Executive Business Coaching

 

Would you like to escalate your leadership skills to a next level?

Where are your key values and how can we bring them into even sharper focus to yourself and others - step by step – using creative solutions? 

Together we shall focus on: 

  • your vision and derived core life goals in their respective business and private contexts. 


Why me?

  • Years of intercultural encounters with Individuals and Organizations in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe 


  • Hotel & Catering dual education, hands-on work experience in  Hotels & Restaurants,  International Business Studies, Leadership Program at Cornell University, Focus on Financing, including Consultancy Services in the Hospitality Sector.


  • Focus on Event Management as an Accelerator of Revenues in the F&B division, bringing Guests together in the Middle of Culinary Art and this in the light of Music, Art, Theatre, Literature, Dance, Entertainment.


  • Based on dialogues with natives of diverse cultures I have experienced and developed a deep understanding of human emotions, thoughts, and actions, including the importance of the integration of inclusion.  Last but not least, by engaging with them in their own language. 


  • Coaching in English or German.
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Be Yourself - Grounding

  • There is a simple truth: "If you believe in what you do, you can achieve great things." This takes us back to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his saying, "The journey is the destination." 


  • This wisdom holds special significance in today's fast-paced world. The pursuit of success should be understood as a process that is achieved through small, realistic steps of change. 

 

  • Above all, it requires the feeling of "being happy and content with yourself" along this journey.  


 Inner contentment radiates outward, infecting and uplifting those around us.

 

Empowerment - Joining Inner & Outer Values as Forces

Based on extensive travel in developing and emerging markets, I had the opportunity to engage with my clients in various business areas and team configurations. At the same time, I have built a global network of experts in different fields, including environmental and social competence, renewable energy, sustainable development goals (SDGs), and women's empowerment.


 Let's explore new paths together by leveraging your unique strengths and complementing them with the talents of your partners and employees, all in pursuit of your personal goal, one that symbolizes your distinctive value to the outside world.

Empathy - Intrinsic Motivation

Each of us carries a passion within, one that shapes us both professionally and personally. Mine lies in guiding individuals and teams, drawing on my diverse experiences across various continents and industries. I help people let their personalities flourish exactly where they can thrive the most.

My goals and values in coaching are derived from the following:

  • Sharing my experiences and expertise with the next generation
  • Offering systemic guidance to outstanding individuals in their fields
  • Emphasizing the individual, their charisma, and effective teamwork
  • Fostering a culture based on diversity, equality, and inclusion
  • Enriching your experiences with music, art, literature, dance, and cuisine to elevate your senses and inspire fresh ideas and connections
  • My goal is to help you develop and amplify your unique qualities, both visible and hidden. Through open communication, empathy, and active listening, I will assist in managing conflicts and fostering positive collaboration

 

I will provide you with a fresh, unbiased perspective and encourage you to explore connections rooted in intrinsic happiness, familiar from friendships, family, and social circles. This will empower you to showcase your distinctive attributes to the wider world.

Focus - Clarity and Inner Centering

  • Believe in what you do. Focus on your core personal strengths while addressing the needs of your target markets within the competitive landscape
  • As Augustine of Hippo said, "What you wish to ignite in others must first burn within yourself"
  • Stay focused to identify your niche and clearly define your unique selling points (USPs).
  • This approach should be consistent both internally within your professional environment and externally in your sales efforts
  • Communicate clearly and concisely, keeping statements and presentations simple and visually engaging. Use vivid imagery to make your points
  • Remain grounded and engage your audience by inspiring them with relevant examples and everyday metaphors


Authenticity - Value Propositions You can Deliver

  • Let’s identify and highlight your core authentic strengths and value propositions for customers, suppliers, partners, and service providers
  • Make only promises that align with your capabilities and can be fulfilled. We will focus on amplifying your unique and exceptional strengths
  • Charisma is developed through continuous self-improvement, not innate. Embracing and refining your unique "rough edges" is also part of the journey 
  • Be genuine and arouse curiosity

Creativity - Embrassing Free Spirit Impulses

  • How enriching can spontaneity be, when we embrace "crazy impulses" and develop something that the market has never seen before
  • It's about sparking and sustaining enthusiasm. This is the great art of the "added value" of a product or service. This is especially true in the hospitality and gastronomy sectors, where the eye, as well as the sense of smell and taste, play a crucial role


Thoughtfulness - Emphasizing a Coherent Holistic Image

At the core is your consciously crafted external presence, including your outward appearance. The overall impression of language, posture, clothing, stance, and breathing should accentuate your authenticity and radiance, whether in a customer environment, among colleagues, or in other external settings.


Develop your strategy grounded in thorough market research:

 

  • Which potential customers are near you, and which would travel from farther away to reach you?
  • How do you need to differentiate yourself from competitors in the market?
  • Is there a specific niche where your value propositions stand out?
  • Have you confirmed that you are not infringing on competitors' rights, and are your own rights adequately protected or patented?

Success - How do I change my bottom line with the integration of body-mind-soul principles

Substitute your ideas with "lived explicit values". Engage holistically with the "body-mind-soul" principles of your target buyers.: 

  • What is your own story behind it?  Why should clients for a first time be curious or incentivised to experience your restaurant, your menu, your services?
  • Your hotel/restaurant should be imbued with your 'radiant personality' in all public areas. This requires your continuous presence in the hotel lobby, in the restaurant, and when welcoming guests (both regular and new). This applies not only to you as the manager (or owner) but also to your key F&B personnel
  • What distinguishes you as truly exceptional?
  • Anticipate unmet desires and discover where they exist by engaging directly with your guests. Let them take special positive experience back home and and spread the news to their friends and family