Our Coaching Methodology

Systematic 3-phase approach for your sustainable success

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1. Discover

Analysis → Clarity → Goals

  • Analysis of your current situation
  • Clarification of your goals and desires
  • Identification of strengths & potentials
  • Recognition of obstacles
  • Setting realistic expectations
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2. Develop Strategy

Planning → Roadmap → Action Plan

  • Strategic planning of your next steps
  • Development of concrete action options
  • Creation of your personal roadmap
  • Preparation for challenges
  • Definition of measurable milestones
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3. Implement & Achieve

Action → Guidance → Success

  • Implementation of your strategy with guidance
  • Regular progress tracking
  • Agile adjustments when needed
  • Motivation & Accountability
  • Sustainable anchoring of success
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✨ Over 20 years of founder experience: Active entrepreneur since 2002, experienced in AVGS and BAFA funded coaching. Practical experience for your success.

📍 Service Areas: In-person coaching in Leipzig (SimpliOffice) • Video coaching across Germany • Private coaching worldwide

What to Expect

My Expertise

  • ✅ 20+ years founder experience (since 2002)
  • ✅ Numerous successful AVGS/BAFA coachings
  • ✅ AVGS-certified (German Employment Agency)
  • ✅ BAFA experience (founder funding)
  • ✅ Multilingual: DE / EN / ES

Coaching Methodology

  • ✅ Systematic 3-phase approach
  • ✅ Individual goal definition
  • ✅ Practical strategies
  • ✅ Regular progress tracking
  • ✅ Flexible scheduling

Funding & Pricing

  • ✅ AVGS funding: 100% coverage
  • ✅ BAFA funding: up to 80% subsidy
  • ✅ Private: €80-150 per session
  • ✅ Free initial consultation (15 min.)
  • ✅ Support with application process

Our Coaching Programs

Funded coaching services for your professional development

Individual Start-up Coaching
Individual Coaching - Application Coaching
Individual Coaching - Finding Perspectives
Individual Coaching - Family with a Job!
Individual Coaching - Application Coaching for Migrants
Integration Assistant for Young People
High School Diploma with Vocational Knowledge
Individual Coaching - Language Coaching for the Job Search

Individual Start-up Coaching

Your Situation: You dream of having your own company, but the mountain of bureaucracy and planning is robbing you of your courage? You're wondering how to turn a good idea into a viable business.

Our Approach: We bring clarity to the start-up jungle. With over 20 years of our own start-up experience, we accompany you pragmatically and goal-oriented. We translate your vision into a solid business plan and show you how to get the necessary financing.

Funding according to
§45 Para. 1 Sentence 1 SGB III No. 4 (AVGS) - Introduction to self-employment

The individual start-up coaching comprises a maximum of 56 hours. Each coaching session lasts 45 minutes and takes place as individual coaching.
In the initial meeting with your coach, you define the individual content of the coaching and the schedule. During the coaching process, you acquire the tools to successfully start a self-employment or to make your existing self-employment more successful. At the end, you evaluate the coaching together and reach a final agreement.

Module 1: Potential Analysis (8 UE)

Module 1: Potential Analysis (8 UE)

  • Introduction to personal and professional requirements for self-employment
  • Review of personal and professional competence
  • Analysis of any professional experience and further training
  • Personnel and outsourcing
Module 2: Market Analysis, Marketing and Acquisition Planning (16 UE)

Module 2: Market Analysis, Marketing and Acquisition Planning (16 UE)

  • Introduction to proven working aids and tools for independent market analysis
  • Methods of information gathering
  • Framework conditions
  • Industry, target group, competition and sales analysis
  • Marketing strategies, direct marketing, social media marketing, search engine marketing, print advertising
  • Pricing
  • Customer contact, customer retention and customer enthusiasm
Module 3: Financial Planning, Business Plan, Corporate Strategy (24 UE)

Module 3: Financial Planning, Business Plan, Corporate Strategy (24 UE)

