For your business and personal development

What do you want to move forward now?

Build a new business. Structure growth. Develop leadership. Or clarify your own next step.

For business owners · Founders · Leaders · Investors

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Think together.
Shape together.
Get things done together.
Sascha Adam
30+ years of experience · Selected organisations I have worked with
The Hearts HotelAxel SpringerVaillantFinanz InformatikEngel & Völkersdodenhof
Your starting point

Where do you want to make progress?

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01

Turn digitalisation & AI into impact

Less effort. Better processes. New business opportunities.

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We examine how your business creates value: where do processes cost time, where do errors occur, and where is potential left untapped? We identify use cases for digitalisation and AI, assess benefits, effort and risks, and test the most promising applications in everyday work — with clear criteria for what should improve.

Relevant service
Fractional Chief of Staff Mandate

In practice

Vaillant: gathered international requirements, led the development of the social intranet and designed a user-centred digital workplace.

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02

Build a new business

The opportunity is there. Now it needs to prove itself in the market.

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Together, we examine the customer problem, the offer and the business model — and take it to market. Not just as a concept: with initial sales activity, pilot customers and clear next decisions.

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Fractional Chief of Staff Mandate

In practice

Axel Springer: a digital sales platform from business case to operations, including building the unit responsible for it.

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03

Adapt your organisation to growth

The business is growing. Organisation and leadership need to grow with it.

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The next stage of growth takes more than extra capacity. We sharpen the strategy, develop roles, leadership structures and collaboration, and move key initiatives forward. I work alongside you where the bottleneck is — so your company can grow without everything landing on your desk.

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Fractional Chief of Staff on a monthly engagement · Business Retreat for shared direction

In practice

The Hearts Hotel: worked alongside the founder to develop the organisation, leadership structures and communication for the next stage — combined with hands-on operational work.

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04

Develop leadership & collaboration

Plenty of effort. Too little shared direction.

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Within the leadership team, we bring different priorities and unspoken questions into the open and translate them into decisions and agreements. If your own role is the focus, explore the personal development options below.

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Business Retreat Design & Facilitation

In practice

Finanz Informatik: a two-day retreat for around 60 developers to support the transition to agile collaboration and culture.

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Is this about your own role or your next step?

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Four services

The right support.
For what you want to achieve.

Hands-on involvement, shared development or personal sparring.

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For leaders

Fractional Chief of Staff
Mandate

When important business priorities need additional strategic and operational involvement.

Clear priorities · Effective execution · Everyday development

Available service modules
  • Guidance & Sparring1–3 months

    Strategic sparring and clarity on operational priorities.

  • Execution & Delivery1–3 months

    Hands-on involvement in business-critical projects.

  • Growth & Transformation3–6 months

    Develop organisation and leadership for sustainable growth.

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Explore monthly engagements & services ↗Download OnePager (PDF, German) ↓
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For leadership teams

Business Retreat Design &
Facilitation

When a leadership team needs to resolve the essential questions together.

Shared direction · Committed decisions

Available service modules
  • Direction & Clarity Retreat1 day

    Focused strategy, alignment and decision-making questions.

  • Turning Point Retreat2–3 days

    Broader development, strategy and transformation questions.

  • Follow-through supportoptional

    Follow through on decisions and next steps in everyday work.

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Explore retreat services & process ↗Download OnePager (PDF, German) ↓

When the next stage of development starts with you.

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For you personally

Next Chapter
Sparring

When you want to clarify your role and your own direction.

Understand where you are · Find your direction · Clarify your next step

Available service modules
  • Starting PointPersonal stocktaking

    See more clearly who you are today and what fits you.

  • CompassYour own compass

    Understand your motivations and distinguish possible paths.

  • HorizonFuture direction

    Broaden your perspective and make your own direction visible.

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Explore sparring formats & process ↗Download OnePager (PDF, German) ↓
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For you or your leadership team

Sail & Grow
Leadership Retreat

When you want to experience your leadership under real conditions and bring the insights back into everyday work.

Experience leadership · Strengthen collaboration · Apply insights

Available service modules
  • Curated crewsIndividually or as a pair

    Join a crew curated by me, individually or as a pair. The five-day programme is fully designed and organised.

  • Leadership Retreat for your team5 days

    Your leadership team books the entire five-day programme as its own crew.

  • Custom-designed sailing retreatTailored to your needs

    Content, duration and group size are tailored to your needs.

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Explore programme, dates & investment ↗Download OnePager (PDF, German) ↓
In practice

More than thinking along.
Building and delivering alongside you.

Business & platform

Axel Springer

A platform for 28 media brands. Built a unit with over 20 internal and external team members. ROI after three rather than five years.

Starting point & results

Starting point
A digital business idea needed to become a platform business with its own organisation.

My contribution
I built the business unit and took the sales platform from business case to operations.

Results
A platform for 28 media brands and a unit with over 20 internal and external team members. ROI after three rather than five years.

Organisation & involvement

The Hearts Hotel

Developed leadership and organisation alongside the founder. Temporarily led the restaurant — with guest and revenue records.

Starting point & results

Starting point
In the growing hotel, too many operational matters ended up with the founder and CEO; responsibilities and processes created friction.

My contribution
I developed leadership structures and communication and temporarily took over restaurant management.

Results
Improved organisation and collaboration, alongside guest and revenue records in restaurant operations.

Digitalisation & people

Vaillant

Connected the social intranet and digital workplace with user needs and cultural development. The initial development phase received awards.

Starting point & results

Starting point
The global intranet needed further development as part of a culture initiative; a user-centred digital workplace concept followed.

My contribution
Feature design and agile project leadership, followed by international requirements workshops and digital workplace concepts.

Results
Connected digital product work with user needs and cultural development. The initial development phase received awards.

Sascha Adam
About me

I connect what is often considered separately.

That is where I make the greatest difference.

Strategy and execution.
People and organisation.
Personal clarity and business development.

For more than 30 years, I have turned ideas into results. I see connections, develop perspectives and always keep the people involved in view.

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What needs to move forward?
What is holding it back?

Tell me briefly what is on your mind. In our first conversation, we will explore whether and how I can help.

Before our first conversation.

Do I need to know which service is right for me?

No. Simply get in touch. Together, we will work out what support makes sense.

Consulting, sparring or hands-on involvement?

In a monthly engagement, I contribute strategically and operationally. In a Business Retreat, I design and facilitate the clarification process. Next Chapter and Sail & Grow focus on personal development. We agree the role and boundaries to suit the engagement.