About

Teaching simple, essential things

We consider our main task to support the participants of our seminars on an individual level in developing specific areas of competence that they need for professional success – in a targeted and sustainable manner. We support your employees for example in

  • using time smartly
  • leading confidently
  • organizing their work effectively
  • communicating well with team and customers
  • presenting convincingly
  • creating clear documents and slides
  • dealing well with stress
  • concentrating and focusing on their work
  • appearing self-confidently
  • experiencing joy and fulfillment through work

Direct implementability and practical applicability in the everyday work of the participants is essential.

Each seminar is prepared individually with you and we agree on the goals and content. For most formats, we ask the participants to give us their individual topic requests or questions in advance.

We work very interactively, also in online seminars, with a lot of small group, partner and individual work.

To support sustainability, we include a "test-phase" after most seminars, lasting several weeks, during which the participants are encouraged to apply their most important impulses. To support this process, we suggest meeting a partner from the seminar and exchanging twice during the test phase about progress and experiences. This approach has proven very effective.

Individual coaching can also be useful: If the issue is very specific or you have tried a lot but are still faced with difficulties. If you are interested in individual coaching, please visit this page.


Your trainers

At mmsc.de you work with trainers who practice their profession with enthusiasm and extensive experience. All trainers are experienced online. Your trainings follow a high standard.

Dr. Matthias Mayer

Matthias Mayer founded mmsc.de in 2004. For almost 20 years he is training and coaching people in a wide variety of industries.
His main subjects are time- and self-management, presentation, communication and leadership.
As a doctor of computer science and a trained artist, he is deeply familiar with analytical thinking and creative action. Both are essential pillars of his daily work with people.

Michaela Benn

"Thought, body and voice are a unit."
Michaela Benn is an actress with many years of stage experience and knows about the connections between expression and effect.
Presence, convincing appearance, credible communication always require the use of body, facial expressions and voice - in a way that is appropriate to the situation. She has been training and coaching staff, executives and politicians for many years. In doing so, she helps you to make a credible, effective appearance.

Sylvia Kieselbach

Sylvia Kieselbach is working as a trainer and public appearance coach for employees and managers in companies, banks, universities, colleges, and federal research and educational institutions for more than 20 years. She trains executives in professional appearance for more self-confidence, clear communication and professional success. From 2005 to 2019 she headed the "Consulting and Coaching" department at the Career Service of University of Tübingen, which supports graduates and doctoral candidates in their career start. Since 2018 she is also working as a lecturer in mentoring programs to promote women in management positions.

Dr. Matthias Mayer

Matthias Mayer founded mmsc.de in 2004. For almost 20 years he is training and coaching people in a wide variety of industries.
His main subjects are time- and self-management, presentation, communication and leadership.
As a doctor of computer science and a trained artist, he is deeply familiar with analytical thinking and creative action. Both are essential pillars of his daily work with people.

Michaela Benn

"Thought, body and voice are a unit."

Michaela is an actress with many years of stage experience and she knows about the connections between expression and effect. Presence, convincing appearance, and credible communication always require the use of body, facial expressions and voice - in a way that is appropriate to the situation. She has been training and coaching scientists, executives and politicians for many years. In doing so, she helps you to create a credible, effective appearance.

Sylvia Kieselbach

Sylvia Kieselbach is working as a trainer and public appearance coach for employees and managers in companies, banks, universities, colleges, and federal research and educational institutions for more than 20 years. She trains executives in professional appearance for more self-confidence, clear communication and professional success. From 2005 to 2019 she headed the "Consulting and Coaching" department at the Career Service of University of Tübingen, which supports graduates and doctoral candidates in their career start. Since 2018 she is also working as a lecturer in mentoring programs to promote women in management positions.

Our Clients

A selection of clients we worked with


Companies

  • Adolf Würth GmbH
  • Takeda Deutschland
  • ACO Gruppe
  • KBV - Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung
  • ADG - Akademie Deutscher Genossenschaftsbanken

Research Institutions

  • Max Planck Institute in Tübingen, Mainz, Berlin
  • EMBL - European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg
  • DESY / PIER Hamburg
  • WZB - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
  • IGBMC Strasbourg

Graduate Academies and Universities

  • BUA Berlin University Alliance (Humbolt, FU, TU, Charité)
  • University of Freiburg
  • Freie Universität Berlin
  • University of Tübingen
  • Technische Hochschule Köln
  • University of Hamburg
  • WZB - Berlin Social Science Center
  • Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg



What Participants say

Here you find Statements of some earlier participants

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Andreas Graumann Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung
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Dominique Liebrandt Assistant to the Management
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Wala Jaser PhD Student, Univ. of Tübingen
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Larissa Höfling Doktorandin, Univ. Tübingen

Slim slides for now, handout for later

When I was talking to a sales assistant recently, I noticed: My posture was different than usual: straight back, hands resting one in the other, at navel level. Completely unconscious posture. I was happy: Seminar goal number 1 met.

The seminar brought me on. My impression was: The speaker knows what he's talking about. I found it helpful that there were two presentation exercises: One at the beginning and the second at the end of the seminar. This enabled what had been learned to be practiced in a timely manner.

Even after the seminar, the speaker is available [...] which is rarely the case.

[after a series of 4 webinars on "Presenting professionally with PowerPoint" | Translated from German]

So I was surprised all the more positively

[...] I had a few concerns, because attending a full-day seminar online actually scared me off a little. So I was surprised all the more positively. Dr. Mayer made the whole day so entertaining and interesting that I left the virtual seminar room at 5:15 p.m., tired but really fulfilled. There were great tips, food for thought and inputs as well as the exchange with [...] colleagues. Finally, I can only recommend this seminar under the guidance of Dr. Mayer. [Translated from German]

I could raise my presentation skills from good to excellent [...] Strongly recommended!

Matthias was very professional, enthusiastic, and patient and he gave us the feeling that he was interested in helping each one of us to develop their skills in the directions we needed. [...] Strongly recommended!

erfrischend anders

Der Workshop zu Zeitmanagement mit Matthias war erfrischend anders: sehr interaktiv [...] und sehr persönlich. [... Ich habe] für mich vor allem eine andere Sichtweise auf Zeit, Arbeit und mein Potenzial mitgenommen. Ich frage nicht mehr: „Wie soll ich so viele Aufgaben in so kurzer Zeit bewältigen?“ sondern eher: „Wie kann ich die Zeit für mich und meine Ziele optimal nutzen?“.
Ich bin mir sicher, dass das Seminar nachhaltig einen positiven Einfluss nicht nur auf meine ArbeitsZeit, sondern auch auf meine LebensZeit haben wird.