Education
After his university entrance-diploma (Abitur), he studied psychology, philosophy and sociology at the University of Mainz and finished his studies with a German M. A. in psychology.
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Career
He is considered to be one of the pioneers in German business coaching and has shaped research, practice, training and association work in this field to a great extent. As of 1974, Böning worked as clinical psychologist / psychotherapist in his own practice, while at the same time working as a research assistant for the University of Mainz. He started his career as Management Trainer in 1979, when he worked for two Management Consultancies in Munich.
Since 1985, he has been acting as Management Consultant and Coach, by now solely on top executive level
In parallel, Böning served as Human Resources Executive from 1992 to 1995 at Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte (B/South/H) in Munich. V. (DBVC) along with Christopher Rauen.
From 2004 to 2006, he was Chairman of the DBVC. Böning’s scientific work deals with personality characteristics of executives in Germany (top, senior and middle managements) and the performance measurement of coaching. Böning was assistant lecturer at the University of Osnabrück, and the University of Freiburg.
Furthermore, he acted as visiting lecturer in topics such as Coaching and leadership at the Bielefeld University, at the Mannheim Business School (Mutual Broadcasting System) and at European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires). He has also initiated and organized the Ekeberger Coaching Tage in collaboration with Siegfried Greif and Brigitte Fritschle.
The Ekeberger Coaching Tage is an annual symposium, treating current topics in the field of Coaching. Its aim is to foster the exchange of academics and practitioners and thus further professionalize the coaching industry. Together with Brigitte Fritschle, Frank and Heidrun Strikker and Christine Kaul, he launched the Coaching Globe, an Internet-based platform for practicing experts, academics, publicists and interested non-professionals.
Böning is author of textbooks and articles in the field of coaching, Change Management, Leadership and Post-Merger-Integration.
Böning is married and has two children. He lives in Frankfurt am Main, as well as in Ekeberg/ Schleswig.
