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Executive, Leadership & Team Coaching for executives and companies
A good leader combines professional competence with interpersonal skills. They provide guidance and foster trust and collaboration.Key features include:Clarity & Focus: Setting priorities, making confident decisions, communicating goals clearlyEmpathy & Trust: Responding to people, listening to them, and creating a safe, appreciative environment.Mental strength & resilience: Staying stable in stressful and change situationsReflective ability: Questioning one's own patterns and learning continuously.Authentic communication: Speaking transparently, clearly, and on equal termsDelegation & Empowerment: Transferring responsibility and strengthening teamsVision & Inspiration: Conveying meaning, setting goals and motivating people
Mental strength is crucial for leaders to remain clear-headed under pressure, make decisions, and lead teams effectively.Self-reflection: Questioning and consciously controlling one's own thought and action patterns.Stress management: Use techniques such as breathing exercises, breaks, prioritization and focus.Clarity of objectives: Define and consistently pursue long-term and short-term goals.Resilience training: Developing strategies to quickly process setbacks and learn from them.Coaching & Sparring: Reflect with a coach or mentor, broaden perspectives and work specifically on your own development.
Setting priorities: Distinguishing between what is essential and what is not, and making clear decisions.Breaks and rest: Regular breaks, exercise and sleep ensure mental and physical performance.Mental techniques: Breathing exercises, visualization, or short reflection rituals help to keep the mind clear.Delegation: Effectively transferring responsibility to avoid overload.Changing perspective: Consciously viewing situations from a neutral or positive perspective.Seek support: enlist the help of a coach, mentor, or trusted colleagues to reflect on challenges.Self-care & boundaries: Know and protect your own resources, say "no" when necessary
Motivation does not arise from pressure, but from an environment in which people feel meaning, appreciation and perspective .Key approaches include:Clear goals & vision: The team understands why its work is important and where it is headed.Autonomy & Responsibility: Employees are given the freedom to make decisions and contribute their strengths.Feedback & Appreciation: Regular recognition, constructive feedback and transparent communicationResources & Support: The team has the means, knowledge and support to be successful.Development & Growth: Opportunities for further training, new tasks or challenging projects.Team spirit & cohesion: Trust, psychological safety and shared successes promote motivation.
Psychological safety means that team members can express themselves without fear of negative consequences . This fosters openness, creativity, and trust.Key steps include:A culture that embraces mistakes: viewing errors as learning opportunities.Listening & Appreciating: Actively listening, acknowledging and taking opinions seriouslyTransparent communication: Creating clarity about goals, expectations, and decisionsLead by example: As a leader, openly show your own uncertainties, questions, or mistakes.Involve & Encourage: Actively invite employees to share ideas, concerns, or criticism.Respect & Fairness: Every voice is heard, no one is exposed.Continuity & Trust: Psychological safety arises only through consistent attitude and behavior.
Resistance is a natural reaction to change. Leaders can use it constructively to support the team and successfully implement the change:Listen & Understand: Take the reasons for the resistance seriously and actively ask questions.Transparency & Communication: Clearly explain the goals, reasons, and steps of the change.Involve and co-create: Actively involve employees in decision-making processes or problem-solving.Connection to values & purpose: Demonstrate how the change benefits the team, the employees and the organization.Patience & empathy: Change takes time, and different people process it at different speeds.Support & Resources: Offer training, coaching or mentoring to facilitate the transitionFeedback & Recognition: Making positive developments visible and celebrating successes
Difficult conversations are part of leadership and should remain clear, respectful, and constructive .Key strategies:Preparation: Clearly define the goals of the conversation, your own position, and possible solutions.Use "I" messages: Describe your own perceptions and feelings instead of making accusations.Active listening: Let the other person finish speaking, ask questions, show understandingClarity & Structure: Present facts and observations objectively, clearly formulate expectations.Solution-oriented approach: Focus on concrete next steps and joint solutionsRespect and appreciation: Treat the relationship respectfully, even when receiving critical feedback. Separate the person from the problem. (Harvard Business Model)Follow-up: Document results and agreements in writing and follow up as needed.
