Training & coaching for demanding work
I teach the craft of top management consultancies - and develop and hone it further.
Not only consultants, high-performing teams in corporations and startups too benefit from this methodology, as it addresses the challenges of the day and delivers a quick Return on Training (RoT)
...in projects with unclear or changing goals, or when AI and people need to put collaborate in order to implement sustainable solutions
01 / What would you like to level up first?
Structure business problems, test assumptions, and prepare sound decisions.
Business analysis · Hypotheses · Strategy · Scenarios
Clarify goals, priorities, and responsibilities, even under pressure.
Project management · Stakeholders · Agile working
Make your expertise understood, build trust, and negotiate well.
Storytelling · Presentations · Negotiation · Trust-based selling
Set clear expectations, support development, and handle difficult conversations.
Leadership · Feedback · Delegation · Collaboration
02 / Sample Programs
Hypothesis-driven project management & business analysis
My approach combines established consulting methods with agile learning cycles and generative AI. Skills are practiced through case studies and your own work.
Hypothesis-driven work then needs short learning cycles and a project plan that responds to new evidence.
The crucial skill becomes testing that answer and sharpening our own judgment. That is what we practice.
That is why scoping, stakeholder interests, and influence are built into my analytical approach.
Problem definition, analysis, and project management connect to the final recommendation. Each method has a clear purpose in the overall process.
Hypotheses are provisional answers. We deliberately seek evidence that supports or challenges them and adjust our next steps accordingly.
Generative AI can support ideation, research, and structuring. We practice questioning its outputs, checking sources, and taking responsibility for our conclusions.
For project scoping and stakeholder conversations, I draw on selected, practice-tested methods, including Gerald Hüsch’s LEAD21 system, Deborah Rowland’s change management philosophy, and Chris Voss’s FBI influence techniques.
Diagram sketch · An example
Existing customers are buying less.
Examine sales volume by customer group.
A central working view connects all six steps: What have we learned? What do we believe now? What might change our minds? It guides which question, analysis, or conversation should come next.
Who needs to make which decision?
↔ In the compass: context and open assumptions.
What exactly do we need to answer?
↔ In the compass: the question we are working toward together.
Which subquestions matter?
↔ In the compass: the gaps in our understanding that matter.
What do we believe, and why?
↔ In the compass: our provisional answer and what could disprove it.
What might change our minds?
↔ In the compass: new evidence and an updated judgment.
What do we recommend on this basis?
↔ In the compass: the recommendation, its rationale, and remaining uncertainty.
New insights may take us back to earlier steps.
How trust develops and responsibility can grow
Telling a manager not to micromanage leaves the crucial question unanswered: what should their trust rest on? Trust needs time to develop. It grows through experience, clear expectations, and conversations about what is not working yet.
It gets interesting when we neither assume trust nor postpone it until everything is perfect: how much autonomy makes sense today, and what would make more possible tomorrow?
“You cannot do this” becomes “You cannot do this yet.” Drawing on Manfred Prior’s MiniMax interventions, we ask what is still missing and what next step is achievable, while keeping high standards.
People need to be able to raise uncertainty, mistakes, and disagreement for a team to learn. Google’s Project Aristotle highlights psychological safety as an important factor in effective teams. Reliability and clear expectations also matter in my approach.
Hierarchy creates different responsibilities: leaders need a broader view and cannot go as deeply into every detail. Those contributing to their decisions cover a narrower area and are expected to examine more deeply. At the same time, each person has their own compass for how much depth a decision requires and how much uncertainty is acceptable. Reflecting on this tension helps us to build trust in both roles: as a leader and as a contributing team member.
We practice with real delegation and feedback situations. The goal is a high-performing team culture in which responsibility, willingness to learn, and trust grow together.
Discuss a program for your teamMcKinsey meets Spielberg · with Heino Trusheim & Artus Rosenbusch
A well-structured argument is a strong starting point. It gets interesting when a story carries it, the language lands, and the speaker connects with the audience. Heino and I teach precisely this combination together.
Consulting methods and the Pyramid Principle: find the core message and support it so the audience can follow the argument.
Heino Trusheim brings his experience as a stand-up comedian and public-speaking coach: storytelling, presence, and a feel for what connects with an audience.
The focus is on bringing it together: a clear message, a story that supports it, and a delivery that makes people listen. For presentations and pitches where the stakes are real.
