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Dr. Alexander Schmidt

  • Senior consultant at osb international
  • Lecturer at several universities on family-owned businesses and business families, strategy development, organizational design, leadership and change
  • Chairman and executive director in several investment companies
     

Recent consulting activities

  • Consulting family-owned businesses:
    • Becoming a digital company
    • Further development of strategy, purpose and values
    • Redefine the organizational design for the transition from an owner-managed company to externally managed
    • Support in monitoring the implementation
    • Sparring for the owners
  • Further development of strategy, organizational design and leadership development in corporate and research organizations
  • Executive coachings, also supported with potential assessments
  • Consulting for construction of networks and ecosystems
  • Customized leadership development and expert programs


Professional background

  • PhD on the Management of Interorganizational Cooperations and Networks at the IFF, Department of Organizational Development at the University of Klagenfurt, Graz and Vienna
  • Certified as SCRUM master and for several potential assessments (Harrison, Hogan, CAPTain, OPQ32, …)
  • Continuous professional development on systemic structure constellations (M. Varga von Kibéd), intercultural management (M. Hammer / IDI), facilitation of large groups (M. zur Bonsen), systemic coaching (ÖAGG) and project management (Primas-Consulting)
  • Certified for organizational development (ÖAGG)
  • Group dynamic self-experience (ÖGGO and ÖAGG)
  • Studied Electrical engineering (Technical University of Vienna)
  • Guide for mountain bike and ski tours in Austria and abroad
  • 15 years of professional experience in IT, environmental technologies, and implementation of management systems (EMAS) at banks
  • Publications on: managing the generational dynamics in family-owned businesses, strategy and organizational design in owner-driven corporates and research organizations, as well as corporate networks and cooperations

»My consulting is based on trusting relationships with owners and top managers. It is important for me to bring people, systems and organizations to their full power and effectiveness.«