Torsten Spill – Systemisches Coaching & Consulting

You can never solve problems with the same way of thinking that created them.

(Albert Einstein)

We will either find a way or make one.

(Hannibal)

It is not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one that responds most quickly to change.

(Charles Darvin)

How does meaningful transformation happen?

As a strategy coach, I bring more than just methods and moderation. I combine long-standing experience as a managing director with the systemic perspective of a certified organizational developer – and the implementation expertise of an auditor for sustainability and energy management systems.

In a time of rising expectations – from customers, regulators, and society – I support companies in gaining strategic clarity, building effective structures, and driving transformation with purpose.

I help you develop strategies that are truly put into practice – and shape change that lasts.

When change becomes the new normal

Companies today face constant pressure to adapt. Societal expectations, new regulatory demands – especially around sustainable business practices – and internal challenges like workforce shortages all converge and intensify.
Structures come under strain, orientation is lost, and strategic action becomes increasingly difficult.

Connecting experience. Shaping transformation.

I combine strategic thinking with systems expertise and real-world transformation experience – as a former managing director, certified organizational developer, sustainability management auditor, and trained systemic coach.
This combination enables me to support organizations on multiple levels: with structure, clarity, and a strong sense for the dynamics of change.

Services.

Sustainable business needs more than goals – it needs clarity, participation, and structures that hold. I support companies in gaining strategic orientation, shaping transformation, and anchoring change in day-to-day operations.

We start with a sound baseline: a science-based sustainability check, supplemented by interviews, workshops, or digital surveys. Together, we develop strategies and transformation paths – realistic, actionable, and forward-looking.

What matters to me: involving the often-overlooked “silent strength” of the company – the employees who, beyond leadership roles and CSR titles, actually make change happen. Where needed, I also guide the introduction of management standards all the way to certification.

And when personal challenges arise, I offer one-on-one coaching – appreciative, solution-focused, and confidential.

Realign the company, teams and management

Changes of and in organizations require good preparation through strong strategies, for example:

Precise definition and joint reflection of the desired state
Preparation and structuring of the strategy development process; Implementation through stringent moderation and documentation
Identification through participation: Staffing of the strategy working groups with participants from management, delegated employees and, if possible, close business partners

I would be happy to discuss my working methods in a non-binding introductory meeting.

Taking the path to more sustainable business

How can companies start to operate more sustainably? As a strategic coach, I support you in defining this path, going it and later implementing it together with your team. Start-up activities of this may include:

Definition of your concept of sustainability in your specific context
Actual analysis of your organization’s management regarding sustainability using a checklist
Development of a sustainability strategy based on double materiality
Accompaniment up to your CSRD-Sustainability Report, to the certificate of the ZNU standard for sustainable management or e.g. up to your declaration of the German Sustainability Code or another sustainability assessment
After the successful establishment of a sustainability strategy, I am available to small and medium-sized companies as an external sustainability manager

Would you like to know more about the topic of “sustainable management”? Download my brochure in German “Becoming more sustainable“!

Increase motivation for change through self-reflection

There is not the one path to sustainable change, but together we will find the best way for you to get there.

Coaching is a person-centred support and consultation process based on a concept. Therefore, my coaching offer is always based on your needs and the requirements with a view to the people involved.

Through conversations at eye level, I encourage you to increase your self-reflection by using questioning techniques and other methods that are individually adapted to you. I support my clients with individual coaching of people in charge and decision-makers in overcoming the challenges.

As part of the coaching, you will learn to reassess your challenges and problems from other perspectives and decide on measures for yourself that you would not have explored on your own.

Increase employer attractiveness

The shortage of skilled professionals is affecting more and more medium-sized companies. External support from experts can help to bind specialists to your company in the long term. In cooperation with the freelance HR consultant Andreas Hümpel (ALMA-Vesta GmbH), I will help you to get closer to this goal. Together we can increase your attractiveness as an employer, for example by:

Determination of your employer value through structured interviews or surveys
Development of strategies and measures for ways to become a more attractive employer
Creation of an employer branding concept based on your desired employer value, if necessary support of the implementation with partner agencies
Search and integration of new specialists

Would you like to find out more about what we offer in this area? Download our brochure in German Increasing Employer Value.

