After almost 10 years as an independent Human Resources Development Manager and Think Coach with clients worldwide, I have been applying my knowledge to my work at the University of Applied Sciences Vienna since 2016. I develop and teach in the areas of personnel development, training and coaching. The combination of research and practice is thereby essential.

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Here now some additional Information:

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Since 2015 I have been a member of the International Coach Federation, ICF - Austrian Chapter, in 2016 I was President and currently (2020/2021) I am Director Administration.

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Professional Journey

 

Before I have started my HRD & Coaching Career I have worked for following companies - mainly in the education and banking sector:

 

• Samco Capital Tehran Office/ Iran

• Raiffeisen Central Bank Austria AG Vienna/ Austria

• UNIPORT – Career Center of the University of Vienna/ Austria

• RedEd – former Ueberreuter Managerakademie Vienna/ Austria

• Citibank International Plc Vienna/ Austria

• Siemens AG Regensburg/ Germany

• Regional Television Regensburg/ Germany

 

Geographical Journey

 

• 13 years in Schwaan/ former GDR-Eastern Germany

• 7 years Rostock/ former GDR

• 2 years Regensburg/ Germany

• 11 years Vienna/ Austria

• 3 years Tehran/ Iran

• 6 month in Helsinki/ Finland

• since March 2012 back in Austria

 

Active Memberships

 

• International Coach Federation - Austrian Chapter

• ExpatCoach Association

• Diversity Charta WKO

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Experiences with strong impact in my life

 

• Being world champion in Handball with the age of 18

• The fall of the wall (GDR – GER) and coping with a completely new contradicting culture, while staying in the same city and living in the same street

• Stopping my studies (in my home country) in order to study something completely new (in another country) without support and while working, because I wanted to change my way of living, my direction

• Being married with an Iranian/ Austrian world traveller. We share the same passion about other countries and cultures as well as we learn from each other what it means coming from a different culture.

• Building a coaching business in Iran, where this word was more or less unknown and everyone was suggesting me to change into a trading business, but I stayed positive and happily succeeded

• Becoming a mother of (meanwhile) two lovely and also challenging girls, they make me grow, while I try to grow them

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Educational Journey (an excerpt)

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Studies

• Doctoral Candidate, University of Applied Sciences Burgenland/ International Cooperative Cross-Border Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme in Educational & Communication Sciences/ Topic "Trust of self-directed-learners in the use of artificial intelligence"

• MEd, Master of Education, Interuniversitäres Kolleg for Health and Development Graz / Schloss Seggau in cooperation with Universidad Central de Nicaragua

• MSc in Business Administration (consecutive), Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria/ Specialized in International Organisational Behaviour, Change Management and Management Development, – Project Management

 

Certifications

• Certified Adult Educator (certified by wba Austria), at WBA, Austria

• Associate Certified Coach (ACC) (certified by International Coach Federation), at International Coach Federation, USA

• Business Coach, at Corporate Consult, Austria

• Communication and Business Trainer, at Corporate Consult, Austria

• Moderation/ Facilitation, at Corporate Consult, Austria

• Life and Social Counsellor i.t.u.s., at Team Winter, Austria

• NLP-Practitioner (accredited by ÖVNLP, DVNLP, DGNLPt.), at Team Winter, Austria

• Robbins-Mandanes Certification Student: Stratetic Intervention Coaching, Core Training, at Robbins Mandanes Training, USA

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• Using AI for HR Certified, issued by Future Workplace

• Certified DiSC Trainer, at iiLS Institute of innovative Learning Systems, Austria

• Cultural Detective Facllitator Certification Workshop – Special Focus on the Middle East, at Atieh International GmbH and Dianne Hofner Saphiere – Creator of the Cultural Detective® Series, Austria

• Junior Project Manager (IPMA Level D), at PMA Austria

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Courses (min. length 2 days)

• The Pulse of Coaching, Group Mentoring Program, Mentor Coaches Ltd. Bulgaria

• E-Portfolio, at FH Joanneum Graz, Austria

• Supporting Continuous Independent Learning, at Centre for Modern Workplace Learning, Jane Hart, UK

• ICF Competency Brush-Up Program, Amorah Ross, Master Certified Coach at Positive Life Works, USA

• Designing Coaching Programs, at Frank Bresser Consulting, Germany

• Results Team Coach (accredited by the ICF), at Results Coaching System, Finland

• Systemic Methods for Team Coaching and Team Mediation (Beatrice Pacher, Waltraud Schachner), at WiFi Vienna, Austria

• Speed Coaching (Thomas Nagy), at WiFi Vienna, Austria

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