Services

Three ways to work with me

A coach, a sparring partner or an interim manager – on their own or combined. Often one leads to another. Even so, I keep the roles carefully separate: you always know whether I am asking questions as a coach or giving you my opinion as a sparring partner. The foundation is always the same: first-hand experience of leading software organisations, and a values-based, systemic view of how people and structures interact.

Working in English

Everything on this page is available in English: the sessions, taking stock including the written outside view, proposals and contracts. I am based in Central European Time, and we find session times that suit your time zone. On site anywhere in Germany, Austria and Switzerland – Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Vienna or Zurich – and elsewhere in the EU.

Coaching

Get clear on what comes first – before the next crisis decides for you.

Who it’s for: Leaders who are growing into a new role, are under pressure or want to lead differently, and leadership teams that have to make decisions together.
How it works: The subject is you as a leader, or your leadership team. You get questions and structure, not ready-made answers. We clarify the values you lead by: what comes first for you when you can’t have everything at once? From that we derive decisions and next steps. My coaching is systemic: I look for the problem in how people and structures interact, not in individuals. The first concrete steps are usually clear after just two sessions. Only you can put them into practice: coaching always means homework between sessions.
Format: One-to-one coaching in 90-minute sessions, usually every two weeks. Remote, at your premises or here in the southern Palatinate (south-west Germany) – on a walk, if you like. You book coaching as a package – see below. Team coaching on request.

Coaching commissioned by your company

Often the company pays and one of its leaders is coached. To keep this clear for everyone, there are fixed rules:

Three-way contract: At the start, you as the client, the leader and I agree what the coaching will work on and how we will recognise success.
Confidentiality: What is discussed in coaching stays in coaching. You learn whether the sessions take place and whether the goals were met, not what was said.
Three-way review: At the end, we take stock together: what has changed, and what is still open?
Clear roles: As a coach, I stay a coach. Sparring or interim management in the same company happens only if you commission it explicitly and the leader agrees.

Sparring partner

An honest sounding board for the decisions you can’t delegate.

Who it’s for: CTOs, heads of engineering and IT, managing directors and leadership teams – especially when a lot is changing at once.
How it works: The subject is your organisation and your decisions. You get my experience and my opinion, and I push back when it is needed. We untangle the issues, check assumptions and prepare decisions. Typical topics: getting out of firefighting mode; priorities that stick; clear ownership across business, engineering and operations; board-level mandates such as AI or continuous delivery, where it is not yet clear whether or how they fit your area.
Format: Usually 90 minutes every two to three weeks, remote or on site. At short notice, too, when needed – for example to prepare for a board meeting. You book sparring as a package – see below.

Packages for coaching and sparring

You book coaching and sparring as a package, on their own or combined. Either way, you always know which role I am speaking in.

Clarity
Scope
5 sessions of 90 minutes, about 2–3 months
For example
- Coaching: one specific leadership issue
- Sparring: preparing for a board meeting
Price
€1,500 excl. VAT€1,785 incl. VAT
Six months
Scope
up to 12 sessions, mid-point review, direct line
For example
- Coaching: working out the values you lead by
- Sparring: getting out of firefighting mode
Price
€3,500 excl. VAT€4,165 incl. VAT
Twelve months
Scope
up to 24 sessions, regular reviews, direct line
For example
- Coaching: growing into a new role
- Sparring: developing a strategy
Price
€6,500 excl. VAT€7,735 incl. VAT

Direct line means: between sessions you can reach me by email or phone, and I reply within one working day. If none of the packages fits, we will work out an arrangement that does.

Interim management

I take on line responsibility – and make myself redundant again, as planned.

Who it’s for

Companies where a leadership role in engineering, product or IT is vacant or newly created – or where a department under strain needs stabilising.

How it works

I lead hands-on, with responsibility for budget, technology and organisation. I stabilise delivery, clarify roles and leadership structure, and develop a successor from within your organisation.

Format

Part-time or full-time as needed, typically for three to twelve months. Remote or on site, across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and elsewhere in the EU. After the intro call, you get a concrete proposal. I can give you references when we talk, as far as confidentiality allows.

Start: Usually two to four weeks after you say yes, and sooner if a role is vacant right now.
Fees: Billing is by daily rate, within the usual market range for interim IT leaders. Scope, responsibility and duration determine the effort, and they vary considerably from one engagement to the next.
Contract: A service agreement with WerteWirker GmbH, terminable with 30 days’ notice to the end of a month.
First step: I recommend taking stock first, but it is not a requirement: if a role is vacant right now, we start straight away and take stock during the first few weeks.

The first step

Taking stock of your organisation

An outside view in two weeks – before you commit to a path.

Taking stock is not coaching. It looks at your organisation: how work flows from the first request to production, and where it gets stuck.

Who it’s for: Leaders who want to know where things are really stuck before deciding on coaching, a sparring partner or interim management.
How it works: I take a close look at your situation. I talk to you, your leadership team and two or three teams, and I look at what you already have: backlog, incidents, release history, the way decisions get made. You get a written outside view: the three places where I see things getting stuck, which of them are technology, which organisation and which leadership, and a proposal for how to go on – with me, without me, or with someone who is a better fit for it than I am.
Format: Two weeks, remote plus one or two days on site. Fixed price €6,500 excl. VAT · €7,735 incl. VAT, plus travel expenses. After that, we are done taking stock; anything beyond it is a separate engagement.

For procurement and legal

Contracting party: WerteWirker GmbH. I work under service agreements, not through employee leasing.
Liability insurance: Professional indemnity insurance with Hiscox, cover of €5 million.
Contracts and confidentiality: Whatever suits your processes: based on your templates for non-disclosure and framework agreements, or on those of WerteWirker GmbH.
Invoicing: Depending on the engagement, once for the booked package or monthly based on time spent.

Which one fits?

We work that out in the intro call: free, about 30 minutes by video, and it commits you to nothing. You tell me what is going on; I tell you whether I can help, and if so how. If it fits, we take stock of your organisation next – and only after that do you decide on a path.

Book an intro call