PROFILE.

I see myself as a strategy coach and accompany my clients at eye level. My goal is to ensure that strategies, once developed, are implemented sustainably. This can often be hindered by the people themselves, new complexities due to the sustainability requirements of society or the shortage of skilled professionals in the market. I am comprehensively trained for these topics and am also happy to pass on my experience as a successful manager of many years. I advise companies and private individuals in all sectors. My focus is on growth as well as sustainable management in medium-sized (family) businesses.

Expertise

Certified systemic coach and process facilitator
Certificate training as a systemic consultant for organisational development and extensive experience in implementation projects of often drastic changes
certified ZNU sustainability manager and -auditor, auditor for environmental- (ISO 14001) and energy- (ISO 50001) management systems
30 years of experience as an executive in middle and upper management of companies in the food industry and food trade
14 years of experience as CEO in major companies in the agri-food sector, therefore a distinctive way of thinking in value chains
Diploma in business mathematics

Vision

I am convinced that everyone, especially medium-sized companies, are challenged in today’s times to realign themselves and to transform holistically. In addition to ensuring economic success, companies must also become more sustainable and more attractive to people.

Partner

Member of a cooperation community of like-minded freelance business consultants, thus having access to additional consulting capacities for larger projects
Offer of individual coaching for private persons, farming families and entrepreneurs through Küstenlichter Coaches, a network of coaches in Northern Germany
Pool member of Deutsche Interim AG as interim sustainability officer
Offer of solutions against the shortage of skilled professionals in cooperation with the freelance personnel consultant Andreas Hümpel from ALMA-Vesta

Credentials

Lars Næsted, CEO Danespo A/S: “The strategy work we developed together with your moderation and documentation was the best I have been part of. I was challenged by Torsten’s questions in a way that was healthy, productive, and valuable.”
Florimond Desprez: “It was a pleasure to have Torsten Spill on the board of Danespo. His contribution to the strategic discussions was insightful and constructive, and his support for the management much appreciated.”
Anastasios Papadopoulos, Managing Partner of ExPa-Frucht GmbH, Ottobrunn near Munich: “Our customers and our business are often the focus of our attention. In Torsten Spill, we have a strategic companion who inspires us to go beyond our day-to-day business and explore paths that will take ExPa-Frucht strategically forward.”
Christian Gaisböck, Managing Partner of MFG Deutsche Saatgut GmbH, Berlin: “I can only recommend working with Torsten Spill as a coach for strategy development processes to every entrepreneur. The decisive factor for the success of new strategies in our company was that we were able to initiate a sustainable change process through Mr. Spill. Through his stringent but emphatic moderation, the involvement of all contributors and his structuring, it was possible to decide on implementation-oriented strategies that are now being introduced piece by piece in the company.”
Andrea R., child day-care center supervisor at ‘Elbkinder Vereinigung Hamburger Kitas gGmbH’: “By the coaching with Mr. Spill, I was able to reassess my professional situation in such a way that I am again motivated and committed to fulfilling my responsibilities. In the process I have learned how to cope with demands and stresses as a manager in every day’s professional life in such a way that I am not overstraining my resources. This has made me also a much happier person in my private life. “

Links

Certified by

Küstenlichter

trained by ZNU

Consultant partner of

Alma-Vesta

BLOG.

ISO 14001 & ISO 50001: Foundation for Effective Sustainability Management

Sustainability Management: Not a Job for Lone Warriors

The Silent Time Thief: How Inefficient Document Management Hampers Daily Work

From Fish Sandwiches to Sustainability: An Inspiring Meeting at the Hafen-Club Hamburg

“This is not enough!” – A conversation about sustainable business with Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

Why is it worthwhile to rely on experienced support when developing a sustainability strategy?

How the ESR standard poses new challenges for medium-sized companies

Coaching instead of consulting: the ideal way to develop strategies

Introduction of a sustainability management system: your roadmap to success

Please contact me if you have any questions about my offer or if you need further information. I offer you a free initial video conference call. You can reach me by email or phone in my office in Osterberg. There is also a coaching room available for concentrated work together.