The Author
Associate Professor Daniel F.
Pinnow, CEO of the Academy
for Leadership in Uberlingen,€
Germany is one of the most
famous experts in leadership
and management science in
German speaking countries. He
is associate professor of leader-
ship at the Capital University
of Economics and Business in
Beijing, China and lecturer for
leadership and human resource
management at the Technical
University of Munich. As a pioneer in systemic leadership in Germany, Pinnow
combines his extensive leading and managing experiences with traditional manage-
ment theories, organizational psychology and family therapy.
Pinnow earned a master’s degree in economic sciences from the University of
Cologne and a master’s degree in social sciences. Throughout his studies he focused
on psychology and organizational sciences. The experienced management trainer
and leadership coach has been on the board of directors of the Cognos AG, one of
Germany’s biggest private providers for further education and gained deep leader-
ship experience as top manager within international companies such as EADS and
E.ON Ruhrgas AG.
In addition to his bestseller ‘Leadership – What really matters’ (F€uhren –
Worauf es wirklich ankommt, 5th edition in 2011), which was additionally
published in China as one of the first German management books, Pinnow has
been publishing numerous papers and books on leadership, human resource man-
agement, and ethics.
Daniel F. Pinnow lives in the region of Lake Constance, Germany.
He can be reached through the Academy for Leadershipwww.die-akademie.de
and through his personal Web sitewww.daniel-pinnow.de.
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