best-patterns.com

What It Is

Best Patterns positions itself as a “potential developer,” with a core focus on leadership development, improving team collaboration, and personal coaching. The site has a very clear theme: helping leaders become more empowered and happier—and teams become happier and higher-performing—through appreciation, equal relationships, and high-quality communication. It is less like a traditional online course platform and more like a Germany-based corporate training and management coaching service.

Core Services

The main content lists three primary services. The first is leadership training, emphasizing that leadership is a “people business”: it teaches effective methods while also focusing on developing the leader’s inner attitude. The second is team workshops, aimed at teams struggling with stalled communication, dissatisfaction, friction, conflict, and “unspoken” issues; these are facilitated by Matthias to build trust and genuine connection. The third is personal coaching, covering leadership topics, career development, conflict handling, and more, offering high-performance coaching in a protected space. Notably, 1:1 coaching is currently available online only, while leadership training can be delivered either in person or remotely.

Pricing and Delivery

The site only explicitly mentions that the “Leadership Upskill Weekly” newsletter is free to subscribe to, with one-click unsubscribe available at any time. Prices, session lengths, packages, and payment methods are not publicly listed for formal training, team workshops, or personal coaching; users need to book an appointment or make contact by email. For buyers, this means there is likely considerable room for customization, but comparing costs upfront will be more difficult.

Pros and Cons

A key strength is the clearly stated instructor experience: Matthias Herzberg says he has trained more than 10,000 leaders across Germany over 18 years and facilitated hundreds of team workshops. The site also includes access points for client feedback from organizations such as Autostadt and Inform GmbH. The services are highly aligned with real corporate management pain points, especially team relationships, communication, and the inner development of leadership.

The downside is limited information transparency: there is no detailed syllabus, pricing, certificate or accreditation information, nor any visible structured course pathway. The site is in German, which creates a higher barrier for Chinese users in terms of both understanding and communication. Videos and reviews rely on third-party services such as Vimeo, ProvenExpert, and KlickTipp, and some content requires cookie consent.

Who It’s For and Access from China

It is best suited to companies operating in German-speaking environments, HR and talent development leaders, managers, and organizations that need team workshops. If a Chinese team is considering purchasing the service, it should confirm the teaching language, time zone, online tools, quotation, and whether the program can be adapted for cross-cultural teams. The main content does not provide enough information to determine direct accessibility from mainland China, so it should be treated as “unknown”; buyers should test access to the website, videos, and forms before purchasing.