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EXECUTIVE COACHING · C-SUITE & SENIOR LEADERS
Leadership at the top can be a solitary place for what truly matters.
Systemic executive coaching for senior leaders in Swiss corporations and international organisations – confidential, at eye level, without pretence.
Format
1:1 · tailored
Location
Zurich, Kilchberg, Thalwil, Horgen, Zug & Remote. Other Locations on request.
Audience
Board · C-Suite · Senior Leaders
First meeting
Get to know each other, listen, exchange expectations. No pitch · No commitment.
THE SITUATION
"You know what needs to happen strategically. The analysis is done, the decision has been made. And yet the organisation isn't moving. Resistance that can't be named. Dynamics that don't yield to rational argument."
Senior leaders operate in an environment that leaves little room for genuine reflection. The calendar is full, expectations are high, and an outside perspective is nowhere to be found. At this level, you don't need an advisor – you need a thinking partner who understands complexity and can hold it with you.
RECOGNISABLE SITUATIONS
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Formal authority is no longer enough – and the real problem has no name
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Politically charged environment – your own impact in conflict situations remains unclear
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Transformation stalls despite a clear strategy and sufficient resources
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Role transition or reorientation – recalibrating stance and priorities
TOPICS IN COACHING
What executive coaching actually addresses
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Power and informal dynamics
How influence actually works – beyond org charts and formal decision-making. Where informal coalitions form and how to navigate them.
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Leading through complex change
When conventional leadership tools no longer work. How systemic perception helps you do what's right – not just what's obvious.
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Your impact in conflict
Triggers, reaction patterns and blind spots at leadership level. What shapes your effect in politically charged contexts – and how to shape it intentionally.
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Role clarity and leadership identity
Who do I want to be as a leader? What genuinely drives my decisions? Reflective work at the intersection of person and function.
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
No template. No fixed programme.
No pre-structured programme, no defined phases, no homework. The coaching follows what is relevant – not a process diagram.
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First conversation – no agenda
An open exchange. No presentation, no pitch. We talk about what's on your mind – and whether working together would make sense. This conversation is without obligation.
60 min · Zürich or remote · No charge
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Systemic assessment
At the start of a coaching relationship, we take stock together: Which patterns, dynamics and blind spots are relevant? What is the real concern – beneath the surface?
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Ongoing coaching sessions
Regular sessions with reflection, systemic work and concrete ideas for intervention. The pace and intensity follow your rhythm and the demands of the moment.
Typically every 2–4 weeks · 90–120 min
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A closed space for reflection
Everything discussed in this context stays between us. No reports, no summaries for third parties, no recommendations to your organisation. Absolute confidentiality is a prerequisite, not an option.
SPARRING WITHOUT A COACHING PROCESS
Sometimes one conversation is enough.
Not every situation calls for an ongoing coaching process. Sometimes the question is too specific for a longer engagement – and too complex for an internal conversation.
For those moments, there is a simpler format: a single sparring session. No preparation, no follow-up, no agenda but yours. You bring the situation – I bring an outside perspective.
TYPICAL SPARRING-SITUATIONS
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An important people decision that doesn't feel right
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A negotiation or confrontation – clarifying your position before the conversation
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A strategic decision point with too many open variables
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Conflict in the management team
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A situation you can't – or don't want to – discuss internally
90 Min
Zurich or remote
Single session, no commitment

“The customized leadership training and coaching helped me understand what leadership is all about and provided me with tools to get to know myself better and to be able to act effectively even in difficult situations.”
Radu Stingaciu, Sales Leader for Growth at a leading technology company
WHAT SETS TRANSFORMIND APART
Systemic Coaching+
Many executive coaching offerings follow a standard model: assessment, goals, action plan. That works – when the problem is clear. When the real challenge lies in the dynamics, something different is needed. If the real challenge lies in a mix of structural or methodological challenges and dynamics, something else is needed.
Conventional coaching
x Focus on behavioural patterns and techniques
x Structured programmes with fixed steps
x Coach as advisor or sparring partner without systemic view
x Linear problem-solving: problem → solution → implementation
x Focus on the leader in isolation
TRANSFORMIND
✓ Systemic perception: dynamics, not just behaviour
✓ No template – pace and form follow the situation
✓ Bernhard Nitz: his own executive experience, not just academic coaching
✓ Circular thinking: interdependencies between person, team and system
✓ The leader in context – environment and relationship system included
Partner, Königswieser & Network
Bernhard Nitz is a partner at Königswieser & Network – one of the leading systemic consulting schools in the German-speaking world. This affiliation ensures conceptual depth and intellectual exchange that reaches beyond any individual case.