Coaching is work on the specific situation. Not the self in general. Mediation is structured clarification. Not group therapy.
Coaching
You have a specific issue: a conversation you've been avoiding. A decision that's hanging. A role you haven't fully stepped into yet.
No personality tests. No lengthy background analysis.
We look at what's actually happening — in the situation, in the conversation, in the dynamic.
Usually what comes out of that is an opening: the first sentence that doesn't dance around the point and still holds the relationship.
60–90 minutes per session, online or in Berlin. Typically 3–6 sessions depending on the topic.
I don't simply validate what you tell me. If I see something you're not seeing, I'll say so. That's not confrontation. That's the difference between coaching and a good conversation with a friend.
Systemic coaching. FEED model for feedback. EAT model for listening. Difficult Conversations after Stone, Patton, Heen. Harvard negotiation principles.
Mediation
Some conflicts don't resolve through direct conversation between the parties, because the conversation itself is part of the problem. That's when you need someone who holds the process without taking sides.
As a mediator, I facilitate clarification processes between individuals, teams or departments. The goal isn't harmony. It's working capacity, and a shared understanding of how to move forward.
Preliminary conversations with each party, then joint sessions. Duration depends on complexity. On-site preferred.
A conflict isn't the sum of two bad intentions. It's an independent phenomenon that pulls both parties into its logic. Often without anyone wanting it to.
My work addresses that dynamic, drawing on Eidenschink and Glasl. We make the conflict visible as a third presence in the room, before we talk about solutions.
20 minutes to find out whether and how I can help. If I can't, I'll say so.
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