CD – Feedback – Ausblick Therapie GmbH

A. Job & Financial Security (Losing my livelihood)

This category addresses the most fundamental concerns about employment and personal finances.

Fear of losing my job (being laid off, the position no longer existing, or the company collapsing).

Fear that the new pay structure will result in lower salaries, making it impossible to maintain my current lifestyle.

Fear that my position or the company itself will not be financially stable under the new model.

B. Professional Relevance & Competency (Am I still qualified?)

This category combines fears about professional identity, expertise transfer, and the need for new skills in the German context.

Fear that my current expertise and qualifications will be devalued or not transfer to the German market/non-ABA environment.

Fear of not being able to obtain the new credentials or language skills (e.g., German proficiency) required for the role.

Fear of being replaced by others who are perceived as more qualified in the new system.

Fear of looking incompetent or not being adaptable enough during the change period (Meta-Fears).

C. Role & Authority Loss (Will my job shrink?)

This focuses specifically on the nature of the role changing, separate from losing the job entirely.

Fear that my role will shrink, become purely administrative, or lose significant authority/influencewithin the organization.

Fear of losing direct supervision of staff or the ability to lead programs.

Fear of being reassigned to work I don’t want (e.g., coaching, German-only, etc.).

D. Leadership & Transition Management (Is this going to fail?)

This category covers fears about the execution of the transition, the competence of leadership, and wasted effort.

Fear that the leadership lacks a clear plan and is overwhelmed, leading to a messy, unpredictable, and chaotic transition.

Fear of investing significant time and energy into a transition that ultimately fails (Wasting Time).

Fear of major decisions being made without my input or knowledge, and being "the last to know."

Fear that leadership might sell the company, leaving me unclear about the future.

E. Leading Staff & Emotional Burden (Holding it all together)

This groups the fears related to the responsibility of managing the team through the uncertainty.

Fear of being unable to manage staff anxiety and that valuable team members will quit as a result.

Fear of being responsible for "holding secrets" or doing significant emotional labor for the team without proper support or resources.

Fear that I will fail my team during a change that I don't fully understand myself.

F. Cultural & Personal Adaptation (The Unknown)

This focuses on the broader impact of the cultural shift and personal capacity to cope with fundamental change.

Fear of the massive cultural shift from an American-based model to German healthcare culture.

Fear of ambiguity, not knowing the destination, or the speed of change being too fast.

Fear that the current culture, team, and mission (helping kids) will be diluted or lost entirely.

Fear that the transition stress will negatively impact my personal life.

G. Field-Wide Model Risk (Beyond Our Company)

This category addresses the anxieties stemming from external, systemic factors that threaten the existence of the ABA model as they know it, regardless of your company's actions.

Fear that the ABA intervention model itself will be defunded or marginalized by the US based funding institutions

Fear that the field's philosophical/ethical controversies (e.g., concerns from the Autistic community/Neurodiversity movement) will cause the German intended audience to avoid our model.

Fear that any new funding model (e.g., such as online coaching) will be designed to drastically reduce the total volume/intensity of services thus leading to reduction of staff in the future and mass lay offs.