Seeing a problem early is cheaper
than cleaning up after it
A large share of the problems people bring me would have been handled in-house if the owner or the team had seen them six months earlier. That is what the seminars are for. The topics are the same as in my consulting — but the role is different: there I do it for you, here I teach you to handle it yourselves, before things get hot.
Training
Finance for the executive
How to read your own accounts and see trouble before it becomes obvious.
- What the balance sheet, P&L and cash-flow statement actually show — and why profit is not cash
- The signs by which a crisis is often visible in advance
- Five numbers to check weekly
Negotiating with creditors
A practicum: how to negotiate when you cannot pay and the relationship must survive.
- Position and limits prepared before the conversation
- What a creditor will accept and what they reject unread
- Your own situations — in the corporate format; open seminars use anonymised cases
Disputes without court
How mediation works and in which conflicts it usually saves time and money.
- Where mediation works and where it is useless
- The mediation clause in contracts
- How to behave as a party to the procedure
What a business buyer looks at
For owners thinking about a sale — now or in a couple of years.
- Why the buyer counts from their profit, not yours
- What lowers the value and how to fix it in advance
- The questions they will ask and the documents they will request
Hiring that holds
For executives and in-house recruiters: how to stop hiring the wrong people.
- Why the hire quits during probation and what it cost
- Interviews: what to ask and what to hear in the answers
- How to verify experience that is beautifully narrated
Custom programme
The corporate format — when you need a specific situation solved, not a stock topic.
- The brief unpacked before the programme is written
- Material built for your industry and audience level
- From a two-hour seminar to a full course
I teach in person — on site or online. The programme is built for the specific audience, and we work on your cases, not textbook ones. Participants keep the materials.
The first meeting is a discussion of the brief: who the people are, what the task is, how much time there is. If the topic is not mine — I will say so at once and point you to the right person. Participants' materials are discussed anonymised and never leave the group.
Describe the audience and the task — I will propose a format and a programme for them.
Discuss a programmeThe other five tasks
Crisis management
Financial diagnostics and a recovery plan when liabilities outrun cash flow.
02 / 06Mediation
Dispute resolution with a neutral intermediary — before court or alongside it. Faster and cheaper than litigation.
03 / 06Business value
What a company or stake is worth, what drives the number, and what to check before buying.
04 / 06Career strategy
For executives at a turning point: profile diagnostics and workable scenarios for the next step.
05 / 06Recruitment
From line staff to engineers and mid-level managers. Volume flow, targeted search, project teams.
Describe the task
in your own words
Write what is going on: you need a person, negotiations have stalled, you are weighing a move or a sale of the business, the cash flow does not add up. I will reply within one working day: what I can help with, how long it takes and the rough order of the price — or tell you straight if the task is not mine.
All messengers work on this number. Write by email or call — whichever suits you. The first conversation carries no obligations and no invoice: first we find out whether working together makes sense. There is no price list, because the price depends on scope, not on the service name; I give the order of magnitude in my first reply, before any work starts.
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