ILD develop individual leaders - Those who know themselves can lead others better.

We develop leadership systems—not just leaders.
The Institute for Leadership Dynamics (ILD) supports companies across various stages of development and transformation—such as start-up, growth, restructuring, and succession—in shaping leadership in a way that ensures strategy, collaboration, and transformation deliver lasting impact.
Through scientifically grounded diagnostics, systemic consulting, and practical implementation, we develop leadership systems that enhance a company’s performance over the long term. Effective leadership does not happen by chance.



Leadership Architecture – Strategically aligning leadership systems

  • Leadership due diligence
  • Leadership Diagnostics
  • Leadership & Conflict Culture
  • Leadership Structure & Framework
  • Leadership Guidelines & Governance

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Leadership Operating System – Effectively embedding leadership in everyday practice

  • Leadership Compass®
  • Scale-up Leadership
  • Transformational Leadership
  • Leadership Development
  • Executive & Team Coaching
  • Conflict Coaching
  • CoachingBySide

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Leadership Performance – Making leadership quality measurable

  • Profiling for leaders and teams
  • Development centers
  • Leadership analytics
  • Leadership reviews
  • Leadership dashboards

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Benefit from the experience of:




The Conflict Chapter® – Mastering Conflict

  • Evidence-based assessment of individual and team conflict profiles
  • Developing conflict competence (mindset, emotion, and behavior)
  • Conflict coaching and conflict resolution (professional conflict support)
  • Certified qualification as a Conflict Coach (CDP Practitioner)

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tracks4me® – Best Placement

  • Coaching for individual repositioning (internal or external)
  • Bringing strengths, potential and organizational needs together in a targeted manner
  • Transformations: In-house programs to reposition people and groups

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Chapter – Search for Succession®

  • Assess personality, motives, mindsets, and competencies
  • Systematically identify and compare internal and external leadership talent
  • Make appointment decisions objective and fill key positions with the right fit
  • Systematically secure succession and the strategic leadership pipeline

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Changing Perspectives®

Shift leadership. Broaden perspectives. Redefine impact.

What happens when executives step out of their familiar leadership roles for a limited time to take on responsibility at another company?

Through Changing Perspectives®, ILD organizes a cross-company, temporary exchange of leadership roles. Executives experience leadership, collaboration, and corporate culture from a completely new perspective—not as observers, but by directly immersing themselves in a different leadership reality.

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Who we work for.

  • Large enterprises
  • SMEs and family-owned businesses
  • Start-ups
  • Associations
  • Private equity firms & investors

Cross-industry expertise backed by substantial international experience in executive and consulting roles, as well as in executive coaching.


Our Approach to Leadership – A Focus on Mindset and Impact.

Leadership should not be left to chance. Many companies invest in training, coaching, or workshops. However, lasting impact is only achieved when leadership is understood as a system.

We integrate people, teams, processes, and corporate culture into a unified Leadership Operating System. This ensures that leadership remains effective over the long term, independent of specific individuals.

Our own leadership mindset is human-centric, relationship- and values-oriented, and grounded in practical reality. It is based on a partnership-based approach among equals.


Our Leadership Model – The 4Cs of Leadership®

Effective leadership is based on more than just technical expertise. With the 4Cs of Leadership®, we have developed an integrated leadership and competency model that combines the crucial skills of successful leadership—serving as a shared framework for assessment, leadership architecture, operational implementation, and competency- and performance-based development.

4Cs of Leadership: Personal Proficiency • Communication & Clarity • Conflict & Emotion • Change & Entrepreneurship • Coaching & Compassion


References (Extract)

  • “I would like to thank you – also on behalf of the management and the HR team – for the professional implementation of the 24 development centres including coaching sessions! The collaboration was sensational for us! The feedback from our HR staff is exclusively positive, everyone was impressed by your appreciative, open and supportive manner! (Quote from a manager: ‘The best coaching conversation I’ve ever had!’). Thank you for allowing us to learn so much from you!”

    Gunda Möhlmann | Head of HR, enercity Erneuerbare GmbH

  • “The German Institute for Leadership Dynamics has provided far more than a qualification and certification as a Conflict and Entrepreur Coach. It has offered a practical and insightful framework for leadership development, valuable coaching tools, and meaningful international friendships.
    The 4Cs of Leadership® and Conflict Compass particularly stood out to me as powerful approaches for helping leaders navigate complexity, foster innovation, and strengthen relationships. What makes ILD distinctive is its combination of academic rigor, practical application, and genuine care for people. I am grateful for the knowledge, encouragement, and friendships gained through this journey and look forward to supporting leaders and organisations in South Africa through my partnership with ILD.”

