Nana von Bernuth
Adjunct Professor of Organisational Behaviour
Biography
Nana von Bernuth is an Adjunct Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Business Coach at INSEAD. She is passionate about helping executives translate insights into action and lasting impact.
Since 2003, she has combined in-depth research activity, consulting and teaching, allowing her to stay at the forefront of leadership and organizational development. Nana is an experienced programme director, designing learning journeys and leadership development programmes for a wide range of sectors. At INSEAD, she teaches and directs both custom and open-enrollment programmes and previously served as Programme Director of the International Teacher’s Programme (ITP) for business school faculty. Her corporate clients include L’Oréal, Novartis, Ericsson, Tata, Google, and other companies across Asia, Middle East and the US as well as start-ups and mid-sized companies.
Her teaching focuses on the “human side” of business—change management, emotional intelligence, and social capital.
Based on her research and firsthand experience, she developed a structured action learning process that enables participants to successfully deploy new skills, grow as individuals and as teams, and create lasting change. She also leads and trains the team of INSEAD business coaches who support participants in achieving meaningful, long-term impact through action.
Nana has contributed to influential books including Collaboration (Morten Hansen), Great by Choice and Great at Work (Jim Collins and Morten Hansen), and Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader (Herminia Ibarra). Her co-authored Harvard Business Review article, The 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World, received global press coverage and is now a benchmark for identifying CEOs who deliver long-term value.
Before joining academia, she was a senior management consultant with KPMG Corporate Finance in Berlin and Milan.
A German native, she speaks English, French, and Italian fluently.
In 2016, she joined the board of Paris-based AI company Addventa.
Since 2003, she has combined in-depth research activity, consulting and teaching, allowing her to stay at the forefront of leadership and organizational development. Nana is an experienced programme director, designing learning journeys and leadership development programmes for a wide range of sectors. At INSEAD, she teaches and directs both custom and open-enrollment programmes and previously served as Programme Director of the International Teacher’s Programme (ITP) for business school faculty. Her corporate clients include L’Oréal, Novartis, Ericsson, Tata, Google, and other companies across Asia, Middle East and the US as well as start-ups and mid-sized companies.
Her teaching focuses on the “human side” of business—change management, emotional intelligence, and social capital.
Based on her research and firsthand experience, she developed a structured action learning process that enables participants to successfully deploy new skills, grow as individuals and as teams, and create lasting change. She also leads and trains the team of INSEAD business coaches who support participants in achieving meaningful, long-term impact through action.
Nana has contributed to influential books including Collaboration (Morten Hansen), Great by Choice and Great at Work (Jim Collins and Morten Hansen), and Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader (Herminia Ibarra). Her co-authored Harvard Business Review article, The 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World, received global press coverage and is now a benchmark for identifying CEOs who deliver long-term value.
Before joining academia, she was a senior management consultant with KPMG Corporate Finance in Berlin and Milan.
A German native, she speaks English, French, and Italian fluently.
In 2016, she joined the board of Paris-based AI company Addventa.
