Dr. Karolin Helbig
Leadership Consultant for more impact and joy
Areas of expertise
I bring to you a deep expertise in specific areas, and provide you with science-based insights and practical real-life tools. Reach out to me if you look for inspiring events tailored to your needs addressing topics such as:
Emotional intelligence
How can we navigate emotions more skillfully and take smarter decisions?
Psychological safety
How can we cultivate high-performing teams where everyone feels invited to contribute fully?
Growth mindset
How can we develop the inner agility to embrace challenges as opportunities for growth?
Clients
Services
Every organization is unique and faces its own leadership challenges. Together, we explore what is most helpful for your context and strategic goals. Based on this, I design high-impact formats tailored to your needs. Across all services, the focus is on concrete actions and leadership practices that make a real difference in everyday work.
Travel expenses are not included and will be added if incurred:
Km flat rate 0,50 €; flight; taxi; board & lodging expenses. If travel time is less than 30 min, no travel expenses will be charged.
Payments:
Amounts invoiced are paid latest within 14 days from the date of invoice without any deductions (e.g. Sconto) to bank account referred to in the invoice.
If training sessions are cancelled, payments will be due:
- 14 days or less: 50% of costs
- 15-30 days: 25% of costs
- 31 or more: no costs
If training sessions are rescheduled, payments will be due:
- 7 days or less: 50% of costs
- 8-14 days: 25% of costs
- 15 or more: no costs
Talks
Energizing keynotes for large-scale events, designed to spark reflection and practical insight
Workshops
Engaging, hands-on learning sessions for groups and teams of any size
Leadership Journeys
Longer-term support for leaders and teams to grow into their potential together
Certification program
Become a certified Psychological Safety Playbook facilitator
Are you a facilitator, consultant, coach, or leader who is passionate about psychological safety? Would you like to become more skillful in leading psychological safety workshops?
Now you can learn and receive a certification from the authors of The Psychological Safety Playbook: Lead More Powerfully by Being More Human.
Testimonials
Recent Engagements
Keynote · Global R&D Audience
Topic: Psychological Safety — From Knowing to Doing, Under Real Conditions
Audience: 500+ participants · live & streamed across multiple countries
Focus: Everyday leadership behaviors that enable speaking up, learning, and collaborating under pressure
Full-Day Workshop · Executive & Board Level
Topic: Leadership alignment in times of change
Audience: Full leadership team incl. board (≈ 80 executives)
Focus: Decision-making, collaboration, and leadership behavior in complex, high-stakes situations
Leadership Journey · Insurance Sector
Topic: Making effective leadership practices a lived reality
Audience: Cross-level leadership cohort (≈ 90 senior leaders)
Focus: Evolving priorities and sustained culture change through reflection, experimentation, and peer learning
About me
Dr. Karolin Helbig
I’m a scientist by training with broad experience in business and consulting. What drives my work is a deep interest in how people can grow their leadership capacity as change accelerates and situations become more complex and unpredictable. I combine evidence-based thinking with genuine care for my clients and their inner development.
My background brings together top-management consulting, scientific research, and long-term personal practice. I spent many years as a management consultant at McKinsey, hold a PhD in human genetics, and am a certified Search Inside Yourself teacher with extensive experience in emotional intelligence and mindfulness. I work with my clients in a co-creative and encouraging way and am committed to making a real difference in how people show up and work together. When helpful, I collaborate with a small network of trusted, experienced colleagues.
At the heart of what I do is the belief that leadership becomes more effective when we allow it to be more human.
Working together
Let’s get in touch and explore how I might support you and your organization.
Whether you’re looking to strengthen leadership capacity, support teams through change, or create conditions for more effective collaboration, I’d be glad to explore with you what would be most helpful in your context.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Open learning sessions
In addition to my client work, I host the global Psychological Safety Playbook community together with my co-author Minette Norman.
I regularly offer open, free sessions called „Erkenntniswerkstatt“ (in German), where leaders and practitioners come together to experiment, reflect, and share experiences.
These sessions are open to everyone—no preparation or prior knowledge required, just curiosity. They offer a chance to explore how psychological safety can become a lived reality and to get a sense of my way of working in a low-threshold, non-commercial setting.