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The Inclusive Leadership Institute (ILI) is an innovative, research-based learning and consulting firm committed to equipping leaders with the skills and insight they need to think about and address emerging, global challenges. 

Inclusive Leadership is a change methodology that enables leaders to take a whole systems perspective and identify levers for culture change.

Through a combination of learning, coaching, and consulting, we develop leaders that put human experiences and culture at the center of their solutions and change management practices.

Come Together. Work Together. Thrive Together.

What We Do

We provide bespoke and off-the-shelf learning, coaching and consulting solutions to address a range of organizational, people and human resources challenges and opportunities.

Learning

Engaging learning programs to address contemporary demands.

  • Virtual, in-person, and hybrid learning options
  • Facilitated by subject matter experts
  • Addressing a wide range of relevant developmental topics
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LEARNING

COACHING

Coaching

Individual and group coaching for inclusive leaders.

  • One-to-one, team-based and cohort-based options
  • Certified facilitators with a range of coaching methodologies
  • Utilizing leading assessments in human behavior
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Consulting

Customized solutions for your unique leadership challenges.

  • Programs, processes, roadmaps and strategic planning
  • Tailored, tested solutions to meet your organization's objectives
  • Free 30-minute introductory conversation
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CONSULTING

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Featured courses, new programs and upcoming events. 

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Monthly virtual conversations about some of the most challenging questions, concerns, and dilemmas that many of us face.

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Latest Insights

The latest insights, research and perspectives on Inclusive Leadership.

Empathy is our Superpower

September 21, 2026

In the wild, a broken leg is usually a death sentence. That’s why a healed femur is so significant—it proves that someone stayed behind, cared for the wounded, provided protection, and helped them recover instead of leaving them to fend for themselves.

This story highlights a core belief of Margaret Mead’s: that civilisation is not built on power or domination, but on care and cooperation.

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Reality as a Social Construct

September 17, 2026

That reality is socially constructed is not news to most social scientists and marketing-, brand-, and political consultants. The former may quibble over philosophical implications and consequences; the latter about how to best leverage it to create a desired - but not always desirable - reality.

That also means that changing such features of social reality is possible, albeit complicated.

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Leadership is Not about the Leaders

September 14, 2026

Power - the ability to influence or direct the circumstances, actions, beliefs, choices, and conduct of others - is the essence of leadership. But, power and leadership are not the same.

Leadership is not about the leaders, their attributes or even “styles”. Rather, it is an inherently social process.

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Joerg Thomas Schmitz

Kommodore-Johnsen-Boulevard 26
28217 Bremen – Überseestadt
Germany

+49 1520 8612287

[email protected]

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The Inclusive Leadership Institute 
Inhaber/Owner: Joerg Schmitz
Kommodore-Johnsen-Boulevard 26
28217 Bremen / Germany
Betriebsnummer / Company Nr.: 83841216
UST-IdNr. / VAT ID: DE 339418563

 

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We believe AI can be a powerful capability that can support creativity, learning, meaningful human connection, and human thriving. We also believe AI contains significant risks. This is why we are committed to using and deploying AI responsibly and transparently in our work and solutions.

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Imprint

Inhaber/Owner:
Joerg Thomas Schmitz

Address/Adresse:
Kommodore-Johnsen-Boulevard 26

28217 Bremen – Überseestadt
Germany

Telephone/Telefon:
+49 1520 8612287

E-Mail:
[email protected]

Rechtsform: Einzelunternehmen

Betriebsnummer:
83841216

Ust-Id Nummer:
DE 339418563       

Geschäftsführer:
Joerg Schmitz    

Company Information
The Inclusive Leadership Institute 
Inhaber/Owner: Joerg Schmitz
Kommodore-Johnsen-Boulevard 26
28217 Bremen / Germany
Betriebsnummer / Company Nr.: 83841216
UST-IdNr. / VAT ID: DE 339418563