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LEAD21

How leaders achieve in 21 hours what takes others years — and why it’s measurable.

Your support gift: Global Leadership Society PremiumFirst Year Free AdmissionCode at checkout: GMC-SEP-2026

3 days to make your leadership a real operating system — so alignment, execution, and performance scale with the business.
Growth that finally runs on a system — measurable.

I'm interested →Not sure yet? Express interest first for one of the next events — we shape place & time together.
30+Years of experience
300+Companies
€550 bnResponsibility volume
30,000+Leaders

Unique in the world, and a capability that nobody else has.

Dr. Charles J. PellerinNASA · Former Head of the Hubble Telescope
Deutsch
The invisible gap

Up to 50 billion leadership touchpoints. Every working day.

Up to 12.5 trillion per year. The largest human coordination task in the world — largely unsystematized to this day.

25–50
Normal pressure · per leader · per day
50–100
Hyper growth · transformation · crisis · post-merger integration
6,250–25,000
Per leader · per year

What is left to chance cannot scale. What is systematized multiplies.

Leadership was the only corporate function without an operating system. Until now: Leadership has LEAD21.
The full derivation — on the homepage →
The reality

Why transformations, post-merger integrations and growth initiatives often underperform.

Most transformations don't fail for lack of strategy — they fail because of what happens in the thousands of small moments between strategy and result.

01

Why does everything take so long? One meeting spawns ten more — no real follow-up, no hard follow-through. We need to decide and act faster — and somehow we can't.

02

What am I not seeing yet? Wishful thinking and overlooked hairline cracks bring down the biggest projects — silently, gradually, avoidably.

03

Why does my organization work against itself? Without one shared operating system, every department optimizes locally — and every handover across silos and borders leaks time and money.

04

Where is my efficiency disappearing? Meetings that produce too little, problems that surface too late, misunderstandings that compound — each one small, together they cost your best people's energy every day.

The system

LEAD21 — the operating system for leadership.

21 evidence-based methods and mechanics that take effect instantly across hierarchy, department and country borders. Plug & play. From day one.

9 Chambers & LaserMeeting
Structured meeting methodology — collaboration efficiency increased immediately and measurably.
Clarity Circle
Clarification of responsibility and communication — who owns what, who decides what, with no gray zone.
Nonverbal Leadership Techniques
Create impact before a single word is spoken — leadership that is felt in the room.
PoS — Probability of Success
Systematic increase in the probability of success of complex initiatives — measurable.
Superior GoalSetting
Precise, binding, energizing goal-setting for everyone involved, at every level.
Stakeholder Management
Systematic alignment — no more political maneuvering, but structured clarity.
Evidence-based performance measurement
4 evaluation methods: clarity, efficiency, collaboration, performance, stress — measurable.
What sets LEAD21 apart from everything else.

LEAD21 is not a training. It is an operating system — plug & play, effective immediately, deployable across all cultures, hierarchies and country borders.

It automates successful intuition into a proven, evidence-based system. Positive behavioral change is not hoped for — it is structurally enforced.

"The automation of successful intuition into a proven, evidence-based system."
Measurable impact

What participants report. What science confirms.

Validated by a one-year scientific real-life study with Dr. Beate Hanson. Additionally backed by the real-life evidence of thousands of participants from 300+ companies.

+80%Clarity
+70%Efficiency
+72%Collaboration
+87%Performance
−58%Negative stress

Note: The figures shown stem from a one-year scientific real-life study with Dr. Beate Hanson and the documented evidence from LEAD21 programs. They do not constitute a guarantee of individual results.

From the very first day after

You leave the MasterClass with a system — not with notes. Your next leadership situation is already different. Measurable ROI from week one.

Transformation in record time

Hyper growth. M&A support. Post-merger integration. LEAD21 has been tested in the most demanding transformations in the world — and delivered.

Intercultural — deployable worldwide

30+ countries, 30+ industries, participants from 300+ companies. LEAD21 works across all cultural and hierarchical boundaries — because it addresses behavior systemically.

Return on investment: ×100

No other system delivers comparable measurable returns. LEAD21 outperforms programs from Harvard, INSEAD and London Business School — with immediate applicability.

Voices

What world-class leaders say about LEAD21.

Gerald Hüsch designs the training to be engaging, precise and therefore extremely efficient. Detailed tools and checking routines that are highly practical and thus immediately helpful.

Holger Eckstein
CFO · Hubert Burda Media Holding KG
FESTO
Global Industry Leader

Increases productivity at all levels — by a multiple factor. Highest clarity, lowest misunderstanding from the CEO to the shop floor. Problems surface much faster to the right person, before they become critical. Less waste, less frustration — improved motivation and pride to belong. Globally applicable across all hierarchies, levels, silos and matrix organisations. Interculturally valid. A joy to use.

Dr. Claus Jessen
Board Member · FESTO
ROI & Benefits

What these 3+2 days are really worth.

Basis: €20 m revenue · 100 employees · external studies (Gallup, McKinsey, Deloitte, Towers Watson, Columbia/Harvard/Wharton) ¹

Scale the logic to your company — the calculation structure stays identical.

+€ 260,000 p.a.
at just +1% impact · adjusted
+€ 2.6 m p.a.
at +10% impact · adjusted
+€ 10–16 m
per studies, at participant-level values (+70–87%)
Performance Compounding Effect

Clarity accelerates efficiency. Efficiency enables better collaboration. Better collaboration increases performance. Performance reduces stress. The metrics are not additive — they are multiplicative.

The full ROI analysis with all metrics and sources → on the homepage
One year of Leadership-Support for your most important touchpoints:
Global Leadership Society PREMIUM.

