The program details below refer to the cohort of 2023/2024. Details for the next program starting in late summer 2024 will follow shortly.

High-profile Academics and Coaches Contributing to the Program

Mette Nørr Gantzhorn

Mette Nørr Gantzhorn is an experienced corporate leader in topics related to inclusion, diversity, well-being and change management leadership. She holds a master’s degree in psychology from Aarhus University and has previously held several senior leadership positions within People & Organization, garnering extensive experience in consultancy. Before establishing her own business, she was Head of Global Inclusion, Diversity & Well-Being at Ørsted following more than 11 years at Novo Nordisk, most recently serving as Director and Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion. Throughout her career, she has focused on ensuring that companies create the context, culture, systems and mindsets where everyone, no matter who they are, will be able to perform at their best.

“As a leader, mother and business psychologist, I am passionately curious about what drives change – in people, between people, in organizations and in cultures. How do we create future fit companies, where people are being respected for who they are, appreciated for what they bring to the table and rewarded equally for what they accomplish while living sustainable lives? Because the best companies are where the best people want to work. This is what excites me and keeps me hungry.” She has also contributed to books, articles and podcasts on diversity, inclusion and change leadership through behavioral design.

Prof. Dr. Regina Raschke

Following roles in the Training and Business Development departments of Robert Bosch GmbH and as an authorized signatory at Mannheim Business School, Regina Raschke has established herself as a trainer, facilitator and coach, supporting organizations in their innovation and change processes.

She specializes in strategic management, leadership, human resource development, team management, soft skills/21^st century skills, innovation and change management, and human centered design.

Regina Raschke studied business administration, completed her MBA at Mannheim Business School, Warwick Business School (UK) and ESSEC Business School (France), and received her Ph.D. at the University of Mannheim (under Prof. Homburg). She spent many years abroad (including four years in China) and has worked with people, teams and organizations from various cultures.

Since 2015, she is Professor of Business Administration, esp. Marketing & Human Resource Management at Ludwigshafen University of Applied Science and since 2019, she is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of TSG ResearchLab gGmbH.

Prof. Dr. Florian Stahl

Prof. Florian Stahlis chair of Quantitative Marketing and Consumer Analytics at the University of Mannheim, co-director of the Mannheim Center for Data Science and Academic Director of the Master in Management Analytics and Master in Sustainability & Impact Measurement programs. Prof. Stahl’s research interests are primarily in empirical quantitative marketing, marketing analytics and business economics. His research specifically addresses business-related questions of the digital economy and the digital transformation of marketing processes and strategies.

The results of Prof. Stahl’s research have been published in prestigious journals such as the Journal of Marketing and the Journal of Marketing Research and won him numerous awards, including the IJRM Best Paper Award in 2014, the H. Paul Root Award in 2012 and the Robert D. Buzzell MSI Best Paper Award in 2012. Prof. Stahl holds a Ph.D. in Business Economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia Business School in New York and Assistant Professor of Quantitative Marketing in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Zürich.

Prof. Dr. Jens Wüstemann

Prof. Jens Wüstemann is chair of Business Administration and Auditing. He earned his Ph.D. at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, and visited the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the New York University Stern School of Business and ESSEC Business School in Paris. His research focuses on accounting theory, national and international accounting, business valuation and corporate governance and auditing, which are examined using both normative and empirical methods. Since 2010, Prof. Wüstemann has acted as President of Mannheim Business School, the umbrella organization for management education at the University of Mannheim.

Prof. Dr. Monika Schuhmacher

Prof. Monika Schuhmacher is chair of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Management at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, where she is also director of the Entrepreneurship Cluster Mittelhessen and spokesperson for the research cluster “Managing Dissolving Boundaries in a Digital Era” at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. In the past, Monika Schuhmacher lectured at the University of Mannheim, Mannheim Business School, Copenhagen Business School in Denmark and ESSEC Graduate School in France.

Monika Schuhmacher studied at the University of Mannheim (Dipl.-Kffr.) and the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (MBA). Upon returning to Germany, she obtained her doctoral and post-doctoral qualifications at the University of Mannheim.

Her research focuses mainly on technology and innovation management and marketing, open innovation, reverse innovation, business model innovation, digitization and the Internet of Things, and entrepreneurial marketing. Prof. Schuhmacher is also a consultant in technology management, innovation management and marketing for international companies, and cooperates in research and teaching with well-known companies such as Daimler, BASF, Bosch, Grohe and Roche. Additionally, she is a member of various juries that award entrepreneur and founder prizes.

Fieke Harinck

Fieke Harinck, Ph.D., has been in academia since 1990, first as a student of social psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, then as a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam and since 2001, as an assistant professor at Leiden University. She studies negotiation and conflict management, and delivers lectures on power, motivation and leadership in organizations. Apart from working at the university, she is an independent trainer and coach in negotiation and communication, with a keen interest in empowering women in these fields.

Hjalmar Hagen

Following his studies in business mathematics, Hjalmar Hagen held various positions in the financial services industry. In 2016, he established himself as a freelance trainer and mediator, and subsequently joined Breuel & Partner in 2018, becoming a shareholder and managing director in 2019. He supports companies in their organizational development and change processes, team development, leadership training, conflict management and other areas. He also delivers personality development seminars and provides systemic consulting on leadership, communication, dealing with conflicts and change, agility and resilience.

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