{"id":767,"date":"2023-04-23T10:46:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T10:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorna.manuelwill.com\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2024-01-06T08:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T08:42:07","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lornaritchie.de\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Qualified psychologist, mediator (registered with the German \u201cBundesverband Mediation e.V.\u201d), certified trainer for nonviolent communication (CNVC) and recognised by the German-speaking Fachverband GFK. I have over 15 years of experience as a CEO and have been a self-employed trainer since 1990, mediator and coach since 1999.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I have been working as a trainer for communication skills within large and small businesses, agencies, start-ups, non-profit organisations, schools, Kindergartens and various \u201cshort-term teams\u201d since 1990. I completed my trainer education with ABF e.V.. Their fundamental humanist approach to social interactions greatly contributed to my decision to make Berlin my adopted home.<\/p>\n

I have been mediating conflicts in organisations, teams, and businesses since 1999. I also trained new mediators in organisations between 2000-2008<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meeting Marshall B. Rosenberg in 1999 fundamentally changed how I thought and acted, and I\u2019ve been passing on the principles of nonviolent communication (NVC) since 2000. I aim for the integration and application of this life-affirming approach in everything that I do. I\u2019m delighted to see the impact that is possible when restricted thinking opens up and a seemingly impossible situation is transformed. When actions are clear, authentic and well-considered, great strength emerges and, with it, sustainable change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I am familiar with working together with organisations from industry, culture, politics, education and the social sector. When I held a position of management, the implementation of appreciative communication was very dear to me. For me, this means that the manager juggles respecting boundaries, giving impulses, acting economically, supporting growth in others and taking challenges seriously.<\/p>\n

Practising co-operation with business partners, customers, employees, and colleagues \u2013 everyone can benefit from empathy and clarity in synchronicity. It secures the future of any organisation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The one thing that\u2019s most important to me is to live a life filled with \u2018heart to heart\u2019 connections\u2026 with me and the people sitting across from me. I\u2019ll gladly meet every role, task and person I encounter with clear presence, authentic interest and a willingness to connect \u2013 taking them seriously \u2013 and simultaneously always searching for ease, joy, and effectiveness.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Theoretical knowledge of how to do something does not always translate into practical application. That\u2019s why my focus is on practical training and transferring those skills into everyday situations. I take a solution-oriented, empathic and creative approach to supporting you, and will do so in a way that the speed, methods, and content are adjusted to your needs.<\/p>\n

My repertoire is eclectic and founded on humanistic approaches: systemic thinking\/practice, visualisation methods, nonviolent communication, systemic consensing, holocracy, psychodrama, NLP, clean language, systemic constellation work, mediation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A selection of my clients<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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ACER – The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
AIM Learning Solutions
Allianz
Amnesty International
Blinkist
CAMPUS FOUNDERS gGmbH
Council of the European Union
Daimler AG
European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
European Commission – DGHR
e-Punkt
Fusion for Energy (F4E)
JRC – Die Gemeinsame Forschungsstelle der EC\/Joint Research Centre
EUROPOL – European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation
EBA – Die Europ\u00e4ische Bankenaufsichtsbeh\u00f6rde \/European Banking Authority
ETF – The European Training Foundation
OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation)
Samuel Braun Immobilien & Hotels
Senatsverwaltung f\u00fcr Bildung, Jugend und Familie
Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Heinrich B\u00f6ll Stiftung
ZEWK – Zentraleinrichtung Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung und Kooperation
TU Berlin
Europa Universit\u00e4t Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
SPX Consult GmbH
PD \u2013 Berater der \u00f6ffentlichen Hand GmbH
AWO – Arbeiterwohlfahrt Landesverband Berlin e.V:
Agaplesion Bethanie Diakonie
Der Parit\u00e4tische Berlin
Die Diakonie Deutschland \u2013 Evangelisches Werk f\u00fcr Diakonie und Entwicklung e. V.
Freikirche der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten
Mittelhof gGmbH
Montessori Schule G\u00f6ttingen
Kinder in Bewegung gGmbH
CABUWAZI Zirkus
Die Reha gGmbH
Lebenswege gGmbH
Verbraucherzentrale
Lebenshilfe Berlin und Sachsen-Anhalt
Sozialp\u00e4dagogisches Fortbildungsinstitut Berlin-Brandenburg
Telefonseelsorge e.V. und Kirchliche Telefonseelsorge
Unionhilfswerk gGmbH
VIA gGmbH
VITA e.V. Berlin
wbVerbund
yoyo camps
Zenkichi
Soulbottles
KStar Fundus Berlin
Zauberberg Productions GmbH
Fabillio Ltd
House of Small Wonder
Crackbuns
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Keyless
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Payfit
Semasio
Neue Narrative Magazin
Dialogue Unlimited
Vivantes – Netzwerk f\u00fcr Gesundheit GmbH
ZELOS Medical GmbH
MEDIPLUS BILDUNGSWERK gGmbH
Heiligenfeld Kliniken
BG Klinikum Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin gGmbH
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