Global Executive Leadership Mirror (GELM®)

To compete effectively on the world stage, today’s executives require a wide-ranging set of skills attuned to a fast-moving and increasingly network-oriented environment. Leaders must adapt quickly to change while keeping a clear vision of their organisation and its place in the world of business.

The Global Executive Leadership Mirror (GELM) is a 360 feedback tool designed to measure competencies essential to effective global leadership. 

The questionnaire was developed to:

  • Help executives evaluate their performance in carrying out the twelve primary tasks of global leaders​
  • Cover several indicators such as life stressors and coping mechanisms to determine their ability to manage stress in their life​
  • Benchmark against a large group of senior executives worldwide
  • Examine leadership behaviour roadblocks and taking steps toward improvement.

 

The Dimensions

Leading Self

1 – Emotional intelligence
2 – Being Exemplary
3 – Tenacity & courage

Leading Teams

4 – Team building
5 – Empowering
6 – Coaching & feedback

Leading the Organisation

7 – Visioning
8 – Energising
9 – Ability to execute
10 – Change orientation

Leveraging Networks

11 – Client & stakeholder orientation
12 – Networks & alliances

Life indicators

13 – Life stressors
14 – Well-being resources

Perceived Performance

15 – Achieving results
16 – Developing people

The GELM has undergone several rounds of rigorous psychometric validation to ensure the reliability and validity of its final version. It incorporates observations of thousands of effective and ineffective leaders by experienced coaches, INSEAD professors, and clients from all over the world.

Who is it for?
A wide range of leaders, including CEOs and top executives, junior executives, mid-level managers, high potentials and organisational directors.

Questionnaire structure:

  • 110 questions, including a reflection exercise for observers, 20-25 minutes to complete
  • Feedback from between 7-15 (Superior, Coworker, Direct Report, Other)
  • Observer feedback is anonymous (except Superior feedback which can be separated out).

Language:
English, French, Russian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese

Pricing:
£270 per report

To purchase the GELM, please send us your details and one of the team will be in touch.

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Tools Training and Certification

Build your confidence in using our tools in a psychodynamic way to trigger deeper conversations through one of our CCE-accredited training sessions.

We offer one-to-one and group virtual training and certification by a KDVI Associate to build confidence in using each of our diagnostic tools.

Designed for talent and leadership development professionals, executive coaches and consultants these trainings will help you leverage the most from our tools through:

  • Understanding the theoretical basis and development of each of our tools as well as how to administer them
  • Gaining hands-on experience in drawing out actionable insights from the feedback reports to unlock leadership, team, and organisational potential
  • Connecting feedback to reflection, goal setting, and action planning, aimed at transforming leadership, team and organisational effectiveness.

Next steps

Our team are on hand to support you in utilising the GELM in your organisation or coaching practice, and are able to guide you through the entire process.

Download a sample report

GET IN TOUCH

Group Foundations
Training

 Open for registration

 Upcoming start dates:
22nd September 2026
17th November 2026
26th January 2027
2nd March 2027
27th April 2027
15th June 2027
20th July 2027
21st September 2027
23rd November 2027

 CCE accredited
4 CC credits | 2 RD credits

 Online, via Zoom

 £125 (excl. VAT)
Redeem your training cost when you purchase your first GELM

FIND OUT MORE & REGISTER

Group Foundations Training

Provides foundational knowledge of the tool, understand how to read and interpret the reports.

  • 2 virtual sessions: Foundations & Case studies (3.5 hrs)
  • Preparatory and intermodular self-guided work (2.5 hrs)
  • CCE credits: 6 hrs
  • Redeem your training cost when you purchase your first GELM

For further details about the training and upcoming dates, please click here.

Price: £125 (excl. VAT)

Add the Certification to your Foundations

Apply the GELM with a client, including reflective paper to consolidate learning.

  • 2 virtual sessions: Supervised use of the tool, debrief the GELM with a client, submit a reflection paper, and final case debrief.
  • Additional CCE credits: 7 hrs

Price: Please get in touch so we can evaluate your exact needs.

