C-Level Coaching
Concept Development / Ghostwriting / Coaching on Stage
As an author, Andrea Kindt supports you in concept development or writing of your presentation. As a script editor, she translates content into narration. As a theatre coach she accompanies you on stage. You will sharpen your ability to emphasize core messages and bring the presentation of your business vision to life.
Just like on stage, speech and performance are all about the clarity of the structure, the apt word and the authentic gesture. Strive for a body language that brings your audience along for the journey. Feel empowered and strong. Your audience will follow.
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Ghost-writing / Coaching on Stage
Media presentation “Falling, getting up & win!”
Andrea Kindt has done an impressive work as an author and coach to shape my personal story for a broader stage. In doing so, she has gone along with my memories and emotions as a world class ski racer.
The language chosen by her, the pictures and film clips, her accompaniment to my stage performance, have emerged in mutual cooperation and express exactly what I want to convey in terms of message and inspiration.
It’s about profits, risks and losses - but above all about theirs overcoming. Getting up after the fall is one thing that is not just us ski racers, but all those who are fighting for something.
Andrea’s translation has been 100% successful!
Coaching for Female Executives
Concept Development / Ghostwriting / Coaching on Stage
“I do not have a feminine way of speaking, so I’m accepted as a leader, but on the other hand, I’m unsettling many people”
The classic conflict! Women in leadership positions are either traditionally female, meaning that they are overly subservient, or they act with such force that they are perceived as a threat. Both variants are detrimental to a contemporary management style. As a woman, to lead with confidence and credibility she must communicate in a way that demonstrates her competence in a holistic way, integrating strategic preparation with the effective use of pauses, facial expressions, gestures and vocal leadership.
Andrea Kindt supports female executives with a special program that fosters women’s ability to favourably use posture, breathing and voice and thus to achieve much greater presence.
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Coaching for Female Executives
Working with Andrea was inspiring and fun. She is able to create a learning environment which makes you feel safe to experiment with new ideas. With her rich background in drama and theater she can help you understand what matters and what makes a difference to your audience. Lots of hands on tips and exercises too. Most importantly, Andrea made me see the difference I can make if I continue along the journey. I applied my learnings in the following weeks and received excellent feedback: “Your presentation set the tone for the entire day of our meeting” or “You really connected with us in the audience. This was the best presentation I have ever seen from you”. Still, lots more things to practice and learn. I’m looking forward to the journey.
Ghost-writing / Coaching on Stage
Thank you, Andrea! Your messages came across clearly and harmoniously. The practical examples were succinctly chosen and showed me how to grow on myself. In addition, your way of providing support in the event of difficulties impressed me enormously. Other offers in the same segment tend to do less with this balancing act and often make people stupid, which is enormously counterproductive.
All in all, I really liked the informative and empathetic nature of the speaker. Here is a woman really ‘on the side of women.
Communication & Sales Training for Corporates
- Key Account Manager Sales Pitch Training
- Co-Creation Value Communication Trainings
- Top Talents Communication Trainings
- Difficult Employee Discussions
Turn abstract sales strategies into memorable success stories, transforming your customers into partners. Solution Architects and Key Account Managers present hand in hand. Your Top Talents experience themselves as empowered presenters so that they can lead, motivate and transform whether with customers or internally.
A customized presentation of your sales strategy determines your company's success. Messages have to be simple, clear and inclusive and must be reinforced with a professional delivery. This will leave a strong impression on customers, who will perceive you as intelligent and trustworthy business partners.
Andrea Kindt has been offering tailor-made communication trainings for firms like UBS, Siemens, IBM, Partners Group and SIX Group Switzerland, among others.
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Key Account Manager Sales Pitch Training
Our Key Account Managers attended Andrea’s training on how to “Own your Presence”. She was extremely professional in her guidance and highly educated in the subject she presented. Her advice on how to make business impact through engaging customer interaction made complete sense. I would highly recommend her as a communication coach.
The consulting firm Linchpin (Andrea Kindt) has made a decisive contribution to the harmonization of the 'Customer Engagement Process' with their seminars. Topics such as customer contact, consulting and loyalty were in the foreground. It was about promoting employee potential at the communication level, from the first contact to the further support of our customers.
We owe the success of this project to the energetic support of Andrea Kindt, who successfully conducted our seminar series for over a year.
Co-Creation Value Training
I am happy to give feedback on the seminar 'Co-Creation Value Communication’. I was very touched by the content. Here are some of the feedbacks consolidated:
The seminar has very good ratings. Very good & open mood in the course. Better knowledge of facial expressions & gestures, learned about ‘reading’ the client. Good understanding about successful joint design of the customer discussion. Understood how to score as a team! In the eyes of the participants the course was unique, not ‘business as usual’. Excellent training for: Consciously use your own appearance to control your impression on others.
