Vision, Values & Leadership

At ILF, everyone is treated with respect and dignity, regardless of position, ethnicity, religion, or gender. This equally applies to ILF staff and to third parties.

At ILF, honesty is fundamental to professional relationships. This commitment is reflected in actions as well as words.

At ILF, all employees take ownership of their assignments and feel accountable for their actions. It is understood that keeping commitments regarding project scope, service quality and time schedule is highly important. Reliability is a prerequisite for developing trustful and lasting relationships within ILF and with third parties.

At ILF, everyone is treated with fairness. Fairness is also a guiding principle in ILF’s decision making.

Instead of solely focusing on growth, ILF aims for market leadership through quality and continuously strives for engineering excellence.

This is achieved through:

• a holistic approach to problem solving
• high level of ingenuity and creativity
• a constant desire for improvement
• strong motivation and dedication
• great diligence and persistence
• accompanying staff development programs
• efficient knowledge management and competence development.

Serving clients effectively requires close collaboration. At ILF, employees work seamlessly across global offices as one team, bridging distance, time zones, and cultures through the open exchange of expertise, experience, tools, and capacities.

At ILF, teams across more than 45 global locations are united by the ONE ILF spirit, characterized by openness, mutual support, and a welcoming culture. Employees drive smart, sustainable, and innovative solutions, with diversity, collaboration, and shared responsibility forming the cornerstone of ILF’s success.

ILF is fully privately owned and has no obligations to banks, suppliers, or any other third parties. Actions are always based on purely objective considerations and are in the best interest of the client.

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide the framework for ILF to shape a livable and sustainable future and to improve the quality of life for all. ILF strongly supports the achievement of these goals through its innovative services for the benefit of clients, its sustainable corporate culture and its valuable contributions to the well-being of society.

ILF’s leadership principles apply to all managers across all ILF companies.

As leaders, they are fully committed to:

• acting in the best interests of the ILF Group and embodying the ONE ILF mindset
• understanding not only what is done, but also why it is done in a particular way
• safeguarding health and safety
• ensuring full compliance

• Embrace the responsibility of the leadership role with energy, conviction, and pride, acting as role models at all times.
• Live the values of respect, honesty, reliability, and fairness every day and hold oneself and others accountable.
• Engage with employees respectfully and as equals, valuing each individual and expressing appreciation with genuine care.
• Seek opportunities for personal dialogue and regard clear, open communication as a cornerstone of effective leadership.
• Encourage feedback on leadership performance and continuously strive for personal improvement and development.
• Act authentically and out of conviction, consistently delivering on commitments and truly walking the talk.
• Strive for engineering excellence and inspire both employees and clients.

• Value the capabilities of employees and welcome their eagerness to learn and excel, empowering them to develop their full potential through individual challenge and support.
• Act as coaches to employees and ensure that each individual has the information and support needed to perform at their best.
• Encourage employees to take accountability for their actions in line with their abilities and expertise.
• Create conditions that enable self-motivation, including challenging and meaningful tasks, transparency, access to information, a positive working atmosphere and performance-based remuneration.
• Make timely decisions that benefit the company and communicate them clearly.
• Recruit highly qualified individuals while placing strong emphasis on personality, teamwork, optimism, flexibility, and the willingness to learn and excel.

• Collaborate as one team and in true partnership across and between all ILF companies.
• Respect cultural differences and act accordingly, with due care and awareness.
• Identify problems, mistakes, and conflicts at an early stage and address them openly and constructively.
• Provide regular feedback through constructive, direct dialogue and express appreciation for special commitment and outstanding achievements.
• Raise criticism regarding the company or its representatives only with peers or managers and in appropriate settings.
• Actively strive for sustainable economic success by continuously improving efficiency and effectiveness.

• Fully support clients in their pursuit of success by building solid, long-term relationships founded on mutual trust.
• Focus on change, future challenges, and opportunities, remaining confident, curious, agile, and flexible.
• Embrace innovation as an opportunity and push boundaries to drive personal growth and strengthen competitiveness.
• Actively communicate vision and strategy, clearly discussing and explaining a tangible and inspiring path toward the future.
• Measure success not only by economic results, but also by the contribution made to sustainably improving quality of life.