Ilja Grzeskowitz
FPSA, CSP
Berlin, GERMANYIlja Grzeskowitz is a global keynote speaker, author and economist. He was an executive manager for Germany's largest retail corporation Karstadt as well as for IKEA, before he started his own consulting company in 2009. He held guest lecturing positions at the Berlin School of Law and Economics and the SRH University in Berlin, and regularly travels around the world to research future trends and developments in the field of change management.
As an author, he has published twelve books (among them three bestsellers), which have been translated into ten different languages and hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. Being nicknamed "Mr. Change" by his clients, Ilja inspires people to develop a changemaker mindset and supports organizations to establish a change culture that is based on purpose, diversity and strong values.
Among his clients are big brands as Accor, Allianz, Audi, Bayer, BASF, Biogen, BMW, Capri Sun, Continental, DPD, Kao, Lufthansa, Nespresso, Marriott, Mercedes, Pentax, P&G, Swiss, T-Mobile, Unitymedia or Zara as well as traditional middle-sized companies. Ilja is "nordish by nature" and together with his family he lives in Berlin. If he is not speaking on a stage around the world, he loves to play a round of golf, cheers for his favourite football teams (ManU and HSV) or enjoys as nice cup of coffee (always black and lots of it).
Ilja Grzeskowitz is a global keynote speaker, author and economist. He was an executive manager for Germany's largest retail corporation Karstadt as well as for IKEA, before he started his own consulting company in 2009. He held guest lecturing positions at the Berlin School of Law and Economics and the SRH University in Berlin, and regularly travels around the world to research future trends and developments in the field of change management.
As an author, he has published twelve books (among them three bestsellers), which have been translated into ten different languages and hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. Being nicknamed "Mr. Change" by his clients, Ilja inspires people to develop a changemaker mindset and supports organizations to establish a change culture that is based on purpose, diversity and strong values.
Among his clients are big brands as Accor, Allianz, Audi, Bayer, BASF, Biogen, BMW, Capri Sun, Continental, DPD, Kao, Lufthansa, Nespresso, Marriott, Mercedes, Pentax, P&G, Swiss, T-Mobile, Unitymedia or Zara as well as traditional middle-sized companies. Ilja is "nordish by nature" and together with his family he lives in Berlin. If he is not speaking on a stage around the world, he loves to play a round of golf, cheers for his favourite football teams (ManU and HSV) or enjoys as nice cup of coffee (always black and lots of it).
The Changemaker Mindset
Personality is Key to Business Success
Change is Chance. But is your team constantly working on developing new ideas, because everybody knows that changing actively is a big opportunity to get better? Or do you have people in your organization, who say: "Why change? That´s the way, we have always done things." In this powerful and inspiring keynote speech, you will discover, how to use the 4 C´s of change, how...
Think it. Do it. Change it.
Ilja Grzeskowitz has declared war to this passive wait and...
Digital Change Management
Digital Changemanagement
How Companies make Change work, when Times are VUCA
We live in times, that are best described by the acronym VUCA (Volatile - Uncertain - Complex - Ambivalent). Especially in the business world. Consumer behaviour is changing rapidly, old business models have become obsolete over night and the requirements for every single job are going through an intense transformation.
In the keynote speech...
Future? Let´s create it!
Innovative Ideas, bold Actions, being succesful as a Team
Permanent change has become the new normal: Megatrends as the digitalization, artificial intelligence, blockchain, big data or high speed mobile internet are the reasons that markets, business models and our jobs are changing rapidly. But how do you deal with the resulting intensity, complexity and uncertainty?
In his keynote „Future? Let´s create it!",...
Leading Change
New Leadership in complex and uncertain times
Dealing with change is one of the most important leadership skills. Every boss, entrepreneur, manager and executive knows that. But it times of digitalisation, completely different consumer needs and the permanent change in the VUCA world, modern leadership requires a radically new skill- and mindset (New Leadership). On the one hand, you have to deal with the changing circumstances...
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