For almost two decades, I kept rewriting my professional story.  Architect. Interior architect. Leader. Projects in Türkiye and the German market. International work. From the outside, coherent and impressive. And in many ways, it truly was.  But success can blur self-awareness.  The better I performed, the harder it felt to question the direction. Competence creates momentum. Momentum shapes identity...   If I’m honest, something inside wasn’t fully right.   Through expat tr

In almost every strategy conversation I have with corporate clients and career-growth coachees lately, one topic keeps coming up.  They want a digital presence that truly reflects them. Their thinking. Their professional contribution. Their leadership style.  Whether they are entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs inside large organizations, the expectation is similar:  In today’s professional landscape, visibility shapes credibility.   Last year, I asked myself the same question.  D

For years, I believed I was functioning well. I delivered, decided, coached, led.  From the outside, no one would have guessed that my system was slowly failing.  Chronic fatigue and insomnia didn’t arrive overnight. They accumulated quietly. First, my cognitive sharpness declined. Then my emotional regulation followed. I remained efficient, but my clarity suffered. I stayed active yet felt less grounded. I was present, though increasingly impatient.  When I decided to take b

When the topic comes to ‘Change Management’,  it   is often the moment the room goes quiet. I see this repeatedly in my leadership coaching and training work.  The conversation starts engaged. Then this term is mentioned. Something shifts.  People don’t disengage, but they become careful.  This reaction is not surprising.  Problem: Change is announced late, and lived early In many organisations, change is not communicated when it starts forming. It is communicated once decisi