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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.

Togetherness is a deliberate practice

October 22, 2026

What is togetherness and how does it relate to the human experience?

In a world where many feel profoundly alone and the forces of fragmentation, divisiveness, and separation seem to be gaining momentum, a deliberate practice of togetherness can help us individually and collectively navigate the present challenges of our globally hyper-connected world.

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Culture Redefined

October 19, 2026

For leaders wresting with cultural complexity, clarity can be transformational. Culture remains a vexing yet crucial concern in organizational life. 

I was tasked with developing a distinctive approach to address cultural challenges in global organizations, navigating multiple contradictions and dilemmas. This is the story of my search for a more enabling, dynamic and useful definition.

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Does Culture Defy Definition?

October 15, 2026

The executive said: “Everyone seems to operate with a different way of understanding culture. This doesn't make sense and is not so in other aspects of business… in finance, strategy, or marketing there isn't much disagreement of what they mean, are about, and how they work. That seems to be different with culture!”

And he was right! Anyone who wants to act upon culture must either implicitly or explicitly choose their understanding of it.

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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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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