Speaker

Franziska Höhne

Create connection where distance divides.

Franziska Höhne is a speaker on communication in global and distributed teams. Her starting point: when there is no shared room, a single sentence carries the weight that glances, atmosphere, and body language used to carry. That is exactly where teams lose momentum, and exactly where she steps in. An industrial engineer, PMP, and change manager with a background in psychology, she has led international transformation projects for almost 20 years. As VP Marketing of the PMI Germany Chapter and a member of the German Speakers Association (GSA), she combines project management practice with the craft of the stage. She speaks in German and English. Her talks are grounded in expertise and entertaining enough that no one sneaks a peek at their inbox. Book Franziska Höhne for keynotes and masterclasses that leave your audience not just inspired, but knowing exactly what to do differently on Monday morning.

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Vita

Franziska Höhne: Expert in Change, Leadership & Communication

Anyone booking Franziska Höhne for a keynote, leadership event or business conference gains an expert who understands change not from theory, but from hands-on experience in international transformation projects under highly complex conditions. As an industrial engineer, change manager and coach, she combines strategic thinking with practical implementation and shows companies how communication becomes a decisive success factor in transformation processes. Her expertise covers change management, leadership and transformation, as well as intercultural communication and modern leadership.

Successfully Driving and Communicating Transformation

Today, Franziska Höhne develops and delivers keynotes, trainings and business impulses through ProQuadrat for leaders and organizations that want to not only manage change, but communicate it effectively. Her focus is on helping leaders build trust, create clarity and successfully lead teams across cultural and virtual boundaries. As Vice President Marketing of the PMI Germany Chapter and a member of the German Speakers Association (GSA), she also brings valuable perspectives from project management, leadership and business development.

International Experience Meets Real-World Expertise

Franziska Höhne has worked as a Senior Project Manager for companies including Federal-Mogul and STAHLWILLE. During her time in International Internal Audit at ALDI, she supported a multi-year digital transformation initiative and led a team of 70 employees across three continents. These experiences have shown her one thing repeatedly: successful transformation rarely fails because of strategy – but often because of communication, understanding and leadership.

Why Franziska Höhne Is the Right Choice

• Practical expertise from international transformation projects
• Strong background in change management and leadership
• Valuable insights into modern leadership and communication
• International and intercultural expertise
• Fluent business communication in German, English and French
• Combination of analytical precision and human understanding
• Actionable impulses for leaders and teams

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Topics

Transformation Decision-making Change New Work Impact

Talks

Nobody Resists Change. Everybody Resists Bad Communication.

Why the status quo is worth more than any project plan assumes, and how to take that seriously
Personas, not one-size-fits-all: who needs which message in the "valley of despair"
The don'ts almost everyone commits, "let's just wing it" included

The Hidden Operating System of Global Teams

Why the same word means three different things in three countries, and what that costs your project
Speak to people, not roles: how to keep expertise from being treated as a database query
Asynchronous is an architecture: which agreements make meetings unnecessary

The Sentence That Replaced the Room – Why Distributed Teams Lose Momentum and How to Win It Back

The hidden leaks: what the room, silence, and body language used to handle, and who has to take over now
Why silence on a call can mean agreement, doubt, or a Wi-Fi outage, and how to find out which
Language, equality, structure: three levers that restore execution speed

Masterclass

From Words to Action – Three Tools to Win Back Momentum in Teams

The 10-Second Intent Check: Understand, Feel, Decide, before you hit send
The Meta-Communication Rhythm: once a month, talk about the how instead of endlessly about the what
The 2-Week Commitment: everyone leaves with one concrete agreement for their team

References & Press

Company references excerpt:
ALDI Süd, adidas, RUB, FH Dortmund, PMI, GPM, DIIR, BOUSIAS

Feedback translated from German:

André Bosse, conference participant:

"Franziska has a gift for making topics easy to understand and highly practical. Her relaxed style and entertaining ideas – no one else walks on stage with a hammer ;-) – turn her talks into a real experience. And working together with her is always respectful and on equal footing."

Christina Ulbrich, conference participant:

"I had the chance to listen to one of Franziska's talks as part of the PM Summit 2024. While she was still on stage, I already knew I wanted to work with her personally to pick up a few more 'communication hacks.' True to her motto #fromwordstoactions we quickly got in touch and started working together right away. With her unique blend of empathy, humor, and professionalism, Franziska quickly sharpened my awareness of the relevant points and gave me practical tips for everyday work life.

In short, a wonderful, smart, and open person I'd gladly work with again anytime."