Rikke Lindekilde
With more than 20 years of experience as a business psychologist, Rikke has built extensive expertise across all organizational levels in both the public and private sectors. Her current work focuses on the development of leaders, businesses, and organizations.
In recent years, Rikke has been particularly engaged in supporting organizations through mergers, with a focus on leadership alignment, staffing and development, as well as cultural integration. She has a strong ability to create cohesion between business strategy and organizational design. She brings substantial experience from the energy and utilities sector. In addition, Rikke has worked with a wide range of clients – from high-profile international organizations such as the EU, Grundfos, and LEGO to danish national government agencies and smaller municipal entities.
Approach
Rikke is skilled at strategically involving stakeholders and navigating complex decision-making processes. In addition to her work in group and organizational development, she is also deeply engaged in individual leadership development and career coaching. She has built a wide range of coaching competencies and applies an intensive, dynamic coaching style that integrates strategic thinking with psychological and emotional insight.
Rikke holds particular expertise in virtual leadership and hybrid working models, where she provides valuable tools and insights to strengthen leadership and collaboration in modern organizations. She is both editor and author of the book “Hybrid Working Models: From Onsite Presence to Flexible Organization.”
Academic Background
Rikke earned an industrial PhD at Grundfos, where her research focused on the role of mindset in virtual leadership and collaboration. Her research has also taken her to Stanford University and USF as a visiting scholar.
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Selected Publications
“The centrality of communication norm alignment, role clarity, and trust in global project teams”, 2016
“Being Close at a Distance: Exploring Technological, Temporal, and Linguistic Challenges to Global Virtual Team Effectiveness”, 2014
Professional Experience
Partner at LEAD – enter next level (2021 – present)
Associate Senior Consultant at LEAD – enter next level (2016 – 2021)
Independent Consultant at Lindekilde & Partners (2016 – present)
Appointed Examiner at the Business Economics Examination Board (2016 – present)
Industrial PhD at CfL, Grundfos and Aarhus University (BSS) (2015 – 2017)
Guest Researcher, Stanford University, WTO & University of San Francisco (USF) (2013 – 2014)
Industrial PhD at CfL, Grundfos and Aarhus University (BSS) (2012 – 2016)
Organizational Consultant at CfL (Center for Leadership) (2006 – 2012)
Business Psychologist at AM-Gruppen A/S (2002 – 2006)
Specializations
Virtual Leadership / Remote Management
Innovation and Communication Development Processes in Teams
Personal Leadership and Career Development
Coaching
Rikke Lindekilde Experience in the United Nations system
With over 20 years of experience as a business psychologist, Rikke Lindekilde has developed deep expertise in leadership and organizational development across public, private, and international sectors. She is highly skilled at supporting organizations through complex transformations such as mergers, with a focus on leadership alignment, talent development, and cultural integration – key priorities for multilateral organizations navigating change across diverse contexts.
Rikke’s portfolio includes work with international clients such as the European Union (EU), Grundfos, LEGO, and various Danish government agencies – all work demonstrating Rikke’s ability to operate within the frameworks of large-scale, cross-border organizations.
Rikke is recognized for her skills within strategic stakeholder engagement and for her ability to facilitate complex decision-making processes involving multiple actors. Rikke’s approach integrates systemic thinking with psychological insight to create strong links between business strategy and organizational design.
Rikke holds particular expertise in virtual leadership and hybrid working models, grounded in an academic background that includes an industrial PhD from Grundfos focused on mindset in virtual leadership and collaboration. She has further strengthened her global perspective through research as a visiting scholar at Stanford University and the University of San Francisco (USF). Rikke has provided evidence-based tools to enhance leadership, collaboration, and team cohesion in geographically dispersed organizations – a growing need for UN agencies and other global organizations. As editor and author of the book “Hybrid Working Models: From Onsite Presence to Flexible Organization,” she brings thought leadership on remote collaboration to the international stage.
Rikke’s areas of specialization include:
Virtual Leadership / Remote Management
Innovation and Communication Development Processes in Teams
Personal Leadership and Career Development
Coaching