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SeminarPartner is a network, not a payroll. We match the person to the task rather than sending whoever happens to be free — which is why a leadership program, a sales training and an executive coaching engagement rarely involve the same face.

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Portrait of Marcel Szenessy

Marcel Szenessy

Author · Speaker · Coach · Founder

What I stand for
I work with people on developing inner clarity — about what they stand for, how they want to come across, and how to stay effective under pressure. Out of that come clear decisions, strategic communication and assured action in demanding situations.
What concretely changes
  • Thinking and complex material become clearly structured
  • Messages are formulated precisely, understandably and convincingly
  • Presence becomes more assured — internally, with clients and towards senior stakeholders
  • Conversations are led more actively, with more clarity, presence and impact
Experience & expertise
  • More than 30 years of training and coaching in consulting and leadership environments
  • Leadership programs for senior managers, directors and partners
  • Developed and delivered international leadership, communication and negotiation programs in 25 countries
  • Training for international organizations and corporations in 25 countries, including Mercedes-Benz, Lufthansa, Deutsche Bank, VW, P&G, Puma and Duke Corporate Education
Methods
  • Systemic work (FIRO-B, system dynamics)
  • Communication models (MBTI, DISC, Insights Discovery)
  • NLP Master & Trainer · 360° feedback · Leadership Circle Profile
Languages
English, German; coaching also in Spanish
My approach
  • Focus on thinking structure, clarity and language — less theory, more application
  • Direct, concrete feedback. The measure is simple: effective or not effective
Publication
Author of the management bestseller “You Are Not Stuck! You Are READY!”
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Anke Petratschek

Training & Consulting

What I stand for
I support people in shaping their communication clearly, in a structured way and effectively — in everyday working life as much as in demanding situations.
What concretely changes
  • Clarity emerges — in thinking and in speaking
  • Conversations become more open and more constructive
  • Even difficult topics are given room and structure
Experience & expertise
  • More than 30 years of training and coaching in consulting environments
  • Leadership and project management programs, including TRUMPF
  • Training for international organizations and corporations, including FUNKE, MHP and BMW
Methods
  • Communication models (MBTI, DISC, Insights Discovery, Schulz von Thun)
  • Certified trainer for various business simulations (Tango, projectivity and others)
Languages
German
My approach
  • I work directly on real situations — less on theoretical examples
  • Pragmatic, structured, with an eye for what actually works
  • Appreciative and clear at the same time
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Birgit Kieslich

Sales Coach · Trainer · Consultant

What I stand for
I open up space, encourage people and build foundations for individual development and effective communication with clients. My clients overcome hurdles and celebrate successes they did not think possible.
What concretely changes
  • Clarity about personal strengths, role, attitude and impact
  • Confident, assured presence with clients, even under pressure
  • More conscious collaboration in the team, and enjoyment in winning business
Experience & expertise
  • 15+ years of training, coaching and consulting as an independent trainer, developing her own hybrid learning and coaching formats focused on client communication, motivation and self-management
  • 20+ years of consulting and leadership experience in international companies (Corbis, Wunderman, Ericsson, WIBERA/PwC and others)
  • Speaker at congresses, trade fairs and networking events
  • Diplom-Betriebswirtin (BA)
Methods
  • Limbic Map (Hans-Georg Häusel)
  • Situational Leadership (Ken Blanchard)
  • Social Media Manager (IHK), Trainer (IHK)
  • Quality officer and auditor (DGQ)
Languages
German, English
My approach
  • Interactive and practical — intensive exchange rather than lecturing
  • Every encounter, every interaction offers a chance and an insight
  • Everyone's route to the goal is individual and may be shaped
  • Values-based action as the red thread
  • Anyone can learn to sell: kiss the acquisition frog
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Björn Hammerling

