OVERVIEW
Sparring Areas
Sparring Partner
For an objective and independent dialogue regarding all topics that are critical for the success of my clients and their organizations. I support my clients in a personal and confidential exchange to identify central problem areas and create solutions in a hands-on manner.
In emergency and crisis situations also available 24/7 as an "Executive Emergency" service.
In emergency and crisis situations also available 24/7 as an "Executive Emergency" service.
Leadership Story
Today one of the most important and discerning tools for succesful leadership is the communication of an effective leadership story to internal audiences as well as externally. To achieve this, I work closely with my clients to create a meaningful and credible personal mission as well as the necessary comunication measures and processes for the relevant target groups.
Digital Leadership
Professional sparring partner to shape and implement essential digital transformation processes. My over 15 years experience in digital change-management within Microsoft and other companies help my clients and their organsations to become a frontrunner in digital transformation.
Cultural Change
Personal sparring partner in creating a meaningful and results-focused cultural change within organisations.
I support my clients with an experienced view from outside to identify and decode the blind spots and barriers within their corporate and leadership culture as well as to define the appropriate measures to achieve the desired cultural change.
Strategic Projects
Steering and supervision of core projects critical for my clients. Focus on transformation, brand, leadership and communication topics, which are in my core competence.
Success factor trust
Studies show that the trust of employees in the entire organisation and the company management is the decisive determinant for productive changes and ultimately for the success of the company. Together with the rheingold Institute, I have therefore developed the "Organisational Trust Score" (OTS), which can be used to measure employee trust and identify the most important barriers and areas for development.
Client Feedback
“You are always my first choice regarding problems or strategic questions.”
“Your unerring intellectual input was always extremely constructive.”
“In our longstanding collaboration your personal integrity and acuteness of thought delivered valuable solutions and input time and again.”
“Whatever the issue, you always came up with different thinking, reasoning and perspectives. This was tremendously helpful to approach problems in a new way and come up with appropriate solutions.”
“Your talent for analytical thinking and getting to the core of a problem was a major factor for the success of our most important project.”
“Many thanks for the long-standing cooperation and partnership that has proven to be a significant contribution to my personal as well as our company’s success. I am looking forward to the next years.”
“A real Global-Thinking-Hanseat.”
Wolfgang Kirschstein
- 01_ Focus on people
- The development and especially the "growth" of people and organizations - privately and professionally - are my passion. The topic of "being human" has occupied and fascinated me in all its facets for many years. I have acquired various certificates in this field and have continually expanded my knowledge and experience.
- 02_ Over 25 years of top management background
- Over 25 years of international top management, consulting and coaching experience in various "human-centered" leadership roles working for top global companies, such as Microsoft, Beiersdorf, Volkswagen, among others, but also for medium-sized companies.
- 03_ Core Competency Trusted Advisor Leadership
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- Global, digital and human-centered.
- Trusted Advisor and coach – consulting and sparring of top-executives: Strategy, Positioning and Communication.
- Leadership, coaching and development of interdisciplinary teams on different continents
- Expert and coach in Digital Transformation and Innovation.
- Strategic global marketing as well as leadership and communication of international top brands in different industries.
- Coaching and sparring at top management as well as C-level: CEO, CMO, CDO, CHRO, CIO, board members, managing directors, EVP, general managers, partners as well as leadership teams.
- 04_ Trust
- Trust and confidentiality are an important matter for me and the basis of my work. Of course, I guarantee absolute discretion and will gladly sign a NDA if requested.
- 05_ My drive: effectiveness, development and growth
- It is always a special joy and motivation for me to see the effectiveness for the positive development of people that my work can unfold in small and large ways.
- 06_ Children are the future
- I am the father of two almost grown-up sons and live in Hamburg. Education and development of children and young people are a matter of the heart for me.
