The Leadership Expedition combines leadership training with playful elements to make learning more active, concrete, and accessible. Gamification is not an end in itself in training. Effective playful elements help make complex topics more accessible, increase engagement, and encourage reflection. That is exactly why the Leadership Expedition was developed: leadership should not just be discussed,...Read More

What challenges do I still need to overcome in connection with COACHCRAFT? Setting up a new coaching training program involves lots of good ideas, lots of decisions, and quite a bit of detailed work. Organizing content in a coherent manner, marketing and material flows, finding the right scientific partners. With COACHCRAFT, I am pursuing the...Read More

The Leadership Expedition was developed over the course of about a year and a half. From the initial idea to today’s premium tool, it has been an intensive process involving many iterations, tests, decisions, and supporters behind the scenes. Especially when it comes to a format that will later be used professionally in executive development,...Read More

What exactly does the Leadership Expedition involve? There’s a video about this article on LinkedIn; here’s the link! The Leadership Expedition is a game-based leadership simulation that uses a game board, card decks, role-playing, and immediate feedback. At first glance, it resembles familiar board game formats. At second glance, it quickly becomes clear: This isn’t...Read More

“Just do it—otherwise the desire won’t go away” Sabine Happe talks with Katrin Schumacher about new beginnings, audiobooks, AI, and the courage to start something new at age 60. Sabine Happe: Katrin , you recently turned 60. Perhaps you could start by briefly outlining your professional background. Katrin Schumacher: I originally trained as an interior...Read More

I am approaching 25 years of experience as a coach specializing in goal setting and goal achievement, and I have guided countless personal development processes. Two moments are particularly crucial here: the inception of an idea (because that’s when it’s decided whether it will get enough oxygen to grow at all) and the moment of...Read More

HLR is an emergency medical service. There is now a new, in-depth article about my work for the HLR on the ID37 website. Click here for the article. What else might be particularly exciting about working as a coach for an emergency medical service? There are two things I experience with HLR that set the...Read More

Leadership success is evident primarily in two areas: effective employee leadership and development, and professional stakeholder management. At their core, both fields are about people—about how you can create value, foster growth, and build relationships in ways that enable successful collaboration and produce meaningful results. Both topics benefit enormously from active engagement and an understanding...Read More

Many executives begin their careers with clear guidelines; consciously or unconsciously, they model their development after role models—both personally and professionally—such as their own supervisors or mentors. By the mid-40s, this system quietly begins to shift: professionally and personally, most people are then on equal footing with their own supervisors. They make decisions at a...Read More

Why? Because “overly intuitive” coaching hasn’t paid off. We need coaching that’s truly effective. You may be familiar with this: There’s a smart, thoughtful person sitting across from you. The session is intense, emotional, and full of wonderful insights. You nod, marvel, and feel. And three weeks later? The same conflicts. The same avoidance behaviors....Read More