Industry Expertise & Executive Coaching References​

Michael Kessler supports executives, teams, and organizations across diverse industries • always with a focus on leadership, development, and clarity. Below is a selection of clients and sectors he has worked with.
Confidentiality is a matter of course.
Trust forms the foundation of all coaching and consulting engagements.
His clients include corporations, renowned family businesses, medium-sized enterprises, public sector organizations, and leading players in the medical and MedTech industries. Further references are available upon request.

Clients & Collaborations

ASML AG · Semiconductor Industry
Axel Springer SE · Media & Technology Company
BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG · Medical Technology
BONNORANGE AöR · Public Enterprise · Waste Management City of Bonn
Carthago GmbH · Recreational Vehicle Manufacturing
Cultuur+Ondernemen · Culture + Entrepreneurship · Governance & Financing in the Creative Industries · Amsterdam
COCA-COLA Europacific Partners · Beverage Industry · FMCG
HUBER+SUHNER AG · Electrical & Optical Connectivity Solutions
IKEA GmbH & Co. KG · Furniture Industry
KAPTEN & SON GmbH · D2C Fashion & Lifestyle Brand
MANOIR · Antique Art Interior · Industrial Loft Design
VAK Verwaltungsakademie Berlin · Public Leadership Academy of the State of Berlin
OYESS Beauty GmbH · Beauty Care & FMCG Production and Distribution
PALFINGER AG · Engineering & Industrial Technology
PFEIFFER VACUUM AG · Mechanical Engineering · Vacuum Technology
PORSCHE AG · Automotive Industry
RWE AG · Renewable Energy · Energy Supply
Sharpist GmbH · Digital Coaching Platform for Leadership Development
STRABAG AG · Technology & Construction Services
WINTERS Hotel Company · Hospitality
zeb Consulting GmbH · Strategy & Management Consulting

Industrie

COREFLECTION combines in-depth experience across the following industries and leadership domains:​
MedTech & Healthcare · Leadership in regulated environments
Public Administration & Education · Leading transformation and cultural change
Energy & Mobility · Sustainable strategies and agile leadership models
Industry & Engineering · Leadership in technological transformation
Consumer Goods & Retail · Market-oriented leadership and team alignment
Banking & Finance · Decision-making and communication culture in change
IT & Consulting · Agile collaboration and self-organization
Leadership transcends industries · it becomes effective through contextual understanding.

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​👉 Future Lab • Strategic leadership and organizational development

Client Voices

"I can highly recommend Michael! His pleasant manner and personal conversations created an atmosphere of trust. The innovative tools for self-reflection and the helpful and practical tips really helped me. Even in the digital space, he manages to create closeness and not distance. Anyone looking for a competent coach is in good hands with him! Thank you Michael for the goal-oriented sessions!​"
​​Circle Lead Key Accounting · International Electronics Group
"I was lucky to have you: The coaching gave me valuable clarity, new perspectives and practical tools for my leadership role." ​​
​Head of Department · Sales Strategy · Financial Services
"Michael Kessler is an inspiring and emphatic executive coach who gives a clear boost to personal and professional development. His strengths lie in his structured yet highly individual approach to his clients. Based on individual development goals, he supports the coaching process with a wide range of thinking and working tools and gives one valuable and targeted impulses during the conversation. In this way, helpful new perspectives emerge and one always maintains an overview.
​​Head of HR · Internationales Technologie- und Maschinenbauunternehmen
"No one has ever worked with me with such focus and intensity. ​I developed the way forward, personally and professionally."
​Head of Talent and Leadership Development 
“With Michael Kessler’s 6-month support during my professional reorientation, it became clear to me that a permanent position would not be the main point of my professional fulfillment. Agility and adaptivity are more important to me than adapting my professional role understanding to the rigid requirements of large corporations."
​HR Manager · Multinational Media Group  
"This has been the best workshop in the past 15 years, the topic of agility - complex interrelationships - simply brought across in a structured way."
​Chief Finance Officer 
"During the one-year transition phase Michael Kessler was my sparring partner · who encouraged me to lead myself towards my desired future."
​Managing Partner · Hotel Company 
"Your critical, analytical talent will be missed."
​Head of Clinical Department

Next Steps

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Michael Kessler

Leadership Coach | Strategic Leadership Sparring
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call +49 (0) 30 83224934
Berlin · Hamburg · Remote 
www.coreflection.com
​Impulse with Impact • Driving Meaningful Change​
​​Passion for People and Development. 
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Michael Kessler’s coaching approach combines international accreditation with evidence-based tools:
Strong partnerships for impactful coaching solutions.
These collaborations extend COREFLECTION’s reach and enable scalable digital leadership development formats.
Michael Kessler is an authorized INQA Coach within the ESF Plus Programme, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in transformation processes. The “New Quality of Work” (INQA) initiative is funded by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF Plus) and the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS). 
👉 Goal: Empowering SMEs for the future – through customized strategies for a modern, adaptive work environment.
👉 Benefit: Up to 80 % funding for sustainable organizational development.
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