
Experience and Expertise
“As a leader, you are always on stage. Your people observe your every move and the show never stops. Only a truly authentic leader can bring his people along and succeed!”
“As a leader, you are always on stage. Your people observe your every move and the show never stops. Only a truly authentic leader can bring his people along and succeed!”
Urs has been an endurance-event junkie since he completed his first multi-day ultra-race with his dad when he was 12 years old. Since then he has earned countless titles, medals and top rankings in long-distance endurance events including ultra-marathons, adventure races, long-distance ski races, ultra-cycling events, and Ironman triathlons. Each of these achievements taught him real world lessons on leadership, self empowerment, self motivation, and team management.
Most recently in 2017, Urs placed 2nd in the grueling military ‘Dancon March’ among a highly competitive field of soldiers and officers stationed in Kosovo (nearly all of them half his age!)
Excerpt from Urs’ athletic resume:
Ultra-cycling
Cross-Country Skiing
Multi-Sport
Urs has 18+ years of executive coaching experience across three continents. He’s coached more than 200 individual leaders and dozens of leadership teams.
Urs has empowered and coached Directors up to CEOs in a wide range of organizations and industries. He works with leaders to hone their leadership skills in the following areas:
To date, 100 percent of Urs’ clients have achieved improvement in the leadership areas they selected to improve. How does he know that? From the feedback from their teams, bosses, and other stakeholders – Urs’ coaching guarantees measurable behavioral change!
Urs holds various certifications and accreditations from recognized global executive coaching organizations, including:
In 2017, Urs served as a Team Commander and Captain in the NATO military peace-keeping mission in Kosovo, former Yugoslavia in the Balkans. He was in command of a team of military peacekeepers and local staff.
Urs plans to deploy on his next UN military peace keeping mission to the middle East or Africa in 2019/2020.
Urs’ academic achievements include:
Urs holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney, Australia as well as a PhD and Masters of Science from the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Well-traveled and culturally aware, Urs has lived and worked in Europe, Australia/New Zealand and North America.
He has spent more than half of his life outside his native country of Switzerland, coaching and speaking to business and corporate leaders.
With his strong multi-cultural background and international experience, Urs is uniquely equipped to speak on the cross-cultural leadership challenges many of his audiences face during his keynote speech, seminar, or workshop.
Urs is the proud dad of two energetic and spirited boys (11 and 13) who at times make commanding peace keeping troops look easy.
Urs is a huge believer in focus!
He is a strong believer that the reason most of us don’t achieve what we set out to achieve is because we spread ourselves too thin trying to do too many things.
His speeches therefore always focus on one key takeaway approached from different angles.
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