iek. We are a public company operating in the human resources industry. We were founded in 2001 and are headquartered in Bern, Switzerland.

We focus on emotional competence as a key to professional success. We assess, develop and foster the abilities that are decisive for competence in dealing with ourselves and in interpersonal interactions. Central are skills such as communication and contact ability, teamwork, role flexibility, assertiveness and conflict management, empathy and tolerance, stress resistance and boundary setting. With professional and emotional competence, we work toward career success.

Within our self-developed competence model, we connect emotional competence with the key professional skills required in everyday work. We assess, develop and foster the abilities described above. For leaders, leadership qualities are additionally addressed.

We specialize in executive selection, assessments, personnel development, staffing and recruitment, coaching, recruiting, outplacement, organizational culture, location assessment, direct search, development assessment, selection assessment, mindful leadership, soft skills, and Leadership 4.0.

We operate in Switzerland, with offices in Bern and Zürich.

We are committed to professional and emotional competence for career success.