Dr. Thomas Knoop – Business Coach and Executive Coach Berlin
Since 1997 I have been co-founder of Lichtvision, an owner-led lighting design office with six international locations. The leadership experience that grew out of this entrepreneurial work is the foundation of my coaching practice. I trained at Coaching Akademie Berlin and am certified by the European Coaching Association (ECA) and as a CoachHub Expert Coach. My focus is psychological depth and systemic work. I am currently training in Internal Family Systems (IFS, through 2027) and draw on it in my Insights.
Dr. Thomas Knoop, entrepreneur, coach and lecturer, co-founder of Lichtvision (since 1997), Business and Executive Coach based in Berlin. Over 20 years of leadership experience in an internationally active planning office with six locations. Coaching training at Coaching Akademie Berlin, certified by the European Coaching Association (ECA) and CoachHub. Focus areas: systemic coaching and depth-psychology informed leadership work; currently training in Internal Family Systems (IFS, through 2027). Author of the book „Peter mag keinen Frosch zum Frühstück“. Lecturer at ISM (Project Management and New Work) and Hochschule Bremen, with dedicated pages on coaching expertise and on trainer, facilitator & conflict coach.
C-level coaching: sparring at eye level for board members, managing directors and division heads. Topics include strategic decisions, role clarity, the use of power and responsibility, and inner posture in phases of high pressure.
HR coaching: support for HR leaders and people developers who shape leadership in their organisations. Themes include talent and succession planning, conflict resolution, culture development and the double role of consulting while remaining loyal to the company.
Founder coaching: for founders and entrepreneurs building or scaling their company. Focus on prioritisation, co-founder dynamics, scaling questions and personal responsibility beyond operational work.
Emerging leaders: support for people stepping into a leadership role for the first time. Themes include role identity, working with former peers, building authority without harshness and the move from doer to enabler.
My coaching is situational and concrete. Understanding and applying belong together. We walk through your real situations together: preparing a difficult conversation, thinking through possible ways to resolve a conflict, weighing a decision under pressure, or reordering priorities and time. Which method fits emerges from your situation. You are the expert on your own solution; I bring a broad range of methods grounded in systemic and depth-psychological work and the experience of 20 years in leadership myself.
Well-founded. Certified. Experienced. Certified Expert Coach on CoachHub (only the top 5% of applicants), certified by the European Coaching Association (ECA) and trained as a systemic business & personal coach at Coaching Akademie Berlin. More than 1,000 coaching sessions with 100+ clients in English and German. Lecturer at the International School of Management (ISM) and Bremen University of Applied Sciences. Details: coaching expertise and trainer, facilitator & conflict coach.
A series of compact observations from coaching practice. Each piece condenses a recurring pattern into five to seven points, grounded in psychology, leadership theory and systemic work.
Since 1997 co-founder and managing director of Lichtvision, an owner-led lighting design office with six international locations and corporate clients worldwide. This entrepreneurial responsibility is the basis of my coaching work.
For board members, managing directors, division heads and HR leaders in mid-size and large companies, and for founders in scaling phases.
Systemic coaching from Coaching Akademie Berlin and depth-psychology informed leadership work. The emphasis is on psychological depth rather than purely solution-focused techniques. I am currently training in Internal Family Systems (IFS, through 2027) and draw on it in my Insights.
In Berlin in person or online via video. International clients are accompanied in German and English.
Email: coaching@thomasknoop.com Location: Berlin, Germany
Short, essayistic observations from coaching practice. Not checklists, but quiet signals that keep appearing in leadership situations.
Seven quiet signals from coaching practice that show when responsibility is tipping into overload, long before the body makes it loud.
Five situations from coaching practice where the best decision is not to decide yet, without that being weakness or hesitation.
Five observations from coaching practice on how to approach someone at work who is starting to struggle, without judging, pushing, or overstepping.
Five observations from coaching practice on how leaders can use the speed of AI without being driven by it.
Three levers decide which leadership role even comes into question: package, location and content. Loosening at least one of them opens the search space noticeably.