Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
Consultants are everywhere. Many of them have worked for large known names and/or have multiple degrees and other notable accolades.
Petra is not one of them. But that’s also her strength.
Petra has been as a hands-on leader who often had to build companies, processes, and teams from the ground up. She fell up the corporate ladder more than climbed it at times. Parts mentorship, parts luck, and a whole lot of grit and willigness to learn, adapt, and empower.
Petra’s background is best suited for small to mid-size companies who want to improve their operational results and culture. Her ideal client is not one who claims that everything is perfect. Quite the opposite. The ideal client acknowledges that there are issues but may not know how to get to the root of them. If you are a company who is great at talking but falls short on converting words into actions that will drive results on the floor, then Petra is your person.
Most employees find her relatable because of her direct, yet discreet approach. The fact that Petra has been in the trenches helps with her credibility. Petra’s superpower though is her quiet observatory style, which many misinterpret as insecurity and which often helps her in that crucial connection with the team because she does not present herself as overconfident or all-knowing.
Managers appreciate that she can be a calm yet factual voice of the employees, getting to the root of many issues quickly. Raising awareness and empathy are other factors that Petra focuses on when consulting new and experienced leaders. And common and corporate sense, which can be at odd with one another at times.
But most importantly, she gets you because she’s been there.
Petra is awesome:
- She's a motivator who can relate and communicate with empathy and awareness.
- She understands each department within a business and its processes. Her speciality is manufacturing.
- Her industry experience includes printing, automotive, building materials, electronics, publishing, and renewables.
- Her work experience encompasses everything from the ground up and top down.
- Her technical aptitude is amazing.
- She doesn't pretend to know it all. She researches and asks questions. The WHY and HOW are important.
- She has a process approach, thanks to her quality management background.
- She's detail oriented while never losing sight of the big picture.
- Quality over quantity. Solutions over problems.
- She has the gift of connecting the dots, and she can communicate them clearly for any audience.
- She advocates for awareness in every aspect of her life.
DACH / Start-up Consulting
Petra brings the perfect mix to the table when it comes to international startups.
She’s done it four times and loved it (and kept her sanity). Reach out to Petra for any of these:
- Market Research & Start-up Considerations
- Local Start-up Support (with or without own employees in the U.S.A.)
- Or see if you can convince her to become your lead person as an employee.