Benedikt Oehmen

which was of course a big change for me i i took it as an opportunity to say okay good this part of my career is done let's transition to somewhere else in the company and i went from a publishing to a production environment and localization so the translation of our games and started there as a manager helping the team over there the german and italian team in particular

which was of course a big change for me i i took it as an opportunity to say okay good this part of my career is done let's transition to somewhere else in the company and i went from a publishing to a production environment and localization so the translation of our games and started there as a manager helping the team over there the german and italian team in particular

to transition through what we were going through because now they also lost about half to a third of their co-workers and now they needed to do more with less resources so there was a lot of change management to be done somewhere where I thought great I can make a positive difference here for the people to actually remove roadblocks make their lives easier so they can get

to transition through what we were going through because now they also lost about half to a third of their co-workers and now they needed to do more with less resources so there was a lot of change management to be done somewhere where I thought great I can make a positive difference here for the people to actually remove roadblocks make their lives easier so they can get

the staff that do best, they can get that done with as little interruption as possible. And that actually worked quite well. But then in 2020, the second shoe dropped and they announced, hey, we are going to close the Versailles office completely. It was super tough and everybody that remained in the hopes of being able to keep on with Blizzard, then those hopes shattered.

the staff that do best, they can get that done with as little interruption as possible. And that actually worked quite well. But then in 2020, the second shoe dropped and they announced, hey, we are going to close the Versailles office completely. It was super tough and everybody that remained in the hopes of being able to keep on with Blizzard, then those hopes shattered.

Now everybody was faced with, okay, what am I going to do now? And in that environment, I sat down with my team and said, okay, it is what it is. We all have to go through these five stages of grief again that we just passed through the year before with many of our friends leaving. but we'll come out of it on the other side.

Now everybody was faced with, okay, what am I going to do now? And in that environment, I sat down with my team and said, okay, it is what it is. We all have to go through these five stages of grief again that we just passed through the year before with many of our friends leaving. but we'll come out of it on the other side.

And once you're in a good space to think about it, I want to have a discussion with each and every one of you, what you want to do moving forward after Blizzard and what we can do right now to get you started on that journey towards a prosperous future where you feel fulfilled and happy and have a good job even after Blizzard. And that, in a nutshell, were my 17 years at Blizzard.

And once you're in a good space to think about it, I want to have a discussion with each and every one of you, what you want to do moving forward after Blizzard and what we can do right now to get you started on that journey towards a prosperous future where you feel fulfilled and happy and have a good job even after Blizzard. And that, in a nutshell, were my 17 years at Blizzard.

Yeah, so that was definitely towards the end of my time at Blizzard when I was exploring more and more coaching techniques and more and more workshops with my team to really empower them to take charge of their own destiny and do so with hopefully a more positive outlook on their own abilities and their own future. And It's really starting to make a difference for them, but also for me.

Yeah, so that was definitely towards the end of my time at Blizzard when I was exploring more and more coaching techniques and more and more workshops with my team to really empower them to take charge of their own destiny and do so with hopefully a more positive outlook on their own abilities and their own future. And It's really starting to make a difference for them, but also for me.

In that moment, I realized, wow, like coaching, I really resonate with that. Not telling people what to do, but listening to them where they are right now, where they want or need to be in the future. And then together...

In that moment, I realized, wow, like coaching, I really resonate with that. Not telling people what to do, but listening to them where they are right now, where they want or need to be in the future. And then together...

explore that possibility space of what they can start doing right now with a long-term view but very small and iterative steps right now to get to where they need to be and that's when I discovered for me and said hey After the time at Blizzard, I'll have some time and I have some resources. I'll get certified in coaching.

explore that possibility space of what they can start doing right now with a long-term view but very small and iterative steps right now to get to where they need to be and that's when I discovered for me and said hey After the time at Blizzard, I'll have some time and I have some resources. I'll get certified in coaching.

I want to know more about that and I want to be able to do it professionally. And during the following year, I did then exactly that. And that's what convinced me doing that course with other coaches. Wow, yes, this is really what I want to do moving forward because I'm not bound to a corporate overlord who says, tells me what to do and where my priorities are.

I want to know more about that and I want to be able to do it professionally. And during the following year, I did then exactly that. And that's what convinced me doing that course with other coaches. Wow, yes, this is really what I want to do moving forward because I'm not bound to a corporate overlord who says, tells me what to do and where my priorities are.

And all my efforts basically go towards making rich people even richer in a sense. And now I have the freedom to work with people that share the same values, that are geeks like me, which to me just means they embrace what they love without reservation and they're not afraid of showing it.

And all my efforts basically go towards making rich people even richer in a sense. And now I have the freedom to work with people that share the same values, that are geeks like me, which to me just means they embrace what they love without reservation and they're not afraid of showing it.