Independent advice at the intersection of people, leadership and the business.
If you carry responsibility
A difficult personnel decision is coming –If you’re an ambitious woman
You are taking over the family business –The hardest situations rarely stem from a lack of knowledge or interest on the part of those involved – but from the absence of the right counterpart at the decisive moment.
Where there is an HR department, it is stretched by day-to-day work or caught up in internal politics. Where there is none, the decision sits with the managing director anyway – on top of running the business. Coaching focuses on personal development, yet stays too far from the case at hand. Training delivers generic knowledge, not a recommendation for your specific situation. And the greater the responsibility, the rarer a trusted sparring partner becomes – among peers there is no time for real depth, and showing uncertainty feels risky where your own impact is on the line. What is missing is a view of every level at once – legal, commercial, organisational and human – and experience that holds up.
Built on that: an independent, clear stance that unites deep HR expertise, entrepreneurial thinking and organisational development – disciplines that, within internal structures divided by specialisation and dependencies, rarely come together in one person.
This is exactly where I come in: I look at your situation together with everything attached to it – what needs to be considered legally, what it sets off in the team, how it lands with customers, and what it means for your own position. What counts is a well-founded assessment and a sound decision for what you are facing right now.
For you, that means keeping perspective even in difficult situations, acting with confidence, and knowing you have a reliable counterpart at your side.
My work is advice from a people and leadership perspective. It does not replace legal review of the individual case: where a legally binding assessment is required, I will say so – and help you find the right specialist employment lawyer.
What I bring: since 2014 at the intersection of HR, leadership and executive management – from owner-managed businesses to international corporations.
More about Lydia Braun →An informal conversation shows whether and how I can support you –
for acute situations as well as structured programmes.