Overview

• Founded in 1989 and headquartered at 4 Renngasse, Vienna, Austria, Norman & Partner Karriere Beratung & Coaching operates as a solo practice led by Dr. Alexander Norman, a Wirtschaftsjurist (business lawyer) with expertise in labor law and HR management.
• Specializes in providing career counseling and coaching to businesses and employees across diverse industries and organizational hierarchies, with a focus on legal and structural conflict resolution in workplace transitions.
• Dr. Norman holds Train the Trainer and coaching certifications and is an active member of the HR-Expertgroup für Trennung & Veränderung, emphasizing his authority in separation and organizational change management.
• Conducts seminars and lectures on Work-Life-Balance, Motivation, Personalentwicklung (personnel development), Bewerbung (application processes), Führung (leadership), and Kommunikation, tailored to corporate and individual clients.
• Operates under the #NEWPLACEMENT and #OUTPLACEMENT frameworks, assisting clients in navigating career changes within or outside their current organizations to avoid disputes and enhance mutual solutions.

Specializations

• Outplacement and Newplacement services for managing employee transitions, including conflict resolution and career redirection during separations or internal role changes.
• HR management with a focus on Arbeitsrecht (labor law), Personalentwicklung (personnel development), and Innovationsmanagement (innovation management), validated by Dr. Norman’s membership in the Initiative Unternehmenskultur.
• Executive-level training and coaching in leadership and communication, supported by Dr. Norman’s involvement in Föhrenberg working groups on Arbeit und Bildung (work and education).
• Unternehmensgründungs-Coaching (business founding coaching) for entrepreneurs, leveraging Dr. Norman’s background in Vertragswesen (contract law) and Projektmanagement (project management).

Services & Approach

• Karriereberatung (career counseling) and Karriere-Coaching for individuals and companies, including Potentialanalyse (potential analysis) to identify career pathways and resolve workplace conflicts.
• Externer Berater auf Zeit (external interim consultant) services for businesses requiring temporary HR or legal expertise in areas like Liegenschaftsverkehr (property transactions) or Behördenverfahren (administrative procedures).
• Seminars on Bewerbung (job application strategies), Führung (leadership), and Work-Life-Balance, delivered through customized corporate training programs.
• Trennung & Veränderung (separation and change management) consulting, including legal and organizational guidance for Jobrotation, Kündigung (termination), and Mobbing cases.