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Nicola G.NG

Nicola G.

Management Consultant / Executive Coach

€1,200/day
Köln, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Nicola

Change Management & Transformation is my core – with 8+ years of delivering complex transformation and programme management engagements for DAX-40 corporations across energy, banking, medtech, logistics and mobility.

What I deliver: organisational change strategies that stick, programme governance structures built from scratch, stakeholder engagement that drives decisions at C-level, communication and training concepts that generate real adoption, and go-live readiness that holds beyond day one. I build change agent networks, run capability assessments, manage critical path and programme dependencies, and ensure transformation is not just rolled out – but genuinely embedded.

Beyond large-scale programmes I also offer targeted standalone workshops and coaching sessions – covering change management, AI transformation and cybersecurity change – for leadership teams, executives and organisations navigating digital and security-driven change.

My background combines methodological rigour (SAFe 6, Prince2, systemic coaching) with a deep understanding of how people and organisations actually respond to change – grounded in an MSc in Applied Psychology. This means I don't just design the approach. I deliver results.

Track record includes: post-merger integration and M&A programme leadership at board level, cybersecurity outsourcing programme management, global ERP standardisation across 150+ subsidiaries, IT integration of two major German banks, and full stakeholder accountability up to supervisory board level.

I bring structure where there is ambiguity, clarity where there is resistance, and delivery where others stop at strategy.
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Köln (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Nicola Maria Graul
    Advisory Management Consultant
    January 2026 - Today (5 months)
    Begleitung von Kunden im Programm- und projektmanagement, Organizational Change Management und bei Transformationen
    Change and Transformation Management Executive Coaching Program Management change workshops
  • Energie
    Management Consultant / Projektmanager
    September 2023 - December 2025 (2 years and 3 months)
    • § Managementcoaching für Organisational Changemanagement Maßnahmen
    • § Konzeptionierung Organisational Changemanagement
    • § Planung und Durchführung von Strategieworkshops
    • § Konzeptionierung von diversen Prozessen u.a. Projekt-Vorgehensmodell, Portfoliomanage ment
    • § Konzeptionierung und Erstellung eines Service Katalogs für den Bereich Cybersecurity
    • § Projektleitung Offshore Outsourcing eines Security Operations Center (SOC) im Bereich Cybersecurity
    • § Projektleitung für die Bereiche Incident Response, Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, Vul nerability Management, Security Operations Center im Bereich Cybersecurity
    • § Vendorsteuerung
  • Medizintechnik
    Projektmanagement
    February 2023 - May 2023 (3 months)
    • § Analyse und Optimierung von Projektmanagement Prozessen im Bereich Finance (Ziel erreichung und Profitabilität)
    • § Konzeptionierung der Changemanagement Strategie (insbesondere der Kommunikati onsplans)
    • § Beratung bei der Gestaltung des Vorgehens im Projektmanagement
    • § Aufstellen des Projektplans samt Critical Path
    • § Strukturelle und methodische Unterstützung für die Projekt Manager
    • § Auswahl von geeigneten Projektmanagement Methoden für das Abwickeln der Projekte
    • § Strategische Steuerung der projektrelevanten Managementboards
    • § Vorbereitung des Proof of Concept

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Education

  • Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist Zertifizierter Systemischer Coach: Systemisches Coaching und Change management
    2025
    Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist Zertifizierter Systemischer Coach: Systemisches Coaching und Change management
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