Ginka Toegel is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership at IMD, where she has directed open enrollment programs such as Strategies for Leadership and Mobilizing People, as well as custom programs in Europe, North & South America, Asia, and Africa. Before joining IMD in 2008, she taught at the London School of Economics, London Business School, and Duke Corporate Education. She holds a PhD in Organizational Behavior from London Business School and a PhD in Psychology from Leipzig University, and began her career as a psychotherapist before moving into executive education and coaching.

Her research examines the dynamics of top management teams, the leadership development of women executives, and how traditional team dynamics shift when one or more team members are non-human. Her work has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review, and she is the author of The Confidence Myth: How Women Leaders Can Break Free from Gendered Perceptions. Her teaching has been recognized with awards from London Business School and the London School of Economics.

She brings to the classroom decades of experience coaching top management teams across the public and private sectors, translating research on leadership and team dynamics into practical guidance for executives navigating today’s most pressing organizational challenges.