Hans Schumann

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Career & Leadership Coach (PCC)- Thrive in a Career you Love

About me

I work with clients who are ready to take charge of their career, whether that’s about changing careers, getting promoted, increasing their leadership skills or creating a better life balance. 

Most of my clients are in established careers, but at the point where they feel either dissatisfied, unfulfilled or burned out. Others are happy with their job, but ready for the next step in their career.

Ultimately, it’s about thriving in life. We spend so much time at work that we better make sure that it becomes an exciting and fulfilling part of it, not just a means to pay the bill.  Life is too short to waste it in a job that we do not enjoy.

The key themes that I coach my clients on fall into the following main categories:

1. Career Planning

  • Discover what career or business would be the best fit for you
  • Plan your next career move with confidence
  • Understand your unique skills and strengths
  • Create more purpose and meaning in your career


2. Career Progression

  • Get promoted and increase your salary
  • Create a strong and recognisable professional brand
  • Improve your communication skills
  • Enhance your productivity and effectiveness


2. Leadership and Influence

  • Develop and enhance your leadership potential
  • Become more effective as a leader or people manager
  • Gain respect and gravitas
  • Improve your confidence

4. Resilience & Wellbeing

  • Create a better work-life balance
  • Learn to say no and establish healthy boundaries
  • Delegate tasks more effectively
  • Find fulfilment and joy in your professional life


5. Conflict Resolution & Stakeholder Management

  • Manage your boss and workplace relationships
  • Handle conflicts more effectively
  • Develop strategies for managing your impact on others
  • Improve stakeholder management

Whilst most people come to me to be coached on career issues, we are not limited to talking about work. Often my clients also bring their personal goals and challenges into our sessions. This is welcome because these themes are often interrelated. Ultimately, I don’t coach a problem, I coach a person.  Whether we talk about your work or personal life, it’s always about helping you understand what you want and how to get there by increasing your personal effectiveness.
 
If my clients are interested in deeper work, we also explore the subconscious pattern that may be holding them back in life.  I use the Enneagram Growth Model (https://enneagramgrowthjourneys.com) to help my clients create breakthroughs in their personal growth.
 
Who am I
 
I am German-born and have been living in the UK since 1995. Before I became a coach, I worked as a lawyer for city firm Ashurst and then as the manager of a commercial contracts team for retail bank Santander. 

I have been fascinated by the human mind and personal growth since my teenage years. It “just” took me 20 years to figure out that this could be a career for me! A serious health crisis that made me housebound for nearly two years shook me up and gave me the clarity that I wanted to break out of the golden cage of corporate life. I established what I really want from life: to have deep meaningful conversations with people like you to help them better understand themselves and create amazing new outcomes for their lives. I came to this realisation using the same tools that I now offer my coaching clients.

You can read more about my personal journey to job satisfaction here: https://hansschumann.com/success-coach-london
 
Why me?
 
There are many rogue coaches on the market, but I am properly trained, assessed and accredited by the International Coach Federation (see list of my credentials below).  I have a 5-Star Google Review ranking and invest a large amount of my coaching income in ongoing annual training and supervision.

My 20 years of working in law and financial services mean that I am well familiar with business realities across a wide range of industries, including the challenges and opportunities of working in private practice and large corporations. 

My clients value the clarity and structure I bring to their challenges, combined with empathy and my own experience from working in the corporate world.

My integrated coaching style is action-orientated and combines traditional coaching processes with a wide range of tools from various other disciplines, including  Enneagram Coaching, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Business Coaching, Gestalt Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness.
 
I am also the author of the career self-coaching book "Falling in love with your job - How to create more excitement and fulfilment in your career" (www.LoveYourJobBook.com)
 
How I work

I offer free Discovery Calls and Trial Coaching Sessions so that you can find out more about me and how I work before you commit to a coaching package.