  • Vision and corporate goals
  • Using personal strengths and market opportunities to your advantage
  • Introduction to various tools for product, price, communication and distribution policy
  • Goal is the development of a successful corporate strategy
  • Business plan as a success tool
  • Financing plan
  • Start-up with equity and debt capital
  • Funding programs for entrepreneurs
  • Capital requirements, revenue planning, cost planning
  • Controlling and risk management
Module 4: Start-up Preparation (8 UE)

Module 4: Start-up Preparation (8 UE)

  • Effective time management, time wasters, work types
  • Communication training, rhetoric, negotiations
  • Organization and accounting
  • Location selection

Individual Coaching - Application Coaching

Your Situation: You write applications, but the rejections are piling up. You are unsure whether your documents are still up-to-date and how you can really convince in an interview. You finally want the job that suits you.

Our Approach: We get you fit for the application marathon. From optimizing your documents to targeted preparation for tricky interview questions to professional self-marketing - we give you the tools you need to stand out from the crowd.

Funding according to §45 Para. 1 Sentence 1 SGB III No. 1 (AVGS) - Introduction to the training and labor market

The application coaching comprises a maximum of 56 teaching units of 45 minutes each and takes place as individual coaching. In the initial meeting with your coach, the individual content of the coaching and the schedule are defined. During the coaching process, you acquire the tools for your professional development or reorientation and put them into practice with the support of your coach. At the end, you evaluate the coaching together and reach a final agreement.

Module 1: Orientation in the Labor Market (10 UE)

Module 1: Orientation in the Labor Market (10 UE)

  • Analysis of the individual life and application situation
  • Getting an overview of professions and professional sectors and getting to know the regional training and labor market
  • Planning the career path with goal setting and prioritization
  • Specification and time planning of the next steps
Module 2: Self-Marketing (8 UE)

Module 2: Self-Marketing (8 UE)

  • Development of individual strategies for motivation, time and self-management and self-marketing
  • Determination of individual job search and application strategies
Module 3: Individual Applications (20 UE)

Module 3: Individual Applications (20 UE)

  • Creating individual cover letters, CVs and professional profiles, compiling individual application documents
  • Outfit consulting and creation of application photos
  • Online application, telephone and written application
Module 4: Job Interview and Assessment Center Preparation (18 UE)

Module 4: Job Interview and Assessment Center Preparation (18 UE)

  • Pre- and post-interview preparation
  • Pre- and post-assessment center preparation

Individual Coaching - Finding Perspectives

Your Situation: You feel like you're in a dead end professionally or privately. You lack orientation and don't know how to take the next step on your own. You need a clear head and a concrete plan.

Our Approach: We help you to clear the chaos. Through socio-pedagogical support and targeted management coaching, we identify your blockades and develop new, realistic life and career perspectives together. As part of the coaching, we also use the scientifically-based DISC personality test to better understand your strengths and communication styles. We are your compass when you have lost your way.

Funding according to
§45 Para. 1 Sentence 1 SGB III No. 1 (AVGS) - Introduction to the training and labor market as well as
Determination, reduction or elimination of placement obstacles

The coaching "Finding Perspectives" comprises a maximum of 60 teaching units of 45 minutes each and takes place as individual coaching.
In the initial meeting with your coach, the individual content of the coaching and the schedule are defined. Through the mediation of various strategies for self and time management, the socio-pedagogical support in solving various problems and not least through an individual career path planning adapted to the circumstances of the regional job market, you acquire the tools for reintegration into the labor market during the coaching process. Within the framework of the measure, a work trial is possible, in which you will be advised and supported by your coach.

