Career coaching & career counseling Frankfurt: Executive strategy instead of AVGS standard
The Ihr Coaching Institut Frankfurt combines 35 certified career experts - including ex-DAX board members, Harvard affiliates and experienced personnel developers - to your personal career board. With evidence-based methods, LINC Personality Profiler and discreet sparring at eye level, we support managers and high potentials in career change, promotion and professional repositioning in the Rhine-Main region.

35 certified coaches including ex-CEOs, Harvard affiliates and TED speakers
Individual matching The right expert for your challenge
DAX references Siemens, Deutsche Bank, Lufthansa and others


Why classic „career coaching“ often fails
The ROI of career coaching: measurable results
Career coaching is one of the most effective investments you can make in your professional future. ICF studies show that 80 % of coaching clients report increased self-confidence, 72 % report improved communication skills and 67 % report a better work-life balance. The practice of our Frankfurt institute shows that managers who undergo structured career coaching achieve their career goals on average 40 % faster than without professional support. Whether it's a salary negotiation, a change of position to C-level or a strategic realignment - our coaching gives you the clarity and tools you need to take the next step in your career.
Self-confidence
Communication
Career goal
Work-life balance
Our career coaches have many years of management experience themselves - many of them at board level in DAX-listed corporations and upper mid-sized companies. This insider knowledge makes all the difference: we know the unwritten rules of career dynamics in the Rhine-Main region, understand the requirements of international corporations and support you with a mix of methods including systemic coaching, 360-degree feedback and the LINC Personality Profiler. The combination of evidence-based methodology and lived leadership experience enables sparring at eye level, which purely academically trained coaches cannot offer.
If you are ill, go to the head doctor, not the administrative assistant. Why do you entrust your career to coaches who often only know the top from books?
The difference with us:
Not „tips“, but tactics: We know what really makes headhunters tick and how decisions are made in the supervisory board (because we sat there ourselves).
No „resume cosmetics“: A pretty PDF won't get you on the board. We work on your attitude, your Rhetoric and your political instinct.
Not an individual opinion: With us, you have access to the knowledge of 35 experts. An ex-Siemens CEO (Pierer) or a world referee (Meier) see things that a normal coach overlooks.
Who we work for: 3 career phases, 3 strategies
1 The Rising Stars (High Potentials) You deliver top performance but are stuck in the „diligence trap“? We release the handbrake. Learn how to become visible without being loud and how to make the leap from operational „worker“ to strategic „leader“.
2 The Executives (C-Level & Management) The air is getting thin. It's no longer about expertise, but about power, alliances and assertion. Get sparring at eye level with coaches who know your altitude - to stay at the top or make the next big move.
3. the game changers (reorientation & exit) Do you want to get out of the hamster wheel? Whether it's a start-up, a change of industry or a sabbatical after an exit - we develop a strategy that combines financial security with personal meaning.
Our process: career architecture instead of „application assistance“
Phase 1: The inventory (profiling) We use scientific diagnostics (LINC Personality Profiler) to decipher your true motives, strengths and blind spots. No gut feeling, just data.
Phase 2: The strategy (positioning) Where is your place in the market? We sharpen your profile until you are unmistakable. We transform you from a supplicant to a sought-after expert that headhunters are proactively looking for.
Phase 3: The breakthrough (execution) Networking strategies for the hidden job market, interview training with ex-decision-makers and tough negotiation tactics for your salary package. We won't let you go until the contract is signed.
Apply for a strategy meeting
We do not conduct traditional „sales talks“. We check in 30 minutes whether we can help you - and whether the chemistry is right.
Important: We are not an employment agency and do not offer standard job application training. We are strategy consultants for your career. If you are ready to invest in your future, talk to us.
Are you professionally brilliant, but are politically ignored when it comes to promotions?
Are you stuck in the „golden handcuffs“ of a well-paid dead end?
Do you want to join the C-suite but lack the crucial network?
Do you have to strategically reinvent yourself after an exit or merger?
Are you looking for access to the hidden market instead of writing applications?
Do you know your true market value - and do you know how to negotiate it?
You are not a supplicant. You are an offer.
Traditional job application training is a thing of the past. In our career coaching in Frankfurt (Oeder Weg), we develop you into a brand („personal brand“). We sharpen your profile so that headhunters and decision-makers can't get past you. We analyze your impact, your rhetoric and your political alliances. Whether you are planning an internal promotion or a discreet move to a competitor: we provide you with the eye-level sparring you need to break through the „glass ceiling“.
Our team is there for you

Heinrich von Pierer
Heinrich von Pierer, the architect of Siemens' globalization, led the company to the top of the world with clear leadership.
Our experts
The end of silo thinking. A 35-strong elite team. We combine business, science and sport. We have joined forces to give you access to the most exclusive expertise on the market.

