Ruth Schaefer
Im Alten Fruchthof
Gotzinger Straße 52b
81371 München
Fon (+49) 89 - 76 73 66-0
Fax (+49) 89 - 76 73 66-100
Email: info(at)change-factory.de
born 1964, one son
Magister Artium
Professional History
- 1983 - 1985 Trained as certified foreign language correspondent for English (French)
- 1985 - 1987 Worked as foreign language correspondent
- 1987 - 1993 Studied sinology, business economics and American Studies in Munich (LMU), Taipei and Honolulu
- 1993 - 1994 Worked at the Academy for Railway Sciences in Beijing/ China
- 1994 - 2000 Member of the committee of China Forum, a registered society, in Munich
- since 1996 Intercultural trainer, consultant and business coach
- since 2010 Lectureships at the university in Pforzheim (in: International Negotiation Skills & Business Behaviour) and at the University of Constance (in: Intercultural Awareness Germany)
Further Training
- Trained as an instructor in Accelerated Learning (trainer for Accelerated Learning) with the DGSL (German Society of Suggestopedic Teaching and Learning)
- Trained as a Systemic Business Coach at the Munich Academy for Business Coaching, certification (dvct© and SBC©)
Main areas of work
- Design and realisation of training measures and coaching accompanying all management levels during the establishment of production centres in China.
- Design and realisation of training measures and coaching in order to support know-how and process transfers to China, Taiwan and Malaysia.
- Intercultural training courses and preparation courses for specialist and executive staff being sent abroad to such cultures as China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Germany.
- Teambuilding training courses and team coaching for multinational teams which work together either virtually and/or face2face
- Project work at the interface of Germany-China in the areas of marketing and production as well as M&A
Personal Statement on change:
“When a man knows what is not useful, you can then begin to speak to him of what is useful.“(Zhuangzi: The Necessity of the Unnecessary.)
