Case studies support leaders to take up a reflective, inquiring and openattitude toward their own leadership practices. A specially developed form ofcase study is used in the MBA programme "Communication and Leadership"at the Danube University Krems.The research case study is developed for investigating unclear and criticalphenomena and is used as a vehicle for translating leadership phenomenainto comprehensible language.The leaders work on their own real life situations in the form of casestudies, applying practical and theoretical perspectives. They each telltheir story with its highs and lows and identify organisational learningpatterns. Telling these core stories becomes an effective opportunity tocreate an appropriate distance and new mindsets, resulting in new opportunitiesto understand and act as a leader and organisation.