MEHRAN KHAZAMI

Leadership begins with understanding.

Dr. Mehran Khazami works with leaders, teams and organizations to better understand people, interests and complex decision-making situations — and to translate that understanding into effective action.

Dr. Mehran Khazami, Founder and Lead Expert at DKI Academy
Dr. Mehran Khazami, Founder and Lead Expert at DKI Academy
Dr. Mehran Khazami, Founder and Lead Expert at DKI Academy

PROFILE

Understand people. Read situations. Create impact.

Understand people. Read situations. Create impact.

Mehran Khazami’s work combines leadership, negotiation, procurement, communication and influence. At its core is the question of how people make decisions, how interests and dynamics emerge, and how leadership can remain effective under uncertainty. His work integrates perspectives from business, psychology, culture and decision science.

HOW I WORK

Understand before you act.

Understand before you act.

01 · UNDERSTAND

Understand people, interests,
context, and dynamics.

01 · UNDERSTAND

Understand people, interests,
context, and dynamics.

02 · CHALLENGE

Question assumptions, broaden perspectives, and develop new options for action.

03 · ENABLE

Enable people to translate insights
into effective behavior.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Development at the interfaces that matter.

Development at the interfaces that matter.

01 · LEADERSHIP & EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT

02 · STRATEGIC NEGOTIATION

02 · STRATEGIC NEGOTIATION

03 · PROCUREMENT & COMMERCIAL EXCELLENCE

04 · COMMUNICATION & INFLUENCE

04 · COMMUNICATION & INFLUENCE

05 · GEOLEADERSHIP®

06 · HUMAN LEADERSHIP IN THE AI AGE

06 · HUMAN LEADERSHIP IN THE AI AGE

GeoLeadership®

Making Global Leadership Work.

Leadership in complex international contexts.

Leadership in complex international contexts.

GeoLeadership® is Mehran Khazami’s approach to leadership in complex international contexts. It combines classical leadership with the perspectives of culture, organization, interests, power structures, and context.

DISCOVER GEOLEADERSHIP®

SELECTED EXPERIENCE

Leadership, consulting and development experience in international organizational contexts.

Leadership, consulting
and development experience in international organizational contexts.

BMW Group

Deutsche Bahn AG

ZF-TRW

Aenova Holding GmbH

Continental

Schaeffler

Knauf

Linde Engineering

HEIDENHAIN

Engel & Völkers

Rhenus

TX-LOGISTIK AG

Let’s talk about your challenge.

Let’s talk about your challenge.

Whether leadership, negotiation, procurement or international collaboration — in an initial conversation, we identify where the greatest leverage lies and which approach best fits your situation.

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