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Profile
Steffen Neiß has been a consultant, coach, trainer and supporter to executives, teams and employees since 1993. He specialises in initiating internal and external change processes and in providing consistent support when implementing the resulting consequences in everyday life – for individuals and also in organisations. His considerable empathy when dealing with people paired with profound knowledge in psychological and business correlations make him a competent and at the same time whole hearted empathetic and clear contact partner and supporter for members of top management and executives just as much as for teams and employees.
After completing an apprenticeship at a bank and graduating from university, Steffen Neiß gained several years of experience as an industrial executive (head Controlling). Five years of working as a consultant (at a McKinsey spin-off) were supplemented by the continuous development of his career as a consultant, coach and personality, communication and executive trainer – a career that now spans over 25 years.
He also brings in relevant know-how acquired in several years of training and further full time education in various fields of psychotherapy. He is able to conduct his training courses in Dutch and English.
As the CEO of a consulting firm, he headed a team of approximately 50 employees over a period of almost eight years. Steffen Neiß is founder and Managing Partner of ChangePartner AG and the team of around 40 consultants and trainers.
He has been married to his wife Constanze since 1987; they have two children. Steffen Neiß has made his hobby (people) his job and he is also a passionate yachtsman, golfer and musician.
Personal information
- Date of birth: 10.03.1961
- Family status: married, 2 children
- Nationality: German
Core Competence
Educational Background
- University-entrance high school diploma, classical high school
- Bank apprenticeship / qualified bank clerk
- Degree in Business Administration in Berlin and Bayreuth / MBA
- Systemic coaching (Hans Jellouschek)
- Systemic consulting – Master certificate (D – Professio/Balling)
- Vision work (USA – Foster/Little, Schmidt)
- Mental training (CH – Tepperwein)
- Certified Dolphin-Strategy®-Trainer (USA – Lynch/Kordis)
- Additional psychotherapeutic training programs
- 3 years full time psychotherapeutic qualification in traumatic short-term therapy at IAK (CH – according to Fischer/Hofmann)
- Systemic family therapy (D – Hellinger, Mayer)
- Systemic constellation work for organisations (D/CH – Mayer, Varga von Kibed, Spar-rer, Hellinger, Harlacher)
- Minimum factor focused management strategy (D – Mewes)
- NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming (D – Grochowiak)
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction – MBSR (USA – Amidon)
Languages
German, Dutch, English
Professional Experience
- 1982 – 1983, Investment consulting, Dresdner Bank AG, Berlin
- 1988 – 1991, Head of corporate planning and strategic controlling at a large middle-market enterprise in the metal industry (4.500 employees – globally operating)
- 1991 – 1993, Management consultant; involved in establishing a consulting company
(a McKinsey spin-off) - 1993 – 1996 Full time psychotherapeutic qualification
- 1997 – 2004, Responsible for the operations of a large middle-market consulting and training enterprise – finally as the CEO of a public limited company
- Since 1993 at the same time also a freelance trainer, consultant and coach (interna-tional background) focussing on the areas of change, coaching, leadership, team de-velopment, qualification of internal consultants and assistance in integrated corporate development projects
- Since 2006, Founder and managing partner with ChangePartner AG
Consulting (change projects)
- 1986 to the present, training and consulting on a regular basis in Switzerland, Austria and Germany
- 1991 – 1993, Management consulting (organisation, controlling, scenario-modelling, investment analysis, reorganisation projects, marketing studies etc.)
- Since 1993, Personality, leadership and team training; coach
- Since 1993, Vision Quest Seminars in D, CH and A
- Since 2000 Couple and relationship coaching, in cooperation with Constanze Neiß
- Individual coaching / Executive coaching(personality and leadership coaching)
- Situational management workshops (change management, team) support for man-agement teams
- Design and realisation of training programms for consultants
- Leadership training and executive development
- Team training and team development
- Trainer and consultant supervision
- Communication and Dolphin Strategy®training courses
Clients and Project Experience (excerpt)
Automotive
| Audi Technische Entwicklung Ingolstadt | BorgWarner Turbo Systems Kirchheimbolanden | Dana Corporation Automotive |
| Formel D GmbH | WOCO Unternehmensgruppe Bad Soden-Salmünster | SIKA GmbH Stuttgart |
Industry
| Siemens Geschäftsbereich ICN München | Siemens Geschäftsbereich TS München | Siemens VDO, R. Stahl AG Waldenburg |
| Schwan-Stabilo Heroldsberg | Merck Serono S.A. Genf | Merck Kg a.A. Darmstadt |
| Grünenthal Pharma GmbH | Aachen, Hexal AG Holzkirchen | Sandoz International Holzkirchen |
| Ferring Arzneimittel GmbH Kiel / Ferring Produktionsgesellschaft Kiel | Sanofi Aventis Frankfurt/M | Herrenknecht AG Schwanau |
| Imaje Group France | Mercedes AMG GmbH Affalterbach | Rau Arabella Geislingen |
| Philips Automotive Wetzlar | Benteler Handelsgesellschaft Kaarst | Bohrtech GmbH Alsdorf |
| Döhler GmbH Darmstadt | KS Gleitlager GmbH Leon-Rot | Schott AG Mainz |
| Klöckner Stahl- und Metallhandel Duisburg | InterfaceFloor GmbH Deutschland Krefeld | Bristol-Myers Squibb München |
Services
| FIDUCIA IT AG Karlsruhe | Anterist & Schneider Saarbrücken (Schenker-Gruppe) | DB-Schenker AG Frankfurt |
| ExecuJet Aviation Zürich | Siemens Business Services (SBS) München | Corporate Express GmbH Stuttgart |
| GL-Funds Zürich | STOXX Zürich | MHP Mieschke, Hofmann & Partner Ludwigsburg |
Commerce
| Edeka Südwest Offenburg |
Others
| Credit Suisse AG, Zürich | Deutsche Bank 24 AG Bonn | Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technik Berlin |
| Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft Berlin | Stadt Roslau | Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft |