Development and Creative Tensions
Theatre, Transformation, Oxford
During my time in the theatre, I learned we all play roles. Later, in corporate management at biotech and energy companies, I structured complex transformational processes. Now, through my doctoral research at Oxford Brookes, I focus on what drives personality development.
In any development journey, rational and irrational hurdles play an equally significant part. They can create a persistent feeling—both mentally and physically—of being completely stuck, even when we know rationally exactly where we want to go, whether as an individual, a leader, or a team.
This is exactly what my work revolves around: using evidence-based, solution-oriented approaches to partner with people and guide them directly toward their goals.
Foundations of Practice
Doctoral Research in Vertical Development: Oxford Brookes University
Systemic & Organizational Change: PROSCI Certified Change Manager | Systemic Organizational Developer (HWZ Zurich) | Master in Business Administration (MBA) | Master in Professional Communication (MA).
Accreditation & Specializations: Professional Certified Coach (PCC) & Team Coach (ACTC) International Coaching Federation | Hypnosystemic Coach (trained by Dr. Gunther Schmidt) | Ego State & Somatic Coaching Specializations (Dr. W. Hartmann, Dr. S. Zanotta) | Solution-focused Coaching (C. Muehl)
Methodologies
The foundation of my work is a respectful, solution- and resource-oriented mindset, which anchors the following methodologies:
Solution-Focused Coaching & Consulting
The Focus: Resource-based execution based on the work of Steve de Shazer.
The Approach: No team or leader operates in isolation. The approach maps out how group dynamics interface with the broader organizational environment—including culture, corporate politics, and structural incentives. A resolutely solution-focused stance directly activates the team’s collective strengths, resources, and future milestones.
Ideal for: The strategic realignment of teamwork and high-impact collective problem-solving.
The Immunity to Change™ Process
The Focus: Overcoming hidden barriers to change based on the Harvard framework by Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey. An evidence-based methodology that diagnoses precisely why individuals and teams fail to achieve critical goals despite high motivation and the right strategies.
The Approach: By systematically uncovering hidden competing commitments and assumptions, it facilitates true vertical development—shifting from mere informational intake to profound experiential transformation.
Ideal for: Diagnosing cultural resistance to new initiatives and dismantling covert operational barriers.
Hypnosystemic Coaching & Consulting
The Focus: Unlocking unconscious resource patterns based on the groundbreaking methodology of Dr. Gunther Schmidt.
The Approach: This framework bridges modern systemic strategy with the power of the unconscious mind. Through focused awareness, deliberate framing, and internal metaphors, automatic stress responses are transformed into conscious, creative strategic choices, turning intuition into a reliable organizational anchor.
Ideal for: Breaking through persistent behavioral ruts, sustainable stress management, and achieving absolute clarity.
Somatic Ego-State Coaching
The Focus: Inner coherence for body and mind based on the approach of Dr. Silvia Zanotta.
The Approach: Genuine leadership capability requires cognitive goals to harmonize perfectly with the physical nervous system. This methodology aligns the various “inner parts” or roles an individual embodies with their physical responses under pressure, yielding unshakeable, palpable coherence.
Ideal for: Overcoming imposter syndrome, mastering high-stakes public presence, or resolving conflicting internal dynamics (“part of me wants A, but another part does B”).
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