If you then decide to embark on a coaching journey with me, we will start by agreeing on measures of success.  I will ask you what exactly you would like to be different by the end of our work so that we can create a journey that moves you towards your own chosen goals step-by-step.

Over a series of sessions, we will then work through your goals and challenges, and create a strategy and a plan with practical, simple steps for you to take between sessions. 

My integrated coaching style is action-orientated and combines traditional coaching processes with a wide range of tools from various other disciplines, including  Enneagram Coaching, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Business Coaching, Gestalt Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness. Career coaching often works best when I provide a mixture of coaching, mentoring and education.  We can agree on the style that works best for you.

You will get access to my online coaching platform where I will share content, such as videos, psychometric assessments and worksheets to support your journey.  This is also where we can track your goals and, if you like, send you regular reminders.

This journey is for people who are ready to accept accountability for their own lives and change their current reality. In the course of the process, you may not only hit your specific goals, you may also find that your perception of yourself and the world around you changes dramatically and opens you up to new options and resources.

I coach clients in any country and time zone either face-to-face in London or via Zoom video calls.

Click below for more detail about my services:

Career Coaching

Life Coaching

Executive Coaching

Stress Coaching

Enneagram Coaching (https://enneagramgrowthjourneys.com/enneagram-coaching

Training, qualifications & experience

  • Diploma in Personal Transformation Coaching with Animas Centre for Coaching (ICF accredited)
  • Accredited as a coach by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) at the advanced PCC level (only held by 2% of UK coaches).
  • Certified as a NLP Practitioner by The Association for NLP (ANLP).
  • Certified as Enneagram Level 1 and 2 Practitioner by Integrative 9.
  • Certified Enneagram Practitioner by CP Enneagram.
  • Certificate in Group Coaching (ICF accredited)
  • Certificate in Health & Wellness Coaching (ICF accredited)
  • Certificate in Relationship & Couple Coaching (ICF accredited)
  • Trained Demartini Method Facilitator
  •  Author of the book: "Falling in love with your job - How to create excitement and fulfilment in your career" which you can order here.

Professional Accreditation



Membership

Member organisations

ANLP
The Association for NLP (ANLP)

The Association for Neuro Linguistic Programming (ANLP) is a UK Association for NLP Professionals.

Areas of coaching I deal with

Other areas of coaching I deal with

Fees

£90.00 - £220.00
Free initial online session

Additional information

 I offer different coaching options for any budget:

Let's start by jumping on a FREE Discovery Call to establish what you want to achieve through coaching and whether we could be a good fit for each other. If we are not, I will do my best to refer you to another coach or resource. You can book your free call here: https://Hans-Schumann-Booking.as.me/strategy-call

...or email me with any questions you may have.

When I work

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Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Early morning, evening and weekend appointments available. I coach in Clapham, Bank, Moorgate and online.

Further information

Visit https://hansschumann.com/testimonials for a complete list of my reviews.

Testimonials:

“After a Law career spanning ten years in the City, I was yearning for a change. Coaching with Hans helped me solve a number of puzzles surrounding my medium to long term career aspirations and life goals. I was able to recognise my core values and develop the strength to pursue my dreams with confidence. I have now made the transition from private practise to in- house and about to make an exciting relocation from London to Berlin. I also made various other changes to my lifestyle during this process, the sum of which has been life changing. I strongly recommend Hans as a life and career coach.”

– Sundip Biswas, Corporate and Commercial Lawyer

“After deciding to step away from my current job/career, I needed to take time out to gain a deeper understanding on what makes me tick and what meant the most to me. I didn’t want to spend any more time being unfulfilled by my job. That’s where Hans came in. Over the course of 3 months he was instrumental in helping me uncover my core values (career and life), build goals, vision the life I truly wanted for my family and develop a detailed plan to achieve that. I unequivocally recommend Hans’ to anyone looking for clarity and purpose in both their life and career.”