Consultant · Trainer · Business Coach

What I stand for
I stand for training from practice, for practice. Applicability in everyday working life comes first, and it is taught with a great deal of enjoyment and energy.
What concretely changes
  • Clarity about your own strengths, presence and impact
  • Precise, convincing and benefit-oriented communication
  • Negotiations and conflict conversations are led with more assurance and purpose
Experience & expertise
  • More than 20 years of experience in sales in international companies
  • More than 16 years delivering sales and leadership training as well as consulting
  • More than 16 years as a systemic coach with a focus on executive coaching
  • Training for international organizations and corporations in more than 15 countries, including Bayer, BOSCH, Evonik, GEA, Lanxess, Lufthansa Cargo, Rodenstock, TÜV Rheinland and Volkswagen
Methods
  • Trainer qualification and systemic coach (dvct, ECA)
  • Communication and preference models (MBTI, Insights, MSA, HDBI)
  • Neuroenergetics trainer and TaiChi teacher
Languages
German, English, Portuguese
My approach
  • Practice-oriented learning, anchored in everyday business
  • Concrete, development-oriented feedback
  • Focus on authenticity and impact
  • Building resilience through TaiChi and Qi Gong
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Portrait of Britta Scholz

Britta Scholz

Business Coach · Facilitator · Consultant

What I stand for
I support teams, individuals and organizations in unfolding their full potential — through inner clarity, effective self-leadership and lasting change.
What concretely changes
  • Clarity about personal strengths, role, attitude and impact
  • Precise, convincing communication, including in complex situations
  • Composure in dealing with pressure, conflict and change
Experience & expertise
  • 18 years of experience in international companies in sales and marketing
  • More than 17 years accompanying organizations and individuals through change processes
  • Leadership programs for senior managers, directors and partners, including PwC
  • Long-standing work on development programs for young leaders (focus groups, self-leadership, presence)
Methods
  • Neuroleadership Institute NY (Executive and Team Coach)
  • Communication and preference models (e.g. StrengthsFinder, Insights Discovery)
  • Resilience trainer (Resilienz Akademie Göttingen), EQ-based methods
Languages
English, German
My approach
  • Change begins on the inside — impact shows on the outside
  • Clarity before complexity
  • Increasing self-efficacy through reflection and a focus on strengths
  • Lasting results through strengthened personal resilience
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Cathrin Scholz

Trainer · Mentor · Speaker · Business Coach

What I stand for
I help people recognize their strengths, gain clarity about their “why” and unfold their potential effectively. I stand for development with heart — values-based, strengths-oriented and with passion.
What concretely changes
  • People gain clarity about their strengths, values and own motivation
  • Teams work together more efficiently, with more trust and more focus on strengths
  • Decisions become clearer, communication more conscious and leadership more authentic
Experience & expertise
  • More than 20 years of international management and leadership experience at IKEA, including 10 years as General Manager / Market Manager
  • Responsibility for large teams, recruiting, people development and change processes
  • Trainer, speaker and mentor for personal development, leadership and team dynamics
  • International experience in Germany and today working location-independently from Hua Hin, Thailand
Methods
  • GALLUP® CliftonStrengths Coaching & Training
  • Big Five for Life Mentoring
  • Business Coaching
  • Nonviolent Communication
  • LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
Languages
German, English
My approach
  • “Paths are made by walking them.” — Franz Kafka
  • I love living my Big Five for Life: help people GROW & SHINE
Publication
Podcast “Liebe das Leben — unser Inspirationspodcast”
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Portrait of Claudia Eben

Claudia Eben

Trainer · Coach · Mindfulness teacher

What I stand for
I support people in developing genuine inner security and an assured presence. My goal is for leaders and teams to act with clarity and warmth, so that they reach their goals sustainably.
What concretely changes
  • Self-confidence increases significantly and measurably
  • Presence and impact become more authentic and more convincing
  • Self-perception and communication gain clarity
Experience & expertise
  • More than 25 years of bringing people into their full stature
  • Independent trainer for international corporations since 2005, including Puma, IKEA, Lufthansa and Porsche
  • Long-standing experience in people development and training design
  • Projects delivered in 24 countries with more than 17,000 participants
Methods
  • Systemic work: full ORSC training, IFS Coach
  • Certifications: PCC (ICF), Leadership Circle Profile, MBTI, IFS
  • Background: M.A. in Economics (Psychology)
Languages
English, German
My approach
  • Analytical sharpness paired with human warmth
  • Focus on direct application and individual potential rather than pure theory
  • Real growth in a safe, trusting space
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Falko Giese

