I inspire people, teams and organizations with growing pains to ignite meaningful work.

I am an off-the-chart ENFP, a challenger, an activator and an optimist.  I use my left- and right brain hemispheres simultaneously, always exploring routes to the full potential of my clients. I don’t just work for companies, I work for people. I prefer to work with frontrunners, who are the multipliers in organizations, also known as ‘Chiefs'.  I love crafting highly ambitious plans, supporting brave transformations and creating future-proof cultures with them. I build long-term relationships and follow my clients on their path of transformation. 

My approach is an intense cocktail of learning, experiencing, debating, deepening, speeding up, laughing and translating all into daily life. People leave my sessions energized and determined to start. 

I travel around Europe to work with a high variety of clients and always return to my favorite city Berlin, where I live with my wife and kids.

If you need a sidekick to help you drive your transformation or need a coach to support your team, please reach out to me at hugo@forchiefs.com

Hugo Suidman

As we are currently experiencing: traditional ways of working needs to change. Trust and technology empowers anyone for remote work or work in virtual teams. For a lot of companies this comes with a massive change request in leadership, processes and communication flows eg meeting rituals.

With 13+ years’ experience in the HR space and 7+ years' in a leadership role within digital companies, there are very few topics that I havent't covered at some point or another. Restructuring, Change Management, Digital transformation, Leadership Development and Crises Management to mention a few.

Specialties: Digital transformation, Virtual teams, HR Tools & Software, Change Management, Leadership, Project Management, Set up HR departments, HR Consulting, Process (re-)engineering, Coaching & Development, Strategic Sourcing, Talent Development, HRM, Workforce Planning

Vera Termühlen-Enger

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹. 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁.

This year I've barely touched LinkedIn. Not because there's nothing going on. Quite the opposite. Every day is full, building Leadfully, moving to Denmark, a week away with my oldest friend, Anke Fatels, our third January escape to feed a friendship that deserves more than WhatsApp to survive.

Last weekend at a birthday, Berit Fechner said, Vera, you're so chilled these days, I have to get used to it. You used to be a machine.

Ouch. At first, it stung. Am I getting lazy? Losing my edge? Should I be pushing harder?

Then I slept on it.

Actually, I'm just busy with different things. These days, I don't clock 60-hour weeks at work. I barely hit 30. But I'm just as busy, talks with my son, time with my partner, friends, sport, cooking, reading, fresh ideas, leadfully, even school stuff.

I'm as engaged as ever. My focus changed. Connection now means more than job titles. Health matters more than always being available. leadfully is my baby, but it can't be my whole life and Yvonne Seim - also founder of leadfully - shares this mindset. 

So I won't force posts just to please the algorithm. If my reach drops, fine. If people stick around, great.

Why share this? Because if you're torn between what you want and what you think you should do, pick you. Life's too short to live for someone else's feed.

Happy weekend.

#balancedlife #leadership #authenticleader #connection

Founder & CEO @ Leadfully / Executive Coach & Consultant / CHO - Chief Happiness Officer / Follow me for playbooks on how to lead with joy into the next century.

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵.

New job. New country on the horizon. Life gets busy. Suddenly, the people who once felt like constants fade into the background.

Last week, three people I rarely speak to messaged me out of the blue. No agenda. No catch-up formalities. Just warmth, honesty, and a reminder that I still matter to them. 

It made my entire day.
One small message. Instantly lighter. Happier. Reconnected.
Funny how a thirty-second effort can turn an ordinary Tuesday into a highlight.

We all get swept up by change, deadlines, shifting cities and work. It's tempting to believe there's never time to reach out. Or that it wouldn't matter.

But you'd be surprised what thirty seconds can do.

So, if someone crosses your mind today, don't just let the thought pass. Tell them. Share some love. Start that spark.

I'll be sharing this lesson next week at the K5 Female Circle Event in Berlin, digging into why real connection still matters, even in a world of AI. Especially in a world like this.

Who will you reach out to today?
Tag them. Message them. Make someone's day ❤️

K5 - Future Retail Verena Lindner Verena Schlüpmann leadfully Heidy Torrelli Shireen Saxena Matthias Ennen Yvonne Seim 

#love #connection #leadfully #humanleadership

𝗔𝗜 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.

Yvonne Seim and I built leadfully as a team of two.
With AI, we get more done in less time.
But chatbots don't make us laugh.
No algorithm creates the energy after a proper brainstorm.

What keeps us going?
The connection between us.
The back-and-forth, the trust, the appreciation.

Here's the thing, it's never just about tools.
People crave real connection at work.
It's what makes a job actually satisfying.

But leaders miss this, again and again.
Gallup says employee satisfaction keeps sliding.
The reason? Lack of genuine connection.
Not more tech. Not another manual.

𝗢𝗻 𝟭𝟮𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝟱 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, we'll talk about how leaders can bring connection back, at speed, under pressure, in the age of AI.

