The contact details of the coaches are sent to the coachees when a coaching code is requested. You can find more information on the procedure at: www.mdw.ac.at/zfw/coaching/

Mag.^a Elisabeth Cepek-Neuhauser
Supervisor & Coach

For me, coaching means taking the time to actively face professional challenges and grow from them. You will gain role clarity, conflict competence and an understanding of interpersonal and institutional dynamics. I support you in a trusting, appreciative and creative way to develop new perspectives and opportunities for action.

Coaching focus

Management coaching: Developing greater clarity for your functional role as a manager in order to shape your professional actions more consciously, overcome challenges and better understand and lead your employees.
Team development and moderation of retreats: Experience and grow as a team. Using classic team development tools and scenic-creative approaches, I will guide you and your team through the time together and the topics you have set.
Organizational mediation: As an organizational mediator, it is my job to support all parties involved in such a way that they feel fully and clearly represented in their position. I support you in listening to each other, recognizing differences and putting up with them. The aim is to find a good solution for everyone involved and to restore the ability to work. You will improve your conflict competence as a manager and as part of a team. I see resolved conflicts as the basis for good cooperation - even in challenging times.
Triadic career counseling helps you to sharpen your own profile in order to make it usable for your practice, your leadership style and professional identity.

Training and further education/professional experience

Supervisor & coach in independent practice since 2015
Member of the Roswitha Riepl & Team /Vienna team since 2019
Prior to that, many years of work in the field of gender, diversity, anti-racism ...
Training as a supervisor & coach (ÖVS) (Bifeb St. Wolfgang; Prof. Winfried Münch/Dr.ⁱⁿ Jutta Menschik and others)
Organizational mediation (Institut Triangel /Berlin; Dr. Harald Pühl and others)
Triadic career counseling (Hanover/Berlin, Prof. Dr.ⁱⁿ Kornelia Rappe-Giesecke)
Organizational constellations and the art of psychodramatic counselling (Roswitha Riepl, Vienna)
Studied Journalism & Communication Studies / International Politics and Romance Studies (University of Vienna)

Language: German

Photo: ©Michaela Landwehr

Mag.^a Elisabeth Cepek-Neuhauser
Supervisor & Coach

Coaching focus

Management coaching: Developing greater clarity for your functional role as a manager in order to shape your professional actions more consciously, overcome challenges and better understand and lead your employees.
Team development and moderation of retreats: Experience and grow as a team. Using classic team development tools and scenic-creative approaches, I will guide you and your team through the time together and the topics you have set.
Organizational mediation: As an organizational mediator, it is my job to support all parties involved in such a way that they feel fully and clearly represented in their position. I support you in listening to each other, recognizing differences and putting up with them. The aim is to find a good solution for everyone involved and to restore the ability to work. You will improve your conflict competence as a manager and as part of a team. I see resolved conflicts as the basis for good cooperation - even in challenging times.
Triadic career counseling helps you to sharpen your own profile in order to make it usable for your practice, your leadership style and professional identity.

Training and further education/professional experience

Supervisor & coach in independent practice since 2015
Member of the Roswitha Riepl & Team /Vienna team since 2019
Prior to that, many years of work in the field of gender, diversity, anti-racism ...
Training as a supervisor & coach (ÖVS) (Bifeb St. Wolfgang; Prof. Winfried Münch/Dr.ⁱⁿ Jutta Menschik and others)
Organizational mediation (Institut Triangel /Berlin; Dr. Harald Pühl and others)
Triadic career counseling (Hanover/Berlin, Prof. Dr.ⁱⁿ Kornelia Rappe-Giesecke)
Organizational constellations and the art of psychodramatic counselling (Roswitha Riepl, Vienna)
Studied Journalism & Communication Studies / International Politics and Romance Studies (University of Vienna)

Photo: ©Michaela Landwehr

Mag.^a Aliette Dörflinger
Process support - Moderation - Coaching

"Detours expand local knowledge." (Kurt Tucholsky)

Coaching focal points

Career and leadership development:
- especially for women and researchers
- Resource-oriented exploration of solution paths
Gender issues
- Strategic positioning and visibility
- Compatibility and development of potential
Change and innovation processes in the context of the organization: individually, in a team or in an institutional setting
Conception and implementation of team and strategy meetings
Culture of successful collaboration and ability to cooperate, e.g. for inter- and transdisciplinary projects, participatory processes
Moderation of (large group) events and
specialist conferences

