Future Lab • Leadership that shapes the future

The future of an organization starts with the way it is led. The Future Lab supports leaders and teams who want to reflect on their impact, redefine responsibility, and actively shape change.

Our approach
Leadership impact emerges where strategic clarity, mindset and collaboration align. Leadership becomes a catalyst for organizational development, through reflection, dialogue and conscious decision-making.

Core Focus Areas

• Future-ready Leadership • Leading with clarity and systemic awareness
• Innovation & Co-Creation • Designing, testing and embedding the future
• Collaboration & Culture • Empowering accountability and self-organization

Approach & Format

Systemic. Strategic. Impact-driven.
Leadership Labs, Design Sprints, Strategic Sparring and Future Dialogues
​• modular, collaborative, and tailored to your context.

Impact 

• ​Leadership that creates direction.
• Teams that take ownership.
• Organizations that see change as a capacity to act.

​Time to take care. ​Shape your ​​Future Lab • ​with clarity, purpose and impact.

Client Voice

“The Future Lab moved our leadership team from crisis mode into shared future accountability.”​
Head of Transformation & Culture, Public Sector

Transformation Process Overview

Based on the COREFLECTION Phase Model • expanded for the Future Lab.

A structured process integrating leadership, culture, and organizational development:

1. Core Focus · Current state & future direction
→ Clarity through diagnosis, reflection, and understanding the leadership reality.

2. Explore Options · Scenarios & strategic choices
→ Developing perspectives, priority fields, and options for action.

3. Discover Plan · Skills & culture development
→ Building future capabilities: clarity, collaboration, innovation, and adaptive leadership.

4. Implement Strategy · Embedding & practicing
→ Translating strategy into daily leadership and team behaviour.

5. Passion for Growth · Sustainability & long-term impact
→ Reflection, integration, ethical leadership, and continuous development.

Transformation becomes real when mindset, strategy, and action reinforce each other.

FAQ • ​Future Lab • Shaping the Future. Creating Impact.

What is the goal of the Future Lab?

To empower leaders to gain clarity, rethink responsibility and co-create the future with their teams.

How does impact extend beyond the individual?

Change in leadership creates systemic impact: every decision and new perspective influences collaboration, culture and the organization as a whole.

Who is the Future Lab for?

For leaders and teams facing transformation, growth or cultural change and who want to shape it intentionally.

What outcomes can decision-makers expect?

Clearer leadership. Faster decisions. Greater ownership across teams. Stronger capacity for change and sustainable results.

Why now?

Because transformation doesn’t wait. Leadership that learns to shape the future today ensures organizational resilience tomorrow.

NEXT LEVEL • READY … 

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Michaael Kessler

Executive Coach| Strategic Leadership Sparring

[email protected]
call +49 (0) 30 83224934

Berlin · Hamburg · Remote 
​www.coreflection.com 

​​Impulse with Impact • Driving Meaningful Change
It is passion that drives us • to empower sustainable change and development.

Years
​Executive Coaching

Years International
​Business Experience

Years
​Management Experience

Learn more about our Leadership Programs

Impulse with Impact • ​Driving Meaningful Change
​👉 Coaching Lab • Leadership impact and personal clarity
​👉 Change Lab • Shaping transformation and complexity
​👉 Future Lab • Strategic leadership and organizational development

I N S I G H T S 

Shaping the WE | Empower. Enable. Engage. 

S H A P I N G  T H E  F U T U R E  

Bouncing Forward • Future Skills in Focus 🎯 ​

Are your teams ready for the next big challenge - or are they feeling overwhelmed by the pace of change? In a world that is changing faster than ever before, future skills will be the difference between success and stagnation.

Resilience, flexibility, creative thinking and problem solving are no longer soft skills. They are the key to making a significant impact as thought leaders, enablers and decision makers in turbulent and complex times.

Organisations that develop these skills are laying the foundations for sustainable success. With the right coaching, leaders and teams can become not only more resilient, but also more creative and agile.

What does this look like in practice?
✓ Resilience • Leaders cope with stress and guide their teams safely through stormy times.
✓ Flexibility • Strategies for responding quickly and purposefully to change.
✓ Creative Thinking • Developing innovative solutions through fresh perspectives.
✓ Problem Solving • Understand complexity and create clarity.

👉 Practical example
A manager who expanded her problem-solving competence through targeted coaching was able to make innovative decisions in a disruptive market environment, providing stability and direction to her team.

The future belongs to those who actively manage change.
Take the next step and build future-ready talent in your organisation!

Are you ready to unleash the potential of your leaders?
Book a no obligation consultation to find out how executive coaching can support you.

F U T U R E  S K I L L S 

🎯 Core Skills for the Future • Are You Ready? 

The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025 shows that nearly 40% of core skills will change by 2030. In a world characterized by innovation and complexity, skills such as strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, and resilience will be critical to your success.

Transformation begins from within

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report delivers a clear message:
The key skills for the future are deeply connected to inner development.
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👉 7 out of 10 most critical core skills overlap with the Inner Development Goals (IDGs).
This proves that inner development isn’t just an add-on to professional growth – it’s the foundation.
The time to act is now! 🚀

C O R E  C O M P E T E N C I E S 

How can you develop your core competencies? 

