As a child, I wanted to become a clown or an astronaut...
From the dream of being an astronaut emerged a physicist, and from the clown came an actor.
Recognizing connections, reaching people, understanding and activating emotions drive me in my life to this day.
Since 2004, I have been accompanying individuals, teams, and organizations on their path to unleashing their potential and successfully managing their emotions.
Claude Keller
I was born in 1966 and come from Seewen near Schwyz. I lived and worked in the USA, Germany and Sweden for over 15 years. Today I live outside of Zurich in a happy relationship.
I love nature, collecting mushrooms, fishing, forest runs, cross-country skiing, meditation and I have an irrepressible curiosity for the “secrets” of life.
Career Path
- Since 2004, coach for leaders, teams, and organizations
- 1994-98 Consultant and project manager, Boston Consulting Group, Zurich and New York
- 2000-01 Freelance actor and artist, Los Angeles
- 2002-04 Assistant director, actor, advisor to the artistic director, Theater Freiburg i.Br.
Education
- Diploma in Physics – ETH Zurich (1991)
- M.B.A. – S.C. Johnson School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca NY (1994)
- Actor – American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Los Angeles CA (2000)
Continuing Education & Certifications
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coach Federation ICF
- Solution-focused Brief Coaching & Solution-focused Team Coaching (Solutionsurfers)
- Agile methods: Agile Facilitation & Coaching Agile Teams (Crisp, Stockholm), Professional SCRUM Master I, Professional SCRUM Product Owner I (Learning Actors, Athen), Lean Change Agent (Jason Little, US)
- Psychological Safety Index (PSI) Practitioner (Caerus, London)
- Immunity to Change Facilitator (Minds@Work, Boston)
- Systemic Group Dynamics (HSG St. Gallen)
- Practitioner Culture Transformation Tools (Barrett Values Center)
- Practitioner Leadership Circle Profile und Leadership Culture Survey
- Large Group Methods: World Café, Future Conference, Real Time Strategic Change (RTSC), and Open Space (Frischer Wind)
- Prosci® Change Practitioner (Tiba, München)
- Trainer for the Zurich Resource Model by Maja Storch and Frank Krause (ismz)
- Trainer for Embodied Communication, Team Development with PSI and ZRM (ismz)
- Insights Discovery and Insights Full Circle (Insights Switzerland)
- EQ-i & EQ-360 (Emotional Quotient Inventory)
- Multiple trainings in systemic, organizational as well as structural constellations
- Identity-oriented Psychotrauma Theory (IoPT) Practitioner by Prof. F. Ruppert
- Alba Emoting Trainer, Certified Level 4 (CL4)
- MET therapist according to Rainer Franke (analogous to Emotional Freedom Technique EFT)
Languages
German, English, Swiss German
Personal
- Currently, I am writing a book on “Healthy Emotions”
- For Swiss National Television (SRF), I served as a motivational coach in 18 episodes of the docu-series “Leichter Leben” in 2009/10, as an expert for the “Gesundheitsfee” and in the “Gesundheits-Sprechstunde”
- Co-producer of the documentary film “Egoïste – Lotti Latrous“, which was successfully shown in Swiss and German cinemas in 2007/08
"Everything has two sides - everyone can choose"
Cooperation Partners
connecting. photography
Jürg Kaufmann, Manuela Di Nardo, Claude Keller
Zurich
building trust & connecting leaders and teams
Paarfit
Cooperation with Nathalie Brady, practice for couple therapy
Chur & Zurich
Further education and workshops for couples
Practice Föhr-Keller
Dr. med. Antoinette J. Föhr-Keller
Pfäffikon SZ
Private practice for anti-aging, prevention, and health
My Beliefs and Perspectives
As a coach, I am credible because I strive to live what I “preach”. Here is a selection of my beliefs and perspectives:
About Leadership
- The behavior of employees reflects the leadership.
- A leader must like people.
- Leading means learning and growing.
- Essentially, there are only three brain-based leadership tools: coaching, feedback (recognition & expectations), and consistent action.
About Organizations
- Psychological safety is the foundation for long-term optimal performance, innovation, and healthy employees.
- Organizations learn and grow as long as their employees learn and grow. Employees learn and grow as long as their leaders learn and grow.
- Given the circumstances, every person does their best.
- Employees want to please a superior, at least to a certain extent. They do what is important to him/her.
About Life
- Freedom and personal responsibility go hand in hand
- As long as we are alive, from the perspective of life, we are doing everything right.
- The external is a reflection of the internal (resonance).
- It’s not the successful who are happy – it’s the happy who are successful.
About People
- People want to love, be loved, and feel safe.
- Everything has two sides – everyone can choose.
- Emotions leave traces. They shape who we are.
- Happy is the one who knows they are on their path.
Methods, Surveys & Psychometric Tools
Methods
- Connecting Photography – the exclusive team event for executives – in cooperation with JK Photography
- Immunity to Change by Robert Kegan
- Large group events for organizations up to 150+ participants: Future Conference, Real Time Strategic Change (RTSC), World Café, Open Space, Fish Bowl
- Systemic Organizational & Structural Constellations to explore the real drivers of a team or organization
- Team Coaching, Team Shadowing and Team Supervision
- Prosci® Change & Lean Change
- Self-management Training with the Zurich Resource Model by Maja Storch and Frank Krause (ismz)
- New Manager Assimilation
- Alba Emoting Method & Tapping Techniques for Emotion Regulation
- Embodied Communication (ismz)
- Intuitive and Embodiment Techniques for Decision Making and Self-Regulation
- Mindfulness and Breathing Techniques
- Body Work/Body Language
- Simple Muscle Tests/Dowsing
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Surveys of Teams and Organizations
- Psychological Safety Index – for teams and entire organizations – Scan of the Fearless Organization (by Amy Edmondson)
- Leadership Culture Survey – The team’s real drivers
- Culture & Team Value Assessment – Value surveys with the tools of the Barrett Valuescenter
- Insights Discovery Team Wheel – Team’s Behavioral Preferences
- Health Barometer (Survey) – in cooperation with medbase – fit im job AG
Psychometric Tools for Individuals
- Leadership Circle Profile – Team’s Driver (360-survey)
- Insights Discovery & Insights Discovery Full Circle (360-survey) – Behavioral preferences according to C.G. Jung
- Leadership Value Assessment by the Barrett Values Centre – 360-survey
- EQ-i & EQ-360 – Emotional Quotient Inventory
- Individual HRV measurement (72-hour ECG) – in cooperation with medbase – fit im job AG
