Business coaching for companies and private individuals
Target group l Occasions l Contents I Attitude I Role of the coach I Benefits l Methods l Procedure l FAQ l Contact person
Our business coaching is aimed at people in professional roles with responsibility who act in complex organizational contexts. Whether you are a manager, entrepreneur, project manager or specialist, you are challenged daily in dealing with decisions, communication and change. Uncertainty, conflicts or high levels of stress are often just as much a part of everyday life as clarifying roles and expectations.
At Coachingwerk, we don’t look at your concerns and challenges in isolation, but in the interplay between people, tasks, teams, organizations and environments. Systemic business coaching makes relationship dynamics visible, connections understandable and new solutions tangible. We offer you a structured and protected framework. Here you can reflect on your practice, gain clarity and develop perspectives and concrete options for action. The aim is to consciously and effectively shape and fulfill your role.
Who is our business coaching suitable for?
Our business coaching is aimed at people in professional roles with responsibility – as well as companies and personnel developers who want to strengthen their specialists and managers in a targeted manner. We also provide professional support for private individuals in challenging professional situations.
With our offer we support in particular
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Managers at different levels
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Managing directors
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Specialists and project managers
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International specialists and managers
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People in new roles or with expanded areas of responsibility
Business coaching is suitable for you if you want to reflect on your professional actions, shape them more consciously and align your role in the company more clearly.
Typical occasions for business coaching
We support specialists and managers with our business coaching at Coachingwerk in a wide range of professional situations. In executive coaching, we work on additional issues that are directly linked to roles and responsibilities.
Occasions in business coaching
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Dealing with uncertainty and permanent change
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Clarification of roles, responsibilities and cooperation within the team
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Dealing with conflicts in the team or in the organization
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Preparation of important decisions
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Dealing with peak workloads, stress and exhaustion
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Desire for more resilience
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Reintegration after a career break
Occasions in management coaching
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Taking on a new leadership role
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Reflection on your own leadership or communication practice
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Support for change processes
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Employee development and junior managers
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Leadership and collaboration in agile or self-organized structures
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Leading international or virtual teams
We consider each issue in its organizational and professional context and clarify it individually with you.
In a non-binding initial consultation, you have the opportunity to get to know your coach, describe your concerns and clarify any unanswered questions.
What does our business coaching include?
Business coaching at Coachingwerk is a structured and clearly defined support process with a clear professional focus. Your specific concerns are at the center. Together, we make connections visible, broaden perspectives and develop viable options for action for your day-to-day work.
We work in a confidential and protected environment. In dialogue, we specify your issues, work on them systematically and consistently align the process with your professional situation and the framework conditions of your organization.
Resilience, agile leadership and dealing with change
Dynamism, uncertainty and constant change characterize many work contexts today. Accordingly, specialists and managers frequently deal with three topics in business coaching: Resilience, agile and flexible leadership and consciously dealing with change.
Strengthen resilience
Resilience is the ability to remain capable of acting even under pressure, in complex situations or during stressful phases. In coaching, we reflect together:
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how to deal with stress, time pressure and conflicting expectations
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which inner patterns become effective in challenging situations
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how to develop stability and professional resilience
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how to stay present, clear and decisive – even in challenging situations
Shaping agile leadership
Agile leadership describes the conscious shaping of collaboration in agile, networked and often contradictory organizational contexts. In coaching, we work on issues such as
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How to provide orientation without leading with rigid guidelines
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how responsibility, self-organization and leadership interact
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how to create clarity and reliability in dynamic structures
Facing change and uncertainty with confidence
Change processes, reorganizations or new roles often bring with them uncertainty. We support you in actively shaping these phases instead of just reacting to them. Together, we clarify which attitude, communication and decisions make sense in your specific context.
We always consider resilience, agile leadership and dealing with change in relation to your role, your working environment and your organization. In this way, we combine personal stability with structural understanding – as a basis for effective action in everyday professional life.
Our understanding of business coaching and development
We work on the basis of a systemic understanding of organizations and cooperation. We see people as willing to learn, able to act and develop, with existing resources that can become effective within the right framework. We view behavior in the context of roles, expectations and interactions. Instead of looking for simple causes, we focus on relationships, patterns and their function in the system.
In our view, development comes about through clarification, reflection and new perspectives. We work with hypotheses rather than diagnoses and invite you to perceive and try out differences. We do not evaluate, we do not prescribe solutions, but allow self-control. At Coachingwerk, we create a space in which complexity can be organized, patterns recognized and new paths developed – respectfully, clearly, at eye level.
Our role as systemic business coaches
In business coaching, we take on the role of a structured, impartial and approachable discussion partner. We set the appropriate framework for the coaching process. Through targeted questions and interventions, we support you in developing suitable options for action without giving advice or prescribing decisions.
We support you in this,
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Clarify your specific concerns
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make recurring patterns visible
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to include different perspectives
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develop sustainable solutions
Our work is characterized by many years of experience in supporting specialists and managers, teams and organizations. We work with you to design a process that enables you to find your own solutions and anchor them in the long term.
