Coaching Topics
The spectrum of possible coaching topics is broad and ranges from support in orientation, self-management and profile strengthening to preparation for job application situations and negotiations (e.g. in the context of a professorship) to help in dealing with crisis situations, exhaustion and stress management.
In order to offer the best possible coaching tailored to the postdocs' individual needs and to be able to optimally cover the range of possible requirements, the House of Young Talents draws on a pool of external coaches with different specialisations.
Specific coaching topics (and respective coaching profiles) include, for example:
Qualifications
- Doctor of Psychology and systemic organisational consultant
- Coach, trainer and lecturer
- Extensive academic experience, including planning and conducting research projects, publications, research proposals and university teaching
- Trainer in the fields of mentoring, mental health, career development and academic work
Key Coaching Topics
- Career planning, e.g. finding orientation, structuring an academic career and planning qualification steps
- Preparing for application procedures, such as applications for professorships
- Alternatives to an academic career and leaving academia
- Identifying and activating competencies and resources when dealing with career-related self-doubt
Website
Qualifications
- Consultant, trainer and coach for scientists; co-founder of schainundkuchenbrandt
- Advanced training in career counselling (artop, Institute at Humboldt University of Berlin)
- Advanced education: Management consulting & coaching (German Academy of Psychology)
- Teaching experience at the universities of Greifswald, Bielefeld and Osnabrück
- Research and teaching fellow, University of Bielefeld, Cognitive Interaction Technology Center of Excellence (CITEC), Germany
- Visiting professor, Social Psychology, University of Osnabrück, Germany
- PhD in Psychology, University of Greifswald
Key Coaching Topics
- Applications for professorships (at universities and universities of applied sciences) and postdoctoral positions
- Planning and optimising an academic career
- Preparing for leadership responsibilities (e.g., when taking on a junior research group leadership or getting a first professorship)
- Dealing with conflicts
- Time management and dealing with stress
- (Decision-making) uncertainties regarding the planned career path (mostly: qualifying for professorship vs. leaving academia)
Website
Qualifications
- Director, trainer, lecturer and coach at the Steinbeis-Forschungszentrum Institut für Ressourcen-Entwicklung, Greifswald
- Coach and supervisor (certified by the German Association for Supervision and Coaching, DGSv)
- Master's degree in Multidimensional Organisational Consulting at the University of Kassel
- Project Manager for Diversity Management, BioCon Valley GmbH, Greifswald
- Director of Finance and Controlling, Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG), Berlin
- Administrative Directorate Officer, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb), Berlin/Potsdam
Key Coaching Topics
- Professional assessment and career development
- Developing new perspectives and making decisions
- Time planning and structuring projects and career goals
- Increasing visibility as an academic expert (including online e.g. via LinkedIn and ResearchGate)
- Building an expert profile
- Personal and digital presence and their impact
- Strategic networking
- Balancing academia and family life, as well as time management
- Preparing applications for professorships
Website
Qualifications
- Personnel and organisational development specialist at Siegen City Administration
- Lecturer at the University of Siegen and the University of Hagen
- Project manager for municipal consulting (KGSt)
- Junior Professor of Vocational Education at the University of Siegen from 2016 to 2019
- Research assistant at the University of Siegen from 2009 to 2015
- Teacher training for vocational colleges, including the first and second state examinations, at the University of Siegen and Liverpool John Moores University from 2002 to 2008
Key Coaching Topics
- Career paths within and outside academia
- Communication in leadership and teams
- Managing boundaries between work and private life
- Well-being at work and throughout one's career
Website
Qualifications
- Doctor of Psychology and systemic organisational consultant
- Coach, trainer and lecturer
- Extensive academic experience, including planning and conducting research projects, publications, research proposals and university teaching
- Trainer in the fields of mentoring, mental health, career development and academic work
Key Coaching Topics
- Career planning, e.g. finding orientation, structuring an academic career and planning qualification steps
- Preparing for application procedures, such as applications for professorships
- Alternatives to an academic career and leaving academia
- Identifying and activating competencies and resources when dealing with career-related self-doubt
Website
Qualifications
- PhD in Educational Science
- Certified systemic coach (INeKO Institute, University of Cologne), member of the German Association for Coaching and Training (dvct)
- Extensive research experience with the NRW Network for Women's and Gender Studies, focusing on gender (in)equality in higher education
- Almost 15 years of experience in higher education, academia and academic management, including five years as Head of the Equal Opportunities Office at the University of Hagen
- Independent consultant, trainer and coach for higher education institutions and public-sector organisations, specialising in gender and diversity, organisational development and conflict management
Key Coaching Topics
- Navigating supervisory relationships and dependencies in academia
- Clarifying roles and establishing a professional position during the postdoctoral phase (e.g. when leading a junior research group, balancing one's own dependencies with increasing responsibility for others)
- Power dynamics and informal politics in everyday academic life