Business psychologist · Trainer for effective communication and collaboration

What I stand for
I work with people on showing themselves clearly — rather than hiding behind roles or methods. Because impact does not come from technique, it comes from contact between people.
What concretely changes
  • Communication becomes clearer, more direct and more transparent
  • Dynamics in teams become visible, understandable and workable
  • Collaboration gains trust, clarity and genuine commitment
Experience & expertise
  • Trainer and coach in adult education since 2018
  • Focus on developing students, career entrants and emerging leaders
  • Training for organizations including the International University (IU), Institut für Wertekultur in der Wirtschaft, BSR, KlimaBildungszentrum and DKB
  • M.Sc. Business Psychology, NLP Trainer (DVNLP), Coach (to EASC standards)
Methods
  • Systemic-integrative approach (individual, relationship and context in interplay)
  • Experience-based learning and modern didactics
  • Communication and change models, including NLP, Spiral Dynamics and improvisational theatre
Languages
German, English
My approach
  • Focus on authenticity, presence and impact in contact
  • Experience-based learning rather than pure theory
  • Clear, direct and respectful at the same time in feedback
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Portrait of Jendrik Peters

Jendrik Peters

Entrepreneur · Trainer · Coach

What I stand for
I help teams shape their collaboration and unfold their potential. Systemic thinking, experience-based learning and intercultural competence from more than 30 countries help me do that.
What concretely changes
  • Collaboration in the team and organizational development
  • Unfolding potential and decision-making processes
  • Agile projects and leadership, experience-based learning
Experience & expertise
  • Founder of Kipaji gUG and DEVGETS UG
  • Trainer and coach for more than 15 years in over 30 countries
  • Lecturer at brand academy and coachingakademie
  • Systemic coach, mediator and organizational developer (DBVC-recognized)
Methods
  • B.A. Educational Science (FernUniversität Hagen)
  • Systemic coach and mediator (die coachingakademie)
  • Lumina Spark practitioner (Lumina Learning)
Languages
German, English, Kiswahili
My approach
  • Respectful, encouraging, experience-based and methodologically varied
Publication
„Kopf frei im Schulalltag!“ (AOL-Verlag, 2019) and „Lob dich selbst, wenn's schon kein anderer tut!“ (AOL-Verlag, 2017)
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Karin Verena Schwab

Executive Coach · Leadership Trainer · Team Facilitator

What I stand for
I support leaders, teams and organizations in developing clarity in their collaboration and staying effective in demanding situations. My work combines well-founded coaching and training methods with self-leadership, reflective capability and conscious communication. Out of that come clarity, shared direction and collaboration carried by trust and responsibility.
What concretely changes
  • Communication becomes clearer, more binding and more effective
  • Leaders, teams and specialists gain orientation in complex situations
  • Collaboration is shaped more consciously and differing perspectives are used constructively
  • The result is clearer decisions, stronger collaboration and lasting development
Experience & expertise
  • 15 years of experience in training, coaching and the development of leaders, teams and organizations
  • Design and delivery of training and workshops for leaders, teams and specialists
  • Executive coaching as well as accompanying team and organizational development
  • Facilitation of leadership offsites and group-dynamic development formats
Methods
  • ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
  • Certified Organizational Coach & Team Coaching
  • Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher
  • Systemic, solution-focused and development-oriented coaching
  • Mindfulness · team facilitation · emotional intelligence · communication · self-leadership
Languages
German / English (co-training)
My approach
  • My focus is on clarity, self-responsibility and effective collaboration in everyday working life
  • I work interactively and practically, with direct transfer into the working day
  • My aim is to create development spaces where reflection becomes possible, new perspectives emerge and collaboration is strengthened for the long term
  • I combine clarity and structure with the ability to make the dynamics behind collaboration visible
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Katharina Colle

