Maximilian Gracz

Change and Transformation Consultant, Trainer/Facilitator & Coach

Berlin, Germany

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 includes coaching & enabling, delegation, conflict resolution, agile leadership
  • 1-1 coaching of top management, department heads, team leads and employees
Jan 2021 - Aug 2023
1 year 8 months
Reutlingen, Germany

Project Lead 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-created an organizational analysis that identified strengths and challenges for strategy implementation
  • Ran a top management workshop to review analysis results, develop change measures, and build ownership for transformation execution
  • Designed a PO and tribe concept to embed (agile) practices and roles that promote global collaboration across locations and sites
  • Held an offsite event to engage the top 60 leaders in transformation execution, vision and strategy roll-out
  • Managed multiple stakeholders and project management across all interest groups (HR, C-Level, works council)
  • Designed and ran communication events ("Roadshows") to share the organizational analysis at all sites and involve them in the path forward (from awareness to ownership to commitment)
Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
1 year 4 months
Berlin, Germany

Project Lead for a Leadership Development Program for Science Managers

Global Network of Public Sector Research Institutes

  • Co-created a program architecture for emerging leaders
  • Delivered various training modules in the learning journey on team, self and organizational leadership in a scientific environment (on-site)
  • Conducted interactive digital formats (including live voting and quizzes)
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
1 year
Hamburg, Germany

Project Lead for Transformation Support and Change Implementation

Global Media Corporation

  • Designed and delivered activation formats (including with the top 200 leaders) centered on the leadership model, purpose and strategy to bring them to life in daily work
  • Developed change measures (including impact analysis, barcamps, agile pilots)
  • Conducted management workshops (10-200 participants) and communication formats (town halls, pop-up events)
  • Managed project steering and project management
  • Handled stakeholder management with C-level, leaders and works council
Mar 2020 - Aug 2021
1 year 6 months
Munich, Germany

Project Lead for Cultural Change, Leadership Development and Agile Transformation

International Bank

  • Supported the culture change process and agile transformation including culture diagnosis, change workshops, communication initiatives, workshops with top management
  • Developed and delivered a leadership development program on clarity and direction, agility, delegation and empowerment
  • Introduced New Work concepts that promote hybrid work (including flex desk policy, technical infrastructures, agile teams in domains)
Jan 2019 - Dec 2023
5 years
Hamburg, Germany
Hybrid

Project Lead & Trainer for Leadership Development of Emerging Group Leaders

Global Financial Services Provider

  • Designed a modern interactive hybrid leadership development program
  • Delivered four modules on (1) leading in uncertain times and VUCA, (2) agile leadership and empowerment, (3) coaching & enabling, (4) digital basics
Aug 2018 - Dec 2020
1 year 5 months
Gütersloh, Germany

Consultant & Facilitator for Transformation Support

Global IT and Logistics Services Company

  • Set up and guided a transformation team to initiate change with impact analysis (including hypothesis and synthesis workshop, mirror workshop with management on analysis results)
  • Designed and implemented change measures (including building a leadership academy, leadership principles, value workshops, strategy development)
  • Ran communication campaigns (e.g., town halls at all sites) with 100–200 participants each, including a gallery walk on 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 two-day workshop series for digital transformation focusing on leadership and change
  • Created playful formats like a time-travel storytelling exercise, build-an-app in 1 hour for agile immersion, and a competency card game
  • Trained 1,500 leaders in large-group formats (around 50 leaders) in Germany and the USA
  • Awarded by WirtschaftsWoche as "Best of Consulting" in the medium-sized enterprise category for "Organization"
Jan 2016 - Dec 2023
7 years
Berlin, Germany

Project Lead for Change, Leadership Development, Transformation and Cultural Change

LEAD Mindsets & Capabilities GmbH

Jan 2016 - Dec 2019
2 years

IT 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 includes coaching & enabling, delegation, conflict resolution, agile leadership
  • 1-1 coaching of 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 Institute; Eilert Academy

Certified WingWave® Coach

Besser-Sigmund Institute; Eilert Academy

Certified emTrace® Coach

Besser-Sigmund Institute; Eilert Academy

Certified Neuro-Resonance Master Practitioner (NLP with Heart Focus)

Denys Scharnweber

Certified Management Trainer®

Steinbeis University Berlin; Expertenformat Gedankentanken