Name

Holism Gmbh

Legal name

Holism GmbH

Website

https://holism.digital

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dortmund

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Organizational Development Consulting & Sparring: Advisory and consulting engagements for executive leadership, including strategic sparring, organizational development, and process synchronization. Delivered through direct sales and relationship-based business development.
2. Coaching Services: Individual and team coaching for decision-makers, leaders, and entrepreneurs. Delivered as 1:1 sessions or team coaching, either online or on-site. Billed per engagement or session.
3. Communication & Rhetoric Services: Strategic communication, narrative management, and rhetoric consulting for organizations and leaders.
4. Holism Workation Events: Premium two-day experiential events in Lagos, Portugal combining workshops, coaching, business English training, and networking. Priced at €1,650 (early bird) or €1,950 (regular) per participant, with max 12 participants per event.
5. Holism Akademie - Training & Development: Executive education programs including impulse lectures, keynotes, workshops, individual coaching, executive search, and leadership consulting. Offered through the Holism Akademie brand.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Holism GmbH is a consulting boutique that delivers organizational development, executive sparring, change management coaching, intelligent automation advisory, and project management services to leadership teams. Its core practice combines psychological change frameworks (Elefant & Reiter model), data-driven value stream analysis, and AI/automation consulting to help organizations synchronize people, processes, strategies, and communication. The firm packages these into discrete service lines (Sparringpartner, Organisations-Entwicklung, Intelligente Automatisierung, Coaching, Projekt-Management) supported by the Holism Akademie training brand and the Workation event series.

Product overview

Holism GmbH is a consulting company offering intelligent organizational development services, not a unified software product. The portfolio consists of several core consulting service lines (Sparringpartner/Sparring Services, Organisations-Entwicklung, Intelligente Automatisierung, Coaching, and Projekt-Management) complemented by three sub-brands: Holism Akademie (leadership development and executive education), Reitende Elefanten Podcast (thought leadership content), and Workation (Work. Education. Experience.) events. The services work together as an integrated consulting ecosystem, with each service addressing different aspects of organizational transformation and human development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Holism Akademie: Academy for leadership development, coaching, and strategic personnel development, combining knowledge, practice, and strategic development to empower leaders and teams.

Products and services

• Sparringpartner Services Strategic consulting and coaching for executives and leadership teams, providing objective external perspective, change management support, and organizational development guidance on equal footing.
• Organisations-Entwicklung (Organizational Development) Holistic organizational development consulting that synchronizes people, processes, roles, strategies, and communication to drive intelligent organizational transformation.
• Intelligente Automatisierung (Intelligent Automation Consulting) AI and automation consulting that identifies processes suitable for automation, develops use cases and workflows (e.g., Meeting-to-Action, Project-Bedarfsradar, Kommunikations-Entlaster), and integrates intelligent automation aligned with business value.
• Coaching Services Psychologically grounded 1:1 coaching for decision-makers, entrepreneurs, and leaders facing complex challenges, covering decision-making, change management, solution development, and personal development.
• Projekt-Management (Project & Interim Management) Project management and interim management services that create clarity, structure, and results by addressing complex organizational challenges and driving intelligent solutions end-to-end.
• Holism Akademie (Leadership Development Academy) An academy offering impulse lectures, keynotes, workshops, individual coaching, executive search, and leadership consulting for individuals and organizations seeking intelligent development.
• Workation (Work. Education. Experience.) An exclusive 2-day event combining workshops, business English training, and networking experiences held in Lagos, Portugal, focused on leadership, psychology, and automation topics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations develop from unstructured growth to controlled, steerable, and measurable transformation processes
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Athenas GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner in the Holism Sparringpartner Netzwerk. Athenas is described as Europe's largest speakers agency. Nature of partnership appears to be mutual referral and collaboration within the professional network.
• AW Betriebskybernetik GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner specializing in structure, leadership, and control in mid-sized companies (Mittelstand). Listed in the Holism Sparringpartner Netzwerk.
• Dr. Frank Weiler - Management & BeratungminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerManagement consulting partner in the Holism Sparringpartner Netzwerk.
• Kai Gondlach / Profore Gesellschaft für Zukunft mbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Profore for futures studies and organizational transformation. Kai Gondlach is a keynotes speaker and futures researcher. The partnership is promoted through joint OnePagers (Holism+Profore: Zukünfte + Wandel) and is a visible part of the Holism ecosystem.
• markemotion GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner agency for modern marketing, listed in the Holism Sparringpartner Netzwerk.
• onemoreoption.ai - Dr. Stephan HausbergcoreTechnology or IntegrationData strategy consulting partnership with Dr. Stephan Hausberg. Also a team member of Holism. Focus on data culture, data literacy, and machine learning.
• QuadresscoreTechnology or IntegrationAutomation & KI Workflows partner. Quadress works with Holism on intelligent automation implementations. Promoted through joint OnePagers (Automation mit Holism und quadress).
• RUF Beratung GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerContact center consulting partner listed in the Holism Sparringpartner Netzwerk.
• SCHACHT CONSULTINGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsulting partner for customer service and sales, listed in the Holism Sparringpartner Netzwerk.
• Torsten AdamskicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoaching & Training partner and team member of Holism. Specializes in change psychology, leadership, conflict, trust, and decision culture. Jointly delivers coaching and training engagements.
• Holism AkademiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormerly DTA – Digitale Transformation Akademie, now integrated as the Holism Akademie. Operates at holism-akademie.de. The academy is a core part of the Holism ecosystem offering leadership development, coaching, and executive education programs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• BetterUp: Tech-enabled coaching and leadership development platform serving enterprises globally. Competes with Holism's coaching practice on the same buyer (executives/leaders) but via a digital, scalable delivery model.
• CoachHub: Berlin-based digital coaching platform with strong European enterprise presence. Comparable to Holism on coaching as a service and DACH/European buyer base, with a tech-enabled alternative to traditional 1:1 consulting.

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm. Operates at much larger scale than Holism but competes for the same C-suite leadership development and advisory wallet.
• FranklinCovey: Global leadership and organizational performance consulting/training firm. Comparable to Holism Akademie on leadership development and executive education, but at much broader scale and with productized content.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm spanning executive search, leadership development, and rewards. Comparable to Holism on organizational transformation and leadership advisory, though at substantially larger scale.

Direct peers

• hkp group: German HR and management consulting firm focused on compensation, performance, and leadership. Comparable to Holism on organizational/HR advisory and DACH market focus.
• Kienbaum Consultants International: German-headquartered consultancy specializing in HR, leadership, executive search, and organizational development. Closely comparable to Holism on leadership development and organizational transformation focus.
• Horn & Company: German management consultancy focused on transformation, strategy, and operational excellence for mid-market and corporate clients. Comparable in size, geography, and transformation mandate.
• Roland Berger: Major German-origin management consulting firm serving DACH and global clients on strategy, transformation, and organizational design. Comparable to Holism in advisory orientation but operating at vastly larger scale.
• Staufen AG: German lean/operational excellence and transformation consultancy serving Mittelstand and global manufacturers. Overlaps with Holism on organizational transformation and process synchronization themes.

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

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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