- Structural and individual gender and diversity issues in academic careers
- Dealing with conflicts and group dynamics in teaching, supervision and research teams
Website
Qualifications
- Consultant, trainer and coach for scientists; co-founder of schainundkuchenbrandt
- Advanced training in career counselling (artop, Institute at Humboldt University of Berlin)
- Advanced education: Management consulting & coaching (German Academy of Psychology)
- Teaching experience at the universities of Greifswald, Bielefeld and Osnabrück
- Research and teaching fellow, University of Bielefeld, Cognitive Interaction Technology Center of Excellence (CITEC), Germany
- Visiting professor, Social Psychology, University of Osnabrück, Germany
- PhD in Psychology, University of Greifswald
Key Coaching Topics
- Applications for professorships (at universities and universities of applied sciences) and postdoctoral positions
- Planning and optimising an academic career
- Preparing for leadership responsibilities (e.g., when taking on a junior research group leadership or getting a first professorship)
- Dealing with conflicts
- Time management and dealing with stress
- (Decision-making) uncertainties regarding the planned career path (mostly: qualifying for professorship vs. leaving academia
Website
Qualifications
- Managing Director and founder of Scholz CTC GmbH
- Strategy consultant, trainer, coach and reviewer for higher education institutions, research institutions and research organisations
- Works with numerous universities, research institutions and ministries in Germany and internationally
Key Coaching Topics
- Transition phases in academic careers
- Preparing applications and presentations for evaluation and review processes
Website
Qualifications
- Director, trainer, lecturer and coach at the Steinbeis-Forschungszentrum Institut für Ressourcen-Entwicklung, Greifswald
- Coach and supervisor (certified by the German Association for Supervision and Coaching, DGSv)
- Master's degree in Multidimensional Organisational Consulting at the University of Kassel
- Project Manager for Diversity Management, BioCon Valley GmbH, Greifswald
- Director of Finance and Controlling, Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG), Berlin
- Administrative Directorate Officer, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb), Berlin/Potsdam
Key Coaching Topics
- Professional assessment and career development
- Developing new perspectives and making decisions
- Time planning and structuring projects and career goals
- Increasing visibility as an academic expert (including online e.g. via LinkedIn and ResearchGate)
- Building an expert profile
- Personal and digital presence and their impact
- Strategic networking
- Balancing academia and family life, as well as time management
- Preparing applications for professorships
Website
Qualifications
- PhD in Educational Science
- Certified systemic coach (INeKO Institute, University of Cologne), member of the German Association for Coaching and Training (dvct)
- Extensive research experience with the NRW Network for Women's and Gender Studies, focusing on gender (in)equality in higher education
- Almost 15 years of experience in higher education, academia and academic management, including five years as Head of the Equal Opportunities Office at the University of Hagen
- Independent consultant, trainer and coach for higher education institutions and public-sector organisations, specialising in gender and diversity, organisational development and conflict management
Key Coaching Topics
- Navigating supervisory relationships and dependencies in academia
- Clarifying roles and establishing a professional position during the postdoctoral phase (e.g. when leading a junior research group, balancing one's own dependencies with increasing responsibility for others)
- Power dynamics and informal politics in everyday academic life
- Structural and individual gender and diversity issues in academic careers
- Dealing with conflicts and group dynamics in teaching, supervision and research teams
Website
Qualifications
- Consultant, trainer and coach for scientists; co-founder of schainundkuchenbrandt
- Advanced training in career counselling (artop, Institute at Humboldt University of Berlin)
- Advanced education: Management consulting & coaching (German Academy of Psychology)
- Teaching experience at the universities of Greifswald, Bielefeld and Osnabrück
- Research and teaching fellow, University of Bielefeld, Cognitive Interaction Technology Center of Excellence (CITEC), Germany
- Visiting professor, Social Psychology, University of Osnabrück, Germany
- PhD in Psychology, University of Greifswald
Key Coaching Topics
- Applications for professorships (at universities and universities of applied sciences) and postdoctoral positions
- Planning and optimising an academic career
- Preparing for leadership responsibilities (e.g., when taking on a junior research group leadership or getting a first professorship)
- Dealing with conflicts
- Time management and dealing with stress
- (Decision-making) uncertainties regarding the planned career path (mostly: qualifying for professorship vs. leaving academia)
Website
Qualifications
- Director, trainer, lecturer and coach at the Steinbeis-Forschungszentrum Institut für Ressourcen-Entwicklung, Greifswald
- Coach and supervisor (certified by the German Association for Supervision and Coaching, DGSv)
- Master's degree in Multidimensional Organisational Consulting at the University of Kassel
- Project Manager for Diversity Management, BioCon Valley GmbH, Greifswald
- Director of Finance and Controlling, Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG), Berlin
- Administrative Directorate Officer, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb), Berlin/Potsdam
Key Coaching Topics
- Professional assessment and career development
- Developing new perspectives and making decisions
- Time planning and structuring projects and career goals
- Increasing visibility as an academic expert (including online e.g. via LinkedIn and ResearchGate)
- Building an expert profile
- Personal and digital presence and their impact
- Strategic networking
