Elisabeth H.-Interim HR Manager | Trainer & Keynote Speaker | Entrepreneur
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Experience
Interim Talent Acquisition
1000 Satellites
1000 Satellites (Coworking Space, Scale-up, 50–250 employees)
Support for a scale-up with up to 30 open positions, from defining job profiles and preparing offers through to negotiations
Coach / Keynote Speaker / HR Consultant
Various clients — including the Berlin Senate and the Berlin education sector
Executive coaching, keynote at the Berlin Senate, seminars at specialist conferences in the Berlin education sector, active sourcing assignments
Program Lead 'HR Expert'
Positive Consulting
Positive Consulting (own professional development program)
Training for HR professionals to become HR Business Partners; 3 cohorts completed to date
HR Business Partner (Interim)
UBENCH
UBENCH (Tech/Software, 50–250 employees)
Implementation of HR processes/tools, recruiting/active sourcing, employee life cycle (onboarding through offboarding), coaching and advising managers, collaboration with executive management/C-level
Consultant
ACG Camping GmbH / ADAC-Gruppe (PiNCAMP)
Evaluation of the recruiting process, including assessment of the interview process; development of an active sourcing strategy and recruiting funnel; advice on employer branding (social media/recruiting channels, internal employer marketing); evaluation of the feedback process and recommendations for employee development measures
HR Consultant
Flying Health
Advising the management on HR topics, responsibility for recruiting and employee satisfaction through employee discussions
Interim Head of HR
Event Inc Group
Event Inc Group (B2B event platform SaaS, 50–250 employees)
Building and restructuring the HR department, contract management and personnel administration, preparing HR metrics/reporting, facilitating workshops and trainings, strategic sparring partner for management/C-level, employee surveys and feedback processes
Interim Head of People & Culture
Digital Career Institute (DCI) gGmbH
Second assignment with the same client, similar focus as in 2019/2020: building/restructuring the department and managing the 3-person team
Trainer Network Coordinator
Digital Career Institute (DCI) gGmbH
Follow-up role resulting from the interim assignment: designing and coordinating soft skills courses delivered through the personal trainer network (up to 8 courses every Friday, each with two trainers); led directly to the personal training format 'HR Expert' (see above)
Interim Head of People & Culture
Digital Career Institute (DCI) gGmbH
Building/restructuring the department and managing an existing 3-person team; employee life cycle (onboarding to offboarding), contract management and personnel administration, introducing HR processes/tools, coaching and developing managers, collaboration with management/C-level, employer branding and corporate culture
HR Project Consultant
caresyntax GmbH
Administration of the Personio HR tool, preparation of employment references, advising the VP Human Relations
Positive Consulting
Positive Consulting — own agency, founded 04/2018, continuously active ever since.
Managing the company with a focus on keynotes/talks, one-on-one coaching for managers, training for groups/companies, and active sourcing; scaling including permanent employees (04/2021–11/2025), since then once again delivered through my own freelancer network.
Head of Human Resources
Lamundi GmbH
- Leading the HR department, including all processes
- Responsible for up to 3 employees and the HR budget
- Responsible for global HR initiatives
- Organizational development through the introduction of OKRs — result: clear global People & Culture strategy
- Close cooperation with country CEOs on cross-country initiatives
HR Executive
The Net Circle
- Leading the HR department, including all processes, with responsibility for 6 employees
- Transforming the department and supporting the change process together with the Regional Manager
- Introducing a learning culture using design thinking methods — result: bringing Eastern and Western cultures closer together and building bridges between the different cultures within the organization
HR Manager
Infoxel
- After an internship and language course, setting up the HR department, including all processes
- Establishing an internal training academy — 3-level program with various soft skills and gamification elements, integrated into the performance review process, presented at the international HR congress in Argentina
Helpling
Other clients of Positive Consulting (mostly training)
Panasonic
Other clients of Positive Consulting (mostly training)
Siemens Energy
Other clients of Positive Consulting (mostly training)
TELUS Health
Other clients of Positive Consulting (mostly training)
Tagesspiegel
Other clients of Positive Consulting (mostly training)
Industry experience
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Experienced in Professional Services, Education, Information Technology, Healthcare, Media and Entertainment, and Real Estate.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Human Resources, Project Management, and Marketing.
Summary
Interim HR Manager, trainer and entrepreneur with around 16 years of international leadership and transformation experience. Founder of Positive Consulting (since 04/2018, continuously active). Strategic sparring partner to CEOs and executive teams across the entire Full HR Circle — combined with her own training, coaching and keynote formats, as well as the development of her own freelancer network.
Skills
- Interim Management
- Talent Acquisition
- Full Hr Circle
- Change & Transformation Support
- Organizational Development
- Active Sourcing (Also Ai-Supported)
- Executive & Team Coaching
- Training Design
- Keynote Speaking
- Okrs
- Employee Life Cycle
- International Team Leadership (De, Cn, Ar)
It/Tool Skills
- Ats / Applicant Tracking: Personio, Workable, Recruitee
- Active Sourcing: Linkedin Recruiter
- Generative Ai In Everyday Hr Work: Chatgpt, Claude, Copilot
- Ms Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Google Workspace, Notion/Confluence, Slack/Ms Teams
Languages
Education
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Bachelor of Arts · Social Sciences · Oldenburg, Germany
Freie Universität Berlin
Democracy Education in School Development and Social Skills · Berlin, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Master of AI
Beraterin der Positiven Psychologie — Teams und Education
Lego Serious Play
Systemischer Personal- und Business-Coach
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Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Profile
Frequently asked questions
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Elisabeth is based in Berlin, Germany.
Elisabeth speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Advanced).
Elisabeth has at least 15 years of experience. During this time, Elisabeth has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 12 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year. Note that Elisabeth may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Elisabeth would be well-suited for roles such as: Interim Talent Acquisition, Coach / Keynote Speaker / HR Consultant, Program Lead 'HR Expert'.
Elisabeth's most recent position is Interim Talent Acquisition at 1000 Satellites.
In recent years, Elisabeth has worked for 1000 Satellites, Various clients — including the Berlin Senate and the Berlin education sector, Positive Consulting, UBENCH, and Flying Health.
Elisabeth is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Education, and Information Technology. Elisabeth also has some experience in Healthcare, Media and Entertainment, and Real Estate.
Elisabeth is most experienced in business areas like Human Resources, Project Management, and Marketing.
Elisabeth has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Information Technology, and Healthcare.
Elisabeth has recently worked in business areas like Human Resources and Project Management.
Elisabeth holds a Master in Democracy Education in School Development and Social Skills from Freie Universität Berlin and a Bachelor in Social Sciences from Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.
Elisabeth has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Master of AI, Beraterin der Positiven Psychologie — Teams und Education, and Lego Serious Play.
Elisabeth will be available part-time from October 2026.
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