Understanding

My Definition of Leadership

Understanding of Leadership
Leadership arises where awareness takes responsibility.
It begins within: in self-awareness, clarity, and courage,
and it has impact outward, where decisions are carried and relationships shaped.

Mature leadership does not show itself in titles, but in how tension is held:

  • Providing orientation where uncertainty prevails.
  • Creating connection where structures are missing.
  • Enabling change where clinging on hinders progress.

For me, leadership is a process: a reciprocal unfolding between people, contexts, and what seeks to emerge.

Mission & Motivation

Leadership as an Orienting Function

I am most inspired when working on something that has not yet existed.
When systems start moving and the task is to perceive and shape processes of change and leadership.

What drives me is meaning. I work in spaces that are about purpose and awareness. For me, co-creation is not a method but an attitude: impact emerges when we follow together what truly matters.

I navigate the unknown with clarity, structure, and an open gaze.
And I recognize the moment when it is not about steering, but about listening.

My aim is outcomes that arise from depth – not from compulsion or the need for control.

My Strengths in Leadership Roles

Systemic Clarity: I perceive patterns and tensions early and use them as levers for development.
Leading from Presence: I create orientation and resonance beyond roles and titles.
Integrative Practice: I connect people, perspectives, and disciplines to open new pathways.
Contextual Intelligence: I move with ease between strategy, structure, role, and depth – shaping impact in the given context.

Foundations

  • Trust. In what emerges when control steps back.
  • Presence. As an attitude – not as a technique.
  • Vision. Less as a fixed goal, more as alignment within change.

Background & Qualifications

Experience
Over two decades of leadership responsibility – from startups to SMEs to corporate,
and from content and communication to strategy and leadership development.

Shaping Influences
What shaped me was not the title, but the experience of providing orientation: in building up, in times of change, in crisis, and in transition.

Career Stations
I have translated technological topics, aligned teams, built digital ecosystems, and shaped strategic communication – in roles with divisional responsibility, international focus, and multiple transformation experiences, both professional and organizational.
My path has led through technology, media, IT, e-sports, automotive, and mobility – always at intersections where something new had to and could be created.

Today
I think strategically, lead in a connecting way, and create multidimensional and perspective-rich contexts.
Today I bring my experience in strategy, leadership development, organizational design, and systemic process facilitation – as someone who recognizes patterns, integrates tensions, and opens spaces for genuine development.

Executive MBA – Project & Process Management (SMBS Salzburg, 2 years) – Strategic Management & Organizational Leadership

Bachelor of Science – Media & Communication (Certified Computer Scientist, ADV, 3 years) – Media, Technology & Communication Competence

CAS Smart Mobility Management (HSG St. Gallen, 1 year) – Innovation & Strategy in Mobility and Automotive

Systemic Business Coach (Steinbeis University Berlin via Kröber Kommunikation, 1 year) – Organizational Development & Systemic Coaching

Master Coach (dvnlp / ICI, approx. 20 days) – Advanced Coaching Competence & Leadership Development

Trainer (dvnlp, approx. 20 days) – Training Design, Didactics & Group Facilitation

Team Coach (Kröber Kommunikation, 8 days) – Systemic Team Development & Coaching

LINC Personality Profiler (2 days) – Psychologically Grounded Personality Diagnostics

NLP Advanced Master (dvnlp, 10 days) – Strategic Communication & Advanced NLP Methods

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) after Marshall B. Rosenberg (LNLPT, 5 days) – Empathic Dialogue & Conflict Resolution

Transactional Analysis (TA) after Eric Berne (LNLPT, 5 days) – Analyzing Behavioral Patterns & Communication Dynamics

THE WORK – Values & Beliefs Coaching (Ulrich Bührle, 6+4 days) – Transforming Limiting Beliefs

VSM (Viable System Model) (metaphorum, 3 days) – Systemic-Cybernetic Analysis & Control Capacity in Complex Systems

Systemic Teamwork (Team Coaching) & Conflict Dynamics (8 + 5 days) – Team Coaching & Conflict Transformation

Next Stage Facilitation (Ten Directions, 4 days) – Facilitation for Next-Stage / Teal Organizations

SITA – Stepping into Your Transformational Agency (Gisela Wendling / The Grove, 3 days) – Transformational Facilitation & Leadership

IT Security Manager (TÜV) – Information Security Leadership & Compliance

CISIS12 Information Security OfficerImplementation & Auditing of Information Security Systems

Certificate Program in Marketing Management (DIM) – Strategic & Operational Marketing Competence

SCRUM Master II (scrum.org) – Advanced Agile Team Leadership

SCRUM Product Owner (scrum.org) – Agile Product Management & Value Orientation

Director’s Program for Board Members and Supervisory Boards (3 months) – Governance, Strategic Responsibility & Board Leadership

Complexity Designer: systemic constructivism & complexity management c2m (FORMwelt with Gitta Peyn, 2 days) – Tools for Analyzing & Designing Complex Systems

Systemic Communication: RdU (Reorganization of the Indeterminate) (FORMwelt, Gitta Peyn) – Communication in Uncertainty & Ambiguity

System Kata 1: Communication (FORMwelt, Gitta Peyn, 1 day) – Dialogue Practices in Complex Contexts

System Kata 2: Interdependence (FORMwelt, Gitta Peyn, 1 day) – Recognizing Interconnections & Dependencies

System Kata 3: Paradox (FORMwelt, Gitta Peyn, 1 day) – Working with Contradictions & Ambiguities

c2m Complexity Management (FORMwelt with Gitta Peyn, 1 day) – Practical Methods for Complexity Handling

IOSA Practitioner – Systemic-Integral Structural Constellations (approx. 2 years) – Constellation Work for Complex Dynamics

Certified First Responder (German Red Cross) and Emergency Medical Technician (Malteser Relief Service) – Emergency Response & Crisis Management

In-depth knowledge in Psychotherapy & Somatic Facilitation (approx. 4 years) – Therapeutic & Body-Oriented Practice

Resilience Training (2 days) – Stress Management & Personal Resilience

Extensive Experience with Leadership Profiles, Psychometric Assessments & Development ModelsApplied Diagnostics & Leadership Development

FAK Coordinator for External WorkforceCoordination of Contingent Workers

Corporate Experience in Intellectual Property (IP), Integrity & SustainabilityCompliance, Responsibility & Future-Oriented Business Practices