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Professor Bernd Vogel

Professor in Leadership

Director of Henley Centre for Leadership

Bernd Vogel Updated Photo

Specialisms

  • Leadership and Leadership Development, 
  • Strategic Leadership for Healthy and Sustainable Organisational Energy, 
  • Repertoires of Leadership and Followership, 
  • Future of Work and Leadership and Global Societal Challenges, 
  • Leadership of Change, Transformation and Organisational culture

Location

Engine House building room 513, Greenlands campus

Professor Bernd Vogel is a Professor in Leadership and Founding Director of Henley Centre for Leadership at Henley Business School.

Bernd has 20 years of global experience in research, educating, speaking, and consulting with companies, business schools and universities. He supports organisations and people in life-long learning journeys that transform lives, organisations, and society. He bridges academia with practice and is an executive coach.

Bernd has a Master's Degree in Business Administration and Economics and a PhD in Management from Leibniz University Hannover. He was Lecturer at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Leibniz University and had Visiting positions at Claremont Graduate University, USA, IESE Business School, Spain, and Marshall School of Business, USC, USA.

Bernd’s expertise is in leadership and leadership development; future of work and leadership; strategic leadership to mobilise and sustain healthy energy and performance; developing leadership and followership capability; healthy and performing senior management teams; change, transformation and culture; leadership development architectures.

His books include 'Fully Charged: How Great Leaders Boost Their Organization's Energy and Ignite High Performance', Harvard Business Review Press, and 'Developing Leaders for Positive Organizing'. He is a leadership book series editor and publishes in top-tier journals or industry reports like 'Work 2028 - Trends, Dilemmas and Choices' with Deutsche Telekom.

