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Prof. Dr. Carsten C. Schermuly

Prof. Dr. Carsten C. Schermuly

Power and Performance | Top 40 HR Minds 2025, 2023 & 2021 | Director, Institute for New Work and Coaching, SRH University | Bestselling Author

We read 381 of their posts. Here is what they actually do.

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41KFollowers
3.9Posts / week
241Avg likes
162Median likes
41Avg comments
4.8K likesBest post

Engagement over time

Average likes per post, by month.

5.9likes / 1K followers

That puts them in the 39th percentile of the 2,189 creators we track in the 10K to 50K follower band. Reach is not the same as resonance, and this is the ratio that separates them.

2025-05Average likes per month2026-10

Their hooks, word for word

The opening line of their best-performing posts. This is what stops the scroll.

Content pillars

What they post about, with a line from a real post as evidence.

  • Evidence-Based Workplace Dynamics & Hybrid Work
    TOP 1, TOP 3, and TOP 10 cite studies to evaluate office and hybrid policies.
  • Psychology of Power & Leadership Critique
    TOP 4, TOP 5, and RECENT 4 deconstruct organizational power structures and systemic dynamics.
  • Scientific Research Breakdown & Meta-Analyses
    TOP 2 and RECENT 8 translate complex empirical meta-analyses into actionable management takeaways.

Signature moves and voice

The repeatable moves that show up across their best posts.

  • Address major corporations or public debates directly in the opening hook.
  • Summarize complex meta-analyses with clear, bulleted statistical takeaways.
  • Use behavioral metaphors involving animals or everyday personal anecdotes to illustrate concepts.
Tone of voiceAuthoritative yet accessible, blending rigorous academic evidence with dry wit and grounded, practical workplace observations.

What works for them

Patterns that separate their top posts from the rest.

  • Directly challenging major corporate workplace policies with meta-analytic data drives massive viral reach.
  • Contrarian breakdowns of popular management interventions strongly outperform generic leadership reflections.
  • German-language posts addressing domestic economic debates substantially outperform translated English-language content.

When they post

Every post, grouped by day of week.

Mon
203
Tue
232
Wed
350
Thu
186
Fri
204
Sat
276
Sun
183
Posts publishedAverage likes

Best day is Wednesday at 350 average likes. Sunday is their weakest at 183.

What format works

Text, image, video or carousel, ranked by what actually lands for them.

FormatPostsAvg likes
Image303273
Video5150
Text only72112
Carousel140

Steal this

Moves you can apply to your own posts this week.

  • Challenge trending corporate decisions by citing relevant meta-analyses and empirical studies.
  • Break down heavy multi-page scientific papers into bite-sized, bulleted takeaways.
  • Frame complex psychological and organizational dynamics using relatable real-world or behavioral metaphors.

Best-performing posts

Ranked by likes, across everything we analysed.

1

Noch einmal für Volkswagen die Forschungslage so kurz und einfach wie möglich zusammengefasst: Homeoffice ist durchschnittlich auf ... - der Individualebene tendenziell förderlich für die Leistung, aber es kommt darauf an (z. B.

4.8K likes471 comments2025-03-12View on LinkedIn ↗
2

Welche Interventionen können menschliches Verhalten wirksam verändern? Die Meta-Analyse von Albarracín et al. (2024) ist eine Meta-Analysen von Meta-Analysen. 147 Meta-Analysen wurden zusammengefasst. Krass. Das Paper ist 106 Seiten lang und ein echtes Brett.

2.1K likes439 comments2025-05-28View on LinkedIn ↗
3

Liebe Commerzbank AG, ich möchte Euch beglückwünschen. Ihr habt als DAX-Unternehmen etwas durchgezogen, was nicht so oft passiert. Ihr habt wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse aus dem HR-Bereich genutzt und lasst nun die Teams entscheiden, wie die hybride Arbeit gestaltet wird:

2K likes190 comments2025-06-25View on LinkedIn ↗
4

Ich möchte aus gegebenem Anlass noch einmal an die Weisheit der Geierperlhühner erinnern. Wenn sie von einem statushohen Huhn schlecht behandelt werden, lassen sie es allein und ziehen weiter.

1.8K likes221 comments2026-01-21View on LinkedIn ↗
5

Derzeit überschlagen sich die Ereignisse in den USA und die Welt schaut mit Schadenfreude und Voyeurismus zu, wie sich zwei mächtige Männer öffentlich beschimpfen. Psycholog:innen sind gerade sehr gefragt und sollen Einschätzungen zur Persönlichkeit und Konfliktdynamik abgeben.

1.7K likes139 comments2025-06-07View on LinkedIn ↗

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Built from public LinkedIn posts, last refreshed 2026-11-07. Follower counts and engagement change over time. Prof. Dr. Carsten C. Schermuly is not affiliated with 2pr.io.