Substance. Clarity. Discretion.
Strategic advisory for executives and founders. Confidential, multilingual, grounded in 25 years of experience at the intersection of leadership, public affairs, and media.
When this advisory is the right fit.
Four situations where an experienced external advisor typically makes a difference.
You are navigating a crisis or a sensitive situation.
An incident, a personnel decision, a market development, or a legal matter requires fast, considered decisions. Under pressure, with high reputational stakes, often under scrutiny. Confidentiality here is not an add-on but the precondition.
You want to build your visibility as a leader.
The role demands it; the day-to-day prevents it. You need an external partner who builds a visibility strategy with you and holds the implementation — from LinkedIn presence to preparing for a television interview.
You are facing a repositioning or a strategy shift.
A new narrative is needed — for employees, investors, markets, the public. The substance is clear; the translation into communications is not. Here you get an experienced external perspective and an architecture that holds.
You work across languages and need cultural and linguistic fluency.
You are entering the DACH market from abroad, or vice versa. You need someone who translates between worlds without losing the substance. Three working languages, international experience, cultural literacy.
Scalable offer from a single sparring session to a multi-month mandate.
In German, English, or Spanish.
Mandate
A longer-term engagement on a specific strategic project. Typical occasions: a repositioning, a crisis, a change process, or an international market entry. Strategy and implementation from a single point of contact, with a clear working model and defined response times.
Sparring
You bring the question; we work through a position together. Typical occasions: preparing for a critical conversation, working through a strategic decision, or preparing for a media appearance. Completely confidential.
Executive Positioning
Strategic visibility for you as an individual rather than for your organisation. LinkedIn presence, keynote preparation, media work. Building a defined voice with a clear position — without having to become someone you are not.
How the engagement works.
Confidentiality
NDA as standard. No references, no logos, no mentions without your explicit consent. What is discussed in this advisory stays between us — including after the engagement ends.
Response times
During a mandate: email responses within 24 hours. For urgent situations: significantly faster, by agreement. Sparring sessions typically available within one week.
Languages
German, English, and Spanish at full working proficiency. For other languages, I source specialists from a curated network.
Fees
Hourly rates and mandate terms are discussed in the introductory call. Mandates are scoped on the basis of a clear brief. Sparring is arranged in packages or billed per session.
Who does this.
My name is Michael Katz. 25 years in strategic communications at the intersection of leadership, public audiences, and media. EU spokesperson at DHL and Deutsche Post. Programme work for Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Buenos Aires. Thirteen years of building Trinasolar’s European communications department with a multinational team, across dozens of markets, on a seven-figure annual budget.
Three working languages: German, English, Spanish. Serial founder with start-up experience in Argentina and Germany. Now self-employed in Munich, with the focus and discretion this kind of advisory requires.
If you have a need, let’s talk.
A 30-minute confidential call. No pitch, no strings attached. You describe what is on the table; I listen and tell you whether and in what format I can help.