Mike Leber
Mike Leber is an international thought leader on Agile and Business Agility. Working in this space since more than 20 years his main topics are business transformation, innovation, leadership and adaptive ways for change.
Located in Vienna, Austria, with a strong presence in the German speaking are, Mike works globally as Executive Consultant, Business Agility Coach and Trainer. As founder and general manager of Agile Experts e.U., he and his teams work with large international groups as well as with startups in disruptive business domains.
In addition Mike Leber collaborates with several entrepreneurs on a growing pan-European "Experience Hub", offering premium consulting services on various business agility topics. As member of the "Heart of Agile" team, Mike works closely with agile manifesto author Alistair Cockburn. Mike is also the chair of the International Business Agility Conference in Vienna.
Next to many badges, Mike is a Certified Leadership Agility 360 Coach and an educated ORSC Coach (Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching), with a very strong track record coaching & mentoring leaders as well as helping to grow highly effective teams.
Find some of the offerings from Mike and his colleagues under the following links:
- Agile Leadership Journey with special programs for Executives, Senior Leadership & Change Agents
- Management 3.0 Workshops for New Ways of Work
- Lean Change Workshops for Adaptive Change
- Agile HR Workshops for new HR Roles & Functions
- Shiftup Workshops for Entrepreneurship & Business Model Innovation
- Official Kanban Trainings for Evolutionary Change
All offerings available in German & English language, as well as on-site, inhouse and online.
Community - In addition Mike Leber is committed to co-facilitating non profit communities such as Scrum User Group Vienna, local meetups (e.g. ProductTank Vienna, Agile Coaching Exchange Austria) or the Agile Lean Europe network. He speaks frequently at international conferences and teaches at universities in Wr. Neustadt, Krems and Graz.
Attendees feedback
Mike was relaxed and easygoing in manner. He was very professional and gave plenty of opportunity for participation, encouraging interaction between the group.
Undogmatic, which is really good. Emphasized especially "Individuals and interactions over processes and tools" and "Responding to change over following a plan" (without mentioning this).
- broad experience, interesting "side" stories, very good presentation skills, deep understanding of topic and industry.
Mike is extremely knowledgeable in various areas around "lean" and "agile". At the same time he is humble enough to accept other views and other views plus their inventors/presenters. I really like his balanced style and approach.
Mike is a great trainer and very knowledgeable in many areas such as OD, Project Management to mention only a few. He is also very flexible and help participants with specific change challenges.
A very deep knowledge in the various fields touching change management.
I will use the lean change mgmt concept right away on my next change project! This workshop is a 100% recommendation.
- rich of experience - non dogmatic - honest - straight foreward
The format that the facilitator used in combining "lecture", working groups and discussion groups generated a lot of discussion and learning from him as well as other participants. The topics were practical and not just theory which is very helpful.
He portrayed the human qualities that leadership requires, and rarely has, for large scale organisational transformation
Kept things simple. Was easy to engage with. Encouraged participation in the class setting. Clearly very knowledegable and passionate on the topic, with many discussions we could relate to.
Practical stories and approaches. Very relaxed and conversational
Engaging, good stories and practical tools and tips
Knowledgeable and kept us all engaged.
Humility Engaging
Ability to express himself well. Good observer and facilitator of learning. Used good exercises/practical application. Good work tempo.
Extremely knowledgeable, well-paced delivery, approachable, energetic, excellent planning and organisation of the sessions. I enjoyed your sense of humour although most of the room didn't get it!
He is well experienced and understands very well the mental shift required from managers to recognise their current management style and facilitated really well how to progress into a different style, i.e. managing a complicated environment vs managing a complex environment. He also provided practical tools to use to facilitate the move.
Knowledgeable Explained concepts well Sense of humor Prompted interaction Kept audience engaged
Huge knowledge, participant oriented program
The facilitator managed the event in an excellent way. A lot of good hints and experiences were shared. We got also a lot of time to talk about our problems and how solutions could look like.
extrem breites und tiefes Wissen + Erfahrungen
Mike's knowledge of the subject is excellent and it was very interactive.
Sehr viele Praxis Beispiele, Stories rund um Management 3.0 - Anwendung
Profund knowledge of many different theoretical and practical approaches to the complex requirements of management as function in non-linear contexts. Compentent training skills foster the learning effort of the attendees.
Experience, concrete examples, hands-on mentality (not too much theory)