Roles were clarified.
Processes defined
and still...
Tools were introduced, retrospectives held, perhaps even a team workshop – and yet something is missing that is hard to name, but everyone feels. Nobody asked how the people are really doing, what they need, or how they can help shape things.
We always bring ourselves along – our story, our values, our fears, our strengths. All of that comes into every collaboration, whether we want it to or not. When we look back on our working lives, we rarely remember processes – we remember the people we worked with and the people who led us. That is why, for me, successful team development doesn't begin with processes, but with people.
People grow when they feel seen, heard and valued – especially within a team. I don't just make your team quickly "good". I create the conditions in which trust, belonging and real collaboration can emerge. Then the "good" develops together and takes hold sustainably.
Every team is unique.
That's why I don't prescribe a standard solution.
First I listen, to understand where you are right now and where you'd like to go. Then together we develop what your team really needs to move forward well. Depending on the situation, I accompany you with:
Team Development
Trust and potential, made visible in the team
Clarifying roles, making strengths visible, strengthening collaboration – beginning with the person.
Communication & Feedback
Honest exchange that connects
Developing a feedback culture, making difficult conversations possible, productively clearing up misunderstandings.
Conflict Resolution
Behind conflicts are needs and values
Understanding conflicts as a developmental impulse and working through them without leaving anyone behind. Being stronger together afterwards.
Psychological Safety
Foundation for real innovation
Creating spaces where people can show up – without having to fear consequences.
Agile Teamwork
High performance meets happiness
Agile as an attitude – not just as a method. Developing self-organisation and self-responsibility and anchoring them sustainably.
Workshops & Retrospectives
Spaces for honest conversations & growth
Facilitated formats that genuinely bring people together and make positive change possible.
Agile Coach & Team Coach
Support for a sprint, a quarter,...
Looking together at where positive change is possible and taking first steps together.
As methodical as all of this may sound, what always comes first is genuine interest in your team and in your challenges. I want to support you as well as possible in reaching your goal and keeping it sustainably, even long after I'm gone. My attitude is empathic, positive and solution-oriented. I help you look within yourselves: What is already there? Which next step wants to be taken? I encourage you to trust that the potential is already present – and that falling is allowed, as long as you get back up. That's exactly what growth is made of.
A good understanding of people, plenty of experience and solid training.
Here you can see my relevant training and certifications for successfully accompanying and developing teams. On top of that come 12 years of practical experience in and with teams, more than 9 of them as their servant leader.
MY TRAINING FOR THIS WORK
AGILE COACHING & TEAM DEVELOPMENT
SYSTEMIC COACHING & MENTAL TRAINING
PEACE AND CONFLICT WORK
MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Including at BREDEX GmbH, OSF Digital, Commend International and Salzburg AG.
Simone Reichstein made a significant contribution to the development of our teams and organisation through her expertise as Scrum Master, Agile Coach and Product Owner. With her clear focus on goals, her sense for people and her strong professional competence, she created lasting improvements in collaboration, product development and performance. I can recommend working with Simone without reservation.
Kristijan Jarc, Chief Digital Officer, Salzburg AGAs flexible
as your team needs.
My support can look however suits you – we'll discuss that together. I'm happy to come once, several times, or long-term, if you want to anchor a change sustainably.
Beyond that, more is possible than what's listed here as examples, once we talk about it – up to ongoing support over several months, for example one to two days a week directly with your team.
First be with yourself –
so you can truly
be with others.
This is not a purely spiritual thought or a greeting-card slogan. It is my own experience from more than twelve years in and with teams. The more someone is with themselves and the more they know, understand and trust themselves, the better they can be with others: truly listen, truly see, truly be present, truly be seen and truly make an impact together.
When that happens in a team, when people begin to truly encounter themselves and one another, something special emerges that begins to carry itself. Trust doesn't grow through a workshop or a shared mission statement. Trust grows where people experience that they are seen, that their voice counts, and that they can make mistakes without losing their worth.
A team doesn't become extraordinary because it knows the best methods. It becomes extraordinary when people begin to trust one another.
"Over time, something emerges from this that many companies call high performance. For me, however, it is not the actual goal, but a quite natural consequence. Higher, faster, further doesn't have to be forced at the expense of individual people – and may even be fun."
– Simone ReichsteinThe positive change shows first
in everyday life – and then in the metrics.
It shows in the conversation that wasn't possible before. In the idea that is now brought forward. In the trust that noticeably grows between people. When the interpersonal side is right, faster and better results follow almost on their own, the team takes responsibility and organises itself. Then the metrics a leader hopes for are met too.
Conversations become more open
Even difficult topics come to the table – without damaging relationships.
Trust grows noticeably
The foundation on which genuine collaboration becomes possible.
Ownership emerges naturally
Not because it's prescribed – but because people experience themselves as shapers.
Psychological safety emerges
People dare to bring ideas, address mistakes, ask real questions.
Difference becomes a strength
Different perspectives enrich rather than slow down – better decisions emerge.
Joy in work returns
Because everyone senses their contribution matters and the team truly grows together.
Why do I believe I'm the right person for this path? I tell that story in more depth on my About Me page.
Read more about me →Gifts that meet one another.
In teams I look at which skills are needed for a project to succeed and the customer to be happy. Together we look at who can already do what – and for the skills that are missing, whether someone would like to learn them.
For the skills that are already there, I look closer: Does this person actually enjoy doing it? Or is it something they have to do but no longer find fulfilling? Is there someone else on the team who would love to learn exactly that?
"Then I bring the two together and we have a win-win: someone who enjoys it learns it. Someone who is good at it but no longer finds it fulfilling can pass it on."
– Simone ReichsteinThe team learns how to enable knowledge transfer together and let each other grow – that is motivating.
"It is always such a wonderful feeling to see what then becomes possible – how everyone grows, how people truly grow together, and what wonderful things can then be created together."– Simone Reichstein
What grows in a team eventually shapes the whole organisation. Trust scales – when given the room to do so.
Continue reading: For Organisations →Experiences from
working together.
"Simone Reichstein made a significant contribution to the development of our teams and organisation through her expertise as Scrum Master, Agile Coach and Product Owner. With her clear focus on goals, her sense for people and her strong professional competence, she created lasting improvements in collaboration, product development and performance. I can recommend working with Simone without reservation."
Kristijan Jarc, Chief Digital Officer, Salzburg AG
"Working with Simone was a real pleasure! Together, we designed and delivered a multi-day workshop. Her clear, conceptually strong approach, deep methodological knowledge, and good sense for which method would serve the team best contributed enormously to us nailing the workshop while having a lot of fun with the team along the way. We complemented each other perfectly, and Simone is a genuine asset to any team and any organisation!"
Fabian Girod, Founder & CEO, Betterideas.company
"Simone was a trusted figure for our employees during times of conflict. Through facilitated conversations, she helped colleagues move past tensions, reconnect, and look ahead positively. As a Scrum Master, she guided her team back to success after a difficult period, strengthened self-organization and personal accountability in day-to-day work, and fostered knowledge transfer through practices such as daily ensemble programming. The results were tangible: greater focus, more enjoyment, improved time-to-market, and overall higher quality and better outcomes."
Alexandra Schladebeck, CEO, BREDEX GmbH
