Leadership Development for Fast-GrowingTeams

Upskill your talent with digital 1:1 leadership coaching. We develop your talent into the leaders of tomorrow with individual learning paths. Easy to implement, measurable, and naturally engaging.

Executive Coach
Patrick Willmann-Christ
Executive Coach
Executive Coach
Florian Brody
Executive Coach
Executive Coach
Antonella Mediati
Executive Coach
Upskill your talent with digital 1:1 leadership coaching. We develop your talent into the leaders of tomorrow with individual learning paths. Easy to implement, measurable, and naturally engaging.
Why coaching

Invest where it matters:
Your people

Transform your team's potential through the power of 1:1 digital coaching - the bes investment for unlocking growth and development.

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Help your leaders grow with their challenges.
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Nurture mental health, collaboration, and productivity.
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Keep your leaders engaged and committed.

Invest where it matters: Your people

Talent to Leader

Developing from a talent into people leaders is a tough transition. At first, most new leaders are overwhelmed and quickly become bottlenecks while they learn to lead on their own.

How our Leadership Skill Coaching helps:

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Build confidence in existing strengths and find a personal leadership style
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Learn how to navigate stress and take decisions under pressure
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Acquire foundational skills like time management and prioritizing tasks
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Developing from a talent into people leaders is a tough transition. Delegating instead of operating, giving tough feedback and finding a leadership style that suits you: At first, most new leaders become overwhelmed and quickly turn into a bottleneck for the team

Engagement & Productivity

“Quiet quitting” and “laying flat” - more and more employees report they lack motivation. Unfortunately, disengagement is very contagious and negatively impacts productivity and retention.

How our Leadership Skill Coaching helps:

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Re-connect people with the purpose of their work
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Understand how to motivate and engage people and teams
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Develop communication skills and different communication styles
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“Quiet quitting” and “laying flat” have been dominating the labor market recently. Whether it is due to overwork, lack of motivation or remote work, more and more employees report they lack motivation, negatively impacting productivity. Unfortunately, disengagement is very contagious.

Employee Retention

“People quit people, not companies” - and having your people quit on you is never fun. Yet most growing companies struggle to retain their talent, often because they feel stuck or underappreciated.

How our Leadership Skill Coaching helps:

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Empower your talent to seek and build their own career paths
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Form strong leaders that understand how to form strong team mentalities
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Build a culture of trust and transparency through great communication skills
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“People quit people, not companies” - and having your people quit on you is never fun. Yet most growing companies struggle to retain their talent, often because they feel stuck or underappreciated.

Empower HR

People development often falls behind while other urgent topics around HR admin and recruiting are being tackled. When leaders are overwhelmed and retention suffers, the damage is already done.

How Sharpist helps you:

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Individual growth plans built between your talent and our experience in upskilling leaders
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AI-supported coach match algorithm built on thousands of coach-learner relationships
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Scalable L&D experience to onboard your entire organization in <10min of your time
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Access to detailed learning progress and benchmark reports 
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The best HR teams are not merely managing talent, but are constantly improving the workplace of tomorrow. Yet, most teams in fast growing organizations stay stuck with the bare minimum due to a lack of capacity. Pressure on hiring and expansion usually mean talent development is a project for tomorrow.
Career Development
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5.5%
Emotion & Stress Regulation
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85%

Stronger soft skills in leaders who receive coaching compared to their peers.

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Increase in high performers for companies that provide coaching

62%

More engaged workforce at companies that have a strong coaching culture

80%

of Sharpist learners report increased self-confidence as the biggest benefit from their coaching
Meet our Development Focus Areas

From the fundamentals of leadership to leading the entire organization as CEO - We build your individual growth journey

Resilience

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Self-Awareness
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Self-Compassion
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Self-Confidence
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Self-Motivation
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Emotion & Stress Regulation
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Purpose & Values
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Growth Mindset
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Well Being

Self-Leadership

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Goal-Setting
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Time Management
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Focus & Prioritization
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Role Clarity / Transition
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Career Development
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Habits & Routines
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Work-life Balance
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Women in Leadership

Interpersonal Leadership

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Empathy
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Effective Communication
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Team Building & Development
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Conflict Management
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Building Relationships
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Leadership Approach & Presence
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Giving & Receiving Feedback
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Delegation

Organizational Leadership

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Delivering Impact
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Leading Change & Transformation
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Managing Internal Politics
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Strategic Planning
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Innovation & Creativity
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Crisis Management
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Diversity & Inclusion
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Agile Leadership

How it works

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Tell us about you and your development goals
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Get matched with the best matching coach
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Schedule your sessions directly with your coach
Professional development at the tip of your fingers - Everywhere, all the time
Join your recurring 1:1 coaching sessions via app or desktop
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Continue learning with recommended micro tasks from our library
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Check in on your learning progress and update your goals
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Contact our learning experts for new topics and learning tools

Understand your talent’s growth journey

With our state-of-the-art HR dashboard, we bring light into your L&D efforts. Identify your most engaged learners, track the learning progress of your people and understand what challenges your people are facing

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Onboarding & Activation

Follow your Onboarding and make sure no one stays behind

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Follow the learning activity of each of your people
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Track session completion and ratings
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Identify highly engaged learners
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Learner Engagement

Track learner engagement and witness the outstanding usage of the most engaging L&D product in the market

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See what learning topics stand out in your organization
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Benchmark your organization against other startups & Scale-ups
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Compare goals vs actual coaching session topics
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Focus Areas

Learn what your organization is learning and where they need support

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See what learning topics stand out in your organization
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Benchmark your organization against other startups & Scale-ups
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Compare goals vs actual coaching session topics
Disclaimer: All data is aggregated across learner cohorts to secure the privacy of the learners’ coaching sessions
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Learning Trends

Follow your organization’s learning trends over time

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See which goals your learners have set and achieved over time
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Follow which coaching topics pop up and compare against trends
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Meet our world-class coaches

Meet our world-class coaches

Our certified leadership and executive coaches are experienced leaders from high-growth environments.