Natalie Wintermantel
Psychological depth meets systemic strategy. Sound methods for sustainable change processes in top management.

LAURA BAXTER
I have been studying the effects of the voice and the body for around twenty-five years.

HOLGER BRÖER
Sales is not a game of chance, it's psychology. I help companies and leaders to get their horsepower on the road - through communication that sells without persuading.

DR. CARLOS DAVIDOVICH
I don't just draw on my medical training and deep understanding of the brain. I use neuromanagement coaching to contribute to obvious, sustainable changes in clients.

LILLY FRITZ
As a judge and president, I am familiar with leadership under pressure. I support you in resolving conflicts confidently and exuding authentic authority.

FRANK GOTTHARDT
We make the best decisions based on our values. Overcoming complex challenges offers me fantastic opportunities to develop and gain experience in many areas.

PROF. DR. HABIL. FRANK KEUPER
Recognizing the essentials is the most challenging task on the path to sustainable, healthy and relevant corporate growth. I therefore open up the space for the search for a suitable growth design.

DR. MIRIAM KLINKE
Mediation and conflict resolution
As an experienced mediator with a legal background, I have always focused on constructive dispute resolution throughout my international career.

PROF. DR. KARSTEN MACHHOLZ
Winning people over is the key to any successful transformation. With more than 25 years of practical experience, I can support you in developing strategies and implementing them successfully together with your employees.

TOBIAS RIEGGER
I am driven by the desire to inspire people in such a way that previously unachievable things can be achieved. Be it in sport, as a lecturer at universities and academies or in my professional environment as a management consultant.

CLAUDIA SCHICK
Passionate coach, motivator, networker. I combine over 20 years of TV experience at ARD as a presenter and interviewer with targeted voice and media training.

REGINA KAROLINE SCHÜLLER
For me, an effective corporate culture, clear communication and value-oriented leadership are key factors for the successful implementation of the mission, objectives and strategy of any company.

FREDRICK SPALCKE
Every consolidation crisis is an opportunity for companies to take a close look at the competitiveness of their value chain.

DR. BERND STENKAMP
Developing products FOR people together WITH people inspires me. More than 25 years of experience in developing products.

TIM S. TABRIZI
I love dealing with what moves people. I treat my clients with respect for their individual situation, with a great deal of motivation, inspiration and the clear intention to help.

Michael Klenk
Führung in komplexen Systemen erfordert Klarheit, Entscheidungsstärke und den souveränen Umgang mit Konflikten. Ich begleite Führungskräfte in genau diesen Situationen –
auf Top-Level.

RALPH M. RIXNER
As a long-standing manager in the IT sector, I have 35 years of experience in setting up and managing international projects.

DR. THOMAS MEININGHAUS
Change, quality and transformation processes are a recurring theme in my professional life.

KARSTEN SCHMIDT
For more than a decade I have been supporting managers of multinational companies in intercultural management and emphasizing the importance of culture in the business world.

ROLF GLUNZ
Ich mache aus komplexen Angeboten klare, überzeugende Geschichten – und schaffe die Vertrauensbasis, auf der nachhaltige Geschäftsbeziehungen entstehen.

