admin Modern leadership is undergoing a fundamental shift. Volatility, globalisation, and digital acceleration have redefined what is expected from those at the helm. Emotional intelligence, once peripheral, is now central to sustainable influence and organisational resilience. Within this changing landscape, Alexandra Sock has emerged as a global authority on leadership transformation. As the Founder and Group CEO of Sock Consulting, she has spent more than two decades helping senior executives evolve beyond transactional success into meaningful, human-centred impact.
Her approach integrates neuroscience, behavioural science, and deep systems thinking to support clients across industries and geographies. From advising European conglomerates to coaching Asia-Pacific leadership teams, Alexandra has built a reputation for developing leaders who drive results without losing their humanity.
“Great leadership is not defined by dominance, but by awareness, presence, and the courage to create space for others to rise”
– Alexandra Sock
An Unlikely Beginning Sparked by a Single Conversation
Alexandra Sock’s entry into consulting was neither calculated nor expected. After beginning her career in recruitment at Jenewein & Partner in Vienna, she distinguished herself through her ability to resolve high-pressure challenges with calm precision. Her mentor, Jean Francois Jenewein, recognised her aptitude for problem-solving and instinctive leadership insight. He offered her full freedom within projects, a decision that accelerated her growth.
When the firm narrowed its focus to recruitment, Alexandra was advised to step out on her own. With client relationships already established and an appetite for broader impact, she founded Sock Consulting in 1999. At the age of 26, she entered a domain where few young women were trusted with senior leadership advisory. Her success, however, was never rooted in optics. It stemmed from substance.
Building Trust in Unfamiliar Rooms
Early in her entrepreneurial journey, Alexandra faced skepticism from corporate decision-makers who questioned her age, gender, and experience. Rather than allowing resistance to deter her, she treated each encounter as an opportunity to build trust. Every client interaction became a proving ground, not through persuasion, but through clarity and impact.
She focused on delivering insight that shifted thinking. By combining structured frameworks with deep empathy, she helped leaders navigate change, complexity, and conflict. Over time, her results earned her not just assignments, but long-term advisory roles. Many of her earliest clients remain loyal partners today.
A Practice Rooted in Emotional Intelligence
The consulting philosophy Alexandra developed stands in contrast to traditional leadership advisory. Her work centres on unlocking emotional intelligence as a leadership discipline. Sock Consulting provides executive coaching, leadership development, change management, and conflict resolution to multinational clients. Core to their methodology is the integration of practical tools, including the Process Communication Model, tiny habit systems, and paradox-based interventions.
These are not academic frameworks applied in isolation. They are tailored, tested, and embedded into the daily realities of leadership. By combining behavioural science with deep reflective practice, Alexandra enables clients to shift culture, improve communication, and increase psychological safety across their organisations.
Strategic Expansion with a Human-Centric Foundation
Under Alexandra’s leadership, Sock Consulting has expanded across Europe, the United States, Singapore, the Levant, and the EMEA region. The firm is currently extending its footprint into Latin America and Asia Pacific, while continuing to deepen its presence in established markets. Clients include global leaders such as Red Bull, Pfizer, Swarovski, Porsche, AbbVie, and T-Mobile.
Sock Consulting’s growth is not only geographical. New digital toolkits on emotional intelligence, unconscious bias, and inclusive leadership are currently in development. These products are designed to translate abstract leadership ideals into actionable behaviours, providing measurable value in high-stakes environments.
Another strategic focus lies in supporting younger professionals. The firm has begun offering programs for early-career talent, including vision quest facilitation and micro-habit coaching. These initiatives aim to instill leadership capability at the outset of professional life, reinforcing Alexandra’s belief that impact does not require tenure—it requires intention.
Leading by Multiplying Others
As CEO, Alexandra views her role not as a central authority, but as a multiplier of talent. Internally, she leads strategy, innovation, and talent development, placing strong emphasis on personalised feedback and collaborative design. She maintains an open structure that values autonomy and clarity. Team members define their own schedules, provided outcomes remain aligned with client objectives.
This model has allowed her to attract and retain high-performing professionals, including part-time working mothers and remote contributors across time zones. Long before remote work became the norm, Alexandra had already created an ecosystem that balanced performance with personal sustainability.
A Life Without Divide
Alexandra approaches life as a fully integrated experience. She does not separate the personal from the professional. After starting her company, she raised two children, Vivienne and Raffael, while continuing to travel and grow her business. With the support of her extended family, she created an infrastructure that enabled continuity at home and excellence at work.
Her philosophy reflects a belief that high performance is possible without sacrificing presence or well-being. She expects her team to define balance in their own terms and provides the environment for that autonomy to flourish. At Sock Consulting, trust is not aspirational. It is operational.
“Trust is not a soft value; it is the architecture behind every resilient team and every lasting result”
– Alexandra Sock
Looking Ahead: Embedding Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Norms
The future of Sock Consulting centres on embedding emotional intelligence as a foundational leadership habit. Alexandra is committed to helping executives make emotionally intelligent behaviours part of their daily decision-making. The firm’s next phase will deepen its work in scalable tools, inclusive leadership, and strategic expansion into emerging markets.
Alexandra’s long-term vision is clear: to help leaders become more than high achievers. She wants them to become meaningful agents of change within their systems. Through every program, coaching engagement, and strategic initiative, she continues to shape the leaders organisations need—resilient, self-aware, and human-first.
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