BOOKS TO READ
Inspiration
All Life is Problem Solving, Karl R. Popper
Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don’t, Jim Collins
HBR at 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review's First Century
The End of Average, Ted Rose
Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way, Kieran Setiya
Management: Revised edition with foreword by Jim Collins, Peter F. Drucker
Man's Search For Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon Sinnek
Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don’t, Jim Collins
HBR at 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review's First Century
The End of Average, Ted Rose
Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way, Kieran Setiya
Management: Revised edition with foreword by Jim Collins, Peter F. Drucker
Man's Search For Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon Sinnek
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Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential, Carol Dweck
Selbstbild: Wie unser Denken Erfolge oder Niederlagen bewirkt, Carol Dweck
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization, Art Kleiner
The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
Hit Refresh, Satya Nadella
Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI, Paul R. Daugherty, H. James Wilson
The Technology Fallacy, Gerald C. Kane, Anh Nguyen Phillips etc.
Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future, Joi Ito and Jeff Howe
Anxiety: Using Depth Psychology to Find a Balance in Your Life, Fritz Riemann
Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace), Chade-Meng Tan
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey
Invincible: Achieve More, Suffer Less, Marcos Vázquez
Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse
The Prophet, Khalil Gibran
Looking forward to feedback and further recommendations.
Methods
To solve special problems or to clarify complicated issues I have developed the Fokus MehrWERT method for my Excecutive Sparring offer. Based on learnings from Peter Drucker, Stephen Covey, Carol Dweck, Jim Collins and others, it combines the advantages of professional consulting and coaching methods.
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7 characteristics of my Fokus MehrWERT method:- Focus 100% on my client's concern.
- Focus on concrete solutions or measures that sustainably solve problems and / or answer questions.
- Focus on efficient and as far as possible standardised goal achievement processes.
- Focus on the right and clearly defined question.
- Focus on the obstacles that stand in the way of goal achievement.
- Focus on inspiration / creativity and ideas.
- Focus on sustainability with implementation support and success monitoring.
Today one of the most important and discerning tools for succesful leadership is the communication of an effective leadership story to internal audiences as well as externally. To achieve this, I work closely with my clients to create a meaningful and credible personal mission as well as the necessary comunication measures and processes for the relevant target groups.
Depending on the initial situation and fit, various proven methodologies such as Golden Circle, Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, Disruption, Ikigai, and other models are used. If necessary, I also work closely with various well-established partner companies that have great expertise in the preparation of studies and can provide appropriate support.
Depending on the initial situation and fit, various proven methodologies such as Golden Circle, Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, Disruption, Ikigai, and other models are used. If necessary, I also work closely with various well-established partner companies that have great expertise in the preparation of studies and can provide appropriate support.
After various positions at Microsoft and as a Digital Transformation consultant in different industries, I can draw on a wealth of experience, knowledge, consulting approaches and experience in the field of Digital Transformation, which I apply in a custom-fit manner for my clients. My comprehensive background in digital transformation, marketing (automation), IT, social media and innovations management, as well as many years of experience in highly dynamic, complex, global environments, but also in small flexible entrepreneurial constellations, such as consultancies and agencies, help me to support my clients in a targeted manner.
With this background I can support my clients as a competent sparring partner to design and implement the necessary digital transformation.
With this background I can support my clients as a competent sparring partner to design and implement the necessary digital transformation.
I have developed a specific methodology and process that help companies to develop and establish a "future-oriented growth culture". The process and methodology will be "tailor-made" for the company and the management, which I support in their cultural change efforts.
Steering and supervision of core projects critical for my clients. Focus on transformation, brand, leadership and communication topics, which are in my core competence.
In addition to the “Status ➟ Strategy ➟ Execution ➟ Impact ➟ Learning" stage gate methodology, I apply various concepts, strategies and techniques from my more than 25 years of project steering experience.
In addition to the “Status ➟ Strategy ➟ Execution ➟ Impact ➟ Learning" stage gate methodology, I apply various concepts, strategies and techniques from my more than 25 years of project steering experience.
As an independent sparring partner or also as a mediator, I support my clients in internal and external conflicts to quickly and effectively arrive at win / win solutions that resolve conflicts in a sustainable manner.
In addition to my many years of experience in resolving challenging conflicts in a wide variety of settings and organizations, I use various tried-and-tested methods from conflict research that have proven themselves time and again.
In addition to my many years of experience in resolving challenging conflicts in a wide variety of settings and organizations, I use various tried-and-tested methods from conflict research that have proven themselves time and again.
I look forward to an initial consultation.
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