About Us

Founder

After over thirty years of managing teams in large, global companies, John developed the Working Out Loud® method to help employees access a better career and life. After publishing a book and delivering a TEDx talk, WOL spread globally. John went on to create additional social learning methods–Teams, Resilience, Shop Floor, and Healthcare–to address additional pressing business challenges. Today, he is working with WOL customers around the world, constantly looking for new ways to make work better for the individual and for the company.

Email John – john.stepper@workingoutloud.com
John on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach

Lukas has been one of the most visible drivers of Working Out Loud since 2016. Through MountainMinds, Lukas provides holistic consulting to organizations in dynamic change processes, helping them make work in the digital age more visible and leadership in networks more authentic. His work draws on his many years of experience as a social media expert and a leader in Daimler’s digitalization strategy. As a licensed coach and international speaker and moderator, he supports people across the globe in networking purposefully.

Email Lukas – lukas@mountainminds.net
Lukas on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach

Martin is the founder of Participation.Rocks, an organization dedicated to participative forms of learning and work, and has been engaged in learning and knowledge programs for 20 years. He helps companies bring learning into the work context and create better framework conditions for self-organization and entrepreneurial action, including the promotion of more ecological and sustainable operations. Martin is also an organizer of industry events such as the Swiss Social Collaboration Summit, which focuses on collaborative ways of working and learning together.

Email Martin – mgeisenhainer@participation.rocks
Martin on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach

Bettina is systemic coach and change manager in healthcare. She initiated WOL Healthcare and supports organizations in the implementation of the scientifically evaluated program. WOL Healthcare empowers people and supports mental health. WOL lets people collaborate in a better way. The program was awarded the German Prize for Corporate Health Management in 2022. Bettina's motto: At every point, change is an option. That's why she is on the move for education, good work and new learning.

Email Bettina - mail@bettinajung.eu

Bettina on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach & initiator of WOL4HR

Alexander founded Kluge Consulting in Berlin over 20 years ago and has been helping companies throughout Europe modernize and transform ever since. He has a unique combination of skills, including leadership development, technology strategy, and hands-on implementation and adoption.

Email Alexander – ak@kluge-konsorten.de
Alexander on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach & initiator of WOL4HR

Based in Berlin, Sabine is a founding member of the WOL Community of Practice in Germany and has been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice. After 20+ years in Human Resources at Siemens, she is now a consultant & speaker on corporate transformation, agility, and HR. Her WOL story is featured in the 2nd edition of Working Out Loud.

Email Sabine – sk@kluge-konsorten.de
Sabine on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach and Initiator of WOL #FrauenStärken

Katharina was the first person to spread WOL within an organization and is responsible for the largest WOL implementation anywhere: a WOL program at Bosch that reached people in 50+ countries and integrated WOL into formal corporate programs. Her founding work with the WOL Community of Practice won her an HR Excellence Award for Collaboration and Employee Engagement. Katharina is self-employed with Connecting Humans, with which she supports the WOL movement in Germany and Europe.

Email Katha – katharina.krentz@connecting-humans.net
Katha on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach

Stefanie is based in Switzerland, and made her first WOL steps in 2017. Convinced of the potential, she soon played a key role in building up the WOL community in Switzerland. Stefanie founded her own consulting company in 2014. Her focus as transformation expert lays on using the wisdom of all the organization on their journeys. Her purpose is simple: work with joy.

Email Stefanie – stefanie.moser@trans4m.ch
Stefanie on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach

Sophia founded MountainMinds as a partner for all organizations along their transformation journeys toward digital leadership in networks. As a business psychologist, she connects “digital” and “mindful,” and helps develop the WOL formats that include mindfulness practices. Sophia has a wide range of expertise in workshop design, moderation, coaching, and public speaking, and recently led the innovation and global transformation teams at Daimler Mobility. As CEO and co-founder of mobility tech startup bloXmove, Sophia is also helping to apply decentralized ledger technology in the converging space of power and mobility.

Email Sophia – sophia@mountainminds.net
Sophia on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach

Bernd is an entrepreneur with a secondary venture and an experienced expert in transformation and change management, particularly in the finance and controlling sector. He has over 20 years of corporate experience in the aerospace industry, including his role as CFO. He distinguishes himself by successfully combining finance with modern working methods, integrating agile elements. Since 2017, WOL has been a central component for Bernd in fostering trusting and successful collaboration among leaders and teams. He has participated in and led numerous WOL Circles and founded the WOL Bodensee Community.

Email Bernd - bernd@change4performance.com

Bernd on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach

Mara is based in Auckland, New Zealand, and has been delivering WOL Programs across Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, and the Asia Pacific region. Pioneering Working Out Loud in a Collaboration Center of Excellence, with Founder John Stepper, she has been part of the WOL movement since its inception.
After managing teams in London and Sydney, Mara created her own consulting company as well as a global community of change agents called Connectle that’s dedicated to connected work.

Email Mara – mara@workwell.consulting
Mara on LinkedIn

Michael Trautmann has a master’s degree and a PhD in Business Administration. He has been a management consultant (Bossard Consultants), advertising agency executive (Springer & Jacoby), global CMO (Audi) and entrepreneur (kempertrautmann which became thjnk). Michael is also Founder of Hyrox, a global fitness competition. For the last seven years he has been working as a consultant, trainer, coach, speaker, podcaster, and author on the future of work, since more than 3 years under the label New Work Masterskills and with great enthusiasm also with the WOL method.

Email Michael - michael.trautmann@newworkmasterskills.com

Michael on LinkedIn

Innovation Expert and UX Designer

Jens is an innovation expert and user experience designer. He first got in touch with Working Out Loud when designing a new look for the WOL #FrauenStärken program and soon took over the redesign of the global WOL brand ecosystem. Since 2021, he has supported the WOL team to create a consistent brand look and feel across all digital and physical touchpoints and aims to continuously improve the overall customer experience.

Email Jens – jens@jenswiemann.com
Jens on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach

Barbara lives in Austria and, after her first WOL experiences, decided to spread the word by coordinating the translation of the Circle Guides into Spanish. For more than 15 years, Barbara has been helping companies in Austria, Germany, East Europe, Mexico & Spain with learning & development programs, and has already led the first WOL implementation in an Austrian Public Health Organization. Through WOL, her relations, visibility, and growth mindset have changed in a very positive way, and she loves to share her experiences as coach and facilitator.

Email Barbara – bw@wietasch-partner.com
Barbara on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach

Based in Shanghai, 吴传娟 Connie is the first person to spread WOL in China. After 20+ years of professional experience in supply chain management at multinational companies, she is now a consultant on corporate transformation of the digital supply chain. She received her Master of Business Administration certificate in 2008, and received her Doctor of Business Administration certificate from emlyon business school in 2022. Connie’s WOL story is featured in the 2nd edition of Working Out Loud, where John refers to her as “unstoppable.”

Email Connie – conniewcj@163.com
Connie on LinkedIn

Certified WOL Coach

Constanze is a communication expert in healthcare and initiator of WOL Healthcare. She supports organizations in the implementation of the scientifically evaluated program, which won the 2022 Corporate Health Management Award. In addition to her work at a hospital, Constanze freelances at wetality. Her mission as New Work Facilitator: Building bridges through empowering communication and self-organized learning - to create positive and energizing working relationships.

Email Constanze - mail@wetality.works

Constanze on LinkedIn