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All of our coaches have gone through a certified coach education program
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All of our coaches have led their own teams in fast-growing environments
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Our Executive coaches are seasoned entrepreneurs and tech executives, coaching other founders and executives
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world-class coaches

Florian

Executive coach & business strategist
35+ years experience in strategy & entrepreneurship
Focus on transformation & personal development
world-class coaches

Antonella (executive coach)

PCC Results-Based Leadership Coach
20+ years of global tech experience
Focus on resilience & self-leadership
Coach Kai

Kai

Leadership & Business coach
10+ years experience as a founder and consultant
Focus on self-awareness and leading change
Coach Annabelle

Annabelle

Leadership & career coach
10+ years experience as a founder, investor, and executive leader
Focus on women in tech, DE&I, and high-potential individuals
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Florian (executive coach)

Executive coach & business strategist
35+ years experience in strategy & entrepreneurship
Focus on transformation & personal development

Antonella (executive coach)

PCC Results-Based Leadership Coach
20+ years of global tech experience
Focus on resilience & self-leadership

Kai

Leadership & Business coach
10+ years experience as a founder and consultant
Focus on self-awareness and leading change

Annabelle

Leadership & career coach
10+ years experience as a founder, investor, and executive leader
Focus on women in tech, DE&I, and high-potential individuals
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What our clients say

Why startup leaders trust
in coaching

"Especially in the beginning, things can be very turbulent in a startup or young company. My coach helped me keep a clear focus on the essential things and set the right priorities."

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Julian Weinmann
Lead Product Manager - BCG Digital Ventures

"Coaching has opened the door to new perspectives for me. The conversations get me thinking in a whole new way and help me ask myself the right questions. Most of the time, I walk away from a session with much more clarity about my vision and next steps."

Joerg
Joerg Rheinboldt
Managing Director - APX Axel Springer Porsche GmbH & Co. KG

"As a leader, you also have a role model function. My coach supports me in successfully fulfilling this role despite my own uncertainties and doubts."

Magadalena
Magdalena Krenek
General Manager Italy - Voi Technology

"I would not want to miss the regular exchange with my coach anymore. In her, I have found a sparring partner who supports me with the right questions to turn my vision for my company into reality step by step."

Moritz
Moritz Bratzke
CFO - Mimi Hearing Technologies

"When founding a company, one quickly comes into contact with the topic of leadership for the first time. The continuous sessions with my coach have guided me on the way to not only being a successful founder but also becoming a good leader."

Alexej
Alexej Habinski
Co-Founder of a startup in stealth mode

"As a leader, you also have a role model function. My coach supports me in successfully fulfilling this role despite my own uncertainties and doubts."

Andreas
Andreas Schuster
Chief Product Officer - Cara Care

"My coach helps me to look at situations from a different perspective. This opens up whole new possibilities for running our institution that I wouldn't have thought of myself."

Philippe
Philippe Singer
Managing Director & Co-Founder - Leaders for Climate Action

"Especially in the beginning, things can be very turbulent in a startup or young company. My coach helped me keep a clear focus on the essential things and set the right priorities."

Executive Coach
Julian Weinmann
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Frequently asked questions

How do you select the best coaches to work with?
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Sharpist for Startups cooperates with a number of recognized and trusted institutes specialized in training coaches. Our partner institutes combine findings and methods from science and consulting with current topics and practical concepts. The content of all offerings is the result of many years of experience. To ensure working with the best coaches, we continuously vet every coach.

How can I measure the impact of the coaching on my employees?
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Our HR dashboard allows you to get detailed information about the learning journeys of your employees. It offers an easy way to present you with aggregated information about activation rates, learner engagement, session ratings, and focus areas, all in compliance with GDPR.

How often can I have a coaching session?
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You can schedule sessions freely with your coach, according to your available time and current needs.

How long are the coaching sessions?
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The first session is going to be a 45-minute long “chemistry” session, where you and your coach can get to know each other and define your learning journey. After that, you can decide together with your coach how long your sessions are going to be. We usually recommend 45 to 60 minutes per session. This can also be adjusted flexibly if your session runs longer or ends earlier than planned.

How can I get more coaching sessions?
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If you want to buy a top up for your coaching credits you can send an Email to support@sharpist.com with your requested amount of credits.

How does the coach matching work?
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The matching process is based on the learner’s goal analysis and takes into account several factors. It considers the professional orientation, the personal development focus, as well as the focus of the topics and which type of coaching the learner prefers. Based on this information, our algorithm will make a pre-selection within the Spark coach pool. This selection is confirmed in a final, manual check by our Coach Experts. This way, we ensure that the coach exactly matches the learner’s wishes and goals.

How can I change my coach?
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If you or your coach decide that you are no match, or if you at some point decide you want to change the focus or approach in your coaching, you can request a coach change at any time. For this, simply contact our Expert Team through the chat in your Sharpist app.

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Executive Coach
Patrick Willmann-Christ
Executive Coach
Executive Coach
Florian Brody
Executive Coach
Executive Coach
Antonella Mediati
Executive Coach