Kerstin Engelhardt

Email: engelhardt@socius.de
Internet: socius.de
Telephone: +49 (0)30 403010226
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I joined SOCIUS in 2005 and have been a partner since 2009.

I was born in 1961 and studied History, Protestant Theology and Journalism (MA). I began my career working for several concentration camp memorial sites. I then spent seven years at the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) and held a leadership position there for four years. Finally, I arrived at SOCIUS.

I trained as a systemic coach (artop-Institut at the Humboldt University Berlin, certified by DBVC), Gestalt consultant (with Dr. Wolfgang Looss), health coach/seminar leader for stress management (IEK Berlin) and as a text-based online consultant (Deutsche Psychologen Akademie).

My main focus is on organizational consulting, coaching and supervision, as well as program and process evaluation. I regard the key aim of my work as supporting my clients by enabling them to gain new perspectives and capabilities. The solutions I offer are not ready-made; they are developed together with my clients and are tailored to fit specific situations.

I see my work as value-based; I orientate myself to current research and continuously reflect on my own professional experiences. Furthermore, my work always combines results orientation and process orientation. In terms of methodology, I use systemic and Gestalt consulting techniques, and often work with visualization.

I am registered as:

• Process consultant for the unternehmensWert:Mensch development program in the fields of human resources management, equal opportunities and diversity, and health (http://www.unternehmens-wert-mensch.de)
• Coach for Live Democracy! the federal programm for the prevention of right-wing extremism, violence and hostility (https://www.demokratie-leben.de)
• Coach for the Protestant Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz (EKBO) (https://www.ekbo.de)
• Consultant / Lecturer for the Offensive Mittelstand campaign for SMEs (htpp: //www.offensive-mittelstand.de).

Publications include:

(2016) Engelhardt/Gottwald: Belastung, Stress, Burnout: individuelle und strukturelle Bearbeitungswege. In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Coaching e.V. (Hg.): Beratungspraxis an der Schnittstelle von Coaching und Organisationsentwicklung

(2016) Engelhardt/Kriesel: Inklusion in der Organisationsentwicklung. http://blog.socius.de/inklusion-der-organisationsentwicklung

(2015) Baier/Engelhardt/Niedbala/Ulrich: Europeans for Peace. Evaluationsergebnisse zu einem europäischen Förderprogramm der Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft. In: IJAB – Fachstelle für Internationale Jugendarbeit der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Hg.): Forum Jugendarbeit International 2013-2015, S. 338-352

I love reading, cycling and playing the card game ‘Doppelkopf‘, and I enjoy moments of pure relaxation. I am also a voluntary board member for an association for political memorials (http://www.polmem-mv.de).

My favourite piece of wisdom is loosely based on the words of author and Holocaust survivor, Ruth Klüger: ‘With age comes freedom’.