Stefanie Neumann

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer & Consultant IAP, Institute of Applied Psychology, Center for Leadership & Management

Focus

• Lecturer in the MAS Leadership & Management; expertise in communication, coaching, team development, self-management, intercultural competence
• CAS program lead CAS Leadership Excellence und Co-CAS lead Leadership Advanced
• Coaching of leaders in one-on-one settings
• Supporting individuals/ teams with an intercultural focus

Teaching

• MAS Leadership & Management
• Program Lead CAS Leadership Excellence
• Co- program lead CAS Leadership Advanced
• Content lead Intercultural Competence for Leaders

Experience

• Leadership, Talent & Professional Development at a Swiss financial institution in Zurich: Heading a team of training and consulting specialists, Consulting, coaching and implementation of initiatives and workshops with leaders on all levels in Switzerland and global, Global program responsibility for various leadership and talent programs
  UBS AG
  06 / 2006 - 08 / 2015
• Business Management Asia Pacific at a Swiss financial institution with responsibility for strategy development and implementation out of Hong Kong and Zurich.
  UBS AG
  10 / 2001 - 06 / 2006

Education and Continuing education

Education

• IDI Qualified Administrator / Intercultural Development
  Intercultural Development Inventory, LLC
  04 / 2023 - 04 / 2023
• Certified Trainer for Mindfulness in Organizations (MIO) / Mindfulness
  Mindful Leadership Institut (MLI)
  03 / 2021 - 01 / 2022
• Setting up a Start-up in Sri Lanka / Purpose-driven Leadership, Agile methods, Entrepreneurship
  Bookbridge Foundation
  10 / 2017 - 04 / 2018
• Zürcher Ressourcen Modell (Basic course) / Consulting, Coaching
  Metaforum, Abano Terme
  07 / 2017 - 07 / 2017
• Certificate in hypno-systemic coaching, Dr. Gunther Schmidt / Coaching
  Metaforum, Abano Terme, Italy
  07 / 2013 - 08 / 2013
• Master of Advanced Studies in Supervision and Coaching in Organisations / Coaching and Organizational Development
  IAP Institute of Applied Psychology
  01 / 2008 - 09 / 2010
• M.Sc. / Political Science, Japanese Studies and International Law
  University of Bonn, Germany, and Nanzan University, Japan
  09 / 1996 - 05 / 2001

Network

Membership of networks

• Ambassador Inner Development Goals (IDG) Foundation
• Verbände für Achtsamkeit/Mindfulness in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz
• World Council for Intercultural and Global Competence
• Berufsverband für Coaching, Supervision und Organisationsberatung bso
• SIETAR Switzerland - Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research

Social media

LinkedIn

Publications

Books, peer-reviewed

• Neumann, S. and Malzacher, I. (2026) Leading through Ubuntu : South African perspectives on relational leadership. 1. Auflage. Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-22536-8.
• Wegener, R. et al. (eds) (2018) Wirkung im Coaching. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Neumann, S. (2026) 'Interkulturelle Aspekte beim Coaching', in Lippmann, E., Garcia, T., and Klink, T. (eds) Coaching : Angewandte Psychologie für die Beratungspraxis. Berlin: Springer, pp. 787–811. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-71516-1_41.
• Eberhardt, D., Neumann, S. and Streuli, E. (2018) 'Diversität : Führung von Menschen mit unterschiedlichem Hintergrund', in Handbuch Angewandte Psychologie für Führungskräfte : Führungskompetenz und Führungswissen. Berlin: Springer, pp. 885–909. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-55810-2_19.

Other publications

• Neumann, S. and Schäfer, M. (2021) 'Sinnorientierte Führung in selbstorganisierten Systemen', KMU Magazin, 2021(7/8), pp. 104–106.
• Neumann, S. (2016) 'Interkulturelle Kompetenz : wenn Sprache mehr ist als Worte', personalSCHWEIZ, 2016(September), pp. 44–45.
• Neumann, S. (2016) 'Interkulturelle Kompetenz : die Kunst, den Geschäftspartner zu verstehen', KMU Magazin, 2016(7/8), pp. 16–22.

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