Michaela Rau

For years, my own career followed the principle “higher and further”. Having arrived at an international management position, I had personnel responsibility, a lot of pressure and rather little fun at work. It took a while before I was able to admit to myself that I no longer wanted any leadership responsibility.

As this personal insight matured, I was also involved in extensive restructuring processes at the companies I worked for. The organizational changes had a considerable impact on the individual people in the organization, on their professional and private life and well-being.

In those times, my “home base” was communication. I have now been working in this field for more than 20 years. However, with my communicative tool box alone, I was not able to make progress with the change projects.

That’s why I finally completed my training as a coach, trainer and organizational developer. And so the path was finally clear for my great passion to accompany people in their personal and professional growth as a coach and consultant and to develop organizations holistically.

How do I define my career today? I now do the things that correspond to my personality. I am convinced of a humanistic approach believing that we, as autonomous persons, have the ability and desire for self-determination and self-realization.

At the same time, I know from experience about the realities, structures and mechanisms in medium-sized companies and international corporations with a matrix organization, and I know how significant the influence of the respective corporate culture can be. I therefore pay special attention to the interrelationships of my clients (e.g. with colleagues) during the coaching process.

It is a pleasure for me to accompany people on the basis of these experiences principles for a period of their life, giving them an unbiased, respectful, appreciative, safe and also fun space so that they can let go of the old and open themselves to new thoughts and challenges. For me, this work is a gift and the most beautiful task I can imagine.