LEA Education

What LEA Education does

LEA Education (legal name "LEA.education," doing business as "LEA – Network for excellent leadership at school") is a Göttingen, Germany-based educational leadership organization founded in 2021 that operates a community network for school transformation, targeting leadership teams, educators, consultants, and process facilitators in the German-speaking market. Its core offer is the LEA Network, built around the "Six Building Blocks for Successful Change" framework and Inner Development Goals (IDGs), and a workshop portfolio branded as "Werkstatt" that includes KTC Kollegiales Team Coaching® (a 6-person peer coaching format), RealLabor Göttingen, Fair Free! Camp, MasterClass, Social Presencing Theater (drawn from Otto Scharmer's Theory U), and TeamPLAY workshops. The associated Praxisbuch "Führen mit Präsenz und Empathie" (BELTZ Verlag, 2nd edition 2023), authored by Wilfried Schley and Michael Schratz, codifies the methodology in published form.

The organization employs approximately 6 people and functions with a community-led, event-driven go-to-market approach, delivering workshops in digital and in-person formats with registration routed through the lea.education website. Revenue mechanics are workshop/training fees supplemented by membership contributions ("Mitglied werden") and donations ("spenden"); no public pricing or enterprise contracts are disclosed. Distribution is direct, and marketing is conducted via newsletter, blog content, Instagram, and LinkedIn rather than paid acquisition. Operationally, LEA presents as a small, founder/community-led educational non-profit or social enterprise rather than a venture-backed software business, with no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, or AI/technology platform components.

Name

LEA Education

Legal name

LEA.education

Website

https://lea.education

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LEA Education is a 6-person, Göttingen-based network (founded 2021) offering workshops, peer coaching, and transformation frameworks for German-speaking school leadership teams, educators, and consultants, funded through workshop fees, memberships, and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Development & Educational Leadership Training

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Instructional Coaching & Teacher Professional Learning (School-Embedded) (EDAJAFAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Teacher Training, Professional Development & Education Leadership (BPADAKAC), Learning Management Systems (LMS) & Digital Classrooms (EDAJAMAA)

Keywords

• Educational leadership development
• School transformation workshops
• Collegial team coaching
• Teacher professional development
• Adult learning networks

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Workshop and Training Fees: LEA generates revenue through workshop registration fees for programs like Kollegiales Team Coaching, MasterClass, Social Presencing Theater, and TeamPLAY workshops. Participants register and pay for access to these professional development offerings.
2. Membership Contributions: The website references 'Mitglied werden' (Become a Member) suggesting a membership model with associated contributions or fees supporting the network's operations and mission.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LEA Education is a Germany-based, community-led network that delivers professional development workshops and peer coaching methodologies for educational leadership teams. Its offerings include multi-day formats (RealLabor Göttingen, Fair Free! Camp), short workshops (KTC Kollegiales Team Coaching, MasterClass, TeamPLAY), embodied practice sessions (Social Presencing Theater), self-managed practice groups, and a published practitioner book. The network is built for school directors, leadership teams, teacher education institutions, transfer coaches, and consultants working on school transformation.

Product overview

LEA Education offers a network-based platform for leadership development in schools, centered on the LEA Network which focuses on societal attitude change from ego-consciousness to ecosystemic action. The core offering includes the LEA Network with its Six Building Blocks framework and Inner Development Goals integration. The 'Werkstatt' (Workshop) division provides various coaching and development programs including KTC Kollegiales Team Coaching (Collegial Team Coaching), RealLabor Göttingen, Fair Free! Camp, MasterClass, Social Presencing Theater, and TeamPLAY Workshops. Additionally, the organization offers the practice book 'Führen mit Präsenz und Empathie' as a complementary resource. These offerings work together to support leadership teams, educational professionals, consultants, and process facilitators in driving transformation in schools and teacher education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KTC Kollegiales Team Coaching®: Kollegiales Team Coaching professional setting where 6 people support each other in managing changes and transitions
• RealLabor Göttingen
• Fair Free! Camp
• MasterClass
• Social Presencing Theater
• TeamPLAY

