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ABOUT ME

I support organisations, teams and individuals who want to change and develop. Every single request is special.

My goal remains the same: to motivate people and organisations and strengthen their ability to act. With energy and empathy.

How I work

Heidrun Gilde

Heidrun Gilde

At the beginning of our work together, we clarify what you expect from me and agree on an approach tailored to your needs and resources. In co-creative processes, we often find and develop much more than the objectives agreed upon at the beginning of the consultation.

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I offer you a wide range of methods: from diagnostic tools for teams and organisations

to creative learning experiments, future workshops, storytelling, agile and participatory methods, constellation work and improvisational theatre.

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My approach is solution- and needs-oriented and shaped by my systemic mindset. There is always more than one view of reality and more than one way to achieve an objective. When we place a problem or behaviour in a larger context, its existence suddenly makes sense. I firmly believe in the self-efficacy of my clients and their ability to find the best path for themselves with their experience and external support. My role is to provide impetus, broaden perspectives and offer solution options without dictating them. I can structure complex issues and get to the heart of the matter. I see diversity as an enrichment.

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Professional background

 

  • Owner of Heidrun Gilde Organisational Development & Coaching, since 2005

 

  • Project manager with leadership responsibility in the areas of democracy promotion, youth work and citizen participation, GTZ (German Corporation for Technical Cooperation) 2000–2004

 

  • Freelancer at COMO Consult (Consulting for Management and Organisation) in Hamburg, 1995–1999

 

  • Landscape ecologist at the Water and Landscape Association of the Duchy of Lauenburg, 1992–1993

Education and further training:

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  • Further training as a diversity trainer, living diversity – institute Berlin, 2023

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  • Digital workshop moderator at Handelsblatt Management Campus, 2022

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  • Facilitation training, Kommunikationslotsen Cologne, 2018–2019

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  • Further training in hypnosystemic concepts with Gunther Schmidt, 2017

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  • Further training in "Desire for Strategy” at osb International Systemic Consulting Vienna, 2015

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  • Master's degree in Systemic Coaching, Protestant University Freiburg and Institute for Consulting and Supervision Aachen (M.A., Supervisor DGSv and SG), 2006-2009

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  • Further training in systemic structural constellations with Matthias Varga von Kibed and Insa Sparrer, SySt Institute Munich, 2008 

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  • Master's degree in Human Resources Development, Technical University of Kaiserslautern (M.A.), 2006-2008

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  • Further training as an organisational and management consultant at COMO Consult Hamburg, 1998-1999

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  • Postgraduate studies in rural development at Humboldt University Berlin, 1994

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  • Studied geography, political science and botany at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, graduating with a degree in geography, 1986-1991

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  • Studied Romance languages (Spanish, French, Portuguese) and sociology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 1985–1986

Working languages

German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese.

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International consulting experience

Albania, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Germany, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Israel, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Kosovo, Cuba, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Zimbabwe,

Sri Lanka, Spain

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Membership

  • German Association for Supervision and Coaching (DGSv)

  • Society for Evaluation (DeGEval)

  • Information Centre Peru e.V.

  • Association Art Gallery Abteiberg

  • German Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND)

  • German Alpine Club (DAV)

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