Cutting-edge thinking on the intersection of technology and society by Judith Dada, Co-CEO of Langdock.
Dr Angelika Love
Business psychologist, leadership advisor and executive coach
In brief
My work is informed by my academic background in group dynamics and almost 10 years of leadership advisory experience. I have conducted 100+ executive assessments across industries, markets and cultures, both as an organisational psychologist within a global leadership advisory firm and in my own independent practice. I also bring 100+ hours of executive coaching experience, with leaders navigating transition, complexity and pressure, as well as with senior leadership teams.
Background
I hold a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Oxford, where my research focused on relationship networks and group dynamics. That lens still shapes how I work today: I pay attention to what is happening in the room, what is not being said, and what the wider context is quietly rewarding.
In 2021, I joined Russell Reynolds Associates in the firm’s global Leadership Assessment & Development practice, working as a leadership psychologist out of Brussels and Frankfurt. The firm’s top-of-the-house approach allowed me to support senior leadership teams and individual leaders through major transitions and high-stakes talent-related decisions. In conjunction with my academic background, those years gave me a strong methodological foundation and a sharper sense of how to partner with clients at C-suite level.
In 2024, I founded my independent leadership advisory practice. I combine executive assessment, coaching and advisory work with research and teaching engagements on team- and talent-related topics. I apply the same high interpersonal and methodological standards that shaped my early career and now have more time to focus on a select number of clients. My practice is intentionally small and can therefore be exceptionally personal. I keep room for generosity and depth in the projects I take on, and time for staying close to the cutting edge of the quickly evolving world of work.
What I work on, and with whom
Most of my work sits in the space between individual leadership and the wider system around it.
Typical themes include:
- succession and selection decisions where the cost of a wrong call is high
- stepping into a bigger role and needing to gain traction fast
- senior leadership team changes, mergers and leadership reconfigurations
- leadership practices and culture under pressure in a fast-changing world of work
I have worked with leaders and teams in contexts including listed corporates and multi-market organisations, PE-backed SMEs and portfolio companies, venture and growth environments, professional services, public-sector leadership contexts, and elite military units. Most of my clients are based in Europe, though some are also US-based. I work in English and German, and also have conversational French and Norwegian.
A lot of my work is quiet and discreet; therefore, you won’t find client logos or names listed here.
Why I do this work
I am propelled by the belief that society is, in many ways, shaped at work. It’s where we spend a considerable share of our waking hours and where many of our social interactions take place. Leaders have a disproportionate impact on the climate – the norms and values – that shape these interactions, and on the ripple effects this has through our relationship networks beyond work. They also shape the wider economy, and so countless lives and livelihoods. I became a leadership advisor and coach because I want to be in this arena and support those who shoulder such responsibility.
Resources I like to recommend
I often get asked for book or podcast recommendations. Below, you can find a small selection of resources that have, over the past decade, fed my thinking on high performance.
Books
Podcasts
Further reading (and some of my own writing)
Intelligent writing on organisational strategy and leadership by founder coach and former co-CEO of idealo, Dr Philipp Peitsch.
An article by Leapwise CEO Tom Gash and Angelika Love for Public Finance, examining how diversity can strengthen decision-making, written in 2020.
A report co-written by decision-science consultancy Leapwise, New Philanthropy Capital and Angelika Love in 2020 on effective leadership and decision-making during a crisis.