Susanne Schwarzer
Personality Profiling & Career Design
I am Susanne Schwarzer,
Personality Profiler & Career Coach by conviction, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
I combine psychological expertise with validated tools from LINC (a spin-off of Leuphana University) and BIP® (developed at Ruhr-University Bochum). These instruments are scientifically robust – no unvalidated “type tests.”
During my many years of professional experience as a senior manager in an international corporation, I observed again and again people in jobs that simply didn't suit them (despite selection processes), which often did not make them feel good about their work. With the usual negative consequences for themselves and others.
My vision:
a working world where jobs fit people, not the other way around.
My motivation:
I want people to thrive in their work, not survive it, especially with burnout numbers on the rise.
Some of my own profiling results:
empathetic, responsible, analytical and conscientious – psychology was a perfect fit 😊.
Competencies
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Psychological Personality Profiling
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Systemic Business Coaching
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Communication:
Employee Centricity (Change)
Customer Centricity (Quality)
Intercultural
Conflict
International professional and life experience
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Leadership roles at Lufthansa Group, Frankfurt am Main
(19 years, work experience on five continents)
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Change & Communication | Employee Centricity:
4 year check-in change project with 15.000 employees at 200 airports worldwide. Quality prize of the Lufthansa CEO awarded for "qualitative and quantitative targets reached, on time, in budget"
Quality Management | Customer Centricity:
Customer satisfaction surveys and studies in coop with TNS Infratest
Assignments abroad to support local management teams with the implementation of quality activities in Melbourne, Australia (Japanese market); Shanghai, People's Republic of China; Cape Town, South Africa; Peterborough, Canada; Istanbul, Turkey, Brno, Czech Republic; Dublin, Ireland; Vienna, Austria; Zurich, Switzerland
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Management Trainee, Lufthansa New York, USA
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Toronto, Canada (10 years)
Training
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M.Sc. Communication & Industrial Psychology
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Personality Profiling - Coach & Trainer Certification, 2022
LINC GmbH-
- Certification accredited by ICF-International Coach Federation
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Systemic Business Coaching Certification, 2017
Sieger Consulting
- Program certified by DCV-Deutscher Coaching Verband e.V. and IOBC
International Organization for Business Coaching
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Change Driver - Interdisciplinary Change Consultant, 2016
hs results & Lufthansa Corporate College
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Career Navigator® Licensing, 2015
CoachingUp®
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Insights MDI® Accreditation, 2016 (not part of my portfolio)
Scheelen® AG – Institute for talent profiling and development
Further training courses (selection)
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Stress- and Burnout-Expert
Medical Association North Rhine accredited Training
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Self-Management and Burnout Prevention
(distinct from psychotherapy)
Dr. Kienzler Consulting
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Life Concept: Taking Stock | Evaluate | Design
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schmitz, TU Darmstadt
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Reconstruction of Personal Development History using the Wheel of Influence (according to Volmer/König)
Sieger Consulting
My Principles
Personality Profiling & Career Coaching | Business Coaching
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Appreciative systemic coaching principles
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Empathy
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Respect for dignity and self determination
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Outcome openness
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Short-term coaching concept focused on the fastest possible solution
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Design Thinking problem solving approach
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Positive Psychology focused on strengths and sustainability
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Definition: systemic coaching is a professional and solution-oriented reflection support. The coach's job is to create an expanded framework of thought in which the client can clarify his goals and find his solution, or develop alternative courses of action and increase his options. Coach and client are partners on equal terms: the coach is an expert in the process, the client is and remains an expert in his own topic and is therefore responsible for the solution.
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Claim: clarity and transparency of the profiling and coaching process.
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I check instruments and methods for scientific validity and therefore do not use "type tests", despite their popularity in so many companies.
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Privacy and confidentiality: personality profiling and coaching content is discussed solely between me and the client (regardless of who pays the bill).
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In the event of a presumed illness, Personality Profiling & Business Coaching are no replacement for psychotherapeutic or medical treatment that may be necessary, but can possibly be useful as a complement.