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Executive and leadership coaching is aimed at managers at all levels, from CEOs and department heads to up-and-coming leaders. Coaching is particularly helpful if you:starting in a new leadership roleYou are facing major changesworking with complex teams or stakeholdersyou want to specifically strengthen your leadership skillsIf you want to improve stress management and resilience
Because I've been where you are today. As a former CEO and executive in large corporations, I know the daily grind at the top from personal experience. Decisions under pressure, the loneliness of leadership, expectations from all sides, and the constant balancing act between peak performance and personal well-being.In addition, there's my work with top athletes. In high-performance sports, there are no excuses, only results. I bring this attitude to my coaching – clear, direct, and on equal footing. Not as someone looking in from the outside, but as someone who knows the same arena.
Executive coaching helps you to lead more clearly, communicate more effectively, and make more composed decisions .It helps you,to provide guidance in change processesto think strategically and set prioritiesto strengthen your self-leadership and resilienceResolving conflicts constructivelyto increase your impact and presence
The duration depends on your goals. Typically, executive coaching comprises 6 to 12 sessions over a period of 3 to 12 months . Some clients also opt for continuous support over a longer period.
Team coaching is aimed at management teams or project teams and follows a structured process:Clarifying the mandate with the various stakeholdersAnalysis of current team dynamics (e.g. roles, communication, conflict patterns)Several coaching sessions with the entire team – interactive, practical, with clear exercisesDerivation of measures to improve cooperationFollow-up after a few weeks to ensure implementationTypical team coaching topics:Clarification of roles and responsibilitiesImproving communicationConflict resolution within the teamStrengthening trust and team spiritDefinition of a shared vision and collaborationJoint goal definition and alignmentCoping with high workload and changes
Getting to know each other & clarifying goals – We discuss your goals and check the fit.Goal definition – Clear, measurable development goals, individually tailored to you.Coaching sessions – Regular meetings (online or in person in Zurich)Transfer to everyday life – implementation between appointments, supported by reflection questions or other measures.Reflection & Conclusion – Measuring progress and ensuring sustainable impact.
For young leaders: Quickly gain confidence, clear positioning, strengthen one's own role, master leadership challenges, avoid mistakes.For experienced executives: Strategic clarity, effective handling of complexity, strengthening of one's own leadership brand.
For coaching to be effective, it requires:Openness to new perspectivesPersonal responsibility for implementationHonesty in the exchangeWillingness to engage in self-reflectionTransfer of knowledge into everyday lifePatience and focus on sustainable change
General questions about CEO coaching and sparring
Yes. Everything discussed in coaching sessions stays between us. Confidentiality is the foundation for open, honest, and effective collaboration.
Mental strength & resilience: Mastering the handling of pressure, setbacks and stressful situations.Continuous improvement: Learning from successes and failures, constantly optimizing one's own performance.Rituals & Routines: Create effective daily and training routines to ensure long-term performance.Visualization & Strategy: Mentally prepare results and processes, develop clear strategies.Teamwork and leadership skills: Optimizing teamwork, clearly defining roles, building motivation and trust.Balance between performance and regeneration: Use breaks, recovery and self-care for sustainable performance.
As a CEO , you are given a confidential space in coaching to:to reflect on strategic decisionsto discuss difficult personnel issuesto develop your leadership team in a targeted wayto strengthen your personal resilienceSetting clear priorities for yourself and your business
The duration depends on your goals. Typically, coaching lasts at least three months. However, many CEOs opt for continuous support over several months or years. In this case, the coach also takes on the role of advisor and sparring partner.
Psychological safety means that team members can express themselves without fear of negative consequences . This fosters openness, creativity, and trust.Key steps include:A culture that embraces mistakes: viewing errors as learning opportunities, not as a matter of blame.Listening & Appreciating: Actively listening, acknowledging and taking opinions seriouslyTransparent communication: Creating clarity about goals, expectations, and decisionsLead by example: As a leader, openly show your own uncertainties, questions, or mistakes.Involve & Encourage: Actively invite employees to share ideas, concerns, or criticism.Respect & Fairness: Every voice is heard, no one is exposed.Continuity & Trust: Psychological safety arises only through consistent attitude and behavior.
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