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About me
Being heard.
Staying healthy. Growing together.
Hola, Hello, and Moin! I'm Doreen, communication trainer, burnout prevention specialist, and certified business trainer & facilitator, including for LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®. As a trainer, consultant, and coach, I bring together communication and corporate wellbeing, because I believe that sustainable team performance only happens when both are considered together.
I know and love both worlds: the boardroom and the microphone
After years as a radio journalist for ARD in Paris and NDR in Hamburg, and as Head of Corporate Communications for the Cortefiel Group in Madrid, I know from firsthand experience what it means to go to work with energy and enjoyment - and what it costs when that's missing.
Since 2014, I've been helping companies change exactly that through DBH Coaching & Training. Roles as a senior consultant for international agencies like Burson and as Senior Advisor Germany for SCOPEN have further sharpened my view of communication in organizations and corporate wellbeing.
Different communication styles, values, or cultural nuances within a team often create friction when they go unrecognized or misunderstood. From my own experience, I know what becomes possible when companies and leaders change exactly that and use diversity as a key to success: stronger performance, better cohesion, and a company that meets crises and challenges with resilience and grows sustainably.
Experience, by the numbers
I've been self-employed as a trainer and coach since 2014, but my international story started much earlier. After completing a three-year vocational qualification in publishing and media management and a degree in political science, both in my hometown of Hamburg, I moved to Paris to write my thesis and work as a journalist for ARD Radio.
From there, my husband and I moved together to Madrid, where I became Head of Corporate Communications of the Cortefiel Group. Twelve years abroad later, our children are growing up trilingual, and intercultural communication isn't a training topic I picked up somewhere, it's the part of my everyday life.
Today I run offices in Hamburg and Madrid, and I've delivered more than 100 workshops and trainings, for everyone from small, family-run businesses to a global corporation like Google. I love both equally.
Qualifications
Solid training complements my hands-on experience:
• Master's degree in Political Science, focused on international relations
• Certified communications consultant (DAPR)
• Certified health prevention specialist
• Qualified to conduct psychological risk assessments in organizations
• Resilience and stress management trainer, including as a SOMNYFit® sleep coach
• Mental Health First Aider
• Certified LEGO® Serious Play® facilitator
• Trained business trainer and facilitator
• Trainer for intercultural communication: Germany–Spain–France
What I offer
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Communication training and intercultural communication
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Corporate wellbeing: resilience, stress management, burnout prevention
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Public speaking coaching: speaking with conviction whenever it counts
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LEGO® Serious Play® for vision work, team building, and strategic problem-solving
Why communication and health belong together
My focus is on what's already there: the strengths and resources you and your team already bring, but often don't see yourselves. Whether it's integrating expats, strengthening employee retention, or building psychological safety: I help you cut absenteeism, turnover, and conflict, and build the foundation for your team to reach its full potential and work together with genuine conviction and enjoyment.
