Monika Laqua
Coach & Managing Partner
Monika is founder of viable, a digital product company. She has experience as corporate manager for a 2 bn EUR revenue business and as strategy consultant for McKinsey. Monika studied International Business, holds an MBA from Harvard and is trained in group dynamics and coaching.
Alexander Laqua
Coach & Managing Partner
Alexander is owner and board member of Haufe Group, with expertise in family businesses and governance. He has a diverse background from Gas Turbines to ERP SaaS product management. Alexander holds a master’s in aerospace engineering and is trained in group dynamics and coaching.
What our clients say
Andreas Krinninger
Executive Board Member
KION Group AG
“We became more effective within the team and facing challenges outside - a learning journey for each individual and the team.”
Andreas Brandstetter
CEO Uniqa
“The work with Ability creates real shareholder value. They create a multiplier effect – it cascaded down the organization.”
Michael Schuster
Supervisory Board Member Erste Group
Co-Founder Speedinvest
“Alex and Monika helped us transform a board from a fragmented loose set of people into a high-performing team.”
Our Services
It’s always an honor for us to be a guide on our clients’ paths towards enhanced leadership and greater resiliency. Coaching makes the unconscious conscious so that you can decide what outcomes you would like. We’re here to support you and your team members in bringing forth the best that you have.
We work with you as an individual and are your long-term partner for growth. Individual coaching is a solution-focused approach to change and an incredible vehicle for personal and professional development.
Why?
Think about where your personality limits you in your work environment? Individual coaching is for you if you want to unlock your full potential as a leader, while also evolving on a personal level. We all have beliefs and behaviors that hold us back – we help you to become aware of these patterns and break through them.
How?
The coaching is very focused on the individual topic and goes deep into various levels of the problem. We will go beyond the analytical layer and make you experience and sense. In our coachings we work holistically with both your mind and body, as we believe that true change begins with how you move and behave. The location will be outside of your ordinary environment, and we will deal with nothing but yourself.
What?
You will strengthen your self-awareness, which is the foundation for meaningful reflection and growth. This means you will precisely get to the heart of why you act how you act, and how your actions and behavior influence others. We believe in the power of incremental steps. Therefore, you will leave the coaching with concrete steps and small rituals to start your personal development journey.
We help your team to perform at its highest potential - whether that means investing in long-term team performance, solving underlying conflicts, accelerating a new team constellation or more. Our team coaching is highly customized and varies depending on your team’s needs.
Why?
Many teams are not operating at their highest potential and thus lack effectiveness, miss alignment with the organization and have internal friction. The underlying problem is usually how we communicate with each other. We can help transforming your team from a fragmented loose set of people into a high-performing team, creating a common understanding of objectives and establishing a clear way of communication.
How?
Our team coachings are usually built around a main team coaching workshop. Before and after the team workshop we do individual 1:1 interventions with each participating team member to ensure that everybody can get most out of the coaching. During the workshops we emphasize the conversation about the team's health and create an environment where you feel safe to engage. We carefully help in implementing new communication frameworks that are productive and efficient.
What?
The team coaching initiates a learning journey for both individuals and the collective team, enabling a deeper understanding of social situations and dynamics. Together we will find and fix sources of inefficiency. This creates real shareholder value because every minute is used effectively without hidden conflicts. We usually start with basic tangible things like meeting hygiene, which helps motivate the team to take incremental steps. Your newly established team practices can then cascade down and create a multiplier effect within the organization.
The Leadership Bootcamp is an intense, immersive 3.5-day workshop to elevate your leadership skills. Join a small, diverse group of leaders, foster high-performance teamwork, enhance your feedback skills and grow alongside each other.
Why?
As a leader, it will come as no surprise to you that great leadership requires being aware of how your behavior impacts others, and how certain habits might hold you back. Achieving this level of self-awareness requires both introspection and external perception through feedback. Finding the right moment and way to exchange actionable feedback is hard. However, if delivered well, feedback leads to lasting impact and a high-performance team culture.
How?
During the 3.5 day bootcamp you will
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become aware of the impact of your behavior.
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get solid feedback on your behavior, communication and existing leadership practices.
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understand your blind spots and recognize what limits your own success.
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increase your understanding of social dynamics and solve conflicts faster.
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excel at giving and receiving feedback.
This journey starts with yourself. The design of the workshop ensures objective insights into how others perceive your actions: What behavior creates trust and connection and what leads to misunderstandings and reduces your impact.
What?
You will walk out of the Bootcamp with a concrete toolset at hand to take the quality of your team’s collaboration and effectiveness to the next level. These tools are part of a holistic approach to organizational development, empowering leaders to transform not only themselves but also their teams and organizations.
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One year program for leaders to transform themselves, their teams and their organizations, based on a comprehensive organizational development concept. A powerful growth journey towards enhanced leadership and greater resilience.
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We specialize in guiding Supervisory Boards through the self-evaluation process, as required by the Corporate Governance Code. Our services include developing a tailored competency matrix, customized questionnaires or interviews, along with expert facilitation of workshops surrounding the self-evaluation process.
Why?
An effective Supervisory Board has a better collaboration with the management board, which provides better results for the company. In addition, the Corporate Governance Code requires the Supervisory Boards to annually assess their efficiency and effectiveness through a self-evaluation. This ensures continuous improvement in governance and decision-making.
How?
Each Supervisory Board is unique, which is why our approach is highly customized. Typically, our clients benefit from a process like this:
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Tailored Competency Matrix: Each board member completes a personalized (digital) competency matrix, allowing for self-assessment of their skills and expertise in relation to the board’s needs.
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Customized Questionnaire / Interviews: A (digital) questionnaire is circulated to evaluate the board's performance since the last self-evaluation. This can be enhanced or replaced with one-on-one interviews with selected board members for deeper insights.
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Analysis and Workshop Facilitation: We analyze and visualize the results. The findings are then discussed in a workshop with all Supervisory Board members.
What?
This process provides your Supervisory Board with transparency and clear insights into its collaboration, effectiveness, and areas for improvement. The outcome of the self-evaluation offers a strong basis for deriving measures to improve efficiency.
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