Absence management for you and your team
High absenteeism costs you time, money and nerves?
- Are layoffs on the rise?
- Are processes disrupted by missing team members?
- Is your mood suffering from tension and overload?
Absenteeism has many causes. Not everything is in your hands – but there are influencing factors that we can look at together.
Leadership as the key
High levels of absenteeism are often a reason to reflect on your own management style:
- Do you promote a healthy team climate?
- Do you make clear decisions and give regular feedback?
- Are you aware of your values and inner drivers?
- Do you have a vision of what the collaboration should look like?
In individual coaching, we explore these questions together – solution-oriented and with a view to concrete measures.
Create clear structures
Unclear roles and responsibilities lead to tensions. We’ll take a look together:
- Does everyone know their tasks and responsibilities?
- Are there structural weaknesses that fuel conflicts?
In the team process, we work together to develop clear rules and greater transparency – this reduces friction and increases satisfaction.
Other influencing factors
- Are the employees deployed in the right place?
- What role do the working conditions play, e.g. break times, overtime, working atmosphere?
- Are successes celebrated, is appreciation shown?
- Do you live a respectful feedback culture together ?
Some conflicts are obvious, others are hidden – both have an impact on health and motivation. Conflict moderation or team development can create space for trust and personal responsibility again.
Turning groups back into teams
Especially in times of working from home, a real team spirit cannot be taken for granted. However, collegial cooperation, shared values and open communication strengthen collaboration and counteract absences due to illness.
My approach: I accompany managers and teams through change processes – with systemic questions, clear impulses and without getting lost in problem analysis. I support you in developing practicable solutions – so that real team cohesion can be lived again.
What you might want to know...
1. What is absence management?
Absence management encompasses all measures that help to reduce sickness-related absences in companies or teams, strengthen health-promoting structures and treat employees with respect - even in the event of longer absences.
2. Why is professional absence management important?
Frequent or long absences put a strain on teams, increase the pressure on the employees present and cost time and money. At the same time, they are often a sign of structural or interpersonal problems. Dealing with them in a targeted manner relieves the pressure and strengthens the ability to work of all those involved.
3. Who is your service suitable for?
I work with managers, board members, managing directors, teams or HR managers who are looking for support in dealing with stress, conflicts, reintegration or a high sickness rate. Preventative processes to strengthen health and communication within the team are also possible.
4. What exactly happens in a collaboration?
Depending on the situation, I accompany discussions with affected employees, moderate team processes, analyze stress factors or support managers in dealing with sensitive issues. The process depends on your needs - confidential, solution-oriented and individual.
5. How can absenteeism be reduced in the long term?
This can be achieved through a combination of clear communication, leadership with a sense of proportion, early clarification of conflicts and health-promoting work organization. I support you in developing realistic and sustainable measures.
6. How sensitively are confidential issues handled?
Confidentiality is a matter of course for me - both towards employees and within the management team. I work respectfully, professionally and independently.
7. What does the coaching cost?
Depending on the scope, target group (manager, team or organization) and format (consulting, moderation or coaching), you will receive an individual offer. Please contact me for a non-binding initial consultation.
8. How quickly is support possible?
If there is an urgent need (e.g. upcoming discussions, acute conflicts), short-term appointments are also possible. For longer-term processes, we plan a suitable framework together.
9. How does this benefit me as a manager or organization?
Good absence management strengthens trust, reduces absenteeism, increases team satisfaction and relieves managers. It makes a key contribution to healthy collaboration - even in challenging times.
M. V., Manager and Dentist in a Dental Practice
Ms. Kostadinowa-Rohde very quickly succeeded in strengthening us as a management team in structured coaching sessions and her professional feedback helped us a lot in the further development of our management style, the structure in our practice and also in holding team meetings to discuss current issues in order to avoid new conflicts.
Dr. P. B., Lecturer and Head of Department at a Berlin University
With a great deal of commitment, classic and unconventional training methods, she was able to sensitize the colleagues in our workshop “Team building through feedback”. For teachers, receiving personal feedback in a group of colleagues is an unusual situation. With her professional moderation and a great deal of sensitivity, she mastered this excellently and led the workshop to a "tangible" result in the form of feedback rules that we developed together with her. The result will accompany the colleagues in the department in their future work.
Dr. M. B., Engineer/Managing Director of a Company in the Aviation Industry
With her background in mediation and coaching and her skills as an intercultural trainer, she was able to guide the German-English team through the workshops. In linguistically very difficult situations and in heated discussions, she was able to contribute significantly to the success of the workshops through simultaneous interpreting. Ms. Kostadinowa impressed and inspired my colleagues and me with her engaging, people-oriented manner, her humor and her strong personality.
G. V., Dental Practice Manager
Both the team and my partner and I have come to know and appreciate Ms. Kostadinowa-Rohde's warm-hearted manner, her humor and her structured leadership. She asks smart questions, picks up when things get very emotional, shows ways forward when one or the other is stuck in a mental dead end, is always empathetic and patient and continuously gives appreciative and helpful feedback. We all felt strengthened and understood by working with her. Her working style has also deepened the understanding between us and promoted cohesion. My partner and I now have a strong and motivated team that we enjoy working with every day.
S. K., Coffee Import Company Manager
I was given lots of energy and positive tips and left each session with lots of feedback and inspiration. Ms. Kostadinowa-Rohde takes on the personal story - in her manager coaching sessions - and thus deals specifically with the individual professional situation. I always came away from a session feeling stronger and knowing that I could count on honest feedback from Ms. Kostadinowa-Rohde. Thank you for your great support in my day-to-day work!
A. S., Remedial Teacher, Assisted Individual Living for Mentally Ill People
I met a woman who touched me with her authenticity, sensitivity and high level of professionalism. In the team supervision sessions, Ms. Kostadinowa-Rohde ensures a balance between extroverted and introverted participants. I am particularly impressed by her sensitive attention to the words that are spoken and, above all, to the words that are not spoken. Recognizing the issues without judgment, with a clear focus on solutions, without losing the naturalness, I clearly name as an outstanding strength. I am grateful that Ms. Kostadinowa-Rohde makes the world more understanding, clearer, happier and lighter. I wish Mrs. Kostadinowa-Rohde much health, strength and joy to continue to bring her great work into the world.
T. S., Dental Practice Manager
I had a team coaching session with my practice team and Ms. Kostadinowa over several sessions. The reason for this was to gain understanding for my colleagues and to achieve better cooperation in a growing team. Even though the team was a little skeptical at first about what to expect, Ms. Kostadinowa quickly won everyone over. Through several exercises and team tasks, we were able to grow together better and address problems openly. Even though everything is a process and takes time, it was helpful and also very informative for me as a manager. I can only recommend it to any manager who wants to grow together with their team. The employees were also able to learn something new, whether for their work or how to deal better with conflicts in their private lives in future.
C. S., IT Company Executive
Ms. Kostadinowa supported us in a complex process very competently, sensitively and with a lot of patience and thus contributed significantly to team improvements on various levels. I can recommend you and your skills!
J. S., Head of Daycare Center
We worked as a team with Ms. Kostadinowa-Rohde and it cleared up a lot of things and brought them to the surface, so that we now have a much better team atmosphere. I would work with her again at any time.
F. M., Research Center Manager
Ms. Kostadinowa has been accompanying my team and me as a conflict moderator and management coach for several years - whether in times of crisis due to Corona or when changes in the team, change processes, etc. have led to tensions in the team. She works with us primarily with the entire team, but sometimes also in pairs or in individual sessions - both in person and online.
We are more than satisfied with her performance and look forward to further discussions with her. Thank you very much for your support.