Strengthen people. Get teams moving.

I was 16 when I first stood behind the bench, and that early enthusiasm has stayed with me. At 18 I started my J+S coach training, and I’ve kept learning ever since. I’ve coached teams from the youngest players up to U21, sometimes as head coach, sometimes as assistant, sometimes as co-lead. At Unihockey Basel Regio I helped build up the kids’ programme, and today I’m assistant coach of the women’s U21A team. There, coaching means reacting fast and still with sensitivity: after a defeat, when a player loses touch, when a team has to find itself again.

At work, I’m an agile coach. I help self-organising teams grow in ownership and self-efficacy, facilitate retrospectives and address tensions early. I know Scrum, SAFe and Liberating Structures, but what matters more to me than any framework is what a team needs right now. I also coach individuals one-to-one, for example in a new role or before a decision.

My second passion is emergency medicine. I’m a first responder in northwestern Switzerland, I built up and led a company first-aid service, and today I lead a care team that supports people after distressing events. Emergencies teach you to stay calm and to listen first. I need both in every coaching conversation.