Vita
My passion is living between and among different cultures, understanding people with one goal: to make my clients' work life more enjoyable and more successful .
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| The most important stages in my professional development |
You get the competence I have gained from my experience and my experiences:
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- Since 2004, expansion of my activities in and with India. Regular visits and work in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru.
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- Developing cooperation between Indians and Europeans is one of my main focuses. My understanding of globalisation and the processes this requires are not merely theoretical.
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- Specialisation in facilitation of internationalisation processes and an increased focus on supporting the development of executives, teams and organisations.
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- I understand and experience the higher complexity of the / your international working environment.
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- Foundation of “Intercultural consultancy and organisational development” in 1993 focusing on the intercultural approach in companies, focused on German-French management and intercultural awareness. Further cultural focuses have been Italy and Switzerland.
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- Entrepreneurial way of thinking, serving my clients and acting on one’s own responsibility, leadership skills.
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- Equal opportunities officer in the Human Resources department of a life assurance company. (1991-1993) Stuttgart, Germany)
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- Familiarity with corporate processes and leadership position in a change management project.
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- Trainer and coach for communication, conflict resolution and self- assurance, in particular for women in leading positions.(free lance, 1989-1993)
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- Diverse and wide-ranging experience in coaching, which strengthened my sensitivity and expanded my repertoire of methods.
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- Customer consultant and sales activities within the German-speaking part of Switzerland in a company for precision engineering and microsurgical retinal instruments. (Geneva, Switzerland, 1989-1991)
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- Customer orientation, giving priority to an awareness of the customers’ needs and the service quality they expect.
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- Teaching adults, junior school children and students, translations. (Würzburg, Germany, 1986-1988))
- German and Romance studies (French and Italian. literature and linguistics) in France and Germany. (Le Mans, Paderborn, Würzburg)
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- The ability to figure out the best-suited didactic method. Learner Orientation.
- The joy to be found in exploring the depths of a language and a culture – also yours.
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My additional qualifications:
- Systemic organisational development (3-year curriculum, community consultancy, Frankfurt)
- Client-centered communication (3-year curriculum, Thomas Gordon Inc, Bonn)
- Systemic coaching (seminars, Management Center Voralberg)
- Group dynamics (laboratories, Mundo / Tavistock Institute)
Where I have lived to date:
Born in 1958 in Algiers. Followed by Nice, Toulon, Le Mans, Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Paderborn, Rome, Paris, Würzburg, Geneva, Bad Boll, Kirchheim/Teck.
Currently in Berlin and Nice. Often in India, New Delhi, Mumbai and more places.
