Barbara is a thoughtful and energetic change leader with a high level of integrity, experience in transformation, organisation and culture change, post-merger integration, divestitures, and new market entry in emerging and mature markets.
Barbara is passionate about enabling people and organisations to get on track and stay ahead. She believes in employee engagement and the powerful impact of integrating purpose, mission and values to unleash the full potential and make organisations achieve better results. As a leader who has lived and worked in various countries, she has a truly global mindset and embraces diversity.
In her team facilitations, Barbara is committed to strategies that build on the strength of your organisation and can be implemented pragmatically. She flexes her approach based on customer needs and, together with her customers, periodically evaluates the impact of her contribution to demonstrate success. She is outcome and people focused.
Looking back at a corporate career of over 20 years in senior level HR roles at VP and CHRO level across multiple industries and geographies, Barbara is known as a commercially minded, versatile and pragmatic leader with considerable experience in working with internal and external stakeholders at executive and board level. With clear line of sight on the aspired vision, she is recognized as a creative and analytical thinker with a systematic approach from strategy to execution.
Barbara is multilingual (able to work in German [native], English, French, Spanish), has 3 Master degrees and is trained in project management, design thinking and agile methods, systemic coaching and Six Sigma. As a person who is passionate about continuous learning, Barbara has attended several other courses in HR and leadership and is in the process of getting certified in Co-Active Coaching. Barbara teaches at the International School of Management in Paris and maintains close relationships with academia.
Barbara is based in Vienna, Austria, but supports clients worldwide. Outside of work, Barbara enjoys travel and time with friends. She practices yoga and pilates and enjoys hiking.