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Collaboration where impact becomes visible.

I work with people, teams, and organizations in contexts where development needs to not just sound good, but hold up in daily practice.

Not trophies. But contexts where development had to hold up.

I'm not interested in merely naming names, but in the question of in which contexts development work actually needed to be effective — in sales, leadership, teams, and organizational change processes.

Sales & Sales Development

Where sales needed to be not just activated, but made more effective.

In these contexts, sales needed to become more effective in daily practice — in the field force, in leadership, in conception, and in execution.

  • Vodafone
    Development and co-design of the training concept for the SOHO channel. Train-the-trainer for internal trainers, training of field force staff, and blended learning training for indirect sales staff, partly with seminar actors.
  • Linde
    Training of sales managers for solution-focused selling in a complex environment. Focus on sales clarity, conversation quality, and effectiveness in demanding sales situations.
  • Bauwerk Parkett
    Training and coaching of account managers and sales managers. Focus on sales effectiveness, conversation quality, and sustainable implementation in daily practice.
  • VIER
    Training and coaching of sales managers. Work on leadership effectiveness, sales clarity, and implementation in a phase of high dynamics.
Leadership, Teams & Collaboration

Where leadership needed to give direction and collaboration needed to become more resilient.

Contexts in which accountability, management collaboration, and leadership work needed to be not just theoretically described, but become sustainable under real conditions.

  • Athlon
    Coaching of the management team, organizational development with the entire management team, and training and coaching of sales managers. Focus on leadership, shared alignment, and organizational connectivity.
  • VIER
    Support in the change process when new companies were acquired and integrated into VIER. Work on leadership, integration, stability, and sustainable collaboration in a phase of change.
Organization, Steering & Development Logic

Where development needed more than individual measures.

Contexts in which learning, steering, transfer, and development could not stand side by side, but needed to become effective as a connected logic.

  • 1&1 Versatel
    Development and implementation of an individual sales steering tool with the goal of enabling employees to effectively self-steer. Not just a tool, but a contribution to clarity, orientation, and daily sales practice.
  • Vodafone
    Conceptual and operational work on a training and development logic in the SOHO context. This included train-the-trainer, field force training, blended learning, and the connection of sales reality, learning architecture, and implementation.
  • Athlon
    Organizational development at management level with a focus on shared alignment, leadership effectiveness, and the development capability of the overall system.
Typical feedback from collaboration

What came back from collaboration when development held up.

Vodafone

What made the collaboration special was the connection of sales reality, didactic clarity, and consistent implementation. It wasn't about standard training, but about a concept that genuinely held up in daily practice.

1&1 Versatel

What was decisive was not just the tool itself, but the logic behind it: enabling employees to actually use sales steering in daily practice for themselves. That's exactly where the difference lay.

Athlon

The collaboration in the management team was clear, structured, and at the same time close to our reality. It was not just about reflection, but about sustainable development in leadership, collaboration, and organization.

Selected Contexts

Vodafone1&1 VersatelAthlonVIERLindeBauwerk Parkett

When you want to clarify what needs to hold up in your context.

An initial conversation helps to sort out the starting point clearly — and determine the next meaningful step.