Marco S. Maffei

M.A. HSG, Founder & CEO
Project Leader
Executive Coach
Staff & Team Trainer
I look forward to meeting you:
Let's enjoy riding the VUCA waves!
Educational Background
Marco was born in 1977. He studied Business Administration at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), esp.: Leadership, Change Management, HR Management, Public Management, Business Ethics, and Military Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), esp.: Security Policy, International Organizations, Strategy, Tactics, Didactics and Communication.
Business Background
Subsequently, he practiced seven years of leadership at the Special Operations Forces of the Swiss Armed Forces as a commander, coach and trainer. Nowadays, he does military service in the rank of a colonel.
Since 2012, he is an entrepreneur and executive consultant. His fields of activity are development of trust-based leadership, collaboration and communication in organizations (corporations, administration units, education facilities, foundations, associations) as well as staff training and leadership coaching.
Who he is: an open-minded VUCA wave rider with a lot of empathy, communication skills and assertiveness
What he brings to the table:
- over 20 years of experience as a leader
- over 10 years of experience as an entrepreneur
- over 7 years of experience as a project leader
- two university degrees
USP: his pioneer mindset, i. e. his agility, speed, strength, and endurance to achieve something meaningful without being distracted by superficiality
Marco specializes in:
- Ad hoc leadership: building and leading high-performing teams on a mission or project basis
- Caring for people: cultivating deep and strong relationships by building, maintaining, and restoring interpersonal trust
- Decision-making: reaching fast and comprehensive decisions by implementing customized Observe-Orient-Decide-Act loops
Project Management
i.a.:
- «New Stakeholder Journey», lead of an innovation project
- «Executive Information System», lead of an innovation project
- «Scalable Communication», lead of a change project
- «Issues Management», lead of a change project
- «Healthy Performance Culture», lead of a change project
Leadership Coaching
i.a.:
- «Leadership», numerous coachings
- «Trust Issues», numerous supervisions
- «Decision Making», numerous coachings
- «Road Mapping», numerous coachings
- «Learnings», numerous coachings
Staff & Team Training
i.a.:
- «Leadership & Team Excellence», moderation of numerous workshops
- «Field Training», director of numerous exercises, e.g. Mutual Trust
- «Trust Roadmap», moderation of numerous workshops, e.g. Trust Roadmap
- «Innovation & Intuition», moderation of numerous workshops
- «Trust», numerous lectures, e.g. Importance of Trust in Organizations