A few words about myself
As a training consultant and coach with a MSc. degree in Psychology,I have held diverse roles in counselling, personal and corporate culture development, IT and soft-skills training. I am also an experienced project manager and used to manage large-scale training rollouts to 12,000 end users across 23 countries in Europe and Canada.
I believe in change and self-development. This belief stems from a range of personal experiences: I learnt how to lead a team without any previous leadership experience and how to manage large-scale projects without any formal project management training. And (of course) there are several things in my personal life that I managed to get though… with lots of patience and perseverance.
I have worked on four different continents and speak German, English and Spanish (my Spanish is fluently incorrect). In 2006, I published an article “Dealing constructively with intercultural communication issues” in Prof. Schulz von Thun’s book on Cross-cultural Communication. For me, different cultures are fascinating. We can learn so much from one another!
As a coach, I subscribe to the Code of Ethics laid out by the International Coach Federation (ICF). Clients I have worked with previously are: UBS, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Hewitt Associates, Lufthansa Technics, and Siemens Healthcare.
In short:
- MSc. in Social Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Dipl.-Psych., University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Certificate in Training Practise by the Certified Institute for Personal Development, London, UK
- Affiliate of the International Coach Academy
- Publication: Dealing constructively with intercultural communication issues; in: Cross-cultural communication: methods, models and examples; Kumbier, D.; Schulz von Thun, F. (2006) (original title: Ueber den konstuktiven Umgang mit kulturellen Irritationen; in: Interkulturelle Kommunikation: Methoden, Modelle, Beispiele)
Am I the right coach for you?
I believe that there is a right coach out there for everyone and that finding the coach that fits your needs is very important. Therefore, let me tell you a bit about my clients: My clients are active people who want to assume responsibility for their own lives and who also care about the wellbeing of others. They know that achieving a goal means taking action. I also welcome you as a client, if you want to figure out what you want, if you are looking for a way to adapt to changes in your life or career, or if you are “just not quite happy” at the moment … and would like to change that.
I am not the right coach for you, if you believe that your happiness and success entirely depend on external factors (such as “bad luck”, “fate”, a “nasty partner”, or a “bad boss”). My clients are prepared to change their perspective and take action instead of waiting to win the lottery or for their boss to turn into a nice person.
This is what I believe: You do not pay a coach to achieve ordinary results or live an average life. You pay a coach to dare you, to overcome challenges and to excel at what you are doing. If you want to actively move your life forward and achieve what you really want to achieve: I am the right coach for you!
