Labelled as: too quiet, too uncertain, too soft?
I help quiet leaders lead the way they are.
And finally be seen for it.
Without bending.
In their own way.
Labelled as: too quiet, too uncertain, too soft?
I help quiet leaders lead the way they are.
And finally be seen for it.
Without bending.
In their own way.
Most of the leaders who come to me have the same thing behind them. They’ve delivered. Decided. Held on.
And at some point realized that this alone isn’t enough. They feel they’re not being seen, heard, or recognized.
Not because they lack substance. But because silence doesn’t get heard.
Those who don’t know this pay the Invisibility Tax: Ideas that get lost. Decisions made over their head. Applause that others receive – for work they did.
The point is: You’re not wrong, even though you often feel that way. You just don’t fit the classic image of leadership.
That’s not a problem. It’s the starting point.
The solution? Not to get louder. But to lead visibly – without performance. In your own way.
I was a CEO myself, and an investigative journalist for 30 years.
I know what it feels like to be alone at the top. And I know how to listen until the real answer emerges.
In our first conversation, we look at it together. No agenda, no pressure. You decide afterwards if and how we continue.
Reach me via my online calendar, by Mail or by Linkedin message.
My Coaching Offer
Leaders come to me with different topics: professional, personal, or somewhere in between. What they have in common: the answer they’re looking for usually runs deeper than the question they arrive with.
Coaching Packages
How we work depends on what you need. The following formats give a first orientation – what it becomes, we decide together.
The coaching process
It doesn’t start with a programme. It starts with a conversation where we find out together whether and how we want to work with each other. No pressure, no expectations.
Respect, eye level, and trust are not methods for me. They’re the prerequisite.
The question someone brings to me is rarely the real one. We work towards what’s really underneath. What you already bring with you – including what you can’t yet see yourself. And what the next step is that truly belongs to you.
I don’t work without methods, but methods are tools. My programme is people. Where it helps, I use the ID37 Life Motives Analysis, values work, and strengths analysis.
What I also bring: over 30 years as an investigative journalist. And the skills I sharpened along the way: asking the right questions in difficult situations. Noticing what’s being said. And what isn’t. Asking further where others stop.
My core belief: You already carry what you’re looking for. I help you find it.
About me
The crucial information is rarely in the first answer. Most of the time it comes when the space is large enough for it to emerge.
That’s what I learned as an investigative journalist. For over 30 years I researched, questioned and listened for ARD and ZDF. I learned to notice what people say – and what they mean. What they show – and what they hide.
I founded a company, built it as CEO, and eventually sold it. I know what it feels like to stand alone at the top. To make decisions that affect others. And to be alone with the consequences at night.
In 2022 I began my coaching training. Not because I needed something new. But because I understood what I had been doing all along.
Giving structure. Asking questions, even uncomfortable ones. Listening until the answer emerges.
I am a certified coach (ICF ACC), ID37 Master and member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
I work with people who carry more than others see. And who are ready to take a closer look.
My vision
A world where people don’t just drift, but live consciously and self-determined. Especially those who lead quietly. In harmony with themselves. In contact with their environment.
My mission
Silent Leadership is not a weakness. It’s a strength that hasn’t become visible yet. I help leaders change exactly that. Not by getting louder. But by getting clearer: about who they are, what they want, what they do, and how they lead.
Qualification and leadership
Coaching training:
2022 – 2023: ICF certified training to become a certified holistic-systemic coach, completion at PCC level
2023: Training in group coaching, passion for coaching, ICF-accredited level 2
2023 – 2024: Money work according to Peter König – training in reclamation of projections on money
2024: Training on the topic of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB)
2025: ID37 Life Motives Analysis: Master certificate
Founder and leadership experience:
1999 – 2009: Co-founder and co-managing director of Imago TV Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH (60 employees, clients: ARD, ZDF, RTL) – 2008: Sold to Granada Entertainment (ITV)
2012 – 2022: Executive Producer Investigative Documentaries for ARD and ZDF and partner at Filmfee GmbH
Studies (Uni Cologne):
Economics, history, sociology, political science, ethnology
Awards:
German television award 2008
Multiple nominations for the Grimme Prize
Contact
Book your free first call via my online calendar, by phone, by Mail or by Linkedin message.
You will find my office in the immediate vicinity of Oranienplatz and Moritzplatz in Berlin-Kreuzberg / Mitte, directly on the former border strip. Kottbusser Tor is also not far away. If you use public transport, you can easily reach me by taking the U8, U1, U3 or the M29 bus.
Dresdener Straße 32
10179 Berlin
Telefon: +49-179-6655253
info@fabiansabo.de