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Erdwig Holste

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Founder & CEO at INTERIM-SHERPAS GmbH
📍 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Erdwig Holste is the Founder and CEO of INTERIM-SHERPAS GmbH, a firm specializing in placing senior interim managers. With over 15 years in the industry, he focuses on C-level roles for complex transformations and critical projects. He holds a Magister Artium from the University of Hamburg and has led over 250 successful projects.

Outside of work, Erdwig has a passion for mountaineering and challenges, having recently climbed Gran Paradiso in Italy with his team. He draws parallels between ambitious undertakings, like the Sydney Opera Houses construction or government summits, and the principles of effective leadership and project management in business.

He has co-authored multiple academic studies on leadership and interim management in partnership with Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Interim Management
Considers interim management a tool for driving positive, necessary, and lasting change within organizations rather than just filling temporary vacancies.
Transformational Leadership
He co-authored research on transformational leadership and its role in flexible work arrangements, a core focus of his professional and academic interest.
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Career

Work history

5-2023
Founder & CEO
INTERIM-SHERPAS GmbH
1-2018 - 2-2023
Board Member
MAGNALIA AG
7-2014 - 2-2023
Member, Partner
WIL Group - Worldwide Interim Leadership
8-2007 - 2-2023
Managing Director
Management Angels GmbH
Project Assistant
TRENDBÜRO Beratungsunternehmen für gesellschaftlichen Wandel GmbH
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Education
2002 - 2006
Magister Artium
University of Hamburg
2015 - 2023
Research-Project (berufsbegleitend)
Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg
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