Sören Kluge
Senior consultant
+6 years of professional experience in various management consultancies
M. Sc. in psychology with a focus on business, organizational and occupational psychology
Extensive and international project experience in various industries
Background
Sören Kluge is an organizational psychologist and has been a trainer and consultant at RETURN ON MEANING since 2020. His focus lies on leadership training, cultural transformation projects, and optimizing talent management processes.
From 2017 to 2020, he gained valuable experience in the HR department of a logistics consultancy with over 600 employees, specializing in talent acquisition. Alongside his studies, he was actively involved in the student consultancy BCPro. He further expanded his expertise at the consulting firm HRpepper, where he worked with a human-centered approach in the fields of organizational transformation, design thinking, and change management.
Sören studied psychology with a focus on work, organizational, and business psychology at the Free University of Berlin and the University of California, San Diego. He was supported during his studies by the PROMOS program. Before his academic career, he worked in the fields of graphic design, event management, and public administration—experiences that continue to enrich his work today.
In addition to his professional activities, Sören was actively involved with Amnesty International for several years and volunteered on a project aimed at analyzing and reducing unconscious bias in children.
Client experience (selected examples)
Leadership and participation in multiple cultural transformation projects in the pharmaceutical industry, including ambassador networks and various other change initiatives over several years
Support and guidance in transformation projects focusing on sustainability, empowerment, and agile working
Team development for top teams, including diagnostics, conceptualization, and facilitation of offsites
Design and facilitation of workshops with (top) leadership teams and employees on topics such as collaboration, conflict resolution, values, strategy development, feedback, and communication
Development and delivery of training programs and individual training sessions—both in-person and remote—on topics like Lead Self, Lead Others, effective presenting, audience-focused communication, feedback, and structured problem-solving
Support in analyzing and restructuring talent management processes and optimizing HR processes, including developing a diagnostic tool to assess the maturity level of People and Culture departments
Design, execution, and continuous improvement of assessment and development centers for personnel diagnostics