The 2025 awards season has come to a festive close! ✨

Out of several dozen submissions, 20 outstanding nominations made it to the final round. Yesterday in Berlin, the Institute for Leadership Dynamics (ILD) and its independent jury of experts selected the winners of the ILD Leadership Awards—and the decision was so close that there are two winners in each category.

Congratulations to all nominees, who were honored with medals, loud applause, and much appreciation from their mentors! Special congratulations go to this year’s winners of the ILD Leadership Award:

1. Future Leader: Myria Kanus (Stadler) and Hecham Nasser (BVG)
2. Impact Leader: Nils Köster (ViaMobility) and Heiko Leißling (Toll Collect)
3. Inspiring Leader: Christian Hauck (Heraeus Groupe) and Claudia Pohlink (Fiege Logistic)

The Leadership Dynamics Award (special prize/honorary prize from ILD) was presented to:

1. for transformation performance: P&O Team (Encericty AG)
2. for professional lifetime achievement: Frank Hörl (nextGenHospility)
3. for social and community engagement: Eckhard Baumann (strassenkinder e.V.)

The 5th ILD Leadership Awards ceremony has once again demonstrated:

• We make effective leadership visible.
• We share this passion with our volunteer jury and many others.

And they really do exist:

• good leadership – future leaders, impact leaders, and inspiring leaders
• teams that show how transformations can succeed
• people who inspire as (leadership) personalities, who are tirelessly committed to social causes for the good of humanity

We are already looking forward to 2026!