This won't be a lecture.
It'll be hands-on, full of honest stories and those rare moments when you feel the whole room shift.

Will you join us?

#leadership #ki #leadfully #authenticleader #connection

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𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟯𝟬 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝗼?
It's fun. It's chaos. It's a whole new headache.

I love building things that matter, but recording 30 videos for an eight-week journey is a different ball game. Every day feels like a strange mix of creative flow, technical drama, and learning curve.

We are obsessing over every clip, every edit, every awkward pause.
Trying to make each video lighter, sharper, more... well, human. My respect for proper video producers has doubled.

One thing is clear: talking into a teleprompter, alone in a room, is a whole new kind of weird. But here's the thing: if I say I'll deliver something, I do.
Even if the process is messy and my intake of sugar is now borderline dangerous.

Grateful to Friedrich Gatz for keeping the process moving, and 
Yvonne Seim for her uncanny ability to stay calm even when the tech gods are against us. Also, massive thanks to the Blinkist team for lending us the perfect filming spot.

If you want to see what 30 videos' worth of learning, stress, and sugar overload looks like, the next group of leadfully leaders gets first access on 4 May.

Want in?
Check the comments for the waiting list

#leadership #leadershipjourney #growth #development #leadfully

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗷𝗼𝗯?

That first rush of excitement, the pure energy. I still remember bouncing around my flat after Alexander Kudlich called about my start date at Rocket Internet SE. Pure joy.

My career path isn't typical. I rarely stayed anywhere longer than three years.

Not because of bad teams. Quite the opposite. I've been lucky to work with exceptional people, every step of the way.

But here's what I learned: every company has its own rhythm. Their own way of doing things. And it works for them.

KPMG thrived on structure and careful debate. It shaped their success. But for me, it felt like moving through mud. My strengths are speed and creative problem-solving, which just didn't fit their process.

Rocket Internet SE ran at breakneck speed. They got results by moving fast and making bold calls. That intensity worked. But I need moments to reflect, to think a few steps ahead. I couldn't find that space there.

Wooga built real community, people who cared about each other. That sense of belonging made them strong. For me, though, things got too comfortable. I need a spark, a challenge, the next mountain to climb.

SHARE NOW: A huge merger, two giants aiming for a start-up feel. They succeeded in some ways, but their processes still moved at a corporate pace. Fast for some, slow for me.

Now I'm building my own environment as an independent. I set the speed. I shape the rules to match my strengths.

Why am I sharing this? Because we talk a lot about hiring for skills. But not enough about cultural fit.

A company's way of working can be exactly right, just not for everyone. When the fit is wrong, even the best people can't do their best work.

If you want teams to thrive, it's not just about who is best on paper. It's about who will work best with the way you already do things.

That's the real unlock.

Big thank you to the brilliant people I was lucky to work with and learn what is important to me Olivier Reppert Slavko Bevanda Dana Dandan Michaela Bertram Mathis Christian Jens Begemann Philipp Moeser Jan Miczaika Lenka Kaciakova Steven Gilmore Matt Hood Dr. Marion Trautbeck-Kim Hermione Tomic Ronny Rentner Hendrik Schriefer Joana Hanemann Lena Dageförde Elena Aubell Dr. Jan Jacobs Konstanze Schlegelberger Sandra Hopfer Christoph Rahn Katja Röhrborn Michael Kozikowski Sylvia Pruy Anna Brixner Darja Gutnick Nora Blum to mention a few. Too many to mention all, but you know who you are 💚 

#leadfully #humanleadership #development #culturalfit

𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹.

Leadership can feel lonely.

When you’re the one making decisions,
holding responsibility,
keeping everything moving forward.

People see the confidence.
They rarely see the questions behind it.

Even the strongest leaders have moments where they wonder:
Am I doing this right?

That’s why leadership should never be a solo journey.

The best leaders don’t just build self-belief.
They build circles.

Spaces where leaders can
share honestly,
think together,
and remind each other what’s possible.

Because sometimes the most powerful thing someone can say to you is: 

“You’ve got this.”

And sometimes the most powerful thing 𝘆𝗼𝘂 can do is say the same to someone else.

That’s exactly what the K5 Female Circle Event is about:
Lift Yourself. Lift Each Other.

This Thursday in Berlin, incredible women will come together to exchange ideas, share experiences, and strengthen each other as leaders.

✨ Meet Yvonne Seim and me at 3 PM for our masterclass:
“Leadership in the Age of AI: Why Successful Leadership Requires Connection.”

We’ll explore why, in a world that is becoming more automated, human connection is becoming the real leadership advantage.

If you’re in Berlin, come by and be part of the conversation.

📌 Subscribe to my free newsletter Leadership Fail & Fix for bi-weekly insights on self-leadership. Lessons, failures, and tools to lead yourself first.

K5 - Future Retail leadfully Yvonne Seim 
#leadership #development #self-leadership #community

💚 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 & 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 - 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗵𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁

Ich war schon auf vielen Events und noch nie war die positive Energie im Raum so greifbar wie auf dem K5 - Future Retail Female Circle Event. 