Venture Specialist & Communication Trainer

What I stand for
I help my clients make their communication genuinely effective — as an interplay of clarity, metacognition and the goal of reaching win-win outcomes even in difficult conversations.
What concretely changes
  • Messages land clearly and convincingly, even under pressure
  • Presentations, negotiations and conflict conversations are handled with more assurance
  • Your own communication behavior is reflected on and changed for the long term
Experience & expertise
  • Communication trainer at SeminarPartner: presentation, negotiation, conflict and leadership communication
  • Independent coach alongside her main role — one-to-one coaching and seminars
  • Venture Specialist at Robert Bosch, with daily practice in negotiation and stakeholder communication
  • International project experience in industrial research and innovation management, including in India
Methods
  • Rational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (RE&KVT)
  • Socratic dialogue, NLP, Nonviolent Communication
  • Systemic work
Languages
German and English (business fluent)
My approach
  • Focus on direct feedback, reflection and peer coaching, so that change stays anchored in everyday work
  • Lasting follow-up through the use of AI-supported methods
  • Practical experience from an international industrial and research environment feeds in directly
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Kira Kerstin Fecher

Facilitator · Business Designer · Storytelling Strategist · Coach

What I stand for
I work at the intersection of strategy, structure and communication — so that complex material becomes clear messages with genuine resonance.
What concretely changes
  • Content is structured and translated into clear lines of argument
  • Complex matters are conveyed understandably and appropriately for the audience
  • Communication becomes more assured, clearer and more effective in everyday work
Experience & expertise
  • Training and workshops on clear communication and conveying complex content understandably
  • Work with clients including PUMA, Allianz, IKEA, DATEV, TÜV Rheinland, Strategy& and Stadtsparkasse München
  • Teaching in the field of storytelling (SCM School of Management, Intersectoral School of Governance)
Methods
  • Golden Circle · Design Thinking · LEGO® Serious Play® · Hero's Journey
  • Storytelling strategist · narrative organizational developer · stage storyteller
  • Business facilitator · solution-focused coach (ACC level)
Languages
German, English
My approach
  • Structure complex content and translate it into clear communication
  • Co-creation rather than lecturing: direct work on participants' own real cases
  • Clear, pragmatic tools for direct transfer into everyday work
Publication
Co-author of „Narrative Organisationsentwicklung — Ein Arbeitsbuch in Fallbeispielen“ (Springer Gabler)
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Marilyn Schröder

HR consulting · Team coaching · Lecturer

What I stand for
I stand for infectious joy in learning. For humanity — the way in to other people. And for self-reflection as part of your own emancipation.
What concretely changes
  • Joy and energy for your own learning process are strengthened
  • Your own communication style develops further
  • More lightness in how you show up
Experience & expertise
  • 20 years as an IKEA HR manager with responsibility for a market area
  • Further years of national responsibility for recruiting and employer branding at IKEA Germany
  • Independent with VALUE-VISION since 2021, working on values-oriented HR practice, advising leaders and HR professionals, team development and team coaching
  • Lecturer at Akademie Mode und Design Berlin for four years (leadership, HR management, agile working)
Methods
  • Deep understanding of leadership: 29 years leading IKEA people teams, collaborating across all levels
  • Team Management System accredited, PI (Predictive Index)
Languages
German (native), training also in English
My approach
  • From feeling to knowing and back again — bringing heart and mind together
  • Inspiration from beyond your own horizon
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Susann Patuschka