– A. Brown, Professional Services

“I decided to meet with Hans as I had been within the same industry for over 14 years and had lost my passion and drive. At the very first meeting, he opened up my eyes to where my true passion lay and over the course of the next few sessions, we then developed this further and explored various different avenues, career wise, that related to my passion for investing and personal finance. It is through Hans’s direction and support that I then had the confidence to embark on a new and exciting career within wealth management. I would have no hesitation in recommending Hans for those looking for careers’ advice and wishing to consider what could be a life changing decision.”

– Gary Youssef, Director

"Hans Schumann is an exceptional coach. In just 2 hours, he helped me find answers to guide me through a challenging period I was experiencing at the time. Having reached an unhappy plateau in my business, I am now ready to reboot my business venture. I have found the session invaluable – thank you.”

Peter L. - Business Owner

“From personal development right through to crisis management, working with Hans is true enlightenment. With Hans’s friendly, dynamic and always forward facing approach, I have been able to unlock potential and explore issues in ways I never though possible before. Thank YOU Hans for all your support and dedication. HIGHLY recommended!”

Paul McNicoll, Dean – School of Design & Technology, London College of Fashion

"Over a 12 week coaching intervention, Hans has helped me uncover and articulate my personal purpose and values, and develop an action plan to bring those to life. While our discussions have led to clear results, we’ve also taken time to explore a range of topics, and the process has been very interesting and revealing. He has supported, motivated and challenged me, and it’s been a pleasure working with him."

Nicholas Creswell, Vice President, Performance & Talent Management at Thomson Reuters

“Working with Hans, I have achieved things I could not have done alone. He has helped me to re-assess my values, re-balance my priorities, and clarify my goals, with immediate practical positive results. Hans works with great insight, warmth and humour. I recommend him whole-heartedly.”

Elizabeth Mattson, Eduction & International Development Consultant

“Hans – I would like to thank you for working with me and my team at Santander at our annual conference. I have received amazing feedback on your session and everyone has said how thought provoking it was. We appreciated the time you spent before the conference talking through what we were aiming to achieve and adapting the pre-conference questionnaire following our feedback. Your session really appealed to people’s hearts and minds, your personal journey touched everyone. Once again, many thanks. I would whole heartedly recommend you to individuals or other companies. I wish you luck, however, based on your performance I don’t think you’re going to need it!”

Carol Graham, Head of Business Quality, Santander UK plc

"Hans has helped me focus on those parts of my career and workstreams that directly affect the future I would like to envisage. Instead of trying to balance work/ home life with multiple ideas that sit rather nebulously in the back of my mind, he has worked with me to review my values, streamlining my workload to those areas that will truly achieve my goals. I now have an idea of what I would like to achieve and Hans has given me a step by step blueprint to help achieve those goals. It starts with a book and I've started writing it!"

Anand Patel - General Practitioner

“Working with Hans really helped me to gain some valuable perspective both in my personal life and in my work. Indeed he helped me to realize how strongly these two things were interlinked. Hans helped me to regain a more positive approach in all of my projects and activities and challenged me to tackle difficulties with different strategies. This support has been invaluable in helping me develop a new outlook that is healthier and happier than where I was before.”

– Ramon Casado, Co-Owner / Design Director at Bulthaup Johannesbur

“I came to coaching to better understand myself and find what it is that I look for in my work. Hans was a natural choice for me, he has an international mindset, an inspiring career, but most importantly an honest and caring desire to help. Following my 14 sessions with Hans I am confident with my skills, clear on my ambitions, and focused on staying fulfilled in my professional life. Hans helped me stay accountable for my life and my choices, I highly recommend him to anyone ready to make changes in their life.”

– Ian Labat, Account Manager, Amazon Web Services

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Types of client

Adults (25-64)
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I offer face-to-face as well as Zoom video sessions. Zoom works extremely well for coaching. My busy clients love it because they save travel time. You just need a good broadband connection and a quiet place to take the call.

Additional languages

German

Online platforms

Skype
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