Reference: Vogel, B. , Raes, A. M. L. and Bruch, H. (2022) Mapping and managing productive organizational energy over time: the energy pattern explorer tool. Long Range Planning. 102213. ISSN 0024-6301 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2022.102213
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Ahmadi, A. and Vogel, B. (2022) Knowing, but not enacting leadership: navigating the leadership knowing-doing gap in leveraging leadership development. Academy of Management Learning & Education. ISSN 1537-260X doi: https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2020.0534 (In Press)
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Amal Ahmadi - Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Ikwuegbu, O., Bolade-Ogunfodun, O. , Yusuff, K. and Vogel, B. (2020) Igba-Boi: comparison with the German model and recommendations for the Nigerian economy. In: Adeola, O. (ed.) Indigenous African Enterprise: The Igbo Traditional Business School (I-TBS). Advanced Series in Management, 26. Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781839090349
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Yemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun - Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Ahmadi, A. and Vogel, B. (2019) The leadership knowing-doing gap: a phenomenological exploration. In: 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), 10-14 Aug 2019, Boston, USA. doi: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.13612abstract
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Amal Ahmadi - Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Vogel, B. , Reichard, R. J., Batistič, S. and Černe, M. (2021) A bibliometric review of the leadership development field: how we got here, where we are, and where we are headed. The Leadership Quarterly, 32 (5). 101381. ISSN 1048-9843 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2020.101381
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Soga, L. R. , Vogel, B. , Graca, A. and Osei-Frimpong, K. (2021) Web 2.0-enabled team relationships: an actor-network perspective. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 30 (5). pp. 639-652. ISSN 1464-0643 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1847183
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Lebene Soga - Professor Bernd Vogel - Dr Ana Graça
Reference: Edwards, G., Hubbard, R., Bryer, L., Vogel, B. and Graca, A. , (2018) Building engagement: encouraging leadership in construction. Report. CITB
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel - Dr Ana Graça
Reference: Ahmadi, A. and Vogel, B. (2017) Ella’s Kitchen: strategic positive leadership with purpose and value-driven collective energy. In: Koonce, R., Robinson, P. and Vogel, B. (eds.) Developing Leaders for Positive Organizing. Emerald, pp. 307-320. ISBN 9781787142411
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Amal Ahmadi - Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2017) Organisationale Energie: Das Potential in Ihrem Unternehmen voll ausschöpfen. In: Sulzberger, M. and Zaugg, R. J. (eds.) ManagementWissen: Was Leader erfolgreich macht. Springer, pp. 13-23. ISBN 9783658187781 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18778-1
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Vogel, B. (2017) Experiencing human energy as a catalyst for developing leadership capacity. In: Koonce, R., Robinson, P. and Vogel, B. (eds.) Developing Leaders for Positive Organizing. Emerald, pp. 275-306. ISBN 9781787142411 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78714-240-420171022
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: RATCHARAK, P. , Vogel, B. and Spyridonidis, D. (2018) Effects of emotional labor on leadership identity construction among healthcare hybrid managers. In: Academy of Management Proceedings. doi: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.12224abstract
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: RATCHARAK, P. , Spyridonidis, D. and Vogel, B. (2018) Emotional dynamics at the relational level of self: the case of healthcare hybrid professionals. In: Ashkanasy, N. M., Härtel, C. E. J. and Zerbe, W. J. (eds.) Research on Emotion in Organizations. Emerald, pp. 71-94. ISBN 9781787548459 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1746-979120180000014011
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Vogel, B. (2019) Verantwortungsreiche und menschenzentrierte Führung – für energetische Unternehmen und einen nachhaltigen Umgang mit Menschen und Leistung. In: Ortiz, D., Czuray, M. and Scholz, M. (eds.) Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung im österreichischen Mittelstand. Springer. ISBN 9783658253288 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25328-8
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Vogel, B. , Graça, A. M. , Ahmadi, A. and Vlachou, M. , (2018) The impact of the Fulbright programme on participants’ leadership capacity. Technical Report. Fulbright
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel - Dr Ana Graça - Dr Amal Ahmadi
Reference: Batistic, S., Cerne, M. and Vogel, B. (2017) Just how multi-level is leadership research? A document co-citation analysis 1980–2013 on leadership constructs and outcomes. The Leadership Quarterly, 28 (1). pp. 86-103. ISSN 1048-9843 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.10.007
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Ahmadi, A. , Vogel, B. and Collins, C. (2016) An initial framework for the role of leader fear in the knowing-doing gap of leadership. In: Ashkanasy, N. M., Zerbe, W. J. and Härtel, C. E. J. (eds.) Emotions and Organizational Governance. Research on Emotion in Organizations, 12. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 313-340. ISBN 9781785609985 doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1746-979120160000012011
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Amal Ahmadi - Professor Bernd Vogel - Professor Claire Collins
Reference: Krummaker, S. and Vogel, B. (2013) An in-depth view of the facets, antecedents and effects of leaders’ change competency: lessons from a case study. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 49 (3). pp. 279-307. ISSN 1552-6879 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886312469442
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Rach, C., Krummaker, S. and Vogel, B. (2012) Vom Führungsvakuum zum Führungserfolg: Erkenntnisse und Führungsprinzipien eines Spitzenkochs, Restaurantbesitzers und Restauranttesters. In: Bruch, H., Krummaker, S. and Vogel, B. (eds.) Leadership – Best Practices und Trends. 2. Auflage. Gabler, Wiesbaden, pp. 115-128. ISBN 9783834927453
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Vogel, B. (2003) Netzwerkhandeln in Veränderungsprozessen: Konstruktdefinition, Modellentwicklung und empirische Überprüfung. Gabler, Wiesbaden, pp311. ISBN 9783824478187
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Vogel, B. (2005) Linking for change: network action as collective, focused and energetic behaviour. Long Range Planning, 38 (6). pp. 531-553. ISSN 0024-6301 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2005.09.002
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Cole, M.S., Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2006) Emotion as mediators of the relations between perceived supervisor support and psychological hardiness on employee cynicism. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 27 (4). pp. 463-484. ISSN 1099-1379 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/job.381
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2006) Organisationale Energie. Messen, Nutzen und Erhalten der produktiven Kraft von Unternehmen. Zeitschrift Führung und Organisation, 75 (1). pp. 4-10. ISSN 0722-7485
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2008) Die Philosophie der Nummer eins. Harvard Business Manager, 30 (6). pp. 32-42.
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2007) Führungskompetenz für Supply Chain Manager. In: Rudolph, T., Drenth, R. and Meise, N. (eds.) Kompetenzen für Supply Chain Manager. Springer, Berlin und Heidelberg, pp. 161-169. ISBN 9783540464921
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Vogel, B. (2009) Netzwerkhandeln. In: Scholz, C. (ed.) Vahlens großes Personallexikon. Vahlen, pp. 779-782. ISBN 9783800634910
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Vogel, B. and Bruch, H. (2009) Emotionsmanagement. In: Scholz, C. (ed.) Vahlens großes Personallexikon. Vahlen, München, pp. 286-288. ISBN 9783800634910
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Krummaker, S. and Vogel, B. (2011) Fokus Followership: Führungsbeziehungen als quasi gleichberechtigter Interaktionsprozess zwischen Führungskräften und Geführten. In: Eggers, B., Ahlers, F. and Eichenberg, T. (eds.) Integrierte Unternehmensführung. Gabler, Wiesbaden, pp. 151-160. ISBN 9783834923493
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Krummaker, S., Vogel, B. and Kunze, F. (2009) Impact of team energy and leader empowerment on transformational leadership: a follower perspective. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 7-11 Aug, Chicago, USA.
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H., Vogel, B. and Raes, A. (2009) Productive organizational energy as a mediator between strategic leadership and performance. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 7-11 Aug 2009, Chicago, USA.
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H., Menges, J. I., Cole, M. S. and Vogel, B. (2009) High performance work systems and firm performance: the mediating role of organizational energy. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 7-11 Aug 2009, Chicago, USA.
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2009) Organisationale Energie Vahlen. In: Scholz, C. (ed.) Vahlens großes Personallexikon. Vahlen, München. ISBN 9783800634910
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2009) Messung produktiver organisationaler Energie. In: Sarges, W., Wottawa, H. and Roos, C. (eds.) Handbuch wirtschaftspsychologischer Instrumente, Bd. II: Organisationspsychologische Instrumente. Pabst, Lengerich. ISBN 9783899675689
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Cole, M. S., Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2012) Energy at work: a measurement validation and linkage to unit effectiveness. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33 (4). pp. 445-467. ISSN 1099-1379 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/job.759
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Vogel, B. and Bruch, H. (2011) Organizational energy. In: Cameron, K. S. and Spreitzer, G. M. (eds.) The Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 691-702. ISBN 9780199734610
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2011) Fully charged: how great leaders boost their organization's energy and ignite high performance. Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, pp288. ISBN 9781422129036
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Vogel, B. and Bruch, H. (2009) Emotions management. In: Scholz, C. (ed.) Vahlens großes personallexikon. Vahlen, München. ISBN 9783800634910
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2009) Organisationale Energie: Wie Sie das Potenzial Ihres Unternehmens ausschöpfen. 2nd edition. Gabler, Wiesbaden, pp290. ISBN 9783834903440
Henley faculty authors:
Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Krummaker, S. and Vogel, B. (2010) Leader-follower co-production of transformational leadership: nature of the mutual transformation process, followers' contribution, and boundary conditions. In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 6-10 Aug 2010, Montreal, Canada. (Unpublished)
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Bruch, H. and Vogel, B. (2010) PEM - Produktice Energy Measure. In: Sarges, W., Wottawa, H. and Roos, C. (eds.) Handbuch wirtschaftspsychologischer Testverfahren: Organisationspsychologische Instrumente. Pabst, Germany, pp. 259-263. ISBN 9783899675689
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Menges, J., Walter, F.H., Vogel, B. and Bruch, H. (2011) Transformational leadership climate: performance linkages, mechanisms, and boundary conditions at the organizational level. The Leadership Quarterly, 22 (5). pp. 893-909. ISSN 1048-9843 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.010 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.010 >
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Cole, M. S., Bedeian, A. G., Hirschfeld, R. R. and Vogel, B. (2011) Dispersion-composition models in multilevel research: a data-analytic framework. Organizational Research Methods, 14 (4). pp. 718-734. ISSN 1552-7425 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428110389078
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Professor Bernd Vogel
Reference: Dennerlein, T. and Vogel, B. (2010) Followership at the team level - possible antecedents and consequences. In: British Academy of Management, 14-16 Sept 2010, Sheffield, UK. (Unpublished)
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Professor Bernd Vogel

