MindMove Coaching - Zurich | Executive coaching, team coaching, team development, change management, Sparring Partner

My name is Thomas Freitag. Since 2003, I have been working with decision-makers—individually, as part of leadership teams, and across entire organizations. Over 6,500 coaching hours. ICF Professional Certified Coach. Personal leadership experience as a manager and board member.

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Executive Coaching & Mentoring

1:1 Executive Coaching for executives, members of senior management, and C-level executives. Gain clarity, sharpen your judgment, and strengthen your leadership impact—with a sparring partner who meets you on equal footing.

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Developing Leadership Teams

Team development for executive boards and leadership teams: strengthening collaboration with a focus on results—and designed to have a lasting impact on day-to-day leadership beyond the workshop day.

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Supporting Organizations Through Change

Change processes and strategic realignments across multiple hierarchical levels. This ensures that the impact remains embedded in the system—not just in the workshop minutes.

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Workshops

Retreats, strategy sessions, conflict mediation, leadership workshops, simulations. Customized processes for team and organizational development.

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Analysis requires judgment. Data needs meaning.

(AI) models provide impressive answers. What they don’t provide is context: what applies in a given situation, what is culturally appropriate and what isn’t, and what feels wrong even though the numbers are correct.
That’s exactly where my approach of “mind and heart working hand in hand” comes in. The machine can provide support, but it cannot replace human judgment.

Why This Matters to Me

One Role. Complete Clarity.

With me as your sparring partner, you no longer have to think things through alone. You gain an independent counterpart with no agenda of their own. That’s what sets my approach apart from consulting. I don’t provide answers; I help you sharpen your own.

As an executive coach, I work with either you or your leadership team — never both at the same time. This isn’t a matter of convenience; it’s about safeguarding independence and avoiding conflicts of interest.

My Approach

Insights Emerge Through Dialogue. Make Them Visible.

Every day, in coaching sessions and team workshops, I see how capturing thoughts visually helps people gain clarity.

At the same time, the sketches we create together serve as lasting visual anchors. They help embed insights in memory and make it easier to reconnect with the momentum of a conversation when we meet again.

Examples of My Visual Work

«Good decisions don’t emerge from thinking alone. And even less from thinking on your own.»

Thomas Freitag

Latest Episodes of my Podcast, Mit Kopf & Herz (in GERMAN only)

Neue Rolle, neue Freiheit, mit David Hablützel

Vom Swiss Dave zum David: Wie eine neue Rolle Freiheit schafft. David Hablützel ist Halfpipe-Snowboarder, Keynote-Speaker und Autor des «Peak Performance Journal». Mit 17 Jahren fuhr er an den Olympischen Spielen in Sotschi auf den fünften Platz und fand nach mehreren Verletzungen immer wieder zurück an die Weltspitze.

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Vertrauen ist wie ein Muskel - mit Björn Lindner

Was Innovation zwischen Mut, Ego und Intuition wirklich braucht. Björn Lindner ist Head of Innovation bei der Planzer Transport AG. Mit seinem Team arbeitet er an autonom fahrenden Mikro-Hubs und an künstlicher Intelligenz in der Logistik.

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Mutig Menschen ermutigen, mit Stephan Kunz

Warum Mut, Respekt und Ungewissheit zusammengehören, wenn sich wirklich etwas verändern soll. Stephan Kunz ist ein erfahrener HR-Profi. Nach 17 Jahren bei IBM leitete er den HR-Bereich bei Schneider Electric und Burckhardt Compression.