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Think of your consultant or coach as your trusted executive sparring partner, helping you to test your assumptions, holistically explore the WHAT IS and WHAT COULD BE and strengthen your communicative and leadership presence – your whole self. Just in a language that's not your mother tongue or at a language level and with a language register that calls for new and/or specialist terminology and higher mastery communication strategy skills. Executive sparring is like a professional sandbox to help you go from good to great before you need to go live or into high-stakes situations. An executive sparring session in a professional one-to-one context is a confidential, dynamic, thought-provoking dialogue between a client and a consultant or coach that focuses on challenging ideas, refining strategies and accelerating decision-making. Unlike mentoring or therapy, it emphasises an equal footing from the outset and sharpens critical thinking and confidence through constructive confrontation and practice.

The best way to see if we’re a fit is to first book a new client / discovery session (30 min. via Teams). Once you’ve booked your new client / discovery session, you'll receive access to a pre-survey (available in English and German). Your answers will help me to prepare for our intro session. In our discovery session, we’ll go over where you currently are and where you want to be by when. We’ll also briefly outline and agree upon how we might work together. If it's a fit, we'll organise our first working session in which we'll:Outline your goals in detailCo-create your session roadmapSchedule your sessionsAgree on the terms of our collaborationGet started The emphasis is on co-creation as the work we will do is always at eye level. One-to-one sessions are typically 45 min. or 60 min. The total number of sessions agreed upon will vary according to your goals and scheduling. Sometimes, you might need an emergency session or an extra session at short notice – on top of your existing contingency. In this case, please use the returning client booking option to book additional sessions as needed.

Each session, training or workshop is tailored to your needs following a co-created roadmap or specific goal.   Think of each session as your personal sandbox and confidential container to practice using English as a first, second or foreign language. You’ll be doing most of the talking, presenting, persuading, pitching, explaining, exploring, debriefing, defending, probing and questioning – like you would in your job and in your role. Only here, you’ll be doing it in English, facilitated by a professional who’ll offer you feedback and strategies so that you leave empowered, ready and confident for that next English call, meeting, trade fair, presentation, panel talk, board meeting or EU committee.   One-to-one sessions are typically 45 or 60 min. via Teams. If we're coordinating project or consulting work, the scope will vary.

Please use the booking buttons on this website:   Free new client / intro call (30-min. initial session) Returning clients (45- or 60-min. full follow-on session)   Please use the contact form to enquire about workshops. Please provide a brief to keep email back and forth to a minimum.

In most cases, all formats are primarily offered online via Teams or Zoom – both great technologies that, with additional online tools, bring out the best in digital collaboration. This is ideal for teams spread across different time zones or locations and is the preferred solution for seamless integration into a given workday without the need for a change of location. Let’s also not kid ourselves – most business travel these days sucks, so if we can avoid unnecessary flights and traffic jams, keep our carbon footprint low, get a decent night’s sleep in our own beds and keep travel stress at bay before doing the work, we should opt for digital meetings first. In some cases, for example, team workshops, the work will, of course, call for in-person experiences. In such cases, we’ll arrange to meet in person in a way that make sense and is sustainable and for the highest good of everyone involved.

theslooow.co primarily offers tailored, needs and goal-relevant consulting, coaching, executive sparring and workshop formats in English as one-to-one or group and team setups. The focus is on helping you do and be your best. We also work in German, if you prefer, or bilingually! Read some selected case examples in the playbook to get the gist.

Mostly one-to-ones with clients and work with groups and teams but also event facilitation and moderation, and workshops and retreats with groups of people on request. This can range from classic business and specialist English topics for leaders, specialists, teams and individuals, but can also include holistic lifestyle topics such as breathwork – ideal as a mindful addition to classic corporate events or as a prelude. I speak on topics of visibility and how communication shapes our realities. If you're curious to learn more and are looking for a speaker at your event, get in touch. I also have great colleagues and collaborators with whom I’ve partnered up with for years. If you’re looking for something that I can’t directly help you with, I’ll connect you with someone who can. It’s called neTTworking (German speakers will appreciate the pun).

theslooow.co is a niche service agency that offers non-native speakers of English and mother-tongue English speakers alike uniquley tailored business and specialist language and communication skills services. Expect thought-provoking insights, practical strategies and transformative experiences designed to help you – or you and your team – work with greater confidence and clarity in areas where you need and use English most. The goal? Holistic professional progress and growth in specific areas were you most need support and a qualified sparring partner.

I co-ran a translation and language training services business as an employee for 18+ years where, every December at our end-of-year strategy meeting, we’d all choose a word of the year for the coming 12 months. What started out as a bit of a tongue-in-cheek scribble on the whiteboard simply stuck with me and manifested into theslooow.co with three intentional os. It's what I'd written on the whiteboard to reflect to the team after what had been a manic business year: slooow. In a world still very wired for speed in so many ways, the goal in the work at the slooow.co is to support you with your language and communication needs, which often means slowing down to speed up. Read more about the why behind theslooow.co in the manifesto and the playbook.

The work is about starting where you’re at and taking things beyond that point from a holistic vantage point – primarily in English, but also in German, if you prefer). For example, Practising professional dry runs for high-stakes outcomes without losing face Carving out professionally guided time slots to bounce and reflect ideas Reflecting on your work, and on your business strategies and milestones Skilling up on specialist knowledge and working on unique topics or business-relevant content that’s not available in standardised e-learnings or conventional corporate trainings Practising and honing given skills in a foreign language to build self-reliance and self-confidence Working with an external coach, facilitator and mentor to help you and your team rethink approaches Trying out methods and tools to help you and/or your team be and do better If you’re interested, read some selected case examples in the playbook to see if we’re a fit.