Executive coaching gives you the opportunity to develop your potential and prepare for the challenges of the future - in a personalized, practical and forward-looking way.

👉 Discover how coaching can help you set the course for sustainable success.
🚀 Let's strengthen your leadership strategy together.
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Sustainable leadership starts with inner development 🌱

In today's world, leadership goes beyond economic success - it's about fostering personal and collective growth. Sustainable leadership requires an ongoing commitment to developing ourselves and our teams. The Inner Development Goals (IDGs) highlight that  building core competencies such as resilience, mindfulness, empathy and genuine connection are critical to this journey. 

Personal growth and development goals 

The IDG Inner Development Guide refer to personal development goals that often align with the SDGs. 
​Change begins with ME. 

The Inner Development Guide simplifies a complex field of human development to help us better identify, understand, communicate, develop, integrate the inner skills needed for sustainable development.

C O M M I T T E D  A C T I O N

Change starts within, but action is key. 🚀
But insight alone isn't enough. True sustainable leadership comes from committed action · reflecting, learning and challenging our own mindsets. Only then can we drive lasting, meaningful change that benefits our organisations and future generations. ​
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S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y  

What are the most effective levers for success in the market?
What strengths do we have to achieve our goals? 

4 Perspectives on sustainability 

The 4 Ps of sustainability Purpose · People · Planet · Profit provide a framework for evaluating sustainability initiatives: the purpose of the initiative, the impact on people, the impact on the planet, and the financial results.
​Four Criteria for Effective Design

A G E N D A  2 0 3 0

Global Goals for sustainable development 

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals SDGs were developed by the United Nations to achieve sustainable development in the economic, social and environmental areas by 2030. Agenda 2030

R E D E F I N I N G  S U C C E S S 

Return on Impact · Redefining Success 

In this context, return on impact refers to how effectively an initiative or investment supports the SDGs, advances the IDGs, and considers the 4 Ps of sustainability. It is a broader measure of success that goes beyond traditional financial returns. Committed Action
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C O A C H I N G  I M P A C T 

Coaching Impact · Supporting leaders and executive teams
🚀 Executive coaching can support leaders and expert teams to effectively pursue the SDGs and IDGs by
👉 Creating clarity of purpose · coaches help define clear and strategic goals that are aligned with the SDGs and IDGs.
👉 Developing competencies · leaders are trained in the skills needed to successfully implement sustainable initiatives
👉 Building accountability · coaches foster a sense of ownership for sustainable practices within the team
👉 Encourage innovation · Targeted coaching develops creative solutions and innovative approaches to achieve sustainability goals.
👉 Measuring results · coaches support the development of metrics to assess return on impact.

From Strategy • to Impact

"Creativity is the Most Important Resource. What was great yesterday may no longer be good enough tomorrow."  
Quote · Daniel Grieder · CEO · HUGO BOSS AG

Setting impulses | Everyone in the driver's seat

Team Workshop · Offsite Meeting
✓ Mindset Behavior Result
✓ Using and shaping conflicts
✓ Solution-focused communication
✓ Efficient project management
✓ Improved collaboration
✓ Structure, process, and exchange organization
✓ Decision-making
Accompanying management coaching
✓ Ensure sustainable transfer

Working together for change. 

In a world of constant change, transformation and collaboration are critical to business success.
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EMPOWER. ENABLE. ENGAGE.
✓ INVEST IN YOUR PEOPLE
✓ INVEST IN YOURSELF

Peer Feedback

Peer feedback is a valuable resource for personal and professional growth. It allows us to identify blind spots and improve our skills. But peer feedback goes beyond individual assessment - it creates a culture of support and continuous learning within the team. When we use feedback constructively, we can move forward together.

Team Reflection 

The best ideas often come from dialogue. Team reflection encourages the open exchange of ideas and experiences. It enables teams to improve the way they work, address challenges and look for solutions together. Reflection as a team strengthens collaboration and increases effectiveness.

Collaboration 

Personal growth and development drive transformation. Each of us is responsible for our own growth. Through continuous learning and a willingness to learn from experience, we can take ourselves and our teams to the next level. Encouraging growth and development should be a core element of our corporate culture.

Transformation 

Collaboration and the growth of each individual are key to successful transformation.  
As an executive coach, I help leaders and teams put these principles into practice. 

T H E  N E W  W E 

Empowering Transformation 
Bring out the best in your people. 
THE NEW WE
✓ Transform yourself
✓ Transform others
✓ Transform organization
Collaborate to Co-create
​Time to reflect. Time to explore. Time to learn.

Increase in performance, satisfaction and efficiency within the team. Based on the TEAM CHECK topics such as resource-oriented team development or solution-oriented conflict management can be carried out in team development workshops.

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Credibility in coaching comes from attitude, experience, and professional integrity.
COREFLECTION stands for certified quality, transparent processes, and measurable impact in leadership and organizational development.

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Michael Kessler is a member of leading professional coaching associations.

These memberships represent adherence to high professional standards, ethical guidelines, and continuous professional growth.

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Certified. Transparent. Effective.
Michael Kessler’s coaching approach combines international accreditation with evidence-based tools:

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Strong partnerships for impactful coaching solutions.

These collaborations extend COREFLECTION’s reach and enable scalable digital leadership development formats.

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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.
​​👉 Link to the sponsor page

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