Leadership Institute Wien

Leadership Institute Wien is an Austrian executive coaching and consulting practice based in Vienna. It provides leadership coaching, business coaching, tailored leadership seminars, personality development, potential analysis, conflict management and business mediation, and diversity management. The firm positions itself as a provider that translates current research from business psychology, social psychology and behavioural economics into day-to-day management practice, combining scientific standards with practical application. The institute is founded and led by Dr. Judith Girschik, an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) who has served as Vice President of ICF Austria and previously as its President. Its coaching offer is aimed at leadership figures across every level: CEOs, board members and managing directors at C-level and top management; middle managers who want to sharpen and implement goals, lead teams and build relationships; and high potentials and emerging leaders developing new professional competencies. Engagements are offered in person in Vienna or online, and typically begin with a free initial consultation. Beyond one-to-one coaching, the institute designs customised personnel and leadership development programmes for organisations, covering leadership development, personality profiling, motivation, conflict management and economic mediation, and diversity management. Its stated client outcome is that leaders make better decisions, lead more clearly and reach their goals faster because they take the space to work on their leadership. The practice also works with Prof. Göran Askeljung, MBA, as part of its coaching team. As a small, owner-led professional services firm, Leadership Institute Wien operates as a private business rather than a listed company. Its public profile is built around its founder's ICF credentials, client reviews and awards, and a focus on confidential reflection and strategy development for senior leaders in the Austrian market and, through online formats, beyond it.

Leadership Institute Wien is an executive coaching and consulting firm in Vienna, Austria. It was founded and is led by Dr. Judith Girschik, an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC). Girschik has been active in the International Coaching Federation's Austrian chapter, serving as its President from 2021 to 2026 and subsequently as Vice President, which has shaped the institute's public profile around professional coaching standards and certification. The practice was built around a model of combining current research findings with the practical application of scientific standards. Its service portfolio developed to cover leadership development, personality development, potential analysis and personality profiling, executive and leadership coaching, motivation, conflict management and business mediation, and diversity management. Rather than offering only standardised programmes, the institute positions itself as a provider of customised programmes tailored to specific client requirements, translating research from business psychology, social psychology and behavioural economics into daily management practice. Its coaching offer is structured by leadership level. For C-level and top management — CEOs, board members and managing directors — the institute provides a confidential space for reflection, strategy development and sharpening leadership competencies. For middle management, it supports sharpening and implementing goals, leading teams, building relationships and executing personal development plans. For high potentials and emerging leaders, it focuses on developing new professional competencies, building on strengths and applying learning in practice, with the stated result of higher effectiveness and productivity for their organisations. Engagements are offered in person in Vienna or online, and the institute offers a free initial consultation. The institute works with a small team of coaches, including Prof. Göran Askeljung, MBA. Its market presence is concentrated in Vienna and the Austrian market, with online formats extending its reach. It has accumulated a body of client reviews — the website cites more than 140 Google reviews and a five-star rating — and references an award in 2025. As a privately held, owner-led professional services firm, it has not been publicly listed and has not been the subject of major corporate transactions; its history is one of steady development of a specialist coaching and mediation practice rather than of corporate expansion or restructuring.

• 2026

  Dr. Judith Girschik serves as President of ICF Austria until 2026

• 2025

  Institute references an award received in 2025

• 2021

  Dr. Judith Girschik serves as President of ICF Austria

• Dr. Judith Girschik serves as Vice President of ICF Austria

A Vienna-based, owner-led executive coaching and consulting practice that combines current research in business psychology, social psychology and behavioural economics with practical management application, serving leaders from high potentials to CEOs, boards and supervisory boards.

• Executive Coaching for C-level and top management

  Confidential space for reflection, strategy development and sharpening leadership competencies for CEOs, board members and managing directors.

• Coaching for middle management

  Support in sharpening and implementing goals, leading teams, building relationships and executing personal development plans.

• Coaching for high potentials

  Emerging leaders develop new professional competencies, build on strengths and apply learning in practice.

• Leadership seminars

  Leadership seminars in Vienna tailored to client needs.

• Mediation and business mediation

  Conflict management and economic mediation services.

• Personality development and potential analysis

  Personality profiling and potential analysis as part of leadership development.

• Diversity management

  Diversity management support for organisations.

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