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Sophie Marie Stender

Facilitation | Workshop Design | Team Coaching

€1,200/day
Frankfurt am Main, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Sophie Marie

As a **Facilitator and Team Coach**, I design workshops and processes that foster genuine exchange, sustainable success, and joy in collaboration. I use Liberating Structures, Design Thinking, Scrum, and other proven methods to inspire teams, make dynamics visible, and create spaces for deep conversations and "aha!" moments – even beyond frameworks.

My Goal:To enable self-effective collaboration and empower teams to find new ways – preferably in nature. #NatureFacilitation

My Credo:"Respect and understand the status quo before you change it – yet have the courage to question it."

Projects I'm proud of:
  • Facilitation Training: Development of a training program in which over 50 people have learned to design people-centered meetings and workshops.
  • Culture Journey for a medium-sized company: Accompanying the cultural change towards a collaborative and agile corporate culture – with workshops, training, and 1:1 coaching.
  • Future Workshop for a city administration: Regular sparring sessions for the development of internal events and activities focused on transformation, sustainability, and new work methods.
  • Customer Journey Mapping with a regional bank: Facilitation of workshops where innovations for collaboration with end customers were developed and successfully implemented.
  • Offsite on the topic of Futures with a public relations network: Using Future Wheels, Future~Present, and AI-supported input, participants were able to explore various future scenarios and derive concrete next steps.
👉 Let's redesign collaboration – I look forward to joint projects!
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Frankfurt am Main (up to 50km), Berlin (up to 10km), Köln (up to 10km), Hamburg (up to 10km), Freiburg im Breisgau (up to 10km)

Experience

  • Facilitator |  Agile & Team Coach | Workshop and Training Designer
    Freelance
    November 2023 - Today (2 years and 7 months)
    Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    I design and facilitate workshops and team processes that bring about real change – towards better collaboration, clearer structures, and an inclusive team culture. My formats provide space and time for creative ideas and diverse perspectives. This not only initiates change but also anchors it sustainably.


    My Offerings:
    • Design and facilitation of offsites, strategy meetings, and team workshops. Topics: Roles & responsibilities, sustainability, communication & feedback, project kickoffs, future visions, and much more.
    Team development & coaching for new forms of collaboration

    • Sparring & coaching for innovative workshop and meeting formats
    • Training on facilitation, feedback culture & innovation
    💡 Fun Fact: I enjoy working with teams in nature – whether for a short walk, an active energizer, or a full outdoor workshop day.

  • quäntchen + glück GmbH & Co. KG
    Strategist, Facilitator & Internal Organization Developer
    January 2019 - October 2023 (4 years and 10 months)
    Darmstadt, Germany
    During my time at quäntchen + glück, I had the opportunity to collaborate with companies from a wide range of industries – from energy and retail to city administrations. Through workshops, processes, and sparring sessions, I initiated real change and supported teams in rethinking collaboration, establishing agile methods, and interactively imparting knowledge. Simultaneously, I identified internal development areas and contributed to the further development of the corporate culture through targeted initiatives.

    My Focus Areas:
    • Workshop Design & Facilitation: Design and execution of team workshops, change processes, and events
    • Training & Knowledge Transfer: Development and facilitation of interactive training sessions on facilitation, facilitative leadership, innovation, customer interviews, and feedback
    • Change & Transformation: Conception and implementation of innovative change processes, e.g., on self-organization and agile work methods
    • Internal Development: Identification of improvement potentials and implementation of initiatives, e.g., for feedback culture

    My Approach: Involve people, improve structures, and make real change possible.
  • mgm consulting partners GmbH
    Consultant Agile Transformation & Innovation
    October 2016 - June 2018 (1 year and 9 months)
    Hamburg, Germany
    As part of an agile team, I supported companies with the major questions of agile transformation – both in comprehensive change processes and in targeted workshops. My focus was on sustainably anchoring agile methods in teams and organizations and making their collaboration more efficient, flexible, and innovative.


    My Focus Areas:
    • Strategic Consulting & Transformation: Introduction of agile methods and artifacts (Scrum, Kanban) in teams and large programs
    • Scrum Master & Team Support: Assisting teams in implementing agile principles and processes
    • Business Development: Conception and implementation of an internal business development process
    • Innovation Workshops & Design Thinking: Conception and facilitation of workshops on innovation, Design Thinking, and Customer Journey Mapping
    My Approach: Not just introducing agility as a method, but anchoring it as an attitude within teams and organizations.

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Education

  • Master of Management
    University of Mannheim & Copenhagen Business School
    2016
    Im Rahmen meines Doppelmasters konnte ich wertvolle Expertise in Scrum, Design Thinking und Innovationsmanagement aufbauen. Mein besonderes Interesse galt der Verbindung von Technologie und Innovation, was sich auch in meiner Masterarbeit zum Thema "Female Innovators in IT" widerspiegelt.
  • Bachelor of Science in Management
    University of Bamberg & EM Strasbourg
    2011
    Während meines Doppel-Bachelors habe ich fundierte Kenntnisse in BWL, Strategie und Innovationsmanagement erworben. Mein Schwerpunkt lag auf „Strategien, Märkten und Innovation“, was sich auch in meiner Bachelorarbeit zum Phänomen des "Electronic Word of Mouth" widerspiegelte.

Certifications

  • Certified Scrum Master
    Scrum Alliance
    2017
    Scrum Master Certified Scrum Master
  • Design Thinking
    SAP University Alliances
    2014
    Design Thinking

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