Ralf is a senior leader with 25+ years of global experience in building and leading global and virtual teams in large corporations. He is specialized in building and growing technical teams, both direct reports and virtual members. He has extensive customer experience and has worked with many different cultures and in multiple countries including Europe, USA, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Due to strong communication and presentation skills, Ralf consistently achieves high scores at public presentations, events, and conferences. He is able to present to and work with a diverse audience, such as executives and business focus groups, engineering, different customer segments, academia, etc. As a professional speaker, Ralf has presented topics such as leadership, innovation, the future of technology and related implications for business and communication, developing the next generation of leaders, and the future of coaching. "A nice blend of facts and figures combined with humor makes it easy and enjoyable to listen to Ralf's talks."Ralf's specialty is combining coaching, consulting, leadership and creativity with a passion for developing people. He is enthusiastic about developing the next generation leaders through high-performance career coaching and training. Ralf has provided consulting to clients in the industry and non-profit organizations for developing and establishing high-potential and high-performance development initiatives and talent-management programs.Specialties: innovation and management, creative leadership, mentoring and coaching, visionary approach, teamwork, change management, leading teams through changes and crisis, linking technology and coaching (e.g. phone and video coaching, virtual collaboration), cultural competence, talent management, global perspective, entrepreneurship, motivational speeches