About me

Dr. Janosch Leugner

Dr. phil. (HU Berlin) · Systemic Coach · certified AVGS coach · Agile Coach

Coaching has been part of my life since 2007 — and for me it is not a service, it is a passion. For thirteen years I worked as a parkour head coach, accompanying people in their development: from professionals to young people in difficult circumstances. As a sociolinguist at Humboldt University of Berlin I researched how language constructs reality — how beliefs form and communication patterns operate — while leading research projects with teams of up to six, including field research in Namibia. Today I work as an Agile Master in the IT industry: I lead intercultural teams across Spain, Germany, Vietnam and the UK, mediate conflicts, train hiring processes from the other side of the table, and develop people as well as organisations. The very world many of my clients are heading into is my everyday work. As a systemic coach — funded through the AVGS of the German Federal Employment Agency — I accompany PhDs transitioning into industry, people reorienting after burnout, and professionals with international biographies. My credo: a coach creates an environment in which the impossible becomes possible and the unexplored becomes visible. Four guiding questions frame every process:

Who am I?
What can I do?
What do I want?
How do I get there?

Ph.D. Sociocultural Linguistics & Social Psychology — Humboldt University of Berlin
M.A. Intercultural Communication — European University Viadrina
B.A. African Studies — Leipzig University
Systemic Coach · certified AVGS coach · Agile Coach (BTA) · Scrum Master & Product Owner (EXIN) · Project Manager (IPMA)
Coaching in German, English, French and Spanish

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Parkour — How a Philosophy Shaped My Life

What is Parkour?

Parkour is a movement discipline that goes far beyond jumping and climbing. It is about overcoming obstacles — in the environment and in your own mind — with strength, control and creativity. Not competing against others, but in dialogue with yourself. Parkour trains presence, risk awareness and an unconditional will to grow.

Strong. Meaningful. Sustainable.

For many years I was part of ParkourONE — one of the leading parkour communities and training organisations in Germany and Switzerland. ParkourONE stands for a principle that stays with me to this day: strong — meaningful — sustainable. Their TRUST programme trains coaches who do not just teach movement, but accompany people. This attitude — quality over spectacle, community over ego, growth as a lifelong process — has fundamentally shaped my understanding of accompaniment, trust and development. Much of it lives on in my work as a coach today.