Leadership

Leadership is also intelligent management. And much more, too. Because people cannot be managed if they don’t want to be. Leaders therefore need to win the confidence of their staff and to convince them to want to commit themselves.

This can be achieved if the leaders are aware of their responsibility for their duties and their staff and have the courage to take on this responsibility. If they are confident enough to demand a certain level of performance from their staff and to support them in achieving that level. If they communicate actively and openly with their staff, are honest and reliable and show their staff respect and concern, even and especially if things are not going as well as they should. And if they take the time to reflect on what they are doing.

We support leaders with a comprehensive range of offers:

• Leadership coaching
  We assist leaders in defining their role and in bringing their potential to life, as well as in broadening their range of behaviours and styles.

• Leadership development programs
  We design customised leadership training in cooperation with our clients, and we also facilitate training courses that have been designed by our clients: geared to the current requirements of the organisation, with the greatest possible sustainability, at all management levels, of varying length and intensity, and in all sectors.
  We also offer training on individual topics, such as communication, dealing with conflicts, presentations, meeting techniques, entrepreneurial thinking.

• Leadership tools
  We provide support in the development of management tools, for example in the development, improvement, and introduction of qualification systems or in the introduction of integrated management systems.

Markus Kaiser

onion: werkplatz gmbh

«I have learned, and I am fully convinced of the fact, that as human beings it is in our nature to grow. For if we cease growing, we are either at dying or being suffocated.» Virginia Satir, 1916–1988

The content of this statement has deeply affected me. In my opinion it applies equally well to individuals and teams as to organisations. Throughout my work I do my best to encourage this growth, this kind of development.

Professional background

• Independent coach and consultant for personal, management and organisational development in Baden since 1998; partner in onion: Consultancy Network since 2000
• coach and consultant for personal and management development at Swissair (1993-1998)
• professional and career consultant at the Berufsberatung Lenzburg; co-director (1985-1993)

Educational background

• M.Sc. in organisational development, University of Klagenfurt, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research and Further Education, Vienna, 2006
• Course in integrative therapy, gestalt therapy and fostering of creativity (Fritz Perls Institute, Düsseldorf), 1996
• Swiss Higher Diploma in Human Resources from the School of Business and Administration, Olten, 1994
• Course in client-centered therapy, Swiss Association for the person centered approach, 1988
• Diploma in psychology (Institute of Applied Psychology IAP), careers advisor 1986
• Apprenticeship as Mechanical engineer

Miscellaneous information

Member of:
Forum für Organisationsentwicklung, www.oe-forum.ch

Joint projects with:
Nadia Omar, Communications Consultant, www.nomkom.ch

Further important links: www.yogabaden.ch, www.sac-pizterri.ch