationship are valuable and helpful. Connecting, getting to know each other, perceiving and understanding on a non-verbal level and building initial trust requires physical presence.
- Virtual coaching appointments are efficient and (easier) to implement, and also have the intended effects. However, the necessary prerequisites must be created and fulfilled (combination with one or more face-to-face appointments; separation from the daily work context; suitable infrastructure).
- Short and event-related fast sparring sessions, integrated into the daily work context, can be very helpful and effective additions. In 30-45 minutes of virtual exchange on a specific, work-related issue, directly implementable options for action emerge. The resulting findings are taken up again in the coaching dialogs.
Take the next step in your development
Leadership grows with every new challenge. I support you in making targeted use of your strengths and expanding your impact. They develop clarity and attitude as well as approaches to solutions and concrete next steps for their issues.
Successful coaching sessions
Daniel Schmid
I benefited greatly from coaching with Thomas! I also found the supplementary, short virtual sparring sessions to be particularly helpful and efficient. I particularly appreciated his empathetic and professional approach … and his Palatinate humor.
Volker Köhninger
Thomas and I have enjoyed a long-standing, trusting, and friendly working relationship. Our conversations are profound, yet always conducted with a light touch and a good dose of humor. In addition to his systematic professionalism, our clients particularly appreciate Thomas’s focus on results and clarity, his passion, and his extensive expertise.