Unlocking people's natural capabilities for leadership
As a professional Business Coach, I am committed to providing the necessary guidance you need in order to take action. From making strategic decisions to understanding what your logical next steps are, I’m here to guide you through any and all processes. With my help, you will transform your plans in no time. Take a look around my site and get in touch to book a consultation meeting.
Influential Leadership
across the globe
Andreas is an experienced Business Coach. He has held senior management functions in sales, services, business development, and marketing. Through his experience at AWS, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Huawei, and Ingram, Andreas has gained a very good insight in several industries and diverse cultural leadership contexts.
Andreas holds a German business administration degree (Diplom-Betriebswirt, FH) from the University of Applied Sciences Cologne, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Lincoln, UK. Furthermore Andreas delivers lectures on leadership, organizational behavior, human resource management, digital business transformation, and innovation at several universities.
Green Flag Leadership
Unlocking people's natural capabilities
Are you going to drive business transformation? Are you going to grow your business and ensure sustainability? If your answer to these questions is yes it's worth looking into what's unlocking people's natural capabilities for leadership.
Leading is the job of all people. It is crucial to put people first. Green Flag Leadership focuses on how to lead efficiently and sustainably, and an understanding that leadership is actually everybody's job.
Self
Achieving happiness in life
Who are you? Why are you around? It is all about self-reflection and getting feedback to disclose your unknown potential. Mindset and behavior shapes your expectation for life. Disclosure leads to clarity:
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Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
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Interpersonal intelligence
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Socio-linguistics knowledge
Learn to experience self-mindfulness which is key for today's global leader. Focus on happiness.
Unlocking connections
Relations
Connectedness leads to caring and daring of others which is fundamental for a trusted relationship. To get connected, active listening and reframing are crucial. And this takes time. If not done, you will rush and tend to quick thinking. Unlearn to leverage unconscious biases on rational and emotional level:
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Asking questions
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Understanding expectations
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Practicing non-violence & resilience
Learn to unlearn quick thinking, which is key for today's global leader. Focus on connectedness.
Gaining greater experience
Interaction
Dynamics and uncertainty are increasing. Today’s leaders need to perceive and understand the dynamics of interaction while being conscious of the environment. Shifts in interaction dynamics of teams must be anticipated, e.g. cultural differences due to industry, function, gender and personality traits:
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Using the full repertoire
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Bonding communication
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Taking action and building momentum
Learn to enhance your leadership impact, which is key for today's global leader. Focus on playing hard to win.
What others say about Andreas
Testimonials
BUSINESS
LEADERS
I have worked with Andreas for several years at HDS and in the Management Team. He's excellent to work with, holds great credibility with customers, his colleagues and is extremely expert in the field of Services and Consulting. He has reshaped the Services Team to excellence within in regards to the changing markets.
Jürgen Krebs
CTO, Central Region
Hitachi, Germany
I worked with Andreas in several international projects, specifically in the enterprise area. Andreas shows an outstanding understanding of business applications in Cloud and DC's while being highly customer-focused with rapid and professional responsibility. He has great sales and technical skills in the areas of storage and cloud with a large enterprise focus. It is a pleasure to work with Andreas. I can highly recommend him as a strong digital leader.
Tommy Ge
General Manager of Alibaba Cloud DACH,
Eastern Europe & Netherlands
Alibaba, Germany
ACADEMIC
CHAIRS
I can highly recommend Andreas as a strong digital leader, with a rare and deep knowledge of the technology and business aspects of digital disruption.
Michael Wade
Professor & Cisco Chair
in Digital Business Transformation
IMD, Switzerland
Andreas is a great connector and was able to contribute to a new initiative of Maastricht University by his engagement. I met him during a conference where he presented a strong HR case in IT. We then were able to share views and built -in no-time- a common understanding of our new campus idea.
Jos Lemmink
Professor & BISS Chair
Maastricht University, Netherlands
DIGITAL
NATIVES
Andreas is a great and visionary lecturer. I can highly recommend to attend in his EMBA class about Digital Leadership. He is a fantastic person and I am glad to be connected.
Ebru Niemeyer
Senior Consultant
Continental, Germany
I had a chance to do case studies with Andreas at Furtwangen University (HFU) during my MBA studies and it was a great deal of fun and an opportunity to learn many new interesting things. He is a great teacher, who can definitely keep your attention. Thank you, Andreas for passing on your knowledge and positivism!