Beat is, along with Torsten, a founding member of DalhoeferLauper. With more than 40 years of experience as a leader and trainer, Beat is well-known and respected at the highest levels of corporate management. He believes in organizational effectiveness through strong leadership based on shared values, and his programs focus heavily on experiential learning to encourage behavioral change.
For many years, Beat has served as Global Head of Learning and Development for global market leaders in the banking and insurance industries, delivering learning initiatives for mid- and top-level management and leadership. Prior to that, he worked in academia, establishing an Advanced Master’s Program with affiliations to universities and think tanks in the UK and the US.
Concurrently, Beat served in the Swiss Armed Forces for 18 years—holding the rank of Colonel on the General Staff—and attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the NATO Defense College, gaining crucial experience in the leadership and management of groups of up to several thousand people.
With strategic vision, he approaches issues within an organization from all angles and levels, taking human factors into account while maintaining a clear focus on the bigger picture. A creative and critical thinker, he manages to find solutions quickly and achieve meaningful, sustainable results.
Socially conscious and empathetic, Beat knows how to bring people together and foster an environment conducive to growth. He is a natural, enigmatic speaker who can captivate an audience with his composed, sharp-witted, and entertaining style.
The DalhoeferLauper team revolves around Beat’s charismatic persona, which exudes the natural leadership one would expect from someone with a rich background like his. He is a perfect host and a true people person, both professionally and personally.
They work with global clients worldwide, such as UBS, or locally with companies such as Zurich Insurance and Roche Diagnostics, among others, but also with local clients across a variety of sectors, such as transportation (the Swiss national railway company SBB), the public sector (e.g., embassies, health administration, hospitals), the armed forces (Swiss Air Force), foundations (AO Spin), and with individuals—whether in their roles as managers or in their personal lives.