Profil Steffen Neiß

Core competencies: Individual coaching, team coaching, leadership training, education programmes, change management

Steffen Neiß is an experienced coach, trainer and tutor to executives, teams and employees. His special area of expertise is initiating inner and external change. He can be relied upon to provide all necessary assistance in implementing the resulting consequences in everyday life (integration). He possesses great empathy paired with profound knowledge in psychology and business administration. These faculties position him as a competent, affectionate and intelligible person to approach for consultation and assistance, for members of top management and executives as well as for teams and employees.

After completing a bank traineeship and graduating from university, he gained experience as an industry executive for a number of years. Five years of working as a consultant (at a McKinsey spin-off) has been complemented by 13 years of training and coaching experience in the fields of personality training, communication training and training executives.

In addition, he draws on knowledge acquired in several years of training in various fields of therapy. He is able to conduct training, fluently in Dutch and English.

Since 1987, Steffen Neiß has been married to his wife Constanze; they have 2 children. Steffen Neiß has made his hobby (people) to his job. In addition, he is a passionate yachtsman, golfer and musician.

Personal information

Date of birth:
10.03.1961

Family status:
married, 2 children

Educational background:

• Abitur (high school diploma), graduated from a humanistically-oriented high-school
• Bank traineeship / bank clerk
• Studied business administration in Berlin and Bayreuth / degree: Diplom-Kaufmann (equivalent to a MBA)
• Systemic coaching (Hans Jellouschek)
• Systemic consulting – Master certificate (D - Professio/Balling)
• Vision Quest (USA - Foster/Little, Schmidt)
• Mental training (CH - Tepperwein)
• Certified Dolphin-Strategy® trainer (USA - Lynch/Kordis)
• Training in Traumatic Short-Term Therapy at IAK (CH – according to Fischer/Hofmann)
• Training in mental deconditioning and working with rituals (CH - Widmer)
• Systemic family therapy (D - Hellinger, Mayer)
• Family constellations (D/CH - Mayer, Hellinger, Harlacher)
• EKS strategy (Engpasskonzentrierte Managementstrategie) – a strategy designed to concentrate energy on the point of greatest impact (D - Mewes)
• NLP – neuro-linguistic programming (D - Grochowiak)

Professional experience

• 1982 – 1983, investment consulting, Dresdner Bank AG, Berlin
• 1986 to the present, training, coaching and consulting on a regular basis in Switzerland, Austria and Germany
• 1988 – 1991, management of corporate planning at a medium-sized company 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 operations of a medium-sized company involved in consultation and training services – last position occupied: member of the executive board (hso AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen).
• At the same time, since 1993, freelance trainer and coach focussing on the areas of coaching, leadership, team development, qualification of internal consultants and assistance of comprehensive company development projects.
• 1993 to date, founder and managing director of the Leaders Quest network
• Since 2006, founder and managing director of ChangePartner

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-modelling, investment analysis, reorganisation projects, marketing studies etc.)
• Since 1993, personality, leadership and team training; coach
• Since 1993, quest-of-visions seminars in D, CH and A
• Since 2000, partner and relationship coaching, in cooperation with Constanze Neiß among others
• Training and individual coaching (personality coaching)
• Design and realisation of training programmes for consultants
• Leadership training and executive development
• Team training and team development
• Training and consultant supervision
• Communication und Dolphin-Strategy® training
• Clients and project experience: Deutsche Bank 24 AG, WOCO-Unternehmensgruppe, Benteler AG, REFA-Association (Germany), RAU arabella, German Federal Ministry of Economics, Schott Glaswerke, German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology, Siemens AG, Siemens Business Services (SBS), Siemens VDO, Imaje Group, Georg Fischer Automotive, Grünenthal Pharma, and many more

Languages

• German, Dutch, English