Leadership

Leadership deserves, first and foremost, respect. Because let’s be honest: market volatility is higher than ever, and with it the need for orientation grows. Today, leaders must make transformative decisions in complex and dynamic environments. This makes leadership both intellectually and emotionally demanding. There are no guarantees of success. And yet, leadership is fundamentally about ensuring the vitality and future viability of the organization. At the same time, leading organizations and people is a deeply engaging and fascinating work — because there is so much to shape.
What is also clear: the era of heroic leaders is over. Leadership needs both the individual and the entire leadership community. Well-aligned leadership teams master challenging decisions — with real drive and clarity. At the same time, it is the interplay between levels and functions that determines leadership success throughout the company.
I begin with a systemic diagnosis of your leadership practice and challenges. From there, we work in a tailored way on the levers that will move you forward most effectively.

What’s on your mind?

  • How do we translate our strategy into leadership priorities? What is our leadership-roadmap?
  • What do we want to achieve in key stakeholder relationships of the leadership team?
  • How do we create a shared understanding of leadership — what are our “moments of truth”?
  • How do we make decisions when it’s about “exploit” vs. “explore” — and which working formats support us?
  • Which management systems and objectives create the right balance between individual and collective responsibility?
  • How do we collaborate well as a leadership team under pressure, political tensions, and conflicting goals?
  • What is the most impactful teambuilding for our leadership team?
  • Which interventions help strengthening our leadership community?
  • How do we develop our leaders?
  • …

Feel free to get in touch — I look forward to your questions!

“Working with Barbara Heitger helped our top management team move forward significantly during a critical phase of our transformation and ensured our team’s ability to act. Our development into a high-performance team was successful because she managed to engage precisely to the situation, make conflicts discussable, and give space to all perspectives.”

Benedikt Schell

Vorstandsvorsitzender Mercedes-Benz Bank AG

“Our HR Leadership Team drives the strategic development of people and culture in alignment with Deutsche Telekom’s business strategy. Our goal is to act in a coordinated, agile, and proactive way for the business AND for our employees. A shared vision, high trust and clear responsibilities are crucial for this. Over the past two years, Barbara Heitger and Gregor Tobeitz have helped us rethink our meetings, redesign our collaboration, and move our culture toward greater solution focus. Their systemic expertise enabled us to understand and use our team’s dynamics productively. We built a strong foundation of trust that made collaboration easier. The target picture and joint decisions provided strategic orientation, while agile methods improved our efficiency. Personally, the counseling and sparring with Barbara was especially valuable — it has strengthened us sustainably.”

Birgit Bohle

Deutsche Telekom AG | Vorständin Personal und Recht, Arbeitsdirektorin