    Quinton Mitchell | Leadership Expert, Consultant & Coach | Cape Town, South Africa

  • “My board colleague Daniel Mohaupt and I have once again worked with the professionals from ILD on their professional selection process for filling 2 important key leadership positions. 5 candidates learned a lot about themselves in an assessment centre and showed us a lot about themselves. They felt very comfortable in the process. We ourselves, were very convinced by the methods and profiling of ILD EvaluationHours. We were also able to get a very good picture of each individual applicant, both internal and external, and make a good decision. Thanks to ILD (Frank Strathus, Arndt Kempen, Kirsten Strathus), we can only recommend both your methods for personnel selection and the profilings!”

    Grit Westermann | Chairwoman of the Board, PSD Bank

  • “I would like to thank the team at ILD for their many years of successful consulting in the transformation processes of the DIN Group. With leadership development programmes tailored to our needs (Compass & Cockpit), leadership and team coaching, the transformation of our culture has been effectively supported. This applies to both experienced managers and junior managers. I can highly recommend the partnership-based cooperation with the competent and experienced colleagues at ILD.”

    Christoph Winterhalter | CEO Chairman of the Board, German Institute for Standardisation (DIN), ISO Vice President Policy.

  • “Leadership moves people and we move Berlin – Congratulations ILD and all the best for the next 10 moving years!”

    Dr. Rolf Erfurt | COO, Berliner Verkehrsbetrieb BVG (Public Transportation Berlin)

  • “Practical, open, innovative and valuable – that’s how I would describe the cooperation with ILD. Practical – the mix of international competences and management experience is valuable. The openness leads to clarity and focus. Innovative – business understanding and creative power shape the implementation. From diagnosis and consulting, from training to coaching and crisis intervention. ILD offers tailor-made solutions and is thus a proven partner in transformation processes. Congratulations on the company’s anniversary!”

    Stefan Moschko | Head of HR Germany, Siemens AG

  • “Eckerd College has been fortunate to work with ILD since its inception ten years ago. ILD’s seasoned management team, with decades of experience in senior human resource management in multinational corporations, is a natural partner for our leadership development institute, expanding our work in Germany and Western Europe while supporting our North American clients with their extensive experience and insights. We look forward to our continued collaboration over the next ten years.”

    Kelly Kirschner │ Vice President and Dean Division of Executive and Continuing Education, Eckerd University FL,USA

  • “The most impressive thing about the 4Cs method is the justified conflict focus and the combination of scientific standardization with high practical relevance, which enables a fast and effective behavioral change. ILD has been highly professional in guiding us in this. Thank you.”

    Walter Schaff | Director HR Europe, Daimler Financial Services

  • “The ILD team has supported me and our staff in a complex transformation process over 2 years in a professional and inspiring way and has continuously developed us as a management team (ILD Teaming). I particularly appreciate the systematic approach of the 4Cs and can only recommend ILD and their hands on mentality in implementation.”

    Daniel Gradl │ Managing Director Faiveley-Wabtec International

  • “10 years of ILD: an impressive company development – congratulations and continued success! You have convinced our management team with your leadership concept “4Cs Leadership”. You have succeeded in further developing our fast-growing plant with its leadership team and its challenges in order to deal with the challenges in such a way that leadership and overarching cooperation do not form a contradiction, but a unity in the transformation to a modern company culture.”

    Dr. Michael Pfeil │ Head Global Nonclinical Development at Merz Pharmaceuticals.

  • “The partnership with the ILD emerged from the meetings of the MTI/LDI Advisory Board at Eckerd College. In the beginning, there was an exchange of experiences with the application of CDP and EMP in Germany and Brazil. In a very natural way, a valued partnership emerged from this. Congratulations Frank, Stefan and the entire ILD team. 10 years is a huge milestone.”

    Andre Machado │ Founder Management Consultancy MoneyMind, Brazil, Strategic Partner of ILD

  • “The dovetailing of the individual qualification projects leads to a helpful mix of self-knowledge, understanding of others and optimization strategies. It is optimal flanking for corporate transformation, change, and for building a jointly supported corporate culture.”

    Marion Winkenbach │ Management Beuth Publishing

  • ILD is the proven partner for systemic management consulting and development for all topics! The entire ILD team consists of very experienced consultants with excellent business backgrounds. This combination creates a very open, creative and effective climate in which the issues almost solve themselves.”

    Marko Müller │ Head of HR, HRBP international Merz Pharma


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