Oliver has been accompanying me and my leadership teams since 2003, and we have closely collaborated on various visionary-strategic and transformative initiatives ever since. The mostly complex, multi-quarter efforts extend across hierarchies and departments and required close and trustful cooperation with the respective leaders and project team members.

In addition to his extensive expertise and methodological competence, his pronounced analytical-creative skills, his open, authentic, and appreciative manner, as well as his strong engagement with the people involved, including their empowerment and coaching, are of great help to him.

His diverse interests—from philosophy and culture to music and lifestyle—have often inspired me during our personal conversations and make him a truly enriching conversation partner beyond work-related topics.
For the past 20 years, Oliver has been an important “trusted advisor” in my own professional journey.

I had the pleasure of working with Oliver for a year and it was undoubtedly a period of deep and extensive growth, professionally as well as personally. I was in a transformation phase since I had sold my business. Although I had a vague idea of where I wanted to direct my professional career, I lacked a general direction and concrete goals. At the same time, I realized that the sale of my business greatly affected my personal and therefore also my emotional life activating questions of self-image, setting limits, confronting fears and releasing limiting beliefs.

Oliver helped me to understand my situation and to develop a clear medium-long-term vision, structuring the steps to achieve the proposed objectives and to address the arising obstacles acting both as an advisor and coach.

He has an outstanding ability to listen and synthesize. He brings creativity and effortlessly organizes and structures complex situations. At the same time, he is inspiring, genuine, compassionate, and curious – qualities that enabled us to form a deep and authentic connection, necessary for successfully developing and completing the various aspects of the project

Looking back at the year, I have achieved breakthroughs on various levels. I now have much higher clarity and confidence in my new path and myself. I acquired two major clients with solid and long-term projects at prices much higher than I would have expected before thanks to the negotiation tactics we trained.

I’ve been working with John-Oliver for 6 months together with my business partner. When we started, I was in a phase of major transformation both in my business itself as well as in my personal career which was at a turning point and I was unclear about in which direction I needed and wanted to go, or which options I have altogether. Not surprisingly I felt stuck and unhappy with that situation.

Within our working sessions I‘ve gained a deep understanding of what the business was lacking in the past and we’ve drastically shifted the strategic focus, both of the business itself as well as my own work priority and scope, which then triggered several major changes including the physical relocation of our facilities and the results were way above my expectations.

Obviously, it wasn’t always easy leaving alone pleasant as we walked through several tough discussions and sobering insights but through this I’ve also learned a lot about myself, my thinking and decision processes, my beliefs, my mistakes, the reinterpretation of past events as important learning experiences and the transformational power of positivity and personal vision.

I’ve truly appreciated this mix of business, strategy, psychology and even philosophy. I grew both on a business and personal level and this internal shift was then quickly reflected in an outer opportunity that let me move on to the next level of my professional career.

“I have been working with Oliver on multiple engagements since 2014. With his strong analytical and conceptual skills and broad experience, he proposes plans and solutions that work. He helps me to both understand and anticipate future moves of markets, customers, and competitors as well as to build my leadership team and to adapt my organization accordingly.

Over several months, we shaped my vision, formulated the underlying purpose and necessary strategies.

Oliver has a holistic view including both the company and the individuals. He always sees people with their whole personality encompassing both mind- and heart-based qualities. Therefore, and together with his ability to listen and looking at challenges from their perspective, he mobilizes others to give their input and to participate in change. He is keen to develop data driven decisions and evidence-based strategies that are understood and supported by the team. Oliver always delivers high quality work, with passion and accountability.

I particularly value his transparent, clear, and constructive feedback- both to me as a leader and regarding what the organization needs to grow.

In my view, Oli ideally combines coaching, mentoring, consulting, and project management capabilities. This blend makes him a “four-wheel-drive” for me to cross all terrains of life and work.”

I’ve had the pleasure of working successfully with Oliver since 2016. What I particularly value is his exceptional commitment, thorough and well-grounded approach, as well as his strong people orientation, empathy, and the empowering way he involves team members throughout the process. He acts with authenticity, even when navigating difficult, sensitive, or conflict-laden situations.
One defining example was the resolution of a complex transformation within a team in my division. The situation involved strategic and organizational challenges, as well as issues around the leadership style of the team lead, which had led to dysfunctional motivation and team dynamics.

Thanks to Oliver’s thorough analysis and neutral assessment, we were able to define concrete steps for the realignment and reintegration of the team, along with the necessary personnel-related measures.

In this demanding and emotionally charged leadership context, marked by the tension between company interests and people responsibilities, as well as strategic and psychological dimensions-Oliver supported me by reflecting back my assessments, facilitating balanced discussions of additional perspectives, and offering sound, well-founded recommendations.

His trustworthy, competent, and human-centered support – both as a consultant and coach – was extremely valuable.”

“I had the privilege of working with Oliver for 9 months, during which his coaching and mentoring were essential to my success. He coached me to understand how I wanted to redesign my work life while also offering mentoring and more traditional business consulting as he guided me through a complex restructuring project. 

The blend of strategic advising and personal growth coaching was invaluable, and not many people offer that powerful combination. 

Oliver’s approach is thoughtful, precise, and powerful– whether it’s advising on high-stakes decisions or helping redefine a vision for the future. He also has an ability to make you feel supported while probing you to push beyond your comfort zone. 

Thanks to Oliver’s guidance, I now have a solid vision for the next phase of my career and the tools to navigate complex challenges with confidence.”