Module 1: Socio-Pedagogical Support (24 UE)

Module 1: Socio-Pedagogical Support (24 UE)

  • Detailed analysis of the participant's current situation regarding professional and family background
  • Identification of problem areas, finding solution strategies
  • Support with contact to external agencies (debt counseling, youth welfare office, etc.)
  • Stress management and relaxation, individual strategies for motivation, time and self-management and for coping with everyday life and for reconciling family and career
  • Perspective building and self-management
  • Finding potential new life and career perspectives
  • Comparison of the regional job market with one's own ideas and prerequisites, career path planning
Module 2: Preparation for the Labor Market (36 UE)

Module 2: Preparation for the Labor Market (36 UE)

  • Analysis of the individual application situation
  • Support in creating and sending online, written and telephone applications; if necessary, outfit advice and creation of new application photos
  • Pre- and post-interview preparation
  • Accompanied work trial of max. 80 hours
  • Support with external communication and correspondence
  • Assistance with applications (housing benefit, child allowance)
  • Dealing with employers, colleagues and customers, advice and assistance with conflicts
🎯 Personality Profile: Free DISC Test

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  • Understand your natural strengths and communication styles
  • Scientifically-based DISC personality test (10 minutes)
  • Free evaluation with personal interpretation in coaching
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Individual Coaching - Family with a Job!

Your Situation: The balancing act between family and career often feels like an impossible task. You want to get back on your feet professionally without neglecting your family, and you're looking for a way to master both without stress.

Our Approach: We understand your double burden. That's why we not only offer flexible individual coaching, but also childcare during appointments if needed. Together, we develop practical strategies for how you can make a successful comeback and find a healthy work-life balance.

Funding according to §45 Para. 1 Sentence 1 SGB III No. 1 (AVGS) - Introduction to the training and labor market

The coaching Family with a Job! comprises a maximum of 100 teaching units of 45 minutes each and takes place as individual coaching. Individual childcare is possible during coaching appointments. In the initial meeting with your coach, the individual content of the coaching and the schedule are defined. During the coaching process, you acquire the tools for individual reconciliation of family and career and put them into practice with the support of your coach. At the end, you evaluate the coaching together and reach a final agreement.

Module 1: Activation for the Profession (60 UE)

Module 1: Activation for the Profession (60 UE)

  • Organizing family - Analysis of the individual life situation, getting an overview of childcare options, coping with everyday life, building networks, mobilization in everyday life and work
  • Health promotion - Development of a healthy lifestyle, exercise and healthy nutrition, support in achieving emotional robustness, finding opportunities for external support with personal problems, determination of individual strategies for stress management and relaxation
  • Professional life - Determination of individual strategies for motivation and time and self-management, support and advice for job-related appointments
Module 2: Application Coaching for Parents (40 UE)

Module 2: Application Coaching for Parents (40 UE)

  • Analysis of the individual application situation
  • Planning the career path with goal setting and prioritization
  • Determination of individual job search and application strategies
  • Getting to know the regional labor market
  • Online application, telephone and written application
  • Creating individual application documents
  • Outfit consulting and creation of application photos
  • Pre- and post-interview preparation
  • Specification and time planning of the next steps

Individual Coaching - Application Coaching for Migrants

Your Situation: You have arrived in Germany and want to gain a foothold in your career, but the language, culture and application system are still foreign to you. You need an understanding partner to help you overcome these hurdles.

Our Approach: We build bridges to the German labor market. In our coaching, you will not only learn how to write convincing applications, but also the unwritten rules of the German working world. We support you in the recognition of your qualifications and, if you wish, even accompany you during a work trial.

Funding according to
§45 Para. 1 Sentence 1 SGB III No. 1 (AVGS) - Introduction to the training and labor market

The application coaching comprises a maximum of 60 teaching units of 45 minutes each and takes place as individual coaching. In the initial meeting with your coach, the individual content of the coaching and the schedule are defined.
During the coaching process, you acquire the tools for your professional development in Germany and put them into practice with the support of your coach. Within the framework of the coaching, a work trial with a maximum of 160 hours can be completed, which is accompanied by your coach.
At the end, you evaluate the coaching together and reach a final agreement.