JENNIFER BAUMANN
Female Leadership Excellence. I show female managers how to not only survive in male-dominated structures, but how to shape the game.
Career coaching & career advice: The strategic edge in Frankfurt
The job market in the financial metropolis of Frankfurt is highly competitive. Classic Career coaching often only scratches the surface. We offer Individual career advice for Specialists and managers, who are not simply looking for a new job, but want to dominate their market position in the long term.
Whether you are an established Manager are planning to take the leap to the Board of Management or Outplacements one Professional reorientation strive for: Our Individual coaching is a strategic customization. We work with Methods from suitability diagnostics, profiling and top management in order to new professional goals.
Job coaching for managers: cracking the hidden job market
Top positions are rarely advertised publicly. An excellent Job coaching prepares you for the hidden market. Together with experienced sparring partners (including psychologists and ex-personnel managers), we develop your Application strategy.
This includes not only the optimization of the classic Application documents, but above all an aggressive LinkedIn-strategy. We show you how to optimize your Know-how in such a way that headhunters proactively approach you. In intensive Sessions we simulate board interviews and salary negotiations, so that you can be confident in your Job change or Restart get the maximum out of it.
Why we deliberately do not offer AVGS coaching (employment agency)
Quality and independence are our most important currencies. For this reason, we do not accept vouchers (Activation and placement voucher / AVGS) from the Federal Employment Agency or the Job center.
A state-subsidized AVGS Coaching is subject to strict bureaucratic requirements and standardized processes that meet our standards. Customized solutions at executive level. Whether Start-up coaching for your new Business idea or strategic Coaching for your career: Our offer is aimed exclusively at Self-payer and companies. This guarantees you 1001TP3 independence, absolute discretion and advice that is committed to a single goal: your personal and financial breakthrough.
FAQ - Answers to your most frequently asked questions:
Tim S. Tabrizi - Founder & Career Strategist
Tim S. Tabrizi gründete Ihr Coaching Institut mit der Überzeugung, dass Karriere kein Zufall ist, sondern Architektur. Als ehemaliger Unternehmer mit über 20 Jahren Erfahrung in DAX-nahen Umfeldern hat er ein Netzwerk aus 35 Top-Coaches aufgebaut – darunter ehemalige Personalvorstände, Executive Coaches und Headhunter –, die Karrieren nicht nur begleiten, sondern strategisch gestalten. LinkedIn profile → | Author page →
Specialization: C-Level Positioning, Management development, Career Architecture | Memberships: DCV - ICF - BDVT - BVMW - GSA | Location: Frankfurt am Main
What our career clients say
„I had been stuck in the same position for 8 years. In 4 months, my coach helped me not only to take the next step, but also to leapfrog two hierarchical levels - with a strategy that I would never have come up with on my own.“
S. M. - Director Strategy, MDAX Group
„At 42, I thought the train had left the station. The institute brought me together with a coach who had himself made a C-level industry change. Today, I manage a business unit in a completely new industry.“
T. K. - Division Manager, Technology
„Nach meiner Kündigung brauchte ich keinen Trost, sondern einen Plan. Der Outplacement-Prozess war strukturiert, diskret und hat innerhalb von 10 Wochen zu drei konkreten Angeboten geführt.“
Dr. L. H. - Former VP Marketing, Consumer Goods
Karriere auf C-Level: Vom Coaching zum strategischen Sparring
Wer auf C-Level kommt oder sich als Geschäftsführer neu positioniert, hat selten klassische Karrierefragen – sondern strategische Schlüsselmomente, die ein anderes Format brauchen. Für diese Phase bieten wir strategisches CEO-Sparring für Karriere-Schlüsselmomente auf C-Level als ergänzendes Format zum klassischen Karriere-Coaching. Wer als Coach selbst arbeitet und seine eigene Praxis professionalisieren will, profitiert von begleitender Supervision in der eigenen Coaching-Praxis.
Konkrete Karriere-Coaching-Beispiele finden Sie in unseren Case Studies aus realen Karriere-Mandaten.
In which situations does career coaching provide support?
The experienced Coach can offer you a new perspective in any situation. Everything to do with your job and your career. Whether professional reorientation or job change. Whether strategic realignment, onboarding to the board of directors or the discreet initiation of supervisory board mandates. We find a solution for every problem. So that your professional life and your positioning lead to the desired success.
Why is external consulting crucial at this level?
On C-Level you hardly receive any real, critical feedback. Your environment often only tells you what you want to hear. We provide you with the unvarnished truth (Radical Candor) and reflect blind spots before they fall on your feet in the board meeting.
What is the difference to other coaching sessions?
We provide you with the external perspective that you often lack in your own company. As Sparring partner We question your strategy at eye level, prepare you for political power struggles and give you access to the hidden labor market.
What methods are used in career coaching?
We work with systemic coaching, LINC Personality Profiler and evidence-based methods.
Does career coaching help with professional reorientation?
Professional reorientation is a key issue - whether or not to change sectors, Outplacement or self-employment.
Can career coaching help with burnout?
Our coaches are in Mental coaching and Resilience trained.
Does career coaching also make sense if I don't want to resign yet?
Absolutely - and that is precisely the strategically wiser time. The best career decisions are not made under pressure, but from a position of strength. Many of our clients come to us while they are still firmly in the saddle. Together, we analyze your current positioning, identify blind spots and develop a long-term career roadmap. This way, you are prepared when the right window opens - be it internally through a promotion or externally via the hidden job market. Proactive career coaching is not crisis management, but strategic career architecture.


