Jakob Schulze-Manager Change & Leadership Development
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Experience
Change Advisor (part-time)
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
- Building company-wide change methods
- Designing an overarching transformation project
- Transformation coaching for managers and employees (ongoing)
HR & Organizational Development Specialist (interim, part-time)
ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice
- Leadership development
- Strategic workforce and succession planning
- Talent and skills management
- Organizing trainings and coaching sessions
HR Manager Personnel Development (part-time)
pfm medical AG
- Running and further developing personnel development conferences
- Facilitating leadership workshops and team development sessions
- Organizing trainings and coaching sessions; personnel diagnostics (ACs & BIP)
- Expanding the agile mindset across the organization
Independent HR and Organizational Development Consultant
Der Unternehmenscoach Change|Leadership|Talent
- Supporting business change processes
- Building strategic talent management and feedback systems
- Workshop facilitation at management level
- Establishing strong team and leadership structures
- Leadership training, team training, and junior staff development
- Coaching, partly with the Management Drives system
Advisor for Strategic HR and Organizational Development
Stadtwerke Düren GmbH
- Designing and supporting the change program "Unsere neue SWD": leadership development, improving collaboration and processes
- Developing and running an employee survey
Head of Personnel Development
EWR GmbH
- Building a strategic personnel development function
- Introducing leadership feedback/employee appraisals
- Coordinating occupational health management
- Training manager
Consultant and Trainer
PTA Praxis für teamorientierte Arbeitsgestaltung GmbH
- Introducing teamwork, process support and team development
- Training & development programs for specialists and managers
- Competency models, 360° feedback and potential analyses
- Planning and running seminars and workshops
- Designing target agreements/compensation systems
Industry experience
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Experienced in Professional Services, Utilities, Healthcare, Automotive, and Government and Administration.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Human Resources and Project Management.
Summary
I stand for pragmatic and psychologically sound approaches with immediate value that keep the strategic direction in mind and make the culture changes we want to achieve over time tangible. Let’s start together where things are really urgent for you and create sustainable change - in change processes, leadership development, and team coaching.
Skills
- Change Management & Transformation
- Organizational Development
- Leadership Development
- Talent Management
- Team Development
- Business Coaching
- Workshop Facilitation
- Communication Training & Soft Skills
Languages
Education
University of California at Santa Cruz
Psychology · Santa Cruz, United States
University of Freiburg
Diploma · Psychology · Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany · 1.6
G.-Chr.-Lichtenberg Comprehensive School
Abitur · General education · Göttingen, Germany · 1.7
Certifications & licenses
Certified Partner of Management Drives
Management Drives
Trainer Training (DVNLP)
Tom Andreas, Cologne & ifapp, Berlin
Training in Personality Diagnostics BIP
NLP Master (DVNLP)
Tom Andreas, Cologne
NLP Practitioner (DVNLP)
Tom Andreas, Cologne
Part-time advanced training in systemic organizational development
oezpa, Erftstadt
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Jakob is based in Cologne, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Jakob speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).
Jakob has at least 24 years of experience. During this time, Jakob has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 4 years and 6 months. Note that Jakob may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Jakob would be well-suited for roles such as: Change Advisor (part-time), HR & Organizational Development Specialist (interim, part-time), HR Manager Personnel Development (part-time).
Jakob's most recent position is Change Advisor (part-time) at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
In recent years, Jakob has worked for Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG and Der Unternehmenscoach Change|Leadership|Talent.
Jakob is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Utilities, and Healthcare. Jakob also has some experience in Automotive and Government and Administration.
Jakob is most experienced in business areas like Human Resources and Project Management.
Jakob has recently worked in industries like Professional Services and Automotive.
Jakob has recently worked in business areas like Human Resources and Project Management.
Jakob holds a Master in Psychology from University of Freiburg and a Bachelor in Psychology from University of California at Santa Cruz.
Jakob has 6 certificates. Among them, these include: Certified Partner of Management Drives, Trainer Training (DVNLP), and Training in Personality Diagnostics BIP.
Jakob is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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