Johannes Kepler-University Linz, Institute of Leadership & Change Management
Wolfgang H. Güttel became
Full Professor and Head of the Institute of Leadership & Change Management
(formerly named as Institute of Human Resource & Change Management) at the
Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz (Austria) in 2009. He was Dean and
Managing Director of the JKU Management School LIMAK (Linz International
Management Academy) between 2011 and 2015. Previously, he was Professor at the
Universities of Kassel and Hamburg (Germany), Research Fellow at the
Universities of Liverpool (United Kingdom) and Padua (Italy) and Assistant
Professor at the WU Vienna (Austria). Prior to his academic career he acted as
Management Consultant at Daimler-Benz AG in Stuttgart (Germany), at Diebold
Management Consulting in Vienna (Austria) and founded his own consultancy
Güttel Management Consulting, Training, & Research in Vienna (Austria). His
main field of research concerns leadership, strategic change and learning in
complex and dynamically evolving environments. His work is published in various
academic books and journals such as Human Relations, Academy of Management
Learning & Education, Management Learning, International Journal of
Management Research, Harvard Business Review, Schmalenbach Business Review,
International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Business
Research or Austrian Management Review. He is also engaged in executive
education and consulting to advise leaders and firms for managing strategic
change. His executive teaching focuses on leadership, team development,
organization, strategy, and change management.