My Biography
If I had to pick two leadership skills worth practicing, I’d go with kindness and curiosity.
I’m Robin Weninger, a leadership strategist, technology enthusiast, advisor, and speaker. I help people and organizations stay actionable when the future doesn’t hand over a plan. For more than a decade, I’ve been advising leaders and executives across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas on how to develop progress-driven teams. I also work with HR teams to design organizational learning programs that not only deliver content but instead focus on behavior change and actual skill adoption. I’m the Founder and CEO of the Global Institute of Leadership and Technology, an executive education firm that helps global clients to sharpen their leadership skills and understand the implications of technologies on their business. I also co-founded Njordis, a venture capital and advisory firm dedicated to helping tech companies scale. In my work, I’m most interested in what people do when things are unclear. Not what they say in slide decks, but how they sense the next step, adjust to take action, and challenge their decisions. That’s why I developed Positive Progress Leadership. Positive Progress Leadership isn’t another academic framework or rigid playbook. It’s a practical, human-centered model built for real-world messiness, where systems are flawed, pressures are high, and perfect plans don’t exist. Unlike Agile’s focus on processes or Transformational Leadership’s emphasis on vision, Positive Progress Leadership zeros in on actionable momentum: helping you and your teams make decisions, align efforts, and deliver results, no matter the chaos. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with leading global organizations like Lufthansa, Banco Santander, Telekom, Bayer and Volkswagen. I also worked with the German, Spanish and Italian government, the World Economic Forum and the European Commission. I’ve delivered keynotes in over 40 countries and shaped leadership and innovation programs at institutions like the European Business School, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, and the University of Barcelona. Beyond the whiteboards and frameworks, I believe leadership should feel real and that kindness and curiosity are key skills to focus on. And that the most useful question is often: “What’s one thing we can do by the end of today?” If you’re looking for someone who brings structure without rigidity, energy without theatrics, and clarity without fluff, I’d be happy to talk. If there’s good coffee and a marker in the room, even better.
Journal
Thoughts on positive progress.
The Practices for Progress
The Practices for Progress describe the intentional actions leaders take to generate meaningful progress. They are not idealized behaviors or abstract theories. Designed for real conditions, these practices help leaders act with what they have, right where they are. They don’t rely on perfect alignment, full authority, or ideal culture.
The Skills for Progress
The Skills for Progress are the personal abilities to lead effectively in complex, fast-moving, and imperfect environments. They form the foundation of all Practices for Progress and are the most accessible entry point into Positive Progress Leadership.
The Conditions for Progress
The Conditions for Progress are factors that can be shaped to make progress easier by creating the space where skills and practices can unfold effectively. They are not imposed, but aspirational - emerging and evolving through the interaction of leadership, systems, and behavior.