Professional experience

15 years in non-university social science contract research (KMU Forschung Austria) and research funding (FWF Strategy Department)
Experience in cultural management (music festivals, Red Noses Clowndoctors)
Various teaching assignments in the areas of social skills, leadership and communication
Since 2020 self-employed as DÖRFLINGER CONSULTING & FACILITATION with a focus on participatory process support and organizational development
Working languages: German, English, French,
Spanish

Education

Studied commercial sciences in Vienna and Madrid
Moderation (Businessmind) and trainer (ÖAGG)
Art of hosting and harvesting
Team and organizational constellation, role play training (ÖAGG)
Flow Game (Interchange, Denmark)
Dance and expressive education (Center for Dance Therapy, Graz)
Sociocratic conversation (Sociocracy Center)

Languages: German, English, Spanish, French

Photo: ©Bernadette Reiter

Dr. Martina Handler

"Ich bin frei, denn ich bin einer Wirklichkeit nicht ausgeliefert, sondern kann sie gestalten." (Paul Watzlawick)
"Wege entstehen dadurch, dass man sie geht." (Franz Kafka)

Coaching focus areas:

Successful communication:
Strengthen communication skills, prepare for difficult conversations, and promote a constructive feedback and discussion culture.
Conflict management and mediation:
Analyze conflicts, resolve them through mediation, and develop conflict management skills.
Empowerment of women:
Strengthening personal and professional development, shaping career paths, expanding negotiation skills, and preparing for leadership responsibilities.
Meetings and retreats:
Designing lively, clear, and results-oriented events—using a variety of methods.
Team leadership and team development:
Strengthening teams in their collaboration, clarifying roles, and developing common goals.
Leadership development:
Supporting leaders in their roles, reflecting on leadership behavior, and deepening effective leadership skills.
Facilitation of large group events:
Effectively planning and facilitating interactive processes for large groups.
Seminars in moderation, communication, conflict management, and participatory design:
Teaching methods and skills that promote cooperation, dialogue, and participation.

Methods:

Solution-focused coaching
Mediation and conflict transformation
Nonviolent communication
Sociocracy
A variety of participatory/interactive methods and event designs
Art of Hosting
Dynamic Facilitation, among others

Education:

Studied political science and history (dissertation on intercultural communication/anti-racism)
Systemic business and organizational consulting (business license) / change management
Mediator
Facilitator for sociocracy, among other things

Professional experience:

Many years of practical experience in process design and facilitation in a wide range of topics (energy, climate, environment, social issues, culture, urban, municipal, and regional development, innovation, gender, and diversity)
Many years of management experience in sustainability research and education
Lecturer at several universities and technical colleges
Cultural event management
Radio journalist
Seminar activities in the field of vocational training and career planning

Languages: German, English

Foto:© Luiza Puiu

Mag.^a Elisabeth Cepek-Neuhauser
Supervisor & Coach

Coaching focus

Management coaching: Developing greater clarity for your functional role as a manager in order to shape your professional actions more consciously, overcome challenges and better understand and lead your employees.
Team development and moderation of retreats: Experience and grow as a team. Using classic team development tools and scenic-creative approaches, I will guide you and your team through the time together and the topics you have set.
Organizational mediation: As an organizational mediator, it is my job to support all parties involved in such a way that they feel fully and clearly represented in their position. I support you in listening to each other, recognizing differences and putting up with them. The aim is to find a good solution for everyone involved and to restore the ability to work. You will improve your conflict competence as a manager and as part of a team. I see resolved conflicts as the basis for good cooperation - even in challenging times.
Triadic career counseling helps you to sharpen your own profile in order to make it usable for your practice, your leadership style and professional identity.

