Services

Facilitating transformation

I invite change into organizations and other systems. Whether you’re facing an urgent need for change, ongoing friction loss, or simply a curiosity about new possibilities, I bring my experience and expertise to support your unique transformation.

I work with you throughout the whole process: both the ideation and the messy parts of implementation. First, I help identify what is needed, and then I facilitate its discovery, realization and sustainability. While you, as the expert of your context, are responsible for evaluating if we’re going in the right direction.

Typically, this work falls under one of three services: co-creation and innovation, organizational development and leadership development.

Co-Creation and Innovation

I design and facilitate workshops for organizations, conferences, collaborative groups and more. My approach is always context-specific, but no matter the setting, connection and interaction are central. I help you cultivate a nutrient-rich soil for powerful ideas and radical innovation.

“Maren skillfully balances and moderates diverse expectations, interests, and perspectives while remaining results-oriented. Her situation-appropriate conceptual preparation for events, along with her confident and adept application of various techniques and methods in the facilitation context, are also noteworthy. Both aspects have significantly contributed to the sustainable success of establishing structures and processes for neighborhood work in this area, which faces very difficult social conditions and challenges.”

(Jörg Schulenburg, Manager Community Center Charlottenburg-Nord)

Here are a few common starting points:

You have organized an event with inspiring people and want to make sure that something truly deep and new emerges out of it.
You want to improve how the departments in your organizations interact.
You know you have people with great potential but somehow things don’t take off.

Check out examples of my co-creation and innovation work.

Organizational Development

I help you and your team access the curiosity and flexibility needed to meet inevitable, desired, or unexpected changes. I aim to build capacity and resilience in the system as a whole so that you can tackle not only your current challenges but also those to come. Together, we form and foster agile structures, strategies and culture that will allow for vibrant interactions amongst colleagues.

“At the beginning of our collaboration, the focus was on cultural change in the context of a leadership transition following a company takeover. This then evolved into the goal of leading the organization towards self-organization. Maren’s ability to create learning environments for the team where reflection, accountability, and problem-solving skills could be developed, has been particularly helpful. She has a remarkable talent for fostering a strong dynamic within projects. Rather than offering well-meaning advice, she provides the team with the space to develop their own solutions.”

(Andreas Korth, CEO das finanzkontor Kindler, Korth & Kolleginnen GmbH & Co. KG)

Here are a few common starting points:

You have tried to implement change but somehow you end up with more of the same.
You realize how much energy is lost in unspoken or unproductive disagreements and conflict.
You know that something needs to change but you don’t know what exactly.

Check out examples of my organizational development work.

Leadership Development

I empower you to access your potential, align with your values and lead regeneratively and compassionately. My aim is to facilitate new ways of experiencing yourself, your interactions and surroundings. Your mindset will shift, and your capacities for leadership will be deeply impacted.

“Maren has been particularly effective in helping me navigate my individual challenges within the systemic context of the organization. She always manages to bring out the resources that are already present within me and has a keen sense for finding methods that resonate with me and have a real impact. She helps me perceive what’s already there in a new way and discover fresh perspectives. Some of the outcomes of our work together still accompany me daily, even months later. I especially value her deep connection to nature, which she continually integrates into her work, enhancing the effectiveness of her methods for me.”

(Frederike Lindner, Product Lead, Startnext GmbH)

Here are a few common starting points:

You are struggling to make strong decisions that people follow and implement.
You feel stuck.
You have had a rollercoaster year and want to realign in preparation for what is next.

Check out examples of my leadership development work.

Is this for me/us?

I’d love to hear from you!

Book a free consultation (zoom or in-person) to learn more about how I can help and what our collaboration might look like. You can also contact me at maren(at)feks-leadership.no.

A note on language: My primary languages are German and English. I understand Norwegian fully, but I will respond in Norwenglish.