„Ich hatte das Vergnügen und die Ehre, mit Sascha an einem herausfordernden Engagement zu arbeiten, das letztendlich stark von seinen Fähigkeiten, seiner Erfahrung, seiner Anleitung und seinem Coaching profitierte. Sascha ist ein geborene Führungskraft, ein zutiefst mitfühlender, authentischer, sehr einfühlsamer Mensch, der das Beste in jedem Menschen finden und ihm helfen kann, es zu einer großen Stärke zu entwickeln. Er half mir und meinem Team, unsere Stärken und potenziellen Bereiche für die weitere Entwicklung genau zu identifizieren und Maßnahmen und Strategien zu definieren, um unsere größten Hindernisse in Erfolgschancen umzuwandeln. Ich freue mich darauf, in Zukunft wieder mit Sascha zusammenzuarbeiten.“

-Ivan Mandadzhiev, Business Development Manager, Accenture, München

I got in touch with Sascha because I wanted to know more about the results of my Gallup strengths test and he proposed a one hour coaching session.

With his engaging personality and approachability he set the scene for a coaching on eye level. I was highly impressed with how, in a short amount of time, Sascha created an atmosphere that made it easy for me to talk openly about strengths but also weaknesses.

Sascha was well prepared for our coaching and he didn’t shy away from sharing some of his own personal experiences which served as good examples for my own development. Thereby he provided a fresh perspective on how to get my strengths to work for me and how I can leverage them to boost my performance. Whenever I’m stuck in my thoughts I find myself reminded of the coaching and the tools Sascha gave me to break habits I want to change.

Overall the coaching provided me with some good food for thought, it accelerated my personal growth and empowered me to understand myself and my doing even better.

Thank you very much for your professionality and empathy. The coaching was an invaluable experience and I really enjoyed the positive vibes.

-Ines Esterhaus, Consultant

„Ich habe viele großartige Erkenntnisse aus dem Stärken und Charakter Coaching von Sascha erhalten. Er hat alle Aspekte meiner Stärken behandelt, die für viele offensichtlich sind, aber von mir meistens ignoriert worden sind.
Ich kann dieses Coaching nur empfehlen!“

-Prachee Upadhyay, Senior Manager, Accenture

„In this fast changing world, where changes are the only constant in life, we run for various things from money to position and forget the most important part of life ‘Self-introspection’ . The search for the temporary happiness is most profound within individuals and search for one true self is never accomplished. And question I asked myself, how to find myself ….my true self…the true reflection of my personality, how to bring about my talent to best use. ‘What’s a sundial in the shade’…

And one sunny afternoon, I had the pleasure of attending the session about Strengths from Sascha. Having known Sascha for almost 3 years as an extraordinary thinker, when I got the first introduction about the session, I knew that this was the missing piece in the puzzle. I could truly open up about my strengths and weaknesses to him. What truly distinguishes his ability of understanding the situation is acknowledgement and acceptance of the others. In my opinion this unique ability makes him a perfect coach who can listen with patience, understand you in depth , and show the path. And of course one unique things I remember from his sessions, is not just focusing on strength I had, but discussion about what else can be my strengths, as Bill McCartney rightly said ‘All coaching is, is taking a player where he can’t take himself’.

Conversations with Sascha are always a perfect combination of passion, compassion, insight, patience and humor. I would highly recommend him. Thank you again Sascha !!!!“

-Bhavneesh Singh Saluja, Senior Salesforce Architect, Salesforce

I am a woman of gender, I am Spanish by nationality, I am a computer scientist by profession, and I am passionate about everything I do. For better or worse,  I do not let myself be convinced by what others decide is best for me or what should make me happy. That’s why I dream big, countless times I heard that I was crazy when I decided to move to Germany to learn about other cultures, languages, and professional development. I have been living in Germany for 6 years. I can say that it has not been easy, when it has not been the right skill-set or knowledge or also being a woman in a masculine profession, additionally, It was added, the language barrier or being a foreigner. I won´t lie, on numerous occasions I have doubted myself or if I was doing the right thing, Only one thought accompanies me on my way, “you can, believe it”. 

I can rely on that and that if you believe it is possible, mysteriously in those hard moments I have found help and support, and when at the beginning I thought it was a weakness, I understood that it is not, that it takes determination and courage to ask for support and coaching. Put a coach in your life.

Less than a year ago, I went through a professional critical situation, you might recognize those moments where you wonder if the effort you make is really worthy, if your attitude is the right one, if your education is qualified, where you have that feeling that nothing is good enough.

Well, I decided to go to the source of my being, to understand what I am good at and what I am weak at, but How? Then, I remembered that a few years ago I did the Gallup test, I spent hours reading it and trying to see if that description matched me. Unfortunately, often the image we project is not the image we have of ourselves.

Digging further, It led me to Sascha Schmunk, senior manager at Accenture with more than 17 years’ experience, and here is the tricky question:  Who am I to schedule an appointment with a senior manager and coach (who probably has a very tight agenda) to help me better understand my own abilities?

I plucked up the courage needed and arranged a call. It was a YES, after more than an hour of conversation I realized that I have positive skills and that the negative ones can be improved, it’s all a matter of understanding and working on it. I felt relieved, full of energy again, and ready to face this bad situation with more strength than ever before. But again, what to do? How? If I abandon the project all my effort will be for nothing, besides I will not get the promotion that I desire, and maybe I will not find another project and maybe …. so many doubts. My decision, after convincing myself about my own values, was to abandon that project and it was not for lack of strengths , it was an act of self-recognition. 

Smile, because the story has a happy ending, right after quitting that project, I started a new one, new energy, and in less time than expected I got my promotion. 

Did I take a risk? No, I believed in myself, I believed in my skills and in my passion for doing things. If you allow me the advice, educate yourself, help yourself find your skills, as well as take advantage of them, as well as taking advantage of them.

Be aware, work on what you can improve. Let yourself be coached, ask for help, there is always room for more growth. Believe it.

-Ana Pastor, Product Owner & Agile enthusiast