 

Module 1: Orientation in the German Labor Market (15 UE)

Module 1: Orientation in the German Labor Market (15 UE)

  • Analysis of the individual life and application situation
  • Getting to know the training paths, company hierarchies and market economy principles in Germany
  • Getting an overview of professions and professional sectors and the regional labor market
  • Working on job platforms, reading and understanding job advertisements
  • Support in the recognition process of professional experience and qualifications in the home country
  • Planning the career path with goal setting and prioritization
  • Development of individual strategies for preparation for the new work environment, for motivation, time and self-management and self-marketing
  • Specification and time planning of the next steps
Module 2: Individual Applications (45 UE)

Module 2: Individual Applications (45 UE)

  • Creating individual cover letters, CVs and professional profiles, compiling individual application documents
  • Communication and manners in a professional environment in Germany
  • Outfit consulting and creation of application photos
  • Online application, telephone and written application, unsolicited application, introduction video
  • Linguistic pre- and post-preparation of job interviews, interviews and assessment centers
  • Accompanied work trial

Integration Assistant for Young People

Your Situation: You enjoy working with young people and want to support them in their everyday school life, but you lack the pedagogical qualification? You are looking for practical further training that will prepare you for work as a school assistant or companion.

Our Approach: This further training is your foundation for a meaningful activity. In part-time and with block events during the holidays, you will learn everything you need to know about pedagogy, communication, types of disability and conflict resolution. We make you fit for practice so that you can be a real support for young people.

Funding according to §81 SGB III (BGS) or continuing education in the company or QCG

Goal: Teaching of knowledge and skills in the socio-pedagogical and care sector for work with children and young people who need individual support in (school) everyday life.

Target groups:

  • Employees subject to social insurance contributions without relevant socio-pedagogical or pedagogical training, who carry out an activity as school assistance according to §112 SGB IX or as school accompaniment according to §35a SGB VIII
  • Job seekers without relevant socio-pedagogical or pedagogical training, who are interested in an activity as school assistance according to §112 SGB IX or as school accompaniment according to §35a SGB VIII

Start: 25.09.2023, End: 27.09.2024, individual entry possible

Scope and implementation: The training takes place as a face-to-face course part-time with lessons on a maximum of two weekdays and block events during school holidays. The maximum group size is 20 participants. 

 

Module 1: Communication (40 UE)

Module 1: Communication (40 UE)

  • Basics of appreciative communication, communication strategies – sender-receiver model, iceberg model, 4-ears model, 5 axioms, transactional analysis, communication levels, active listening
  • Communication - with children, with parents, with teachers and with professional services
  • Conducting conversations in special situations - case studies
Module 2: Socio-Pedagogical Foundations (40 UE)

Module 2: Socio-Pedagogical Foundations (40 UE)

  • Requirements, personal prerequisites, opportunities and limits of social professions
  • Psychosocial development – stage model according to Erikson, behaviorism, cognitive psychology, constructivism
  • Education – basics, educational process, concepts, goals
  • Socio-pedagogical action in various developmental stages - case studies
Module 3: Disability (80 UE)

Module 3: Disability (80 UE)

  • Types of disability – physical, mental, psychological, sensory, speech and learning disabilities
  • Causes and indicators for disabilities in children and adolescents
  • Disability characteristics and therapy approaches autism, Asperger syndrome, perception disorders, anxiety disorders, mutism, deafness, ADHD, language acquisition disorders, dyslexia, etc.
  • Inclusion – legal foundations, forms, implementation possibilities, practical examples
  • Pedagogical support measures and opportunities – communication, social behavior
Module 4: Conflict Management in Professional Life (40 UE)

Module 4: Conflict Management in Professional Life (40 UE)

  • Conflict emergence, conflict reduction, conflict resolution strategies – types and causes, bearers and triggers, escalation stages, methods for conflict management
  • Recognizing conflicts in the professional environment – conflict characteristics, case studies
  • Conducting and moderating conflict discussions – preparation, implementation, solution finding, communication
Module 5: Dealing with Behaviorally Challenging Children and Adolescents (40 UE)

