Speaker Barbara Hagedorn

Barbara Hagedorn - Visionary. Entrepreneur. Bridge builder.

What is a headwind for others is just a gust of fresh air for Barbara Hagedorn - a driving force for bold ideas and real change.

‘Well, little girl, what are you doing here?’ She was asked this question at the age of 23 when she started selling tyres in a male-dominated field. She didn't answer with words - but with deeds. Again and again.

Barbara Hagedorn Lecture topics

- ‘Women in construction, voices in change - how diversity really drives companies forward’
Why diversity is not a nice-to-have, but a real success factor.

- ‘From the portacabin to the executive office - rethinking leadership’
25 years of entrepreneurship as inspiration for a modern leadership culture.

- ‘Attitude instead of harmony - Why companies must now be uncomfortably courageous’
A plea for responsibility, values and real change.

‘The Future We Lead - Why value-orientated companies win the future’. Findings from FutureWE: How culture becomes a competitive advantage.

Next stop: the world of construction. Barbara Hagedorn played a key role in building up the Hagedorn family business and led it to the top of the industry:

- Fourth largest demolition company worldwide
- Over 2,000 employees
- Honoured as an ‘employer of the future’

These successes do not only stand for economic strength - they reflect her conviction: leadership needs heart, corporate culture needs courage, progress needs attitude.

But Barbara Hagedorn is not resting on her laurels. Today, she puts her energy into FutureWE - a consultancy she founded to help organisations lead with clarity, humanity and conviction. Through FutureWE, she supports companies in developing resilient cultures, in change and in value-based leadership. She is also active as an investor and supports entrepreneurs who are shaping the working world of tomorrow with integrity and substance.

Their mission remains unchanged: Rethinking leadership and corporate culture - not as buzzwords, but as lived responsibility. She builds bridges between generations, genders and structures. Her style is clear, down-to-earth and deeply human.

She says: ‘As a woman, you often have to explain more than a man - or you simply lead the way and let actions speak for themselves.’

Barbara Hagedorn is a passionate speaker who brings energy instead of ego, substance instead of empty phrases - and experience that you can feel.

Those who experience her leave inspired - and ready for action.

Book Barbara Hagedorn for presentations at WOMEN SPEAKER.