Maximilian Gracz
Change and Transformation Consultant, Trainer/Facilitator & Coach
Experience
Jan 2021 - Present
3 years 7 months Berlin, Germany
Change and Transformation Consultant, Trainer/Facilitator & Coach
Self-Employed
- 9+ years of experience as a senior consultant, trainer, and coach focusing on change management, transformation, talent development, culture diagnosis, and multi-project management
- Training focus including coaching & enabling, delegation, conflict resolution, agile leadership
- 1-1 coaching for top management, department heads, team leads, and employees
Jan 2021 - Aug 2023
1 year 8 months Reutlingen, Germany
Project Manager for Transformation focusing on establishing a global collaboration culture and modern leadership
Global Semiconductor Corporation
- Developed a 5-chapter change story and vision and presented it in a global virtual town hall to 800 participants
- Set up a transformation team and co-creatively developed an organizational analysis identifying strengths and challenges for strategy implementation
- Conducted a top management workshop to review analysis results, develop change measures, and create ownership for transformation execution
- Developed a PO and Tribe concept to establish (agile) practices and roles that foster global collaboration across different sites and plants
- Conducted an offsite to activate the top 60 leaders for transformation implementation and for vision and strategy execution
- Managed multi-stakeholder engagement and project management across all interest groups (HR, C-level, works council)
- Designed and conducted communication events ("roadshows") at all plant sites to present the organizational analysis and involve participants in the path forward to strategy implementation (following awareness-ownership-commitment)
Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
1 year 4 months Berlin, Germany
Project Manager of a Leadership Development Program for Science Managers
Global Network of Public Sector Research Institutes
- Co-creatively developed a program architecture for emerging leaders
- Delivered various training modules of the learning journey on team, self, and organizational leadership in the scientific environment (on-site)
- Conducted interactive digital formats (including live voting and quizzes)
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
1 year Hamburg, Germany
Project Manager for Transformation Support and Change Implementation
Global Media Corporation
- Designed and delivered activation formats (including with the top 200 leaders) on the leadership model, purpose, and strategy to role model them in daily operations
- Developed change measures (including impact analysis, bar camps, agile pilots)
- Conducted management workshops (from 10 to 200 participants) and communication formats (town halls, pop-up events)
- Project steering and project management
- Stakeholder management with C-level, leaders, and works council
Mar 2020 - Aug 2021
1 year 6 months Munich, Germany
Project Manager for Cultural Change, Leadership Development, and Agile Transformation
International Bank
- Supported the cultural change process and agile transformation including culture diagnosis, change workshops, communication initiatives, workshops with top management
- Developed and delivered a leadership development program on providing clarity and direction; agility; delegation and empowerment
- Introduced new work concepts that promote hybrid working (including flex desk policy, technical structures, agile teams in domains)
Jan 2019 - Dec 2023
5 years Hamburg, Germany
HybridProject Manager & Trainer for Leadership Development of Emerging Team Leaders
Global Financial Services Provider
- Designed a contemporary interactive hybrid leadership development program
- Delivered 4 modules on (1) leading in uncertain times and VUCA, (2) agile leadership and empowerment, (3) coaching & enabling, (4) digitalization fundamentals
Aug 2018 - Dec 2020
1 year 5 months Gütersloh, Germany
Consultant & Facilitator for Transformation Support
Global IT and Logistics Service Company
- Established and supported a transformation team to initiate change with impact analysis (including hypothesis and synthesis workshop, reflection workshop with management on analysis results)
- Designed and implemented change measures (including building a leadership academy, leadership manifesto, value workshops, strategy development)
- Conducted communication campaigns (e.g., town halls at all locations) with 100 to 200 participants each, including a gallery walk on the impact analysis results
Jul 2018 - Oct 2019
1 year 4 months Stuttgart, Germany
Change Consultant & Trainer/Facilitator for Leadership Activation
Global Machinery and Plant Manufacturer
- Designed a 2-day workshop series as part of the digital transformation with a focus on leadership and change
- Developed playful formats, including a time travel exercise with storytelling, app-building within 1h for agile experience, competency card game
- Trained 1,500 leaders in large group formats (approx. 50 per session) in Germany and the USA
- Awarded WirtschaftsWoche’s “Best of Consulting” in the mid-market category “Organization”
Jan 2016 - Dec 2023
7 years Berlin, Germany
Project Manager for Change, Leadership Development, Transformation, and Cultural Change
LEAD Mindsets & Capabilities GmbH
Jan 2016 - Dec 2019
2 yearsIT Strategy Consultant
Capgemini Invent
Summary
- Passion for guiding change in times of uncertainty and complexity
- 9+ years of experience as a senior consultant, trainer, and coach focusing on change management, transformation, talent development, culture diagnosis, and multi-project management
- Training focus including coaching & enabling, delegation, conflict resolution, agile leadership
- 1-1 coaching for top management, department heads, team leads, and employees
Languages
English
Advanced
German
Advanced
Education
Oct 2014 - Jun 2017
TU Berlin; Tongji University; Queensland University of Technology
Master of Science · Industrial Engineering · Australia
Oct 2011 - Jun 2014
TU Berlin; Tongji University; Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Science · Industrial Engineering · Australia
Certifications & licenses
Certified Systemic Coach
Besser-Sigmund-Institut; Eilert-Akademie
Certified WingWave® Coach
Besser-Sigmund-Institut; Eilert-Akademie
Certified emTrace® Coach
Besser-Sigmund-Institut; Eilert-Akademie
Certified Neuro-Resonance Master Practitioner (NLP with Heart Focus)
Denys Scharnweber
Certified Management Trainer®
Steinbeis University Berlin; Expertenformat Gedankentanken
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