Jessica Wahl | Coaching Berlin

Our Story Jessica Wahl is one of Germany's most experienced Performance and Communication Coaches, with 20 years of practice strengthening personality and impact. She founded the Institut für Personal Performance in Berlin-Kreuzberg, operating from the historic Tabor Church near the Oberbaumbrücke. Together with Senior Performance Coach Jörg Tewes — a graduate actor with 10 years of stage experience at renowned German city and state theaters — the institute delivers individualized coaching that sees the whole person: personality, abilities, environment, and goals combined. Their mission is to help clients appear sovereign, communicate clearly, and present their strengths authentically across professional and personal contexts. Programs & Trainings 🎓 Personality Coaching — Develop authentic personal impact, self-confidence, charisma, and presence. Covers self-perception vs. external perception, strengths/weaknesses profile, image and outfit/personal branding, voice, language, gestures, facial expressions, small talk, repartee, humor, assertiveness, code reading (high/low status), constructive conversation, leadership qualities, conflict and stress management, resilience, time management, work-life balance, and social media presence analysis (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook). 🎓 Speech Coaching — Learn to speak sovereignly, clearly, and persuasively while overcoming stage fright. Training in language, rhetoric, mimic, gesture, and expression for presentations, negotiations, pitching, conversations, video conferences, TedX talks, and speeches. Practice in a unique church nave setting. 🎓 Voice Coaching — Train vocal quality, sound, speaking style, emphasis, and breathing technique to increase presence and ensure you are heard with pleasure. Addresses quiet or high-pitched voices, gaining attention in meetings, and vocal strain/hoarseness. 🎓 Media Coaching — Professional preparation for TV, radio, podcast, and print interviews. Learn authentic camera presence, understand journalist thinking, and craft messages that become headlines. 🎓 Application & Interview Coaching — Optimize CV, cover letter, and application photo; prepare for job interviews and classic or provocative questions; align body language, outfit, and self-presentation. 🎓 Assessment Center Coaching — Targeted preparation for assessment centers and selection procedures. 🎓 Career Coaching — Strategic career development, strengthening leadership competencies, hierarchical and cross-functional communication, intercultural competence, and tactics to accelerate professional growth. 🎓 Executive & Leadership Coaching — Daily convincing performance as a leader before superiors and teams, clarifying goals, objective strengths/weaknesses analysis, and strategic career moves. 🎓 Online Presence Coaching — Audit and optimize your social media image, brand, photo, text, and message across LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms. 🎓 Negotiation Training — Develop negotiation skills and tactical communication. 🎓 Anti-Stress Coaching: Crisis & Resilience — Manage stress, crises, and build resilience. 🎓 Gender Coaching — Navigate gender-specific professional and communication dynamics. 🎓 Business Etiquette Coaching — Master professional conduct and business manners. 🎓 Photo Coaching — Professional application and personal branding photography guidance. 🎓 Happiness Coaching — Clarify personal and professional happiness drivers and align life conditions with satisfaction. Specialties 🎯 Performance & Personal Impact 🎯 Voice, Speech & Rhetoric 🎯 Media Training & On-Camera Presence 🎯 Career Strategy & Leadership Development 🎯 Job Application & Assessment Center Preparation 🎯 Stress Management & Resilience 🎯 Personal Branding & Online Presence 🎯 Business Etiquette & Gender Dynamics Methods & Approach The institute follows a holistic, tailor-made methodology that starts with a precise actual analysis using video recordings, targeted feedback, and reflection to map strengths and development potential. Clients clarify their values, roles, strategies, and goals to achieve inner clarity that translates into outer impact. Training sharpens posture, gaze, movement, breathing, voice, and rhetoric step-by-step, applying techniques immediately in practice-oriented situations. Coaching exercises take place in inspiring and unconventional locations — modern institute rooms, a church nave, the street, the subway, on stage, or in a lounge chair — to expand behavioral range. Video analysis and continuous feedback accompany every step to anchor new habits so presence remains stable under pressure. Who It's For The programs are designed for anyone seeking to enhance personal and professional impact, including executives, lecturers, lawyers, IT and engineering professionals, scientists, self-employed individuals, students, employees, and private persons. Specific support is available for job seekers, leaders needing daily persuasion skills, candidates preparing for assessment centers, and professionals facing TV, radio, or podcast interviews. Facilities & Practical Info Coaching takes place in modern coaching rooms and an extraordinary church nave inside the Tabor Church in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Sessions are available in-person, digitally, or hybrid, supported by high-professional equipment. The venue is accessible by car via Schlesische Straße, by U-Bahn line U1 to Schlesisches Tor (5-minute walk), or by bus line 265 to Taborstraße (2-minute walk). From Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), the taxi ride is approximately 30–40 minutes; from Berlin Ostbahnhof, take the S-Bahn to Warschauer Straße and change to U1, or a taxi takes 5–10 minutes. Telephone consultation hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The initial phone consultation is free of charge. Session pricing for 90-minute units depends on position and whether booked privately or through a company; a special September 2026 package for job seekers without leadership responsibility offers five 1.5-hour sessions at €150 each. Location Address: Taborstraße 17, 10997 Berlin, Germany Hours: Phone hours Mon–Fri 9:00–12:00; coaching schedule by appointment The "+" ✅ Two decades of coaching experience paired with professional theater and stage expertise for a rare blend of psychological depth and performative technique. ✅ Unique training locations including a historic church nave and real-world settings (street, subway, stage) to build transferable confidence. ✅ Fully individualized, holistic concept integrating voice, body language, rhetoric, mindset, and personal branding rather than isolated skill drills. ✅ Comprehensive video analysis and feedback loops that make progress visible and measurable from the first session. ✅ Free initial telephone consultation and flexible hybrid delivery (on-site, digital, or combined).