For more than 30 years, our partnership has helped professionals and executives with their careers and job searches with nearly 100% success.

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1/11 Our product portfolio ranges from separation management to outplacement and premium placement.

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4/11 OutPlacement 2.0 is the further development of the OutPlacement approach for a future-oriented separation.

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Off to new shores!

The mood in the company was bad. Everyone felt it, in the offices, in the corridors, even in the canteen. The board had initiated a reorganization a few months ago. Consultants were in the house, auditing every department, reviewing every job, every process. No one could be sure what would come out in the end. Even the executives didn't know much. Although the board had informed us four weeks in advance that consultants were coming in and what their objectives were, that had tended to increase the uncertainty. I had been with the company for twelve years now, had built up a good position as marketing and sales manager and naturally hoped that my small unit would continue to be needed. After all, I had achieved quite a bit, had good sales to show for it, and was well respected and liked by my customers. Now, this was only my second job out of college, and I had always served the company loyally. But who knows? The new board, the new majority shareholder - anything could happen, even to a veteran manager like me. When I was asked to attend the personnel interview, I vacillated between hope and trepidation. New tasks, a bigger department, or having to sort myself out somewhere else? It all turned out quite differently. With a friendly but cool smile, the HR manager told me that my position would be eliminated as part of the reorganization of the Marketing & Sales department. I was blindsided. I had not expected this. Mr. Baumann, the personnel manager, had of course noticed this and said calmly and kindly: "Mr. Meister, I am of course sorry that we cannot offer you anything else. Believe me, we looked around within the group, but unfortunately did not find any alternative. We have structured our offer for the termination agreement optimally for you within the scope of our possibilities. In addition to severance pay, we're also offering to have a specialized company actively assist you in finding a new job." I smiled somewhat pained and replied, "I'll have to digest that first." Herr Baumann gave me a sympathetic look, I rose and we said goodbye. Why me? Why not Müller? He was nowhere near as good as me. But he always knew how to shine at meetings. When I got home, my wife was no less disappointed. But pragmatic as she was, she immediately looked for solutions. "You always say you have such a big network. Why don't you use your connections?" I had also been released quickly, so now I also had time to take care of it right away. And it worked quite well. However, it quickly became clear that I wasn't looking for a job that suited me. Or had I even noticed during this process that I didn't really know what I wanted? Again, it was my wife who encouraged me in this thought. "You have this offer to go to NewPlacement. Why don't you take advantage of it, it might help you?" Why not, I thought to myself, called the coach Mr. Baumann had given me and made an appointment. Mr. Friedmann was an athletic man in his mid-fifties, likeable with friendly gray-blue eyes. He greeted me in a friendly manner and we talked at length about my situation. It did me good how he listened attentively, took notes, asked questions in some places. And the longer we talked, the better I felt. I could talk to this person, who had been a complete stranger only a few hours ago, about everything that was bothering me: my anger at this injustice, that it had hit me, my disappointment that they obviously didn't see my value in the company, and my fear and uncertainty about how to proceed. "Master," he said, "I understand you well. This is a shock to everyone. But try to look on the bright side for once. The severance pay will give you at least a year's financial security, and our coaching will give you a chance to think calmly about new directions. Not everyone has this opportunity." I hesitated a bit, but then said, "You're probably right. I will think about it". We arranged a new appointment, because it had become clear to me in the course of the conversation that he would be my coach. At home I told my wife about the conversation. She encouraged me to go this way, and so the consultations with Mr. Friedmann began immediately in the next few days. I was surprised how thoroughly we delved into my life together. Mr. Friedmann called it a biographical time travel. And when he reflected my life back to me, I saw many things more clearly and differently than before. That was an exciting process. Now I understood why I am rather reserved when it comes to my own achievements. I realized that I had consciously presented my successes in the market and with my customers far too little in an appropriate place in the company. My own modesty revealed itself as a learning field for the future. From the knowledge of my biography and the intensive reappraisal of my professional life, a profile emerged of which I was also convinced that it would arouse interest in the market. I could stand behind it. One of the most exciting things for me was when we were in the process of setting goals. Mr. Friedmann and I discussed many possibilities that arose from the newly developed profile. "Which of these would you most like to do?" My coach looked at me promptly. "If you ask me like that, I would most like to be self-employed as a business consultant and coach for marketing & sales". "Ok, let's see how you can best achieve that". And immediately we got to work. We designed a roadmap together. I started soon after as an interim manager in a medium-sized medical technology company to build up and train a new sales team there. At the same time, I am currently completing a coaching training course. And together with my coach I am working on the topic of self-employment. Everything is in the making, and I feel good about it. What does Mr. Friedmann always say? Look at the positive first.

That is my new leitmotif.