Urs Koenig: Leadership Performance
Urs Koenig equips leaders to win in complexity through a rare blend of elite sport, military command, academic research, and two decades of high-impact leadership coaching.
Quick Facts:
- Coached more than 250 leaders across three continents.
- Two decades of leadership development experience.
- Background in competitive skiing and endurance racing.
- Former coach of the Swiss University Ski Team.
Formats:
- Keynote Speaker and Leadership Expert
Audiences:
- Corporate leaders, executive teams, high-performance organizations, government groups, and audiences navigating rapid change or complexity.
Outcomes:
- Clear guidance for leading effectively in volatile, uncertain environments
- Practical tools to improve decision-making, accountability, and team alignment
- A renewed sense of confidence, clarity, and readiness to take action on Monday morning
- Travels from: Seattle, WA
- **US Fee range: $10,001 - $20,000
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Keynote Topics:
Humble Leadership:
The Surprising Powerful Way to Win in a Complex World
We live in a world where competition and change are increasing to unprecedented levels.
Our organizations are facing mind-boggling challenges, from game-shifting technologies to supply chain disruption to global terrorism.
How do we best lead in this complex, messy, ever-changing environment that is our new world?
Drawing on his experience as Military Peacekeeping Commander, highly acclaimed Ultra-Endurance Competitor, and sought-after Executive Coach, Urs makes a compelling case: leadership principles from volatile peacekeeping operations and “last-man-standing” ultra-endurance competitions also apply to today’s turbulent world of business.
What Got You Here Won't Get You There:
Leadership for High Performing Teams
Never have the demands placed on leaders been higher and more challenging. Change and competitive disruption are rising to unprecedented levels.
Are the leadership tactics of the past still the best way to build a successful team and organization? Or is it time to re-think how we lead in this complex, messy, ever-changing, new world?
Drawing on his experience as Military Peacekeeping Commander, highly acclaimed Ultra-Endurance Competitor and sought-after Executive Coach, Urs Koenig makes the compelling case that it’s time to make a real change.
Leading in high-pressure, complex, ever-changing environments requires humility, relentless focus, the ability to fail successfully and a strong commitment to continuously improve one’s leadership.
Talent Short Bio
Urs Koenig is an internationally recognized leadership keynote speaker, former ultra-endurance champion, military peacekeeping commander, and seasoned executive coach known for his no-nonsense approach to driving measurable behavioral change. His career defies convention. After a standout professional skiing career and multiple championship wins as coach of the Swiss University Ski Team, Urs sought new challenges through ultra-endurance cycling and adventure racing, earning victories and course records around the world. His relentless curiosity and performance mindset later propelled him into academia, where he served as assistant professor and research fellow at the University of Zurich and Australian National University, as well as adjunct professor at Seattle University. During this period, he became a widely published researcher and an in-demand global speaker.
Transitioning into leadership development, Urs spent the last 20 years coaching more than 250 leaders and numerous teams across three continents. His evidence-based, practical framework helps leaders navigate complexity, strengthen decision-making, and create cultures defined by accountability and action. True to his commitment to stretch himself, Urs re-entered the military at age fifty, serving as a Military Peacekeeping Commander in a NATO mission in the Balkans. That experience sharpened his insights on leadership under pressure and leading diverse teams in high-stakes environments.
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