Products and services

• LEA Network Membership-based community network that connects school directors, leadership teams, transfer coaches, consultants, and teacher education institutions around the practice of school transformation. Members access events, practice groups, and the network's methodologies.
• RealLabor Göttingen Online reflective practice workshop format held as a recurring series (e.g., RealLabor #18, #19), providing a space for change-makers to reflect on their school transformation practice.
• KTC Kollegiales Team Coaching Workshop offering based on the KTC (Kollegiales Team Coaching) peer coaching methodology, designed for educational leadership teams to support each other through structured peer coaching.
• Fair Free! Camp Multi-day community camp event for the LEA network, gathering educational leaders for intensive transformation work and peer exchange.
• MasterClass Advanced workshop format offered within the LEA network to deepen participants' practice in specific methodologies central to the community.
• TeamPLAY Workshops Workshop series for collaborative practice, designed for leadership teams and practitioners in the LEA network.
• Social Presencing Theater Workshops Workshop series based on the Social Presencing Theater (SPT) methodology, offering embodied practice sessions for educational leaders exploring ecosystemic transformation.
• Praxisbuch: Führen mit Präsenz und Empathie Published practitioner book developed by LEA-associated authors (Wilfried Schley, Michael Schratz, Katharina Wyss) and published by BELTZ Verlag, providing a written framework for the network's leadership and transformation practice.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BELTZ VerlagminorOthersBELTZ Verlag is the publisher of the 'Praxisbuch Führen mit Präsenz und Empathie' (Practice Book: Leading with Presence and Empathy) authored by Wilfried Schley and Michael Schratz, with collaboration from Katharina Wyss. The 2nd edition was published in 2023. This book serves as foundational content for LEA's educational approach.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• u.lab (MITx / Presencing Institute): Global online leadership program based on Theory U for leading profound innovation and systemic change. Comparable to LEA because both serve educators and leaders through cohort-based, methodology-driven programs aimed at systemic transformation.
• Schönfeld Hendrix Education Group: German education consultancy focused on school leadership development, teacher training, and organizational learning for K-12 institutions. Directly comparable as a professional development provider for school leadership teams in Germany.
• Wissensfabrik: German non-profit network of companies and institutions supporting K-12 education innovation and teacher training. Comparable because it operates a network/membership model serving German schools with transformation-oriented programming.
• Presencing Institute: Founded by Otto Scharmer, the Presencing Institute develops and disseminates Theory U-based leadership and systemic change methodologies. Directly comparable to LEA because LEA's Social Presencing Theater, KTC, and RealLabor formats are built on the same Theory U foundation.
• Schule im Aufbruch: German non-profit network driving systemic school transformation and leadership development with German schools. Directly comparable to LEA's mission of societal attitude change ("Vom Ego-Bewusstsein zum ökosystemischen Handeln") and network-based school leadership programming.
• Coherence Factor: Consulting and training firm applying Theory U and presencing-based methodologies to leadership and organizational change in the DACH region. Comparable because it works with the same Theory U toolkit LEA adapts for educational leadership audiences.
• Deutsche Schulakademie: German foundation supporting innovative K-12 schools and school leadership development through networks, awards, and programs. Directly comparable because it operates in the German K-12 school transformation space and serves school leadership teams with peer-learning formats.

Emerging players

• Forum Bildung: German initiative focused on education system innovation and reform advocacy with professional learning events. Comparable as an education transformation community serving German educators and school leaders.
• Teach First Deutschland: Non-profit that recruits and trains graduates to teach in high-need German schools, with a strong leadership development component. Comparable because it targets school transformation and leadership pipelines in Germany, though its delivery model is fellowship-based rather than workshop-based.

Broad incumbents

• Ashoka Germany: Global network supporting education innovators and changemakers; its German operation funds and connects social entrepreneurs in education. Comparable as a broader incumbent driving systemic education change with peer network and leadership development offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lea-leadership-education-academy-network-movement
• Instagraminstagram.com/lea_education_

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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