Frank Kretzschmar is founder and managing director of Stepwise Management www.stepwisemanagement.de and a founding member of the Global Resiliency Network. His consulting firm specializes in developing the quality of courage in leaders and on building resiliency within teams and organizations. In doing so his consulting engagement can include diverse areas such as: change management; the integration of business targets and workflows; organisational development including conflict management and crisis management during change processes; human resources development including restructuring HR departments; as well as executive coaching and training.

Prior to founding Stepwise Management, Frank was the HRD-Director at KFW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau - Bank for Reconstruction) in charge of HR Development and Change Management. Between 1998 and 2002 Frank was head of the HR Development at Alte Leipziger Unternehmensverbund, responsible for the HR development restructuring and repositioning as well as strategy development. During his career at Alte Leipziger Frank developed and implemented a number of change initiatives. Other examples of his work include Citibank Privatkunden AG, where he was HR Manager. He was involved in restructuring, branches number downsizing, leadership recruitment and performance management. His responsibility involved more than 700 employees, 100 branch managers and 8 first line managers.

Prior to 1996 Frank was a senior consultant at ODI, an international change management firm.

Past and Current Clients include:
Amadeus, Baker Hughes Inteq, BMW, Electrolux, General Cologne Re, HELLA, KNP BT, Lease Plan, Lufthansa, Management Center Innsbruck, Microsoft, Ministère l´Education de Luxemburg, SKF, Siemens Nixdorf, Walter Bau, Wayss & Freytag.

Education:
After graduating in Industrial- and Clinical Psychology and Economics at the University of Mannheim, Frank went on studying applied Gestalt psychology for Human Resources and Organisational Development at the Fritz Pearls Institute. Frank was a student assistant at the Centre for Methods, Analysis and Surveys in Mannheim and he is a certified counsellor of the German Society for Supervision (DGSV). Besides German as mother tongue, Frank is fluent in English and he has a basic knowledge of French and Greek.

Personal Information:
Frank lives with his family in Wachenheim, near Heidelberg, Germany, a famous wine area. He enjoys nature, gardening and the discovery of new forms of being in the world.

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