Services
Sparring & Enablement
Clarity for difficult decisions. Capabilities that stay in the company.
When decisions become difficult, we create clarity together, name the decisive questions and bring movement into stuck situations.
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- 1Question assumptionsAn independent view on difficult decisions.
- 2Clarify next stepsAddress tensions and develop practical ways forward.
- 3Continue independentlyChange should be able to continue without me.
I support executive boards, managers and project teams when important decisions are due, responsibilities are unclear or an initiative calls for new capabilities. I am direct on the substance and respectful towards the people. The aim is that you and your team can then continue working independently.
My sparring does not first ask how something feels, but what you will concretely change now. This requires that you want to look at your situation openly and take responsibility for the next steps.
When a collaboration makes sense
- The leadership team has different ideas about who decides what.
- An important decision is due and you want to think it through beforehand with an independent person.
- A team is to adopt new ways of working, for example agile methods, and needs support in practice to do so.
- After a project or a roll-out, the knowledge should stay in the company.
"I am tough on the issue – but not on the people. That is not a contradiction, that is respect."
Sparring, coaching, mentoring and support
- Sparring: critical reflection and preparation of decisions. I question assumptions and options.
- Coaching: I support you in developing your own solutions.
- Mentoring: I pass on experience from leadership and project practice.
- Support within the initiative: I work in an ongoing initiative and build capabilities in the team along the way.
This is sparring from leadership and project practice, not psychological counselling and not therapy.
Enablement on three levels
- Manager: prepare decisions, clarify role and responsibility.
- Team: practise ways of working together until they hold without support.
- Organisation: record decision rights, escalation and knowledge so that they last.
I have led teams of up to 25 people across several countries, in Switzerland, Vietnam and Portugal, and introduced agile methods as lived practice. I deliberately take cultural differences in communication and ways of working into account.
How I proceed
- Clarify the starting point and existing capabilities.
- Make decision-making and action patterns visible.
- Develop capabilities in practice.
- Hand over responsibility step by step.
- Review independence together.
How you recognise the impact
- Decisions are prepared and taken internally.
- Roles and escalation paths are clarified.
- Knowledge is recorded and available.
- The team continues working without constant external moderation.
How quickly this succeeds depends on the starting point. There is no guarantee.
Enablement in practice
The following examples show how guidance and enablement have been effective in different contexts.
Companies
Executive coaching during a scaling phase
In three months, CEO, CTO and CSO found the clarity on decision rights they had lacked for a very long time.
Read the storyNon-commercial engagement
Non-commercial engagementAgricultural enablement, Kenya
Multi-year project support for business model and marketing. Today the work is continued by the local team.
Read the storyNon-commercial engagementMatteson Mission College, Norway
Teaching entrepreneurship as an attitude — from a personal business idea to a pitch.
Read the storyFrom Job to Vocation
Personal orientation guidance for people in transitional phases.
Read the storySelected references
2025
Coaching – Public administration
Supporting the municipal administration with IT decisions and organisational alignment.
2017–2021
Team leadership & enablement – Large corporation
Agile leadership of an international team, 25 people, Switzerland, Vietnam, Portugal.
Should the change stay in the company?
In a first conversation, we clarify what it is about and whether sparring or enablement is the right support.
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Often combined with other services
In my experience, many engagements start with one question and grow into adjacent topics. These services are particularly often combined:
HR & Recruitment
Effective teams start with clearly defined roles. Once tasks and competencies are clear, enablement can focus where it is needed.
Learn more about HR & RecruitmentProject Management
Sparring and enablement have the greatest effect in real project life. Support during a live initiative makes leadership and collaboration immediately tangible.
Learn more about Project ManagementDigital Transformation
I support difficult digitalisation decisions and connect technical possibilities with organisational requirements and concrete next steps.
Learn more about Digital Transformation