Ready to ascend to a clear view?

Leadership with foresight.

When you shift your focus to the next higher level, the challenges suddenly lie below you. You see connections, opportunities, and the next big step.

This is exactly the perspective I bring to your organization. Through strategic fractional HR, specialized neurodivergent executive coaching, and professional inclusion management, I help you and your management team lead with confidence, resilience, and inclusivity—even in challenging times.

Whats your next step?

Building strong HR processes

As your business grows, gaps can quickly emerge in your processes, leadership, and organization. As a fractional HR professional, I’ll help you overcome these obstacles and create stable, people-centered HR structures that grow alongside your company.

Confident leadership in challenging times

Are rapid growth, hybrid teams, and high pressure taking a toll on you? With personalized leadership coaching, you’ll develop the inner clarity and practical tools you need to expand your own leadership skills while empowering your team.

Taking off with Neurodiversity

Does your ADHD or high sensitivity present you with additional challenges; do you struggle with burnout, executive dysfunction, and the feeling that you’re “not functioning properly”? I’ll help you leverage your strengths in a purposeful way and build practical systems to gain more clarity and energy.

Leveraging Inclusion as a Competitive Advantage

Good intentions aren’t enough—without concrete action, inclusion often remains just a concept on paper. I’ll help you create practical structures, leadership approaches, and workplace accommodations that make a tangible difference.

Effectively minimize data protection risks

Unclear responsibilities and incomplete documentation can quickly lead to risks. As a certified data protection officer, I’ll support you with audits, contracts, training, and the creation of legally compliant processes—without any bureaucratic red tape.

Preventing overload and burnout

High workloads and mental health risks are often identified too late. As a certified occupational safety specialist, I can help you conduct risk assessments and implement preventive measures—especially when it comes to mental health and neurodivergent employees.

Developing and retaining strong teams

Diverse needs, hybrid work, and high expectations make team leadership complex. I’ll help you build a motivated, inclusive, and high-performing team that will stay together for the long term.

Scaling your business safely

Rapid growth often leads to chaos, unclear processes, overburdened managers, and rising employee turnover. Many companies risk failing because of their own success. I’ll help you build scalable HR structures, stable processes, and resilient teams—so that growth remains sustainable and healthy.

How I can help you to find your way and take the next step

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Fractional HR


Professional HR support with no overhead costs. As a Fractional HR Specialist, I’ll serve as your external HR expert, handling both strategic and operational HR tasks—exactly to the extent of your needs.

Do you want to grow your business in a professional and people-centered way? Follow the arrow and let’s talk!

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Coaching

Empower your leaders and teams. Through neurodivergent coaching, leadership development, and inclusive team development, we help neurodivergent and neurotypical talent unleash their potential in a sustainable way.

Do you want to take your team’s leadership skills and innovative capabilities to the next level? Follow the arrow and let’s talk!

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GDPR, Occupational Safety & Compliance

Data protection, occupational safety, and compliance form the solid foundation for sustainable success. I’ll help you implement these areas in a practical, easy-to-understand way—without unnecessary bureaucracy—and always with a focus on the people in your company.

Want to implement compliance and occupational safety in a relaxed and professional manner? Follow the arrow and let’s talk!

An amazing Business is built one step at a time.

Mara Otto
Your Coach, Consultant, Trainer and Sparring Partner

Building Structures, Uniting Diversity—That’s Me

After more than two decades in HR management, I know that the greatest successes come from places where people feel safe and are allowed to embrace their uniqueness. That’s exactly what drives me at Manaschmiede.

Throughout my career, I’ve established countless HR processes, streamlined compliance systems, and resolved occupational safety crises. I understand the bureaucratic hurdles that keep you up at night—and I know exactly how we can pragmatically overcome them. At the same time, I’m deeply passionate about neurodiversity. From my own convictions and experience, I know just how much untapped potential lies in teams that think outside the box.

 

I’m your bridge-builder between legal certainty and human potential—pragmatic, empathetic, and always with a clear focus on providing genuine relief.

Latest Guides

In the Guides Section, you will find guides on HR Topics, Self Improvement as well as Careers and Business Guides. Enabling you to figure out your next step with additional knowledge.

Bouncing Back

May 18, 2023

Being resilient is one of the soft skills that is highly appreciated and sought after at work and frankly at home too. So, what is this buzz all about? What does it mean to be resilient and how can you obtain resilience?

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May 25, 2023

BAMM? BEM? BÄM? What is it actually and why would you need it?