ESMT Berlin is regularly featured in national and international media outlets. In our newsroom, we showcase selected highlights that present the exceptional achievements of our faculty, including their research activities, and offer valuable contributions to discussions in business, academia, and broader societal debates.
As companies increasingly substitute entry-level hiring with AI budgets, ESMT Program Director Lei Lu warns that organizations risk starving their future talent pipelines. Discover why senior expertise cannot be shortcut and how companies must actively redesign junior roles through mentorship and responsibility to avoid a critical leadership shortage
Master in Global Management student Maxence Donckele reflects on being the first ESMT Berlin master's student to secure an internship at Louis Vuitton Deutschland in Munich, and how his degree is helping him find lasting friendships.
After sailing across the Atlantic during his first term, master's student Máté Sebestyén Joó has embraced life back in Germany: completing a consulting internship in Bavaria and enhancing his finance and Deep Tech knowledge on campus in Berlin.
Full-time MBA Adam Bloch reflects on how he is building a place to belong at ESMT by helping his cohort, co-leading the Investment & Fintech Club, and serving as the student Mental Health first aider.
According to ESMT Professor Jan U. Hagen, psychological safety often ranks lowest in the middle management layer because leaders feel unprotected from above while shielding their teams. Discover why executive leaders must break the illusion of perfection by openly discussing their own mistakes, ritualizing error reviews, and replacing a culture of blame with continuous learning.
As experts gather for the 20th Süddeutsche Zeitung Economic Summit, ESMT President Jörg Rocholl evaluates the mid-term performance of Germany's coalition government. Discover why cutting bureaucracy, strengthening capital markets, and leveraging the country's core capital and talent are vital to sparking a sustainable economic upswing.
Following the US Midterms, ESMT President Jörg Rocholl emphasizes that Europe must dismantle internal barriers, forge global trade agreements, and reduce external dependencies to secure its own economic future.
Standard executive compensation and performance reviews often reward favorable market conditions rather than true leadership contribution. Discover how supervisory boards can separate managerial skill from external windfalls using peer benchmarking, mandate-adjusted evaluations, and multi-directional feedback.
Dr. Sarah Moonen Horn of ESMT Berlin explores why leadership training often fails to stick—and how real-life demands like motherhood drive true presence and self-regulation.
Master's student Leonardo Bressan explains how a passion for building something of his own led him to ESMT Berlin, and why this campus and this city are the ideal places to make entrepreneurial connections while growing the skills that found companies.
ESMT Berlin ranks #12 globally, #4 in Europe, and #1 in Germany in Corporate Knights’ 2026 Better World MBA ranking. The ranking recognizes MBA programs that prepare leaders to address social and environmental challenges and contribute to a more inclusive economy.
Countering the common cliché that successful bosses must be loud and dominant, ESMT Berlin Associate Professor Martin Schweinsberg highlights the vital strengths of introverted and agreeable leaders. Discover how quieter personalities can act authentically, build stronger teams, and unlock missed opportunities for their organizations.
Employee retention through contracts is comfortable, but deceptive: Relying primarily on non-compete clauses and long notice periods merely delays retention problems rather than solving them.
Master in Global Management student Can Mert Basdere shares how his degree program has taken him around the world, from an internship in Austria to the Global Impact Program (GIP) in the USA.
According to an analysis by ESMT expert Thorsten Lambertus, Europe's venture capital shortage stems not from a lack of public funds, but from a severe deficit of private institutional investors like pension funds and insurers.
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