Driving home from the business. The questions come: next week the post-merger meeting. Then a new area of responsibility is coming my way. And how do I develop the behavior and competence of individual team members — ideally so that it shows visible progress month after month? How do I dissolve blaming & complaining?

This week there is the Premium Society Meeting — that is exactly where I will bring these topics.

Premium Society Meeting
Investment

Clear. Transparent. Exceptional value.

What other providers charge for comparable programs
Harvard Business School
€ 9,800–18,500
3–5 days · in person · Boston
INSEAD
€ 8,500–14,000
3–5 days · Fontainebleau
IMD Lausanne
€ 7,500–12,000
3–5 days · Lausanne
LEAD21
Market value € 12,000
€ 3,450
3 · 3 days in person · event
LEAD21 — Harvard's toughest competitor.

More substance. Available all year round.

One third of the price for the Grand MasterClass.
The other two thirds remain available for year-round support.
The three days give you your system — the monthly formats fine-tune it month after month, where leadership truly happens: in the thousands of touchpoints across the year.
That leaves budget for important team formats — and the first year of Global Leadership Society PREMIUM is a gift, as a token of appreciation.
More budget free for yourself, the team and the organization — also for programs beyond LEAD21. Lifelong learning.
Market value € 12,000
LEAD21 — Grand MasterClass
3 days in person + 1 year Global Leadership Society — PREMIUM as a token of appreciation and support
€ 3,450
per person · incl. drinks, snacks and lunch
Total package value: € 12,924
  • Your evidence-based leadership system — ready to apply immediately
  • Certificate from Global Leadership Consultancy L.L.C
  • Electronic seminar materials
  • Own travel arrangements · hotel allowance included · dinner excluded
  • Coordination: WhatsApp +49 172 44 88511
Total € 9,450
Optional: LEAD21 — Train the Trainer
6-month program · certification
€ 6,000
Your Grand MasterClass is credited at 100% (€ 9,450 − € 3,450) · balance after the GMC
  • +2 + 1 days of in-person training
  • +2× monthly sessions (virtual)
  • +Peer mentoring & 1:1 coaching
  • +Possibility of your own LEAD21 chapter
  • +Entry into leadership trips & chapter building
Optional · Annual membership
Global Leadership Society — PREMIUM
12 calls / year · digital · the living peer network after the MasterClass
€ 926/ year
1st year free · code GMC-SEP-2026
  • +Leadership CaseClinique
  • +Leadership & Longevity Diagnostics
  • +Leadership Nights
  • +Superior Networking Meetings
  • +High-Frequency Growth Experiences
  • +Participation & Co-Investment
  • +1:1 Office Days with Gerald Hüsch
  • +Leadership Experiences for the Family
  • +Collaborative Company Building
Gerald Hüsch

The human behind the system.

Gerald Hüsch — Leadership Educator, TEDx Speaker, NASA
Gerald Hüsch · Founder & Architect of LEAD21

Gerald Hüsch is one of the world's leading leadership authorities, TEDx speaker, senator and investor. He is the founder of the Global Leadership School (Berlin), the Global Leadership Consultancy L.L.C (Dubai) and the Global Leadership Society — as well as the developer and architect of LEAD21.

He has trained and accompanied more than 30,000 leaders in over 30 countries — with a combined responsibility volume of more than €550 billion. His references include NASA, Rolls-Royce, and leading companies from 30+ industries.

In 2018, Dr. Charles Pellerin invited him to serve as second chair in NASA's Mission Success Training Program — for two years, Gerald Hüsch trained NASA leaders side by side with Pellerin.

"This endless pursuit — is my life. In every little way I can — to positively change the way how we lead in the future."
Positions & roles
  • Founder & CEO — Global Leadership School, Berlin
  • Founder & CEO — Global Leadership Consultancy L.L.C, Dubai
  • Director, Center of Behavioral Leadership — St. Gallen Business School
  • Developer & architect — LEAD21
  • TEDx Speaker
  • Senator of the Economy (Germany)
  • 2nd Chair — NASA Mission Success Training (with Dr. Pellerin)
  • Investor
Express interest — no fixed date

I'm interested.

You don't have to pick from preset dates. We take the reverse, more beautiful path.

1
You express interest
For yourself, for your team, or for someone else. No commitment — we first gather everyone who is interested.
2
From 7+ interested people: a shared virtual meeting
LEAD21 is explained — open, personal, for everyone interested. You get to know everyone else personally beforehand.
3
We shape place & time together
The “flying classroom” is created together: a time that fits everyone's calendar. A location with a special frequency that delights everyone (national | international | perhaps around select events: Cannes, COP, World Cup, Wimbledon, F1 | Special: Antarctica). Anticipation included.

A special role with a surprising amount in return: one short call a month — that's it. You give direction and backing, and gain yourself: clarity, visibility and a network of all the mentors. We'll explain the full mentorship program elsewhere — together with all the mentors.

You have registered for the next Grand MasterClass.

You don't come to a seminar.
You come to your solution.

Now the intensive preparation around your case begins: we take your milestones & gates, sharpen your challenge — and curate your MasterPiece from it.

We look at your case. In the preliminary call we discuss your current challenge: How do I make sure that…

Your next milestones & gates. What is coming up, by when it has to be in place — and what is trickiest right now.

We curate your system for the MasterPiece event. From your case we select exactly the methods you really need — not a standard program, but your program.

Sales has Salesforce.
Finance & Operations run on SAP.

NEW: Leadership has LEAD21.

A better leadership for a better world.

Gerald Hüsch has had the privilege of training and accompanying more than 30,000 managers — in more than 30 countries, carrying over €550 billion in cumulative responsibility. Participants from some of the largest and best-known companies and corporations in the world — as well as ambitious start-ups and scale-ups.

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