Dr. Svea von Hehn
Partner & Founder
>25 years of experience as a consultant and top management coach, author of several books, speaker at conferences, holds lectureships at universities, founder
Diploma and PhD in Psychology, certifications for SIY, the Google mindfulness program; MBTI, OPQ, Systemic Coaching
Awarded for the 4th time as Keynote Speaker by Expert-Marketplace to the "Top 100 Excellent Speakers" in the German-speaking area every year since 2021 to 2024. Feel free to contact us directly if you would like to book Svea as a key note speaker
Background
Dr. Svea von Hehn is a certified psychologist with a strong business background and with focus on organizational transformation and personal development. For 3.5 years she worked as project manager for McKinsey & Company and founded RETURN ON MEANING in 2012 together with Nils. Among her clients in the past years are, e.g., several international consumer goods, pharma and chemical companies, international media companies, and start-ups.
Her passion is to combine the clarity of evidence-based business consulting and the wisdom of mindfulness in her work. For >25 years, she has been working internationally as a management consultant in the realms of cultural change, leadership, talent management and mindfulness on various levels. She speaks at conferences, holds lectureships at universities and is author of management books (e.g., on mindfulness; on leadership; on cultural change). Dr. Svea von Hehn is a certified systemic coach and a certified Search Inside Yourself Trainer (SIY, the mindfulness program invented at Google) and has been practicing mindfulness for decades.
She has a PhD and Master-equivalent diploma in psychology. She is a certified systemic coach (Institute of systemic Management and Coaching, Wiesloch, Germany and Institute for systemic coaching and training, Vienna, Austria). Moreover, she is MBTI and OPQ certified.
She actively supports a hospice on a voluntary basis and was honoured by Chancellor Dr. Merkel for her social commitment. She has a son and lives with her family in Berlin.
Client experience (selected examples)
Designing and implementing change management programs (e.g., for a pharmaceutical company, an international chemical company and a globally operating European bank).
Designing and facilitating executive leadership development programs and coaching and 360 degree workshops for clients in various industries.
Aligning top teams as part of the corporate strategy process during a change period (e.g., for government organizations, for a large hospital).
Designing and facilitating “personal insights” and “inspirational leadership” workshops for various organizations (e.g., at a health insurance company).
Designing and conducting mindfulness programs (e.g., for a law firm).
Designing and implementing talent management processes (e.g., recruiting and development strategies) for different organizations.