Get Into Flow
Marketing.
Interim.
Change.
"Let's work together to ensure that change becomes your competitive advantage: Interim management, communication & change processes with expertise and esprit."
THOMAS NIGHTINGAWL
In today’s world, purposeful transformation is the defining constant for staying competitive. I support organizations as an interim manager, communication strategist, and systemic change expert – especially when successful change requires more than standard procedures.
With a clear sense of structure, sharp market awareness, deep understanding of people, and strong storytelling skills, I create flow – precisely where organizations lose momentum, both externally and within.
My references from yesterday and today - and maybe from you tomorrow?
My Services
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Interim CMO & Project Lead for communication and transformation initiatives
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Team Development & Executive Coaching using my own systemic Get Into Flow (GIF) approach
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Strategic Storytelling & Brand Development creative and tailored to the audience
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Stakeholder Communication empathetic, inclusive, and activating
My industry experience:
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Industry & FMCG (Bosch, Gilbarco, Beiersdorf, Schwarzkopf Professional, Amazon)
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Health & MedTech (Pflege-Dokumentation/AI)
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Tech & Platforms (Imperva, Datarecovery, BSED Smart Metering)
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Public & Education (Jugendamt Norderstedt, Hochschulen, Urban Mobility, Alpha Aktiv)
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Start-ups & Innovation projects (EIT Raw Materials, Better Way)
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Media & Entertainment (20th Century Fox, G+J, Spiegel, RMS, MairDumont)
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Financial institutions (Sparkasse Lübeck, Sparkasse Wedel, Sparkasse Holstein)
About me: Communication. Culture. Clarity in change.
I support companies as an interim manager, communications strategist and coach - when structures change, markets are rethought or teams need orientation. With over 20 years of experience in corporate and agency environments, I harmonise strategy, communication and cultural development - systemically sound, brand-oriented and effective at C-level.
What guides me? My "surfer mindset": acting with foresight, anticipating complexity - and shaping change with clarity, empathy and agility. Whether in brand development, change processes or executive coaching: I work with attitude, structure and story expertise - because change can only succeed if it is understood, supported and experienced.
My self-developed "Get into Flow" concept (GIF) creates the framework for precisely this: It combines strategic thinking with emotional involvement - and activates teams, markets and organisations at eye level.
Curious?
Here you will find detailed information about me and my projects.
And here you can contact me directly.
What sets me apart:
Strategic storytelling for transformation
Experience as Chairman of the Supervisory Board
What I can do for you:
Interim Management
Roles like interim CMO, project lead in transformation processes, or brand strategy. I take on responsibility – operationally, communicatively, and culturally.
Transformation & Communication
I support strategic realignments: from mission statement development and employer branding to internal and external change communication – well-founded, connectable, activating.
Coaching & Team Development
Whether it's managers, teams, or individuals – I develop potential further with my systemic GIF approach, workshop sprints, sparring, and targeted repositioning coaching.
Content & Campaigns
I develop content strategies, write, and design for targeted content – from slogans and websites to multichannel campaigns. I localize international communications in a brand- and market-appropriate tone (transcreation).
Curious?
Here you will find detailed information about me and my projects.
And here you can contact me directly.
In practice – selected projects:
Interim CMO | Organizational Development
Executive coaching |
Sparring partner
Change requires expertise – and methods that take people along.
I'm convinced that true change only succeeds when structure, people, and communication are in harmony. That's why my "Get Into Flow" approach stands for transformation with clarity, ease, and meaning.
I don't work with standard processes, but rather develop individual approaches – systemically sound, brand-oriented, and practical. My goal: to empower organizations and teams to shape change on their own.
Own methods & formats
Get Into Flow (GIF)
A systemic-communicative concept for developing high-performing, self-organized teams. Combines agile structures with clear communication and a strong purpose orientation. Used by organizations such as the Norderstedt Youth Welfare Office, Alpha Aktiv, and ar engineers.
Life Positioning Canvas (LPC)
A structured format for professional self-discovery – for school leavers, professionals undergoing career change, or people transitioning to retirement. It strengthens personal responsibility and opens up new perspectives beyond linear career paths.
Both formats can be used flexibly – as an impulse in individual coaching, as a workshop module or as a building block in comprehensive change processes.
My soft skills & working methods:
Looking at the past - focusing on the future
For over 20 years, I've worked as a brand strategist, interim CMO, and systemic organizational developer, confidently navigating the nuances of strategy, storytelling, and structural work. My experience has shown me that brands, organizations, and employees have accumulated a wealth of experience, know-how, and image over the years. Successful transformation can only work if this potential is assessed within the change process and then optimally utilized to set the path toward excellence.
This means finding out: What are the true values and potential of a brand/organization that already exist, and what is still missing? And which obstacles still need to be overcome, and how? To achieve this, I take a targeted yet empathetic approach—and, where appropriate, disruptive—to create the impetus that enables change.
Ideally, this process should be implemented from the bottom up—not only to leverage employees' knowledge, but also to make the change a transformation for the employees themselves. This ensures identification and motivation, and ensures that the change is lived.
This creates the flow that enables excellence to be achieved that is rewarded by the market in the long term and lived by the organization and its employees.
Curious?
Here you will find detailed information about me and my projects.
And here you can contact me directly.
My professional background & education:
Professional stations
01/2018 until today
Owner, nachtigahl communications
04/2003 until today
Chairman of the Supervisory Board TCU AG
06/1999 – 12/2017
Managing Partner, taufrisch GmbH
07/1997 – 12/1999
Managing Director, Promar Gmbh
07/1994 – 12/1997
Account Manager, DMB&B
05/1992 – 05/1994
Trainee-Programm, G + J
Information about my projects and interim activities
can be found here:
Education (degree)
03/2023
Systemic organisational development, Wispo AG
06/2021
Systemic coach, Wispo AG
11/1991
Business graduate, Universität Hamburg
Electives: Psychology, Marketing and International Management.
02/1988
Apprenticeship bank clerk, Hamburgische Landesbank
Thank you for your curiosity about nachtigahl.coaching. Whether as a possible customer or a future employee.
We are looking forward to your contact.
Syringe area, 6
22765 Hamburg
0049 171 867 12 61