The good feeling of having arrived

A great start to the year - the first coaching training course in the new AC Campus premises! With an interesting mix of coaches, managers, trainers, consultants and HR experts. The participants were delighted with the cosy and tastefully designed coaching rooms, which they had not expected. Everyone was full of expectations and anticipation for the first module. As part of [...]
An innovative concept includes innovative spaces

Amsterdam, New York, London, Jerusalem and ...Essen - I have a lot in common with these cities. That's why there's a room on the new AC Campus for each urban theme, designed with great attention to detail by interior designer Bettina Kratz from kplus konzept. I am so pleased that we are now launching on Rüttenscheider Strasse. From [...]
"That's just the way I am"- really an explanation for everything?

With clarification, everyone can change their behaviour "That's just the way I am" - a friend recently told me that this is a standard phrase used by her brother. She hears it all the time, for example when she points out that he looks at his mobile phone during their conversations or when he doesn't let others finish. Nice [...]
Just sporty or obsessive? How coaches can correctly assess their counterparts

This is certainly another thing that distinguishes a good coach from others: To be as impartial as possible when first meeting other people. And to gradually form a concrete picture. When someone comes to me, I don't make judgements. But I look and listen carefully. Based on my many years of experience, I dare [...]
New format on social media: Three questions for Dr Annelen Collatz

What have you always wanted to know? Ask the coach! As a qualified psychologist, I answer your questions every month on the AC Campus social media profiles on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. For example, how you can bring structure into your everyday life - or what helps with sleep disorders. Click here for the answers to the first issue: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ac-campus/ https://www.facebook.com/AC.Campus.Essen https://www.instagram.com/ac.campus/
A very special Olympics: managers are in the same boat

Top athletes are generally considered to be very performance-orientated - as are managers. So why not put managers from the production area of the Thyssenkrupp Bilstein plant in Mandern in a rowing boat for coaching? Especially when it comes to driving the company's internal change process forward? Top athlete accompanies workshop Before everyone found themselves in the same boat, one of Germany's most successful athletes [...]
My very personal resistance, part two

by Ellen Lübke-Meier Over a glass of wine, my husband's best friend told me that I was the least begrudging person he knew. What a nice compliment! However, I have to admit, it's not entirely true ... Recently I visited one of my closest friends, Nadine, who lives in Cape Town. In a [...]
It's time for the simplest remedy for anxiety

What has accompanied us at every turn for two years, sometimes more, sometimes less, but always present, is a diffuse fear. Corona has brought feelings to the surface that were already dormant in us, but which we have been able to compensate for quite well so far. The war in Ukraine has now taken things up a notch. A [...]
Ping pong with friends or would it be better to go straight to coaching?

What exactly is good coaching? Should everyone have one at least once in their life? And when is the right time? Which approach is right for me? Where can I find the right treatment? Now you might say that it depends on the topic and whether it's about professional or personal challenges. But, [...]
My own personal inner resistance. Or: Why I'm sleeping better again.

by Ellen Lübke-Meier So now it's in front of me, the blank sheet of paper. Over the last two days, I've been thinking again and again about how I can fill it. It's been so long since I tried hypnosis or, as I learnt, trance for the first time in my life. No, I want to give myself [...]