Born in Berlin, she studied theology and then did a traineeship in a public relations agency. She placed her focus on internal communication early on and began her first training sessions in this context. Donata Gries completed additional training in hypnotherapy, systemic counselling and theatre pedagogy. She is also a yoga teacher and yoga therapist (BDY); She completed some of her training in India.
She received her in-depth trainer training at Ver.di, among others. She accompanied schools in Hamburg and Lower Saxony for over 10 years, among other things, with the introduction of independent schools, cooperated with a management consultancy in advising hospitals and worked for an international consulting firm in Southeast Asia and later also in Europe.
Six years ago she founded her own company, Mensch Management, with a focus on “health prevention in the digital world”. Consequently, there is a strong focus on psychological stability, healthy organizations and healthy teams. From this perspective, she also accompanies transformation processes and trains managers and employees.