PfO

What PfO does

PfO Beratungsgesellschaft mbH (Psychologie für Organisationen) is a German boutique management consulting firm headquartered in Garbsen, Germany, founded in 1984 with over 30 years of project experience. The firm specializes in psychological organizational consulting across three core service pillars: Organizations (change management, culture transformation, agile work, strategy development), Teams (team identity, communication, conflict resolution, hybrid collaboration), and People (leadership development, executive coaching, resilience). It is led by Managing Director Corina Milek and staffed by approximately 19 specialists, including Diplom-Psychologen, doctorate holders, and former senior industry executives.

The firm's differentiated offerings center on two proprietary, brand-protected methodologies. The first, congress in motion®, is a registered trademark for a large-group event format that uses physical movement, storytelling, theater, and open-space techniques to drive participation in change processes. The second, SPOCKLAB®, is a fully configurable digital learning space built on Microsoft SharePoint that enables blended learning content tailored to each cohort; it has been recognized as a finalist at the dvct Learning and Coaching Award and nominated for the delina Award at Learntec. The product portfolio also includes the Next Level Skills program suite (Executive Leadership at €6,900, New Leadership at €5,990, plus innovation, resilience, succession, and BREATHE mindfulness modules), the free monthly PfO Impuls Lunch & Learn webinar series, and specialized workshops on psychological safety and learning culture.

PfO operates a direct enterprise field sales motion targeting German enterprises, beginning with a free initial consultation ('kostenfreies Erstgespräch') and converting to custom-quoted change management engagements or fixed-price multi-day programs. Named clients include Boehringer Ingelheim (multi-year People Growth program reaching 200+ leaders annually), ebm-papst, Audi, Merck, DZ Bank, Evonik, and Aesculap. Geographic scope is exclusively Germany, with no international expansion or external funding disclosed. The firm has no software product, API, or formally certified compliance programs and operates as a pure professional services business.

Name

PfO

Legal name

PfO Beratungsgesellschaft mbH

Website

https://pfo.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PfO (Psychologie für Organisationen) is a German boutique management consultancy specializing in psychological organizational consulting — change management, team development, leadership coaching, and succession planning — for mid-sized and large enterprises across Germany, anchored by proprietary methodologies congress in motion® and SPOCKLAB®.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Capital & Workforce Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Culture, Engagement & Employee Experience (EX) Consulting (BPAHAGAI), Leadership Development & Executive Coaching (BPAHAGAD), Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting (BPAHAGAB), Stress Management & Well-Being at Work (EDABAMAN)

Keywords

• Organizational consulting services
• Change management consulting
• Leadership development programs
• Team development coaching
• Business succession advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Lich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Organizational Consulting: Psychological organizational consulting services for change management, culture transformation, and organizational design engagements with enterprise clients
2. Training & Workshop Programs: Structured training programs including Next Level Skills offerings (Executive Leadership, New Leadership, Business Resilienz, Innovationsfähigkeit, Unternehmensnachfolge) delivered as multi-day modules with pricing ranging from €4,200 to €8,400 + VAT
3. Coaching Services: Individual and team coaching engagements, including executive coaching, leadership coaching, and specialized coaching programs such as BREATHE mindfulness and resilience coaching
4. PfO Impuls (Lunch & Learn): Free monthly online webinars on topics related to collaboration, leadership, and organizational development, serving as both knowledge sharing and lead generation
5. Succession Planning Services: Specialized consulting services for business succession including clarification workshops, internal communication strategies, transformation support, and outplacement services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

PfO Beratungsgesellschaft mbH (Psychologie für Organisationen) provides psychological organizational consulting services across three core pillars: Organizations (change management, culture transformation, agile work adoption), Teams (collaboration, communication, conflict resolution, hybrid work), and People (leadership development, executive coaching, resilience). The firm supplements these consulting engagements with structured multi-day Next Level Skills programs (Executive Leadership, New Leadership), the proprietary congress in motion® large-group event format, the SPOCKLAB® SharePoint-based blended learning platform, BREATHE mindfulness/resilience booster, and specialized business succession advisory.

Product overview

PfO (Psychologie für Organisationen – PfO Beratungsgesellschaft mbH) is a psychological organizational consulting firm based in Garbsen, Germany, with over 30 years of experience. It is not a software product company but rather a consulting and training services firm. Its portfolio is organized around three core consulting service pillars — Organizations, Teams, and People — which cover organizational development, change management, team performance, leadership development, and individual development. These core services are complemented by the proprietary 'congress in motion®' large-group moderation format. The Next Level Skills workshop and coaching program extends the offering with structured add-on modules including Executive Leadership, New Leadership (both multi-day programs with pricing at 5,990 EUR and 6,900 EUR respectively), the SPOCKLAB® virtual learning space (SharePoint-based blended learning tool), BREATHE mindfulness and resilience booster, resilience development programs, innovation capability workshops, succession planning, the free monthly PfO Impuls Lunch & Learn series, Team-Hacks for psychological safety, and Learning Culture workshops. The firm does not appear to offer a software product, API, or formally certified compliance programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SPOCKLAB®: A virtual learning space on SharePoint basis for flexible, iteratively adaptable digital learning solutions, developed as a fully flexible authoring solution
• congress in motion®
• BREATHE
• PfO Impuls
• Next Level Skills
• Next Level – New Leadership
• Next Level – Executive Leadership
• NEUES denken
• SPOCKLAB®