Contact us

Margot Schumacher:

Senior Associate at KDVI, Adjunct Professor of Leadership Development at TIAS Business School, and executive coach at INSEAD. Margot has coached senior leaders across global organisations following senior roles at Unilever and Kraft Heinz. Since 2010, she has advised multinationals on leadership and organisational development, with a focus on enhancing effectiveness at the top team and board levels. She also serves on the Supervisory Board of Thales Netherlands. Her global perspective is shaped by living and working in Shanghai, Pittsburgh, and London before returning to the Netherlands

Oriane Kets de Vries:

Oriane Kets de Vries is CEO and owner of the Kets de Vries Institute. She leads a global team of coaches, consultants and educators dedicated to developing reflective, emotionally intelligent leaders and cultivating workplaces where people can thrive. In her faculty role, she draws on extensive experience designing and directing leadership programmes for senior executives, contributing her expertise in psychodynamic coaching, organisational culture, and transformational leadership development.

Oriane has served as consultant, coach, and programme director for clients including Pictet, Deutsche Bank, Merck, UBS, Mishcon de Reya, and Engie, and she has taught on open-enrolment programmes with leading institutions such as Cambridge Judge Business School, Oxford Saïd, INSEAD, ESCP, ESMT and CEDEP. Her interests centre on the human side of leadership, particularly identity, creativity, entrepreneurship and gender dynamics. She holds an MBA and Executive MA in Coaching and Consulting for Change from INSEAD, has trained at the Harvard Kennedy School, and brings more than a decade of professional experience in creative and entrepreneurial industries into her work with leaders.

Manfred Kets de Vries:

Manfred Kets de Vries is a pioneering authority in leadership development, coaching, and organisational change. He is a founder and director of the Kets de Vries Institute (KDVI) and served as Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organisational Change at INSEAD. With academic credentials in economics (University of Amsterdam), management (MBA and DBA, Harvard Business School), and psychoanalysis (trained in Canada), he brings a uniquely interdisciplinary perspective to leadership. His work bridges management theory and clinical insight, establishing him as a global thought leader in executive coaching and transformation. At INSEAD, he founded the Global Leadership Centre and led the flagship programme The Challenge of Leadership for 31 years. He also served as scientific director of Coaching and Consulting for Change, an 18-month Executive Master’s programme that has shaped over 3,000 senior leaders and executive coaches worldwide. He has advised and coached senior executives at global firms including Goldman Sachs, BP, Shell, Unilever, McKinsey, and Volvo. A prolific author of over 60 books and 400 articles, his work appears regularly in The Financial Times, The Economist, and Harvard Business Review. Recognised by Le Capital, Wirtschaftswoche, and The Financial Times as one of the world’s top 50 management thinkers, he is widely regarded for advancing more human-centred approaches to leadership.

Yulia Chupina:

Senior Adviser (Luminary) at Accenture and executive coach with over 12 years of board experience. Formerly a banker and McKinsey consultant, Yulia has led banking transformations in digital, agile, organisational change, and talent development. Her coaching spans the finance, tech, and consumer goods sectors, blending technological insight with emotional intelligence to guide leaders through transformation. Recently, she advised BBVA on agile methodologies and senior talent development. Influenced by thought leaders such as Manfred Kets de Vries and Gabor Maté, Yulia brings an analytical, reflective approach to leadership. She has lived and worked across the UK, Spain, the US, and Russia.

Elizabeth Florent:

Elizabeth has worked closely with Manfred Kets de Vries for many years and has served as a Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at INSEAD. Her extensive background in leadership development spans organisational consulting, executive coaching, and academic research. She holds advanced degrees in Organisational Development and Clinical Organisational Psychology and is a certified Coaching Supervisor through the Tavistock Institute. Her doctoral research explored experiential domains in executive education, and she has authored or co-authored numerous academic articles, case studies, and books on leadership and organisational dynamics. Elizabeth led the development teams behind KDVI’s diagnostic instruments, including the GELM, OCA™, and ITI. Drawing on her diverse training and global experience, she brings deep cross-cultural insight to her work with leaders worldwide. Originally from California, Elizabeth has made France her home for over 30 years.