Susanne Kilian Kommunikation für Führungskräfte

Areas of expertise

Communication shapes what becomes possible.

01
Executive communication

Gain clarity. Build trust. Create impact. Strengthen your personal brand and bring out the best of who you are.
02
Negotiation & difficult conversations

Turn tension into progress. Handle conflicting interests, overcome deadlocks and achieve constructive outcomes.
03
Navigating differences across cultures

Understand what sits beneath different communication styles and turn difference into strength.
04
Speaking with impact

Find your voice. Strengthen your presence. Bring your ideas to life through powerful storytelling that connects, engages and inspires.

How we can work together

Four ways to put words to work.

1:1 Executive Advisory
In person & online
Strengthen your personal brand, sharpen your communication strategy and increase your impact: in conversations, negotiations and moments that matter.
Workshops & Seminars

Equipping international teams to navigate differences and challenging dynamics with greater trust, clarity and impact.
Keynotes & Talks

Fresh perspectives, powerful stories and unexpected insights. Designed to inspire, challenge and stay with you.
Moderation

Bringing clarity, energy and wit to conferences, panels and conversations, in English, German and French.

Don’t take my word for it

“
Susanne has a gift for language and for inspiring people with it. Her work has had a very positive impact on the right choice of words and helped me achieve more.
Christina Vossler Partner, Mazars Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin
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Excellent, lasting learning outcomes based on an efficient and truly unique learning concept.
Volkmar Fritz Head of Purchasing, KPMG Germany
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The best training I have ever attended. A completely new approach. Much more open, lively and incredibly practical.
Alexandra Fischer Training and Development, Deutsche Welle, Bonn

My lifelong passion

Words. Their power to connect. To inspire. To change minds and lives. And what a journey they have taken me on.

From interpreting for heads of state and government at the United Nations to working with negotiators under extreme pressure. From advising international leaders to teaching at Politecnico di Milano.

And into classrooms, where I volunteer to help young people see through manipulation, framing and the influence of social media.

Different worlds. Different challenges. One common thread: what words do to us, and what we can do with them.

The book

Don’t let me be misunderstood!

Wie wir weltweit besser verstanden werden

Why does directness, which so many Germans value as efficient, so often lead to misunderstandings abroad? Drawing on her years as a UN interpreter, Susanne Kilian combines anecdotes, cultural background and insights from neuroscience with practical dos and don’ts for communicating across cultures.

Ariston · 224 pages · German edition

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In the press

Featured in leading German media.

Interviews, guest articles and features on communication, small talk and cultural differences. Select a card to read the original (articles are in German).