Press Resources

Media & Press

Resources for journalists, editors, and event organisers covering emotional intelligence in the workplace, human skills in the age of AI, and the future of leadership development. For interviews, commentary, or speaking enquiries, contact Stuart Kibbe directly.

About the founder

Stuart Kibbe, Founder of Grace

Stuart Kibbe — Founder, Grace

Stuart Kibbe is the founder of Grace, a Swiss B2B training and coaching firm that helps organisations build the emotional intelligence their people need to perform, collaborate, and lead. With a background spanning executive coaching, leadership development, and experiential learning, Stuart has spent over a decade partnering with organisations across Europe and beyond to develop the human side of performance.

Grace grew out of that work — built on the belief that emotional intelligence is not a soft skill but a core business competency, and that the right kind of learning can genuinely change how people work and lead. Under Stuart's leadership, Grace has grown a network of more than 40 certified trainers and coaches delivering programmes in seven languages across Europe, drawing on peer-reviewed EI research from bodies including the Greater Good Science Center and the HeartMath Institute, of which Grace is an official member.

Full press bios ↓

Press bios

Long bio (150 words)

Stuart Kibbe is the founder of Grace, a Swiss B2B training and coaching firm specialising in emotional intelligence. Grace helps organisations build the human skills their people need to perform, collaborate, and lead — skills Stuart believes are becoming more, not less, important as AI reshapes the workplace. With a background spanning executive coaching, leadership development, and experiential learning, Stuart has spent over a decade partnering with organisations across Europe and beyond to develop the human side of performance. He founded Grace on a clear conviction: that the quality of a person's inner life determines the quality of their outer impact, and that emotional intelligence is not a soft skill but a core business competency. Under his leadership, Grace has built a network of 40+ certified trainers and coaches delivering in-person and virtual programmes in seven languages, grounded in peer-reviewed EI research from the Greater Good Science Center and the HeartMath Institute. Grace is based in Altdorf, Switzerland.

Short bio (50 words)

Stuart Kibbe is the founder of Grace, a Swiss B2B training and coaching firm specialising in emotional intelligence. He has spent over a decade helping organisations across Europe develop the human skills — self-awareness, adaptability, communication — that determine how well people perform, collaborate, and lead under pressure and change.

Topics Stuart speaks and writes on

Speaking topics & talk titles

Concrete talk and panel proposals, developed with a Suisse Romande / French-Swiss business press and conference audience in mind — adaptable in length and language (English or French).

L'intelligence émotionnelle, nouvel avantage compétitif suisse

Why Swiss SMEs and multinationals competing on quality and precision are starting to compete on emotional intelligence too — and what that looks like in practice.

What AI Can't Replace: The Business Case for Human Skills

As AI absorbs technical and analytical work, the differentiating skills left to develop are relational. A practical framework for leaders deciding where to invest training budget next.

The Real Cost of a Disengaged Manager

Attrition, engagement, and ROI data from EI development programmes — a numbers-led talk for HR and finance audiences on why "soft skills" training has hard returns.

Change Without Chaos: Building Readiness Before the Disruption Hits

A framework for boards and leadership teams preparing organisations — especially PE-owned portfolio companies — for periods of rapid change, restructuring, or AI-driven transformation.

From Coach to Founder: Building a Values-Led Company in Switzerland

Stuart's own founder story — for business press profiles, entrepreneurship panels, and Suisse Romande startup/SME audiences.

Brand & company assets

Founder headshot

High-resolution portrait of Stuart Kibbe (1334×1334px, WebP).

Download headshot

Grace logo (PNG)

Official wordmark, transparent background. A vector (SVG/EPS) version is not yet available — contact us if you need one for print.

Download logo (PNG)

Company overview

One-page company backgrounder — facts, figures, and positioning. Printable to PDF.

View / print overview

Case studies & insights

Client outcomes, research, and commentary on our Blog & Insights and Root Cause pages.

Browse insights

Media enquiries

For interviews, commentary, expert quotes, or speaking enquiries, contact Stuart Kibbe directly. We typically respond within one business day.

Stuart Kibbe, Founder — Grace Holding AG
Email: stuart.kibbe@gracehs.ch
Grace Holding AG, Bahnhofstrasse 9, CH-6460 Altdorf, Switzerland
Website: withgrace.ch
LinkedIn (company): linkedin.com/company/grace-education-group
LinkedIn (Stuart): linkedin.com/in/stuartkibbe
Email Stuart →