Trainer · Business Coach · Facilitator

What I stand for
What matters to me is that people discover and unfold their potential with joy — and through that act effectively and purposefully in communication and collaboration. Success grows out of awareness.
What concretely changes
  • Communication that is friendly and at the same time precise and purposeful
  • Composure through inner clarity and a settled sense of self-worth
  • Effective action based on a conscious relationship with your own strengths and sources of influence
Experience & expertise
  • More than 30 years of training and coaching in international settings (China, Czechia, India, Germany)
  • Leadership journeys for senior managers and executives (Bayer, VW)
  • Training for international organizations and corporations in 15 countries, including Volkswagen, ABN Amro, Deutsche Bank, Bayer and Duke Corporate Education
Methods
  • Systemic, solution-focused work (system dynamics)
  • Personality inventories and development tools (MBTI, DISC, Leadership Circle Profile)
  • International trainer competence (CEIBS), intercultural business communication
Languages
English, German
My approach
  • Joyful learning about your own strengths and possibilities of influence
  • Outer effectiveness through inner clarity
Publication
Co-author of „Schöne neue Arbeitswelt“, 2018
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Jörg Weisner

Business Coach · AI Navigator · Leadership & Communication Architect

What I stand for
I work with leaders to think clearly, communicate clearly and make clear decisions — in a working world where classic approaches increasingly reach their limits. I use AI as a tool, not as a topic, to think and act more clearly and faster.
What concretely changes
  • Thinking and communication become clear and precise faster
  • Decisions become more confident, even under uncertainty
  • AI gets used meaningfully and directly in daily work
Experience & expertise
  • 40+ years in consulting, coaching and training with more than 1,000 companies and 20,000 participants
  • Long-standing work with international organizations and consultancies
  • Leadership and communication programs from career entry to top management
Methods
  • Systemic work; communication and leadership models
  • AI-supported reflection and decision support
  • Simulation of conversations and critical situations
Languages
English, German
My approach
  • Clarity over complexity; application over theory
  • I work directly on real situations, not examples
  • Direct, clear feedback
  • A sparring partner at eye level — challenging, structured, solution-oriented
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Jennifer Claire Westholt

Business Coach · Leadership Trainer · Speaker · Entrepreneur

What I stand for
As a leader I run an international team across four countries, and as a business coach and management trainer I help leaders gain clarity, lead effectively and bring strategies to successful execution. My holistic approach delivers sustainable results, also in international and cross-cultural teams.
What concretely changes
  • Leaders gain confidence and a clearer view of their strengths
  • Communication and collaboration become more conscious and effective
  • Important decisions become easier through clarity about one's own values and priorities
Experience & expertise
  • Entrepreneur with four founded companies, including the non-profit Adesuwa e.V.
  • Lead coach in global leadership programs for international market leaders in pharmaceuticals and telecommunications
  • Developed innovative online and blended-learning programs for one of Europe's largest banks
Methods
  • Diploma in Education; Train-the-Trainer & Train-the-Virtual-Trainer (TTVT)
  • Deep practical expertise in strategy, leadership and change
  • TEDx speaker (“Change your perspective and you change the world”, 2022)
  • Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2023)
Languages
German and English (raised bilingual)
My approach
  • I combine strategic thinking with consistent execution
  • Through a systemic view, solution-oriented coaching and years of practice, I help leaders master challenges sustainably and unlock potential
  • Finding the decisive lever that enables real change
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Wilma Werner

Facilitator · Coach · People Enthusiast

What I stand for
I work with people to shape their impact consciously — clear, confident and energetic. When inner attitude, language and presence align, real presence emerges: convincing, committed and approachable.
What concretely changes
  • Presence becomes clearer and more confident, even in challenging situations
  • Messages become precise, vivid and convincing
  • People gain presence, assertiveness and authentic impact
Experience & expertise
  • Facilitator, trainer and coach for leaders and organizations
  • Focus on leadership, negotiation, presentation and poise
  • Experience in international events, training and live formats in German and English
  • Cross-industry work including Lufthansa, L'Oréal, Deutsche Bundesbank, GIRA, IKEA, Viessmann and Vonovia
Methods
  • Leadership development; negotiation strategies; storytelling
  • Facilitation; poise, body language and effective communication
Languages
German, English
My approach
  • Practical, direct and with tangible energy — less theory, more implementation
  • Clarity, impact and real presence at the center
  • Goal: bring people into their full effectiveness — authentic, powerful and convincing
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