Training and further education/professional experience

Supervisor & coach in independent practice since 2015
Member of the Roswitha Riepl & Team /Vienna team since 2019
Prior to that, many years of work in the field of gender, diversity, anti-racism ...
Training as a supervisor & coach (ÖVS) (Bifeb St. Wolfgang; Prof. Winfried Münch/Dr.ⁱⁿ Jutta Menschik and others)
Organizational mediation (Institut Triangel /Berlin; Dr. Harald Pühl and others)
Triadic career counseling (Hanover/Berlin, Prof. Dr.ⁱⁿ Kornelia Rappe-Giesecke)
Organizational constellations and the art of psychodramatic counselling (Roswitha Riepl, Vienna)
Studied Journalism & Communication Studies / International Politics and Romance Studies (University of Vienna)

Photo: ©Michaela Landwehr

Mag.^a Elisabeth Cepek-Neuhauser
Supervisor & Coach

Coaching focus

Management coaching: Developing greater clarity for your functional role as a manager in order to shape your professional actions more consciously, overcome challenges and better understand and lead your employees.
Team development and moderation of retreats: Experience and grow as a team. Using classic team development tools and scenic-creative approaches, I will guide you and your team through the time together and the topics you have set.
Organizational mediation: As an organizational mediator, it is my job to support all parties involved in such a way that they feel fully and clearly represented in their position. I support you in listening to each other, recognizing differences and putting up with them. The aim is to find a good solution for everyone involved and to restore the ability to work. You will improve your conflict competence as a manager and as part of a team. I see resolved conflicts as the basis for good cooperation - even in challenging times.
Triadic career counseling helps you to sharpen your own profile in order to make it usable for your practice, your leadership style and professional identity.

Training and further education/professional experience

Supervisor & coach in independent practice since 2015
Member of the Roswitha Riepl & Team /Vienna team since 2019
Prior to that, many years of work in the field of gender, diversity, anti-racism ...
Training as a supervisor & coach (ÖVS) (Bifeb St. Wolfgang; Prof. Winfried Münch/Dr.ⁱⁿ Jutta Menschik and others)
Organizational mediation (Institut Triangel /Berlin; Dr. Harald Pühl and others)
Triadic career counseling (Hanover/Berlin, Prof. Dr.ⁱⁿ Kornelia Rappe-Giesecke)
Organizational constellations and the art of psychodramatic counselling (Roswitha Riepl, Vienna)
Studied Journalism & Communication Studies / International Politics and Romance Studies (University of Vienna)

Photo: ©Michaela Landwehr

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lalouschek, MSc
Specialist in neurology & systemic coach (MSc)

Current roles / positions

Medical Director of The Tree Health Center in Vienna
Managing Director of The Tree Coaching und OE GmbH consulting firm
Chair of Psychosomatics at Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna
Founder of planetYES, an initiative for sustainable regional development

Competencies / Areas of focus

Medical treatment and support for burnout and other stress-related illnesses as well as neurological disorders
Coaching for burnout prevention, in crisis situations, and during reorientation
Medical coaching: Combining medicine and coaching, e.g., for burnout risk and psychosomatic complaints
Group and team coaching as well as team development
Training and further education for consultants, coaches, and managers
Organisational and personnel development projects

Professional experience

Many years of clinical and scientific experience at the Medical University of Vienna
University research work with numerous international publications
Management of interdisciplinary, multicenter research projects, including in cooperation with the Vienna University of Economics and Business Clinical work, as well as teaching and lecturing on stress and burnout
Foundation and development of a consulting company and an interdisciplinary health center in Vienna (www.thetree.at)
Organisational and personnel development projects

Languages: German, English

Photo: ©weinfranz

Mag.^a Ursula Pfrimer
Consultant, trainer and coach

“Typical of me is that I approach my clients’ questions from a variety of angles and have fun joining them in searching for ways to reorder things that can serve as an overall starting point for the development of helpful perspectives and effective next steps.”

Coaching Emphases

Consulting for organisational development projects
Moderation of problem-solving processes
Seminars on leadership, moderation, communication, conflict management, etc.
Further training in the field of systemic coaching and systemic organisational development for executives and consultants
Accompaniment of large group events
Designing interdisciplinary architectures of social communication
Supervision and management coaching for individuals and teams

Professional Training / Experience

Organisational development consultant
Management trainer and coach
Registered psychotherapist – systemic family therapy
Supervisor and group worker (ÖAGG)
Teacher of organisational development trainers at the Wiener Akademie für Organisationsentwicklung [Vienna Academy of Organisational Development]
Managing partner at metalogikon

Photo: ©Emely Pfrimer

Ute Riedler
Scientific Consulting
Counsellor for academic careers, former university board member (University of Music and Performing Arts Graz), lecturer

Ute Riedler specialized on communicative and strategic career counselling in academia after a career as journalist in the Austrian radio and broadcasting company. She focuses on strategic career counselling for both, junior and senior researchers, and on preparing for application procedures as well as on training for non-biased decision-making processes in selection procedures. She has developed several workshops and courses in collaboration with human resources departments of Austrian universities.

