Christopher (Tom) Besser

Crew Development & Communications Manager

Hann. Münden, Deutschland

Erfahrungen

Sept. 2024 - Feb. 2025
6 Monaten

Crew Development & Communications Manager

Seachefs (Mein Schiff 4)

  • Personnel development and career planning for all crew members
  • Acting as interface between HR Manager on board and the Training & Development team ashore
  • Planning, organizing and conducting training sessions for the crew on board
  • Building mutual trust and maintaining transparent communication with crew members on board
  • Co-responsibility for all activities of the Crew Welfare Committee
Nov. 2021 - Juni 2023
1 Jahr 8 Monaten

Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Media Markt Saturn Technology GmbH

  • Supported multiple dev/ops teams in agile ways of working as coaching on organizational level
  • Ran experiments to deliver transparency by inspecting capacities and adapting it to predictability
  • Minimising risks by developing teams to have a stable velocity and deliver valuable increments
  • Organised and facilitated Scrum events, learning groups and trainings for people development
  • Introduced and implemented lean flow metrics to Scrum and Kanban Teams
Juli 2021 - Nov. 2021
5 Monaten

Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Meta System GmbH

  • Conducted Facilitation of Scrum events like Sprint Planning, Dailies, Reviews and Retrospectives
  • Living Holacracy as participating on facilitation of Tacticals and Governance Meetings
  • Co-Designed and moderated strategy, culture and organizational development Workshops
  • Working with Scrumban as experimenting with lean / agile / and teal frameworks
  • Establishing OKR's connected with tools like Meta Impact or Evidence-based management
  • Collaborated with various organisations, such as CARIAD, A Volkswagen Group
Aug. 2019 - Dez. 2020
5 Monaten

Outdoor & Activity Guide / Shore Excursion Supervisor

AIDA Cruises

  • Organized and led a variety of outdoor activities and excursions
  • Conducted safety briefings and guided guests through adventure activities
  • Trained and supervised team members as conducting safety training for the high ropes course
  • Collaborated with local tour providers to ensure high-quality guest experiences
  • Occasionally incorporated environmental education elements to enhance guest understanding of local nature and ecosystems
Nov. 2018 - Bis heute
6 Jahren 7 Monaten

Agile Mindset Enabler, Experiental Trainer & Coach

  • Conducted facilitation of workshops related to agile mindset, frameworks and leadership
  • Designed training for change management, transformation, empowerment and new work
  • Supported organisations to implement agile processes and continuously improve
  • Moderated retrospectives to help teams to inspect and adapt and to become autonomous
  • Improved processes and coordinated organisational procedures for maximised value delivery
  • Collaborated with various organisations, such as Frankfurt School of Finance
Sept. 2018 - Nov. 2018
3 Monaten
Sonthofen, Deutschland

Temporary B.A. Thesis Cooperation

ICO Oberstdorf GmbH

New agile leadership – How to develop agile business culture in the complexity of the 21st century

  • Project management of team- and personal development trainings (indoor / outdoor)
  • Co-moderated bottom-up feedback workshops for managers and directors to grow transparency
  • Implementing change processes by supporting empowerment and agile transformation workshops
  • Collaborated with various organisations, such as Daimler Benz, WMF
Juni 2016 - Bis heute
9 Jahren

Experiental Educater, Trainer & Guide

  • Facilitated corporate events
  • Guided and supported people to get out of their comfort zone and pushed them outside their boundaries (f.e. High Ropes Course, Wild Water Rafting, Expeditions, Outdoor Workshops)
  • Conducted team training around various areas: Communication, feedback and people skills
  • Design and execution of a VUCA Leadership Expedition in Romania's Wilderness
  • Selection of companies I worked with: Faszinatour, Indotrek, Deloitte, Porsche
Sept. 2015 - Nov. 2015
3 Monaten
Medellín, Kolumbien

German Teacher

Centro Cultural Austriaco

  • Teaching German as a second language (DAF)
  • Exploring the country and the amazon
Mai 2013 - Mai 2014
1 Jahr 1 Monate
Neuseeland
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American Institute for Foreign Studies

  • Several customer orientated jobs, such as front of house, wine tastings, waiting tables, bartending vineyard and farm work
März 2009 - Feb. 2013
4 Jahren
Göttingen, Deutschland

Project Lead / Stakeholder Management

Huether Objekttueren GmbH

  • Supervised and guided builders to ensure high quality of work on time and in budget
  • Oversaw the budget, execution and outcomes of various projects
  • Lead the project road map to ensure delivery of the contracted work on time
  • Hired subcontracts to ensure the continuity of the workflow that benefited multiple interest groups
  • Handling of multiple projects in parallel of multi locations within Germany
  • Managed critical situations and solve complicated problems solution orientated

Sprachen

Deutsch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Verhandlungssicher
Spanisch
Grundkenntnisse

Ausbildung

Feb. 2024 - Aug. 2024

European Business Ecademy

Master of Business Training & Systemic Coach (CCI) · Business Training & Systemic Coach · Deutschland

Sept. 2016 - März 2017

Bond University

Semester Abroad · Business Statistics, Adventure Tourism, Image & Photography · Gold Coast, Australien · Distinction

Sept. 2015 - Nov. 2015

Centro Cultural Austriaco

German Teacher · Teaching German as a Second Language (DAF) · Medellín, Kolumbien

Zertifikate & Bescheinigungen

Professional Agile Leadership

Professional Agile Leadership - Evidence-Based Management

Professional Scrum Master

Professional Scrum Product Owner

Scaled Professional Scrum