- Balancing academia and family life, as well as time management
- Preparing applications for professorships
Website
Qualifications
- PhD in Educational Science
- Certified systemic coach (INeKO Institute, University of Cologne), member of the German Association for Coaching and Training (dvct)
- Extensive research experience with the NRW Network for Women's and Gender Studies, focusing on gender (in)equality in higher education
- Almost 15 years of experience in higher education, academia and academic management, including five years as Head of the Equal Opportunities Office at the University of Hagen
- Independent consultant, trainer and coach for higher education institutions and public-sector organisations, specialising in gender and diversity, organisational development and conflict management
Key Coaching Topics
- Navigating supervisory relationships and dependencies in academia
- Clarifying roles and establishing a professional position during the postdoctoral phase (e.g. when leading a junior research group, balancing one's own dependencies with increasing responsibility for others)
- Power dynamics and informal politics in everyday academic life
- Structural and individual gender and diversity issues in academic careers
- Dealing with conflicts and group dynamics in teaching, supervision and research teams
Website
Qualifications
- Consultant, trainer and coach for scientists; co-founder of schainundkuchenbrandt
- Advanced training in career counselling (artop, Institute at Humboldt University of Berlin)
- Advanced education: Management consulting & coaching (German Academy of Psychology)
- Teaching experience at the universities of Greifswald, Bielefeld and Osnabrück
- Research and teaching fellow, University of Bielefeld, Cognitive Interaction Technology Center of Excellence (CITEC), Germany
- Visiting professor, Social Psychology, University of Osnabrück, Germany
- PhD in Psychology, University of Greifswald
Key Coaching Topics
- Applications for professorships (at universities and universities of applied sciences) and postdoctoral positions
- Planning and optimising an academic career
- Preparing for leadership responsibilities (e.g., when taking on a junior research group leadership or getting a first professorship)
- Dealing with conflicts
- Time management and dealing with stress
- (Decision-making) uncertainties regarding the planned career path (mostly: qualifying for professorship vs. leaving academia)
Website
Qualifications
- Personnel and organisational development specialist at Siegen City Administration
- Lecturer at the University of Siegen and the University of Hagen
- Project manager for municipal consulting (KGSt)
- Junior Professor of Vocational Education at the University of Siegen from 2016 to 2019
- Research assistant at the University of Siegen from 2009 to 2015
- Teacher training for vocational colleges, including the first and second state examinations, at the University of Siegen and Liverpool John Moores University from 2002 to 2008
Key Coaching Topics
- Career paths within and outside academia
- Communication in leadership and teams
- Managing boundaries between work and private life
- Well-being at work and throughout one's career
Website
Qualifications
- Doctor of Psychology and systemic organisational consultant
- Coach, trainer and lecturer
- Extensive academic experience, including planning and conducting research projects, publications, research proposals and university teaching
- Trainer in the fields of mentoring, mental health, career development and academic work
Key Coaching Topics
- Career planning, e.g. finding orientation, structuring an academic career and planning qualification steps
- Preparing for application procedures, such as applications for professorships
- Alternatives to an academic career and leaving academia
- Identifying and activating competencies and resources when dealing with career-related self-doubt
Website
Qualifications
- Consultant, trainer and coach for scientists; co-founder of schainundkuchenbrandt
- Advanced training in career counselling (artop, Institute at Humboldt University of Berlin)
- Advanced education: Management consulting & coaching (German Academy of Psychology)
- Teaching experience at the universities of Greifswald, Bielefeld and Osnabrück
- Research and teaching fellow, University of Bielefeld, Cognitive Interaction Technology Center of Excellence (CITEC), Germany
- Visiting professor, Social Psychology, University of Osnabrück, Germany
- PhD in Psychology, University of Greifswald
Key Coaching Topics
- Applications for professorships (at universities and universities of applied sciences) and postdoctoral positions
- Planning and optimising an academic career
- Preparing for leadership responsibilities (e.g., when taking on a junior research group leadership or getting a first professorship)
- Dealing with conflicts
- Time management and dealing with stress
- (Decision-making) uncertainties regarding the planned career path (mostly: qualifying for professorship vs. leaving academia)
Website
Qualifications
- Director, trainer, lecturer and coach at the Steinbeis-Forschungszentrum Institut für Ressourcen-Entwicklung, Greifswald
- Coach and supervisor (certified by the German Association for Supervision and Coaching, DGSv)
- Master's degree in Multidimensional Organisational Consulting at the University of Kassel
- Project Manager for Diversity Management, BioCon Valley GmbH, Greifswald
- Director of Finance and Controlling, Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG), Berlin
- Administrative Directorate Officer, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb), Berlin/Potsdam
Key Coaching Topics
- Professional assessment and career development
- Developing new perspectives and making decisions
- Time planning and structuring projects and career goals
- Increasing visibility as an academic expert (including online e.g. via LinkedIn and ResearchGate)
- Building an expert profile
- Personal and digital presence and their impact
- Strategic networking
- Balancing academia and family life, as well as time management
- Preparing applications for professorships