Focus areas
Strategic career planning, application and appointment procedures, negotiation competencies, presentation skills, work-life-balance, time-management in academia.

References
Univ. Vienna, TU Vienna, Med. Univ. Vienna, BOKU, Vienna Univ. of Economics and Business (WU) Wien, Univ. of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW), IST Austria, Karl Franzens Univ. Graz, TU Graz, Med. Univ. Graz, Universitsy of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG), Paris Lodron Univ. Salzburg, JKUniv. Linz, Univ. Klagenfurt, Univ. Krems, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Ludwig Boltzmann Society (LBG), FH Kärnten

Languages: German, English

Coaching sessions online.

Photo: ©private

Mag.^a Ruth Picker E.MA
Coach & Supervisor, Team Developer, Organisational Consultant, Dialogue Facilitator

“Development requires risk. Without risk, there is no development” (Werner Bock)

As a systemic consultant and psychologist, I have been supporting individuals and teams in challenging development processes for more than 10 years – with clarity, empathy, and a keen sense for creative and structural dynamics. The focus is on opening up scope for action and spaces in which new things can emerge.

Focus areas and competencies

Leadership experience & diversity of perspectives
Individual coaching on topics such as role clarity, decision-making, self-management, resilience, work/study/family balance, and standing up for your interests
Strengthening the culture of cooperation: moderation of team processes & conflict resolution
Participatory development of visions & strategies and support during change
Spaces for dialogue for collective intelligence and co-creative solutions
Relief through an “outside perspective” and professional support

Methods and settings

Individual settings, small groups, participatory large groups
Intertwining of systemic and dialogical work
Tailor-made designs and different methods
In German and English

Education and Professional Experience

Systemic Organisational Development (Beratergruppe Neuwaldegg); Coaching & Supervision (ÖVS). Extensive experience with participatory work.
Management experience in the non-profit sector. Data-based strategy consulting and basic research (including on political participation).
Studies: “Psychology” (Vienna / New York); “Human Rights & Democratization” (Venice / Bilbao)
Further training in areas including “Autonomy, Power and Vitality”/ W. Bock, “Positive Intelligence”/ S. Chamine, “The Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter/ Art of Participatory Leadership”, “Dynamic Facilitation”/ M. Götsch & K. Henry

Languages: German, English

Photo: ©Lukas Ilgner

Mag.^a Aliette Dörflinger
Process support - Moderation - Coaching

"Detours expand local knowledge." (Kurt Tucholsky)

Coaching focal points

Career and leadership development:
- especially for women and researchers
- Resource-oriented exploration of solution paths
Gender issues
- Strategic positioning and visibility
- Compatibility and development of potential
Change and innovation processes in the context of the organization: individually, in a team or in an institutional setting
Conception and implementation of team and strategy meetings
Culture of successful collaboration and ability to cooperate, e.g. for inter- and transdisciplinary projects, participatory processes
Moderation of (large group) events and
specialist conferences

Professional experience

15 years in non-university social science contract research (KMU Forschung Austria) and research funding (FWF Strategy Department)
Experience in cultural management (music festivals, Red Noses Clowndoctors)
Various teaching assignments in the areas of social skills, leadership and communication
Since 2020 self-employed as DÖRFLINGER CONSULTING & FACILITATION with a focus on participatory process support and organizational development
Working languages: German, English, French,
Spanish

Education

Studied commercial sciences in Vienna and Madrid
Moderation (Businessmind) and trainer (ÖAGG)
Art of hosting and harvesting
Team and organizational constellation, role play training (ÖAGG)
Flow Game (Interchange, Denmark)
Dance and expressive education (Center for Dance Therapy, Graz)

Sociocratic conversation (Sociocracy Center)

Roswitha Riepl MSc
Coach, supervisor & psychotherapist

In our coaching sessions, I act as your constructive and critical sparring partner: we join forces to analyse your themes, and I help you come up with concrete steps for new, fresh courses of action.

