Guido Betz
CEO - Lead1ng AG (Consulting & Training) &
Chairman - Change International Ltd.

"Building the Business case for HRD"


Guido graduated in management development in Munich and holds a masters degree. Continuous professional development in the US and the UK. He has seven yearsexperience as a line manager.Since 1982 he is a consultant and trainer in humanresources and organisation development.

He is the CEO of Lead1ng AG, the holding of Kommunikations-Kolleg AG Consulting and Training in Germany and Change International Ltd. In Ireland. The group serves clients from various industries (especially services, financial services, hi tech, logistics, food & pharmazeuticals). Services range from leadership development to ChangeManagement, reengineering, KAIZEN, management development programmes,Balanced Scorecard, international HRD/OD, mergers & acquisitions etc.
Some of the long term clients: 3m, BASF, NOKIA, ORACLE, Compass Group,EUREST, Continental AG, Porsche, German Telekom, DANONE, Lufthansa, Deloitte,Thomas Cook, Oiltanking, Rodenstock, STEAG, TRW, DG Bank, ABB, EADS, Daimler,CocaCola, Thyssen Krupp, SCHOTT, PWC, DAB Bank, DANZAS, SCHWARZ Pharma,Sun Direct, DHL, SAP, Allianz, Novar Group, KARSTADT, Vodafone, KÄRCHER, Hilti…In 1991 he founded Kommunikations-Kolleg AG which has grown since then to a multinational consulting group with currently 30 permanent employees and a worldwidenetwork of more than 250 associates. The quality management of the company hasachieved the ISO 9001-2000 standard since 1995. The company is also a recognised“Investor in People” since 2001.Guido Betz is an author of numerous publications in HRD and OD. Conference speakerat: CIPD National Conference Harrogate/England, ASTD Conference USA, LearningCompany Conference Warwick/England, IIP International Conference, IIRConferences,Management Circle, German DGFP, Technical Universities of Esslingen and Wuppertal.He also is a member of the supervisory board of several companies.