Profile Steffen Neiß
Core competence: Coaching, training (leadership, change management, conflict management), team coaching / team development / crisis intervention, training programs for consultants (social and change competence); consulting (change projects); change project architectures
Steffen Neiß has been a consultant, coach, trainer and supporter to executives, teams and employees since 1993. He specialises in initiating internal and external change processes and in providing consistent support when implementing the resulting consequences in everyday life - for individuals and also in organisations. His considerable empathy when dealing with people paired with profound knowledge in psychological and business correlations make him a competent, genial and clear contact partner and supporter for members of top management and executives just as much as for teams and employees.
After completing an apprenticeship at a bank and graduating from university, Stefan Neiß gained several years of experience as an industrial executive. Five years of working as a consultant (at a McKinsey spin-off) were supplemented by the continuous development of his career as a consultant, coach and personality, communication and executive trainer - a career that now spans over 20 years.
He also brings in relevant know-how acquired in several years of training and further education in various fields of therapy. He is able to conduct his training courses in fluent Dutch and English.
As the CEO of a consulting firm, he headed a team of approximately 50 employees over a period of almost eight years. Steffen Neiß is a founder and Managing Partner of ChangePartner AG and the team of around 40 consultants and trainers.
He has been married to his wife Constanze since 1987; they have two children. Steffen Neiß has made his hobby (people) his job and he is also a passionate yachtsman, golfer and musician.
Personal information
Date of birth: 10.03.1961
Family status: married, 2 children
Educational background:
- University-entrance high school diploma, classical high school
- Bank apprenticeship / qualified bank clerk
- Degree in Business Administration in Berlin and Bayreuth / MBA
- Systemic coaching (Hans Jellouschek)
- Systemic consulting – Master certificate (D - Professio/Balling)
- Vision work (USA - Foster/Little, Schmidt)
- Mental trainer (CH - Tepperwein)
- Certified Dolphin-Strategy® trainer (USA - Lynch/Kordis)
- Additional psychotherapeutic training programme in traumatic short-term therapy at IAK (CH – according to Fischer/Hofmann)
- Systemic family therapy (D - Hellinger, Mayer)
- Constellation work for organisations and family systems (D/CH - Mayer, Hellinger, Harlacher)
- Minimum factor focused management strategy (D - Mewes)
- NLP – neuro-linguistic programming (D - Grochowiak)
Professional experience
- 1982 – 1983 Investment consulting, Dresdner Bank AG, Berlin
- 1988 – 1991 Head of corporate planning at a large middle-market enterprise in the metal industry, responsible for personnel
- 1991 – 1993 Management consultant; involved in establishing a consulting company (a McKinsey spin-off)
- 1997 – 2004 Responsible for the operations of a large middle-market consulting and training enterprise – finally as the Director of a public limited company
- Since 1993 At the same time also a freelance trainer, consultant and coach (international background) focussing on the areas of change, coaching, leadership, team development, qualification of internal consultants and assistance in integrated corporate development projects
- Since 2006 Founder and managing partner with ChangePartner AG
Consulting and training experience
- 1986 to the present Training and consulting on a regular basis in Switzerland, Austria and Germany
- 1991 – 1993 Consultant in the classical field of management consulting (organisation, controlling, scenario-models, investment analysis, reorganisation projects, market studies, etc.)
- Since 1993 Personality, leadership and team trainer; coach
- Since 1993 Quest-of-vision seminars in D, CH and A
- Since 2000 Couple and relationship coaching, in cooperation with Constanze Neiß among others
- Individual coaching (personality coaching)
- Situational management workshops (change management, team), support for management teams
- Change management consulting (concepts for integrated change projects)
- Design and realisation of training programmes for consultants
- Leadership training and executive development
- Team training and team development
- Trainer and consultant supervision
- Communication and Dolphin Strategy® training courses
Languages
German, Dutch, English
Experience with clients and projects
- Automotive: Audi Technische Entwicklung Ingolstadt, BorgWarner Turbo Systems Kirchheimbolanden, Dana Corporation Automotive, Formel D GmbH; WOCO Unternehmensgruppe Bad Soden-Salmünster, SIKA GmbH Stuttgart
- Industry: Siemens ICN Division, Munich, Siemens TS Division, Munich, Siemens VDO, R. Stahl AG Waldenburg, Schwan-Stabilo Heroldsberg, Merck Serono S.A. Geneva, Grünenthal Pharma GmbH Aachen, Hexal AG (Sandoz) Oberhaching, Sanofi Aventis Frankfurt/M, Herrenknecht AG Schwanau, Imaje Group France, Mercedes AMG GmbH Affalterbach, Rau Arabella Geislingen, Philips Automotive Wetzlar, Benteler Handelsgesellschaft Kaarst, Bohrtech GmbH Alsdorf, Döhler GmbH Darmstadt, KS Gleitlager GmbH Leon-Rot, Schott AG Mainz, Klöckner Stahl- und Metallhandel Duisburg
- Services: FIDUCIA IT AG Karlsruhe, Anterist & Schneider Saarbrücken (Schenker Group), ExecuJet Aviation Zurich, Siemens Business Services (SBS) Munich, Corporate Express GmbH Stuttgart, GL Funds Zurich, MHP Mieschke, Hofmann & Partner Freiberg
- Commerce: Edeka Südwest Offenburg
- Other: Deutsche Bank 24 AG Bonn, German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology, Berlin, German Federal Economic Ministry, Berlin, city of Roslau