Responsible leadership

This module aims to: Develop the understanding and capability of individuals to pursue purposeful, meaningful, and responsible leadership of self, teams, organisations, and societyDevelop an understanding of the link between...

Module code: MQM2RL

Mobilising and maintaining organisational Energe

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Module code: MQM2MMOE

Leadership of complexity and change

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Module code: MQM1LCC

Leadership concepts

This module is specifically aimed at developing your apprentices leadership skills regarding leadership concept and understanding leadership for individuals, teams and organisations.It is delivered by a combination of face-to-face workshops...

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Past Events

18 November 2020 ❘ Webinar

Ahmadi, A. and Vogel, B., (2012). The gap between knowing leadership and engaging in leadership: leader, follower and organisational building blocks. Paper accepted for the 4th Annual Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, Exeter.

Bradley-Cole, K. and Vogel, B., (2012). Exploring managers' experience and understanding of authentic leader-leader relationships. Paper accepted for the Institute of Work Psychology. International Conference 2012, Sheffield.

Kenda, R., Vogel, B. and Hillenbrand, C. (2012). The role of project managers' leadership for performance in virtual project teams. Paper accepted for the British Academy of Management Meeting, Cardiff.

Varney, S. and Vogel, B. (2012). Challenges for change leaders: making sense of emerging patterns during organisational change. Paper accepted for the European Conference on Complex Systems, Brussels.

Vogel, B. and Raes, A. M. L. (2012). A strategic transformational leadership model of energy mobilisation and maintenance for performance. Paper accepted for the Academy of Management Meeting, Boston, MA.

Kurtz, K., Krummaker, S., and Vogel, B. (2011) Subordinate managers' motivation to build high-quality relationships with their superiors. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Krummaker, S., and Vogel, B. (2010) Leader-follower co-production of transformational leadership: Nature of the mutual transformation process, followers' contribution, and boundary conditions. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Dennerlein, T. and Vogel, B. (2010) Followership at the team level - possible antecedents and consequences. Paper to be presented at the British Academy of Management Meeting, Sheffield.

Krummaker, S., and Vogel, B. (2010) Leader-follower co-production of transformational leadership: Nature of the mutual transformation process, followers' contribution, and boundary conditions. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Bruch, H., Menges, J., Cole. M. S., and Vogel, B. (2009) High Performance Work Systems and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Organisational Energy. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Bruch, H., Vogel, B. and Raes, A. M. L. (2009) Productive organizational energy as a mediator between strategic leadership and performance. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Krummaker, S., Vogel, B., and Kunze, F. (2009) Impact of team energy and leader empowerment on transformational leadership: A follower perspective. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Krummaker, S., Vogel, B., Bruch, H., and Kunze, F. (2008) Followers influence of on supervisors' leadership behavior. Team energy and leaders empowerment as antecedents of transformational leadership. Paper presented at the Fourth bi-annual conference on Positive Organisational Scholarship, Ann Arbor, MI.

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