Earlier roles include Lecturer at the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management (IFPM), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Project Leader in the Organisational Energy Program (OEP), and Visiting Scholar at University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. He received his PhD in Management from the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. Bernd’s research focuses on Leadership to mobilise and maintain an organisations energy, leadership, co-creating leadership, followership, change, and managing emotions.