Module 5: Dealing with Behaviorally Challenging Children and Adolescents (40 UE)

  • Behavioral abnormalities – definition and delimitation, forms of appearance
  • Age-appropriate motivation, dealing with emotions and aggression - setting limits, establishing rules, communicating consequences
  • Challenges in practice - case studies
Module 6: Self-Care (40 UE)

Module 6: Self-Care (40 UE)

  • Stressors in the work environment – self-observation, recognizing symptoms, identifying triggers
  • Strategies for stress management and relaxation, for self-motivation and strengthening – meditation, mindfulness and resilience, time and self-management
  • Dealing with psychological pressure and psychological violence

High School Diploma with Vocational Knowledge

Your Situation: You want to catch up on your high school diploma to get a head start in your career, but the thought of school and exams makes you nervous? You need more than just lessons - you need targeted preparation and practical skills for the job market.

Our Approach: In small groups, we prepare you intensively and individually for the exams. We not only teach the school material, but also important IT basics and organize an internship so that you can build a bridge to your profession. With us, the focus is on you, not the curriculum.

Individual Coaching - Language Coaching for the Job Search

Your Situation: You have good qualifications, but the German language is still a hurdle on the way to the right job? You don't just want to learn grammar, but want to master the language specifically for applications and everyday work.

Our Approach: We make you linguistically fit for the German labor market. In our individual coaching, you will train exactly the language skills you need for a successful application and confident communication on the job. We even prepare you for job-related language exams.

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Dr. Luis Prill Sempere

Business Coach & Founder Consultant

PhD Physics · 20+ Years Founder Experience since 2002

🚀 20+ Years Founder Experience & AVGS/BAFA Coaching

✅ AVGS-certified • BAFA experience

🌍 Multilingual: Deutsch, English, Español

💼 Career Coaching & Founder Consulting with practical experience

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💼 AVGS (Germany only): Career coaching can be free for you! We support you with the application for the Activation and Placement Voucher at your Employment Agency or Job Center.

🚀 BAFA (Germany only): Founder consulting is subsidized up to 80%! We help you apply for BAFA funding for startup consulting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Honest answers to important questions

How does AVGS funding work?

AVGS (Activation and Placement Voucher) is issued by the German Employment Agency or Job Center. It covers 100% of career coaching costs. We support you with the application process and explain all requirements.

Is my data safe during coaching sessions?

100% GDPR compliant. All conversations are confidential. Your data stays in Germany on secure servers. You retain full control - no data sharing without your explicit consent.

What results can I expect from coaching?

It depends on your situation and commitment. Some clients find clarity quickly, others need time for implementation. We can't promise miracles, but we give you honest assessment of what's realistic for your specific situation.

Do you only work with German clients?

AVGS and BAFA funding are only available in Germany. However, we offer private coaching internationally in German, English, and Spanish. Contact us to discuss your specific needs.

What happens after the initial consultation?

You receive a realistic assessment of your possibilities and an honest plan for next steps. No exaggerated promises, but solid foundation for your decisions. Together we decide if and how to proceed.

What do I need for the startup grant (Gründungszuschuss)?

Requirements and Benefits of the Gründungszuschuss:

Basic Requirements:

  • At least 150 days remaining entitlement to unemployment benefit I (ALG I) on the day of founding
  • You must receive ALG I for at least 1 day
  • IMPORTANT: Your company must NOT be founded yet at application time (Exception: previous side business under 15 hrs/week)
  • Viability certificate from an expert authority required

Funding Amount:

  • Phase 1 (6 months): Your full unemployment benefit + €300 for health insurance
  • Phase 2 (9 months): Only €300 monthly (must be applied for separately)

Important to Know:

  • The Gründungszuschuss is a discretionary benefit – not a legal entitlement
  • The correct sequence: First submit application, then register business
  • We support you with all documents and successful application

Our founder coaching helps you professionally prepare all required documents and maximize your chances of approval.