What you take away from our business coaching
Our business coaching supports you in ensuring that you:
Our business coaching supports you in ensuring that you:
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appear more clearly and act coherently in your role
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make sustainable, well-founded decisions
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Managing conflicts constructively and with attitude
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Develop new, effective options for action
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Maintain an overview even in complex situations
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Remain capable of acting and in balance under pressure
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Shaping change actively and confidently
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Provide clear leadership, security and orientation
The focus is on a clear understanding of your role, your impact and the organizational context – as a basis for confident, effective action in everyday life.
Methods and interventions in business coaching
At Coachingwerk, we work with proven systemic methods, including
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Clarification of roles and tasks
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Systemic questioning techniques
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Structured reflection discussions on specific situations
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Change of perspective, context analysis
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Resource activation, solution orientation
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cognitive, visual, artistic, physically active methods
We use the methods according to the situation and tailor them to your individual needs.
Procedure and general conditions
Our business coaching is an individually tailored development process. We typically accompany our clients over a period of 3 to 10 weeks to several months. A coaching process usually comprises 3 to 10 sessions. A single session usually lasts 60 to 120 minutes. Coaching takes place in a 1:1 setting – in person or online.
Preparation
After a free, no-obligation introductory meeting, we decide together whether and how we would like to work together. We start the coaching process with your positive feedback.
The first step is to clarify the assignment. In the first session, we clarify your concerns, your objectives and the framework conditions for the collaboration. We specify your questions and agree on the scope, duration and setting.
Depending on the context, we involve relevant parties in the clarification of the assignment. The client may be you, your manager or your company’s HR department. In this way, we create transparency, clarity and a sustainable basis for the rest of the process right from the start.
Implementation
The sessions are structured. Concerns are reflected upon, connections are made visible and next steps are developed. Between sessions, we support the transfer to everyday working life through reflection and exercises to apply the newly developed options for action.
- Goal definition: from the problem to the desired future
- System analysis: behavior in the context of role, expectations, relationships, rules
- Pattern and hypothesis work: function of the problem in the system
- Activating resources: harnessing existing skills
- Solution development and experiments: testing small behavioral changes
- Transfer: Reflect on implementation based on real reactions of the system
Conclusion, evaluation and follow-up
Key findings and agreed steps are secured, the achievement of objectives is reviewed and awareness of what has been learned is raised.
Relapse strategies and independent further work without a coach are prepared. If necessary, we will coordinate further appointments or adjustments.
Contact us: Your next step
If you would like to reflect on and develop your professional concerns as part of a business coaching session, we cordially invite you to a non-binding initial meeting via video call or in person.
You will get to know your potential coach personally, describe your current concerns and clarify your goals. Together we will discuss what coaching could look like in concrete terms and what the next steps should be. If you wish, we can arrange up to three non-binding initial meetings with different coaches from the Coachingwerk. This allows you to find the person who is best suited to your concerns and your way of working.
For HR managers who are looking for several coaches for their coaching pool, we appoint a fixed contact person. This person coordinates the process and clarifies all further steps reliably and transparently.
FAQ – Frequently asked questions about business coaching
What distinguishes business coaching from personal and career coaching?
Business coaching at Coachingwerk focuses on professional roles, management tasks and operational and structural contexts in the current specific work context.
What distinguishes business coaching from consulting?
In systemic coaching, solutions arise from reflection, a change of perspective and existing resources – the coach controls the process, not the result. Consulting, on the other hand, provides professional assessments and specific recommendations. The aim of coaching is self-direction, not the adoption of an external solution.
Is business coaching only suitable for managers?
No. It is aimed at all people with professional responsibility; specialists and project managers or the self-employed, even without a disciplinary management role.
What topics can be dealt with in coaching?
For example, role clarification, decision-making issues, conflicts, change processes, stress management, resilience or leadership issues.
How long does a coaching process take?
The scope is agreed individually. As a rule, coaching comprises 3-10 sessions over a period of 3 to 10 weeks up to several months. A single session usually lasts 60 to 120 minutes.
Where does the face-to-face coaching take place?
On the premises of the Coachingwerk at Hansaring 61, 50670 Cologne, in Frechen, Kerpen or by appointment at your company location.
Who is involved in clarifying the order and who is the client?
The client can be you or – depending on the context – your manager or HR department. If necessary, we involve all relevant parties in the clarification of the assignment in order to create transparency and a clear common basis from the outset.
Is confidentiality guaranteed?
Yes, business coaching at Coachingwerk takes place in a protected and confidential environment.
Your contact for business and executive coaching
Certified systemic coach and PERMA-Lead® consultant
Claudia Hamm supports managers and management teams in complex organizations. Her focus is on executive coaching, leadership coaching, leadership team development, communication and conflict resolution.
As a certified PERMA-Lead® consultant (Positive Leadership) and systemic coach, she combines a scientific foundation with many years of experience in leadership, teaching and organizational contexts. She supports managers in clearly shaping their roles, responsibilities and decision-making processes and in developing an authentic leadership identity.
In her work, she places particular emphasis on analytical clarity, structured process design and a strength-oriented approach. This creates commitment, decision-making ability and sustainable cooperation – even under complex conditions.