Coaching for leadership tandems
Lead as a pair without friction
You carry a leadership role together – as a dual leadership, founder duo or new tandem. I coach you as a unit: clarify roles, settle decisions, resolve conflict before it escalates.
Key takeaways
- The tandem is coached as a unit – not each person separately.
- Most duo conflicts are, in truth, unresolved structural questions.
- The greatest leverage is at the start, before patterns harden.
- Even a stuck tandem can be made workable again.
Why the tandem as a unit
Coaching two people separately often reinforces exactly the split that is the problem. In tandem coaching you are both in the room. You work on what happens between you – on roles, decisions and how you handle disagreement. That’s the decisive difference from individual coaching.
Aus meiner Praxis
I have experienced myself how quickly “we complement each other perfectly” turns into a silent side-by-side once the pressure rises. Not because the chemistry was missing – but because we had never agreed how to decide when we disagreed.
Which coaching fits when
Tandem start
You’re just beginning and want to set it up cleanly.
Conflict coaching
It’s already grinding – you want to be workable again.
Dual leadership
Management or board, shared at the top.
Founder duo
You want to professionalise before gut feeling turns into conflict.
How a coaching runs
- Intro call. We clarify your situation and whether you both want the coaching.
- Status check. Where do you stand as a tandem – roles, decisions, trust?
- Work on the tipping points. We tackle exactly the spots that snag.
- Agreement. You leave with written rules that work in daily life.
Programmes
There are lean formats over three months and more intensive programmes over six to twelve months. Which fits depends on whether you want to start cleanly, resolve a conflict or strengthen a collaboration long-term. We clarify that in the intro call.
Come to the intro call as a duo
Ideally you come as a pair. A short, free conversation shows whether and how coaching moves you forward.
Amrit Rescheneder
Amrit Rescheneder helps organisations and leadership tandems build shared leadership that works. She led in a job-sharing model herself for years – after 15 years of leadership responsibility in banking. She knows shared leadership from practice, not from textbooks.
Frequently asked questions
What if only one of us wants this?
Then that’s the first honest finding. Often a short conversation beforehand pays off before you start.
Is this therapy?
No. We work on your collaboration, not your biography. Personal matters only as far as they affect the leadership.
Can we come with an acute conflict?
Yes, that’s what conflict coaching is for. Even stuck tandems become workable again.
Online or on site?
Both possible. A lot works well online; for intensive clarification an on-site session is a good fit.
Updated: 25 July 2026