Difficult Employee Discussions
The aim of our training is to increase the awareness of our team concerning the topic of ‘Difficult Employee Discussions’ and improve their conversational skills in case of conflict. The seminar was designed and executed purposefully by Andrea Kindt & her acting team. It offered a good mix of theory and practice. The exercises had masterfully written highly realistic dialogues. There was plenty of room for conversation, exercises and spontaneous exchange. The participants have actively participated and due to the feedback, our goals for this day may be described as very fulfilled. We can recommend this seminar at any time thanks to the professional guidance of Andrea Kindt.
Top Talents Training
Two-day workshop for future leaders with
Andrea Kindt & Frank Behnke
How do I perform on stage? How do I move confidently?
What attitude do I take in a sales pitch? And the most important thing: How do I reach my audience? These are your challenges, and this is exactly where our work begins!
In this workshop you train to make your appearance something unique and unmistakable. At the same time you practice the successful interaction with colleagues in a 'co-creation exercise’. Lead your clients to clarity and understanding of your sales and post-sales trajectory. Create the basis for a trusting dialogue.
We work on your ability to turn thoughts into words, and from this to develop a clear narrative. You learn the art of storytelling, understand how to create climaxes and paint a vision of the future. You hone your ability to emphasize core messages effectively and thus let others share in your entrepreneurial vision.
'Excellence in Speech & Performance', that's what we stand for, Andrea Kindt & Frank Behnke. With techniques taken from the canons of international drama schools and our years of experience in the corporate world, we deliver everything you need for a convincing performance.
Benefit from a potent mix of dramatic theory and acting techniques
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Focus on what is absolutely essential
“Less is more.“ - Create contextual structures for the sake of clarity and comprehension
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Storyline – Create climaxes, paint the future
Take your audience on the journey with you -
Give your words intellectual and emotional appeal
“You must be fired by the passion you wish to spark in others.“
State-of-the-art acting techniques
Combining content and expression
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Right position, firm stance
“Dominate the scene“ -
Effectively control your own body language
Expression and dynamism -
Synchronize your content with body and language
Confidence and fluency - Integrate your personal mannerisms in your delivery "Embrace your unique style"
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Top Talents Communication Training
No matter who we talk to, the participants are always enthusiastic and get a smile on their face when they talk about the training. We also see the difference after the training which is a proof of quality to us. This not easy to achieve, but you can do it because you put a lot of passion and commitment into it.
We are looking forward to many more workshops with you as we have many talents who are keen to become part of this very special training.
The pleasure and benefits were all mine, I struggle to find a course in my past that had a greater positive impact; I will relay this to other potential beneficiaries. It is good to be connected and to know where to get professional support in case of key events and speeches.
Coaching for Female Academics
Professional coaching sessions in the context of career planning and financing research
In addition to academic qualifications, an essential component of a career in academia is a self-assured manner enabling one to present research results in an appropriate professional way. As a rule, women do not do themselves justice in this regard. There are certainly plenty of courses and seminars on how one can come across as the ‘better man’. However, their positive effect is limited.
Andrea Kindt’s seminars & coaching sessions are refreshingly different from these standard courses as, gender-neutral, they are aimed at getting the best out of a person, that is, out of oneself and thus getting one to perform to the full, in control and authentically so. The term “empowerment” is probably what best describes Andrea´s work. With her support our female academics learn to set up their lectures and deliver them so that they are heard in the context of conferences or when research monies are being awarded.
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Coaching for Female Academics
'Coaching on stage' is aimed at highly qualified doctoral candidates, postdocs, professors and medical professors of all faculties as part of the University Basel 'antelope' career program. Since 2017, Andrea Kindt is part of the programme. In a tailor-made setting, our female academics get to know the effectiveness of a convincing presentation and learn how the correct use of posture, breathing and voice helps them to develop their presence.
In her coaching sessions, Andrea is very attentive to the respective person and brings in her specialist knowledge as an writer, editor and acting teacher. She is described by the postdoctoral and young professors as extremely competent, very motivating and empathetic. The lectures held after the coaching session received excellent feedback. Frequently, the desired professorships were obtained or research funds were obtained because of the convincing presentation.
Dear Andrea Kindt
I would just like to inform you that both my lectures at the annual meeting of the ‘European Paediatric Infectious Diseases Society’ in Malmö this week went exceedingly well. The lecture we worked on together was voted «best lecture» of the conference, and the ‘Walter Marget Workshop’ was granted the top mark of 100% by the more than 50 attendees - something no one has achieved in recent years.
I am of course proud and would like to thank you, as your coaching played quite a decisive part in this success.
Andrea Kindt
Your partner for excellent presentations
“The audience decides after three seconds whether you will be heard or forgotten”
I’m driven to help professional people achieve their maximum communication potential. My unique approach rests on applying the methods of the theatre to the corporate and academic worlds. This approach has been proven effective time and again. Just like in the theatre, we work on producing well-structured compelling content, and then focus on body language and voice leadership for an unforgettable delivery.
For more than a decade I’ve had the privilege of working with CEOs, entertainers and politicians and teams from leading organisations across the world in finance, technology and academia.
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Your partner for excellent presentations
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Andrea Kindt
LINCHPIN
Phone No
+49 151 4656 5453
andrea.kindt@linchpin.ch
Website
www.linchpin.sg