Dr. Nikolai A. Behr
Leadership and communications coach
Work experience:
seit 2011 Gründer und Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter DIKT GmbH – Deutsches Institut für Kommunikations- und Medientraining® und brain script® Corporate Imagefilme und brain script ® Verlag (https://www.dikt.consulting)
2007 – 2020 Founder and managing director of brain script® GmbH
2010-2012 Professor of Media Management at the macromedia University of Applied Sciences for Media and Communication
2002 Foundation of brain script publishing house
2001-2007 Head of International Corporate TV “Network TV” (Internal Communication) BMW Group
1999-2000 Head of Marketing TV-Berlin / Kirch Group
1994-1999 Head of Program Marketing Bayerischer Rundfunk Fernsehen / ARD
1991- 1994 Television journalist Bavarian Television / ARD
1990 News editor tv.weiss-blau
1988 – 1989 Reporter Radio Charivari
1987 – 1988 German Armed Forces, Army Pioneer School, cameraman
Academic career:
2014 – 2015 CPEA – Certified Private Equity Analyst, TUM School of Management (TU Munich / BVK)
2005 – 2006 Executive MBA with honors, TUM School of Management (in cooperation with Columbia University NY and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles)
1998 – 2001 Doctorate in Environmental Policy at the FU Berlin with the degree Dr.rer.pol.
1990 – 1993 Studied political science at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, graduating as Dipl.sc.pol.
Nikolai A Behr has been working in the media and communications for over 40 years. Initially as a dubbing and radio play narrator (including “Karl Vierstein” on TKKG), later as a TV journalist, marketing manager and project manager. Since 1990 he is regularly engaged in training and education. Waren früher hauptsächlich Volontäre, Nachwuchsjournalisten, Redakteure und Moderatoren Besucher seiner Trainings und Seminare, ist er nun seit fast zwei Jahrzehnten ein angesehener und viel-beschäftigter Coach und Medientrainer für Führungskräfte und Kommunikationsverantwortliche in Sport, Kultur, Politik und Wirtschaft.
Neben seinen Kommunikationsschulungen (https://www.medientraining-institut.de/), ist er auch weiter als TV- und VR- Produzent tätig (https://www.brainscript.de/). He supports start-ups and young entrepreneurs in an advisory capacity and as a business angel.
He is also a panelist, freelance journalist, keynote speaker, mountaineer, motorist, family man and father.
Publications:
Monograph
Behr, Nikolai A. (2024): Leadership task no. 1: Communication – Develop the most important skill of every manager – The basics, brain script® Verlag, Munich
Behr, Nikolai A. (2024): Tahiti Moorea Unveiled. A Smart Travelers Guide to French Polynesia’s Paradise, brain script® Munich.
Behr, Nikolai A. / von Stein, Georg (2018): 5 steps to a successful interview; eBook, DIKT, Munich
Behr, Nikolai A. / Nowotny, Chris (2010): München 50 Jahre in Bildern – Munich 50 years in pictures; brain script Verlag, Munich.
Behr, Nikolai A. (2002): Die Entwicklung des Rheinschutz-Regimes unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Sandoz-Unfalls vom 1. November 1986; brain script Verlag, Munich.
Book Section
Behr, Nikolai A. (2024): Kommunikation als Führungsaufgabe, in: Masholder, Marion (ed.): Unternehmensstärke – 15 Essays für mehr Erfolg; Mentoren Verlag, Ingelheim am Rhein.
Behr, Nikolai A. (2015): Web-Videos in der internen und externen Unternehmenskommunikation, in: Ansgar Zerfaß / Thomas Pleil (eds.): Handbuch Online PR, pp. 289-305; UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz.
Behr, Nikolai A. (2012): Web-Videos in der internen und externen Unternehmenskommunikation, in: Ansgar Zerfaß / Thomas Pleil (eds.): Handbuch Online PR, pp. 281-297; UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz.
Behr, Nikolai A. (2009): Corporate TV – an important pillar of corporate publishing, in: Forum Corporate Publishing: Factbook. Trends, Tools, Facts in Corporate Publishing, Munich, pp. 39-43.
Behr, Nikolai A. (2009): Personal messages, in: Forum Corporate Publishing: Best of Corporate Publishing 2009, Munich, pp. 20-23.
Behr, Nikolai A. (2008): Corporate TV, in: Frank Martin Hein, Elektronische Unternehmenskommunikation; Deutscher Fachverlag, pp. 218-224.
Behr, Nikolai A. (2007): Why does corporate TV have a firm future in internal communication?, in: Dörfel, Lars (ed.): Interne Kommunikation. Die Kraft entsteht im Maschinenraum, Berlin, pp. 157-162.
Article in other Journals, Newspaper
Behr, Nikolai A. (1998): The Eternal Chancellor, The Seattle Times, Seattle, USA.
Online Publication
Behr, Nikolai A. (2017): The return to the upright gait – 5 reasons why VR and AR will change all our lives; Huffington Post
Studies, Working Paper, Abstracts
Behr, Nikolai A. (2006): Führungskräfte-Kommunikation, Munich
Films (selection)
1991 – 2001 Numerous TV magazine contributions for ARD, Bayerisches Fernsehen and Kirch Group
1998 “On fragile Grounds”, Kiro 7 / CBS; documentary, co-author
2001 – 2007 Over 750 films for BMW Group; director and producer
2016 “Being an astronaut for 22 seconds”; ARTE G.E.I.E., VR experience, director and producer
2016 “Overcoming gravity”, science in weightlessness”; ARTE G.E.I.E., documentary, director and producer
2007 – 2018 Numerous international award-winning image films; director and producer