Coaching Emphases

Executive development: analysis of the interaction of role, organisational demands, and personality. Responsible employee management. Dealing with maximum capacities.
Conflict management: early recognition and understanding of conflict scenarios. Learning to deal with conflict participants. Enhancing one’s own abilities to deal with conflict.
Creative team development: a mix of classic team development and experiential approaches. This makes team development an exciting and memorable process.
Moderation

Professional Training / Experience
Degree in psychotherapy from Danube University Krems
Training as a coach under Christine Bauer-Jelinek
Work as a coach, supervisor, and psychotherapist since 1998. Therapist-trainer and supervisor for Advanced Studies in Psychodrama at Danube University Krems. Gives seminars lectures internationally. Numerous courses of further training on topics including crisis intervention, supervision, music therapy, dance therapy, etc.
Proprietor of Roswitha Riepl & Team, 1060 Vienna

Language: German

Michaela Rosen
Trainer and coach for communication skills, status games and empathy

Coaching Emphases

Personality development: support in formulating personal goals plus assistance with one’s (developmental) path towards them
Preparation for hearings, presentations, and applications: for professorships, for academic presentations, for (particularly female) executives, etc.

Professional Training / Experience
Michaela Rosen is an actor who, alongside her career as an artist, has already spent many years teaching at leading universities in the USA (Harvard), Germany, Austria (mdw, Max Reinhardt Seminar), and Australia (VCA).

Since 2002: training of executives (in the arts and culture)

Since March 2016, Michaela Rosen has been teaching the course “Kommunikative Kompetenz, Statusspiele und Empathie” [communication skills, status games, and empathy] at the mdw.

Mag. Hubert Steger
Clinical and health psychologist

“Live your dream, you can trust in it,” and “you can grow personally, even despite any unfavourable conditions!”

Coaching Emphases

Fatherhood and father-roles
Masculinity
Work-life and work-family balance
Team leadership and team development
Gender equality
Respect of boundaries
Aggression and violence

Professional Training / Experience
Originally trained and worked for several years as a machine tool technician; now a clinical and health psychologist, family and child guidance counsellor, and facilitator

Professional activities:

Generalised individual advising and coaching of boys, men, and fathers
Supporting and accompanying victims of violence (including in the course of criminal proceedings)
Treating people with traumatic experiences of violence
Provision of therapy as part of the project Fit2Work
Diagnosis of male adolescents and young men in a forensic context

Languages: German, English, Italian

Manuela Weiss, MBA
Consulting, training, coaching
(Burgenland)

Coaching Emphases

Stress management concerning professional and private themes (such as relationships, divorce, family, conflicts, etc.)
Improvement of self-management skills (clear orientation of mindset, balanced emotions, targeted actions)
Burnout prevention
An integrative approach (linking the mental, emotional, and physical levels) to challenges that life presents
Emotion management
Reaching decisions

Professional Training

MBA – studies in social management
Diploma as a life and social counsellor
Stress management and burnout prevention
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SIZE Prozess® coach
wingwave coach®
Business coach
Business trainer
Supervisor
ABS job grading scale of the AUVA (Austria’s General Accident Insurance Institution) – evaluation of physical strains in the workplace
SE® trauma work after Peter Levine
annual further training in current personality development methods

Hans-Jörg Zahradnik, MSc
Independent trainer & coach for project and process management, leadership development

*1965 in Lower Austria
Married, two sons
Cooperating partner at Carmann Consulting and at next level consulting

Coaching Emphases

International executive development programmes
Support for individuals in critical professional-life situations
Support in identifying and overcoming conflicts in teams and organisations
Executive coaching geared to enhancing performance and appearances at large group interventions

Training / Professional Experience

Certified project manager (IPMA and PMI) and process manager (TÜV Austria)
Master’s degree-level studies in systemic coaching (European Systemic Business Academy)
Studies in jazz bass at the Vienna Conservatory (today’s MUK)
Working languages: German, English, Spanish
15 years in IT positions ranging from software developer to project head to sales team leader
Freelance trainer and coach for project and process management as well as executive development since 2001
Co-author of two textbooks on “project coaching” and “process management”, respectively (published by Goldegg Verlag)

Languages: German, English, Spanish