Friedhelm Koehler

Friedhelm Köhler (* 1957 in Landau in the Palatinate ) is a German psychologist , manager , management consultant and board member .

Live and act

In 1976 Köhler passed the Abitur at the Max Slevogt Gymnasium in his hometown. He completed his studies in psychology at the University of Mannheim with a focus on clinical psychology , which he graduated in 1984. He then worked at the Mannheim University as a research assistant at the psychophysiological laboratory headed by Hans-Ulrich Wittchen and at the Central Institute for Mental Health . One of Koehler's main research areas was the psychological coping with hysterectomy , which he published in the journal Praxis der Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik published by Peter Hahn .

After switching from psychotherapy to industry, Friedhelm Köhler was group leader for “Leadership and Change Management ” at BASF from 1995 to 2000 . Köhler was one of the first in Germany to propagate the superior appraisal method in order to improve management relationships and communication between superiors and employees. This was initially controversial because the method limited the power privileges of executives. On the basis of his empirical studies, Köhler introduced eleven dimensions according to which the leadership competence of superiors should be assessed: Openness - information / transparency - promotion of innovative behavior. "

In 2000, Köhler moved from BASF to Schörghuber Stiftung & Co. Holding KG , where he was part of the company's management. He was the head of human resources and managing director of the group. In 2008, like many other top managers, he left the group of companies led by Stefan Schörghuber . Since then, Friedhelm Köhler has been managing director of the “Institute for Management Consulting” in Heidelberg , which advises companies such as ARAG SE , Ericsson , Knorr-Bremse and Rütgers Chemicals and trains managers.

Other activities

As an author, Friedhelm Köhler presented his own contributions to his research in the areas of psychosomatics and organizational development in books and articles . In addition, was involved in the publication of edited volumes.

Friedhelm Köhler volunteers in cultural projects. He is the board member of the non-profit Lama and Li Gotami Govinda Foundation based in Munich , which organizes international publications and exhibitions and manages the artistic and literary legacy of Anagarika Govinda and Li Gotami Govinda . In 2001 Friedhelm Köhler was one of the three founders of the non-profit Luxembourg publisher Kairos Edition , which has since published works by Richard Anders , Takamaro Shigaraki and Joanne K. Rowling , among others .

Publications (selection)

• Freedom. Awareness. Responsibility. Festschrift for Volker Zotz for his 60th birthday. (Ed. With Friederike Migneco and Benedikt Maria Trappen ). Munich: Edition Habermann 2016, ISBN 978-3960250098
• "Experiences with the questionnaire on management feedback at BASF AG." In: Mannheimer Contributions to Economic and Organizational Psychology 03/1998, p. 50 ff (with Matthias Kopke)
• "Preparation and information phase in the company". In: Karsten Hofmann, Friedhelm Köhler, Viktoria Steinhoff (eds.): Supervisor assessment in practice . Weinheim: Beltz Psychologie Verlags Union 1995, p. 57ff
• “The conception and implementation of a leadership qualification program for development candidates.” (With Helmut Kolmerer and Sandra Kuhn). In: Discovering and promoting qualification potential: Examples of innovative personnel development from German companies . Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co KG 1997 ( ISBN 9783503040896 ), p. 220ff
• Appraisal of superiors in practice: concepts, analyzes, experiences . Weinheim: Beltz Psychologie Verlags Union 1995 (Ed. With Karsten Hoffmann and Viktoria Steinhoff), ISBN 978-3-621-27281-0
• "Behavioral therapeutic strategies for acute and chronic pain - basics, principles and fields of application." In: Iver Hand (ed.): Behavioral therapy in medicine . Berlin: Springer-Verlag 1989, p. 121 ff (with Hans-Ulrich Wittchen and Silvia Schaller)
• "The long-term management of uterine surgery." In: Practice of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 32.1987, p. 266ff
• The Psychological Institute . Hann [Oversch] Münden: Gauke Verlag 1982, ISBN 978-3-87998-047-5
• Foundations of ed anthropology and psychology . Hann [oversch] Münden: Gauke Verlag 1982, ISBN 978-3-87998-042-0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual report 1976 of the Max Slevogt Gymnasium Landau in der Pfalz 1977, p. 42
2. ↑ Friedhelm Köhler: Psychological and social factors in women after a hysterectomy . University of Mannheim 1984 (500 CL 9997-652)
3. ↑ Friedhelm Köhler: "The long-term coping with a uterine operation." In: Praxis der Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik. 32.1987, pp. 266-273.
4. ↑ Friedhelm Köhler: "Superiors assessment in the BASF AG." In: Karsten Hofmann, Friedhelm Koehler, Viktoria Steinhoff (Ed.): Superiors assessment in practice . Weinheim (1995), pp. 177-180.
5. ↑ Cf. Oswald Neuberger : The 360 ​​° Feedback: Everyone ask? See everything? Say anything? Munich and Mehring: Rainer Hampp Verlag 2000, ISBN 9783879884407 , p. 37
6. ↑ Hitting and stabbing. Manager departures from Paulaner owner Schörghuber . In: Wirtschaftswoche from June 19, 2008
7. ↑ Institute for Management Consulting: Clients ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ Lama and Li Gotami Govinda Foundation: New Board of Directors: Friedhelm Köhler. August 2016
9. ↑ Mėmorial. Journal Officiel du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, C - N ° 606, 18 avril 2002, p. 29053