I model what I coach

My conviction

I am convinced that leaders are successful when they have inner clarity about themselves and their goals in life, and this certainty and composure shows in their actions. Teams respond to this clarity with trust and commitment. For me, analytical thinking and a mindful attitude go hand in hand to achieve one’s goals and leave a sustainable footprint. It was this conviction that led me to become a coach more than twenty years ago, and it continues to inspire and motivate me to accompany leaders and teams on their journey.

I model what I coach

My conviction

I am convinced that leaders are successful when they have inner clarity about themselves and their goals in life, and this certainty and composure shows in their actions. Teams respond to this clarity with trust and commitment. For me, analytical thinking and a mindful attitude go hand in hand to achieve one’s goals and leave a sustainable footprint. It was this conviction that led me to become a coach more than twenty years ago, and it continues to inspire and motivate me to accompany leaders and teams on their journey.

Brigitta Wurnig - My background

Executive & Team Coach, Managing Director, Search Inside Yourself (SIY) Trainer

Background

Active in coaching since 1999,
self-employed since 2006

Fully qualified lawyer, Treuhandanstalt,
congress management

McKinsey: Implementation of coaching

Gestalt therapeutic consultant, team development, change management, MBTI Certified

Mindfulness

Search Inside Yourself program. Mindfulness-based Emotional Intelligence invented and tested at Google.

9+ years of meditation
Silence Week/Vipassana

MIND Conference Participant

Follows: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wisdom 2.0

Institute

Affiliate Member Institute of Coaching, McLean, Harvard Medical School

Since 2011 Case Presenter at the Coaching Colloquium of the ESMT/KDVI, Berlin

SIY Global – more about the Search Inside Yourself Program here

How does a former McKinsey coach come to mindfulness?

McKinsey and mindfulness were still very exotic in the early 2000s. My aha moment came when I was on my way to a consulting team, standing in the airport and not knowing where to fly to. Blackout and the realization that something had to change in my life.

Time management and relaxation exercises didn’t work for me. But meditation did. Back at the airport: Friday evening, full check-in hall, long delay and aggressive mood. So I plugged in my earphones and let an app guide me through my first meditation. Afterwards, an almost serene composure set in.

Impressed by the effect, I deepened meditation. Since then I have been living mindfulness. I switch more quickly from autopilot to conscious action, constantly improve my mental fitness, and remain calmer under stress. I pass on these experiences in my coaching and in the Search Inside Yourself training.

Together we create more!

Stephanie Baumgartl

Stephanie Baumgartl

Best assistant ever

Stephanie and I work closely and with pleasure together. I love her skills, calm manner and humor. My clients are delighted with her friendliness and professionalism.