Discuss a program for your team03 / Putting learning into practice
training days. As a participant.
A privilege of my consulting career that I am grateful for. But also an experience that has shaped how I design learning.
The challenge with most trainings
1/3Three days of training. A hundred new ideas
I’m going to try this!
2/3Back to everyday work. 140 unread messages
First, all those emails...
3/3The familiar routine.
What was I going to change?
That is why my programs connect learning, practice, and individual coaching over several weeks or months.
Define real challenges and learning goals.
Practice together in a workshop and receive feedback.
Work on real tasks, supported by videos, readings, and exercises.
Reflect in individual coaching and establish new routines.
Depending on your goal: from a focused workshop to a supported development program.
Short inputs, shared sessions, and time to try things out.
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↻ Reconnect 2 months later: what has become a habit? Where would another input help?
Illustrative schedule. Length and rhythm depend on the topic and your team. Learning nuggets can be accessed flexibly.
04 / My standards
Credible sources. A clear distinction between research, experience, and my own developments.
Methods that have served me and the people who I was honoured to lead - including a clear view of their possibilities and limits.
We work on what should improve in your actual projects and conversations.
Make complex ideas understandable through good examples, curiosity, and humor.
Artus sees game-changing moves for hard challenges and can break them down to first principles.
The great thing about Artus is that he really knows, deeply, what he is talking about.
Working with Artus as a trainer/coach, you're in for a treat. Broad knowledge always sharpened to the point.
I value the versatility of inputs Artus gives and his tangible advice on how to improve.
Very few people can think as quickly and still listen as patiently as Artus.
He is one of the smartest people I have met – with exceptionally high professional and ethical standards. […] He meets people as equals, speaks their language, and understands their perspective.
I have known Artus for almost a decade through his consulting work. He is one of the smartest people I have met – with exceptionally high professional and ethical standards.
He knows how to make complexity accessible so that solutions emerge that few would previously have thought possible. His particular strength: you can send him from the boardroom into the organization, and he is at home at every level. He meets people as equals, speaks their language, and understands their perspective.
At the same time, he has a clear sense of what needs to change and what should be preserved. This combination of intellectual clarity, integrity, and human understanding makes him an exceptional consultant in my eyes.
05 / The person behind aphr
Dr. Artus Ph. Rosenbusch
Frankfurt is home. Outside work, family, music, and dancing are part of my life.
I am a mathematician with a PhD in cooperative game theory. A management consultant with experience from booz&co and RWE/innogy Consulting, where I led the MENA consulting business, headed the LRN LAB, and served as sponsor of marketing.
Since 2021, my focus has been on training and coaching. I teach what has proved useful in demanding projects and develop it further for the challenges of today and tomorrow.
Practical knowledge taught—on campus, too. I have been teaching at several leading German universities. And even when topics are incredibly abstract - maybe especially then - I always show the bridge for practical application.
I discovered the joy of sharing knowledge as a university tutor; later, it became an increasingly important part of my work as a project leader and manager. Losing my sister in 2020 and the birth of my son in 2021 prompted reflection and a new direction. I love growth—in myself and around me. Growth and vitality are what make the impermanence of life bearable for me and let the sun rise anew each day. Seeing people grow—my clients and my own child... Training and coaching give me room for both.
06 / Ways to work together
For organizations
Topics and learning formats tailored for your team. Practice together and apply what you learn to real work.
Discuss your needsFor specific challenges
An important presentation, a difficult conversation, a new responsibility. We work on your next step.
Discuss your challengeSometimes the need is clear: pyramidal storytelling, HDA, or negotiation. That is where we start. If the challenge is less clear, two questions can help:
Championship skills: capabilities your success already rests on — with potential for even greater impact.
Bottleneck skills: a specific limitation that keeps your strengths from translating into results.
Not every weakness needs training. What matters is what makes a difference to your goals.
Open-enrollment programs · In collaboration
Together with Dr. Markus Gyger, I develop and deliver open-enrollment programs under his Führungsperspektive brand, for people with analytical, technical, or scientific backgrounds who want to lead effectively.
Ask about Führungsperspektive07 / Let’s start a conversation
A first conversation about your challenge. No sales pitch.
We unpack your question and look for a useful next step. If you would then like to discuss working together, we arrange a separate conversation.
About 25 minutes · No obligation · German or English
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