Products and services

• Organizations Consulting Organizational consulting services covering vision and strategy development, culture change, transformation and change management, agile work adoption, and design of modern organizations for enterprise clients.
• Teams Consulting Team consulting focused on strengthening team identity, developing team potential, improving communication, resolving conflicts, enabling self-organization, and optimizing hybrid collaboration for enterprise teams.
• People Consulting Individual development consulting covering competency development, improving self-leadership, unlocking leadership potential, rethinking leadership approaches, and personal development for leaders, managers, and employees.
• congress in motion® Proprietary large-group moderation and event format using movement, creative participation methods, storytelling, theater, and open space techniques to drive change processes and inspire genuine participation at events, conferences, and leadership dialogues.
• Next Level Skills – Executive Leadership A 3-module, 6.5-day executive leadership program for top managers covering leadership personality, effective collaboration, and organizational design, including modules on self-reflection, feedback culture, conflict resolution, culture, transformation, and micropolitics. Priced at 6,900 EUR plus VAT and hotel costs.
• Next Level Skills – New Leadership A 3-module (2.5 days each) leadership development program covering 'Leading Me', 'Leading People', and 'Leading Teams', including virtual learning journey and individual coaching with MBTI personality profile. Priced at 5,990 EUR plus VAT and hotel costs.
• SPOCKLAB® Virtual Learning Space Proprietary fully flexible, iteratively adjustable digital learning space built on Microsoft SharePoint that supports blended learning by allowing custom content, hyperlinks, and files to be curated per learning group. Recognized as a 'Qualified Product' finalist at the Learning and Coaching Award (dvct) and nominated for the delina Award at Learntec.
• BREATHE: Mindfulness & Resilience Booster A 7-module mindfulness-based resilience program (B-R-E-A-T-H-E: Bewusstsein, Resilienz, Einstellung, Aus Fehlern lernen, Teilziele, Hilfe, Entwicklung) for individuals, teams, and organizations, delivered as online impulses with a resilience check/self-assessment or personal coaching.
• Business Succession Advisory (Unternehmensnachfolge) Succession planning consulting covering clarification workshops ('Café der Klärung'), internal communication strategy, transformation support, strategy development using the Strategy Explorer canvas method, learning culture development, team workshops, and reimagined outplacement services for business owners planning succession.
• PfO Impuls (Lunch & Learn) Monthly free online inspiration series (12:00–13:00) covering collaboration, leadership, and organizational development topics such as psychological safety, micropolitics, hybrid work, resilience, AI in leadership, and event design, conducted via Microsoft Teams with PfO consultants or network partners.
• Team-Hacks für psychologische Sicherheit A practical workshop covering 5 key aspects of psychological safety in teams: courageous communication, active listening, managing reactions, treating mistakes as resources, and creating connecting rituals, including a downloadable 'Team-Hacks' PDF resource.

Quantifiable outcome

• Boehringer Ingelheim: 6-15 People Growth workshops annually reaching over 200 leaders
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• ZOE-foundation: Foundation-based organizational consulting practice focused on agile and self-organization transformations — overlaps with PfO's agile transformation and team development offerings, particularly in the German Mittelstand market.
• Schwetz + Partner: German boutique HR and organizational consulting firm serving mid-sized enterprises with leadership, change, and team development offerings — directly comparable in size, geography, and service focus to PfO.

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with a strong leadership development and executive coaching practice serving large enterprises — competes for the same enterprise leadership and transformation budgets as PfO but at much larger scale.
• IMD Business School: Executive education provider offering leadership development programs and custom enterprise programs — competes with PfO's Next Level Skills Executive Leadership and New Leadership programs for the same corporate training budgets.
• Mercer: Global consulting leader in health, wealth, and career, with a sizable organizational consulting and workforce transformation practice — competes with PfO on enterprise HR transformation and leadership engagements with broader portfolio resources.
• Roland Berger: European-origin strategy and management consulting firm with a dedicated organizational and leadership practice — competes with PfO on organizational transformation and leadership development for large German and European enterprises.

Direct peers

• hkp/// group: Frankfurt-based HR and organizational consulting firm with strong leadership development, executive compensation, and change management practices — comparable client base (German DAX/Mittelstand) and overlapping service portfolio.
• Kienbaum: Germany's largest dedicated HR and organizational consulting firm, offering leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational transformation services to enterprise clients — directly overlap with PfO's Organizations/Teams/People pillars and executive education portfolio.
• Metaplan: German organizational development consultancy focused on strategy, change management, and large-group moderation — directly comparable to PfO's organizational consulting and the congress in motion® large-group event format.

Regional players

• TAE - Technische Akademie Esslingen: Germany-based provider of professional development and corporate training programs across management topics — competes with PfO's Next Level Skills workshops and training programs in the German training market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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