Verena Schlüpmann und Verena Lindner starteten mit zwei starken persönlichen Keynotes, die den Raum für ehrlichen Austausch und Verbindung perfekt geöffnet haben. 

Im Anschluss war es für mich einfach nur wohltuend, einen ganzen Tag lang ohne die übliche Business Maske unterwegs sein zu dürfen. 

Ich bin dankbar, dass ich als Speakerin - zusammen mit meiner Partnerin in Crime Yvonne Seim - einen Beitrag zu diesem tollen Event leisten durfte. Mit einem Thema, das uns besonders am Herzen liegt: Führung im KI-Zeitalter - Warum erfolgreiche Führung Verbindung braucht. 

Besondere Wegbegleiterinnen, die meinen Tag geprägt haben:
Julia-Toni Reiche – danke für die tolle Masterclass zum Thema Stimme & Präsenz, die mich perfekt für die Bühne vorbereitet hat.
Anne Schuster - die ich endlich wieder sehen durfte. It's a match. 
Anna Helena Baronjan - für den bereichernden, ehrlichen und lustigen Austausch. 
Franzi von Hardenberg – für wertvolle Tipps wie man eine substanzielle Community aufbaut. 
Apameh Schönauer – eine Quelle der Inspiration wenn es um Mut und Resilienz geht.
Lena Freund - für deine Insights zum Thema Speaking.
Kseniya Dockhorn - für den wertvollen Austausch über das Gründen.

Ein riesiges Danke an das gesamte Team hinter dem Event. Es ist wirklich unglaublich wie ihr es schafft eine hohe Professionalität mit soviel Menschlichkeit und Liebe zu kombinieren. Damit seid ihr für mich DIE Frontrunner im Event Business. 

Ich freu mich schon auf das nächste Jahr! 🥰

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀?

Last week, I queued with my son to apply for a spot at Immanuel-Kant-Gymnasium Lichtenberg, year 5. Over 130 kids for just 60 places. The room was packed. Everyone tense.

One of my son's classmates is gifted, doing maths two years ahead. Even he isn't guaranteed a place. One off day, a bit of nerves, a few mistakes on the test, and it's over. No room for error.

What are we teaching these kids? You can be excellent, work hard, and still not make it. That's a tough lesson at ten.

The system won't change overnight. But there are people who get it and act.

unfold e.V. started by Nicole Zätzsch, creates real spaces for kids to be seen and heard, not just optimised. Focused on resilience, mental health, and real strength, not just test results.

We can't fix capacity overnight. But we can offer kids support, perspective, and the chance to stay mentally healthy.

Sometimes, that's the difference that matters most.

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At leadfully, we believe that true leadership combines clarity, confidence, and team spirit. Our scientifically-backed programs are crafted to inspire genuine peer-to-peer exchange, showcase real progress, and make leadership development enjoyable — because growth should be both effective and fun!

We’re dedicated to helping leaders take on more responsibility daily, foster deeper team connections, and build trust at every level. When leaders act with purpose and conviction, they drive sustainable success.

Join us on this journey of transformation. Let’s unlock the full potential of your leadership team and create a future built on responsibility, connection, and trust. 🚀

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We're purpose driven Sidekicks who work with leaders and companies to empower the change needed to lead into the next century. Our purpose is to raise the stakes. 

We believe that it’s the people who create regenerative environments, companies and cultures. Therefore, we use our first-hand experience, from working in global organizations, to take the lead in guiding leaders and teams through the positive tensions of change to provide a fun, informative and human route to success.

If you need a Chief Sidekick to help you drive your transformation or need a coach to support your team, then please reach out to us.

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OUTFITTERY makes shopping for men personal, digital and above all - simple. To accomplish this mission, we work every day with more than 300 employees at three locations across Germany and Switzerland - and we are growing still. 

Our company is not only a team of customer heroes, but also home to some of the best tech professionals throughout Berlin and agile business masters.

Head of Human Resources

Founded in 2009, Wooga has become one of the most popular developers of mobile games in the world. At its headquarters in Berlin, employees from more than 40 nations develop high quality free-to-play games for a global audience. Wooga’s focus is on regularly creating hits such as Jelly Splash, Pearl’s Peril and Diamond Dash. Over 50 million people play Wooga’s games every month across multiple platforms.

Rocket's mission is to become the world’s largest Internet platform outside of China and the United States. Rocket identifies and builds proven Internet business models and transfers them to new, underserved or untapped markets where it seeks to scale them into market leading online companies. 

Rocket is focused on online business models that satisfy basic consumer needs across three sectors: e-commerce, marketplaces and financial technology.

Rocket started in 2007 and now has more than 20,000 employees across its network of companies, which operate in more than 100 countries on five continents.

You want to learn more about Rocket? http://youtu.be/2jqiJX7_pzA

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