Teamsports Intelligence™
Make your team hungry to perform – and you won’t have to be the nanny anymore.
Make your team hungry to perform – and you won’t have to be the nanny anymore.
I know how it feels to run a mid-sized company or lead a team. You’ve put together a team of highly skilled people, optimised your processes and made sure everyone knows what to do. And yet, it’s not working the way it should.
The reason often is surprisingly simple: You missed the “Team Elephant” in the room. And even if you do see it, you underestimate its impact because no one has shown you how to deal with it professionally.
This is exactly where Teamsports Intelligence™ comes in.
You’ll learn how to actively shape your team’s behaviour. The underlying idea is as human as it is simple: if everyone gets what they need, they´re also willing to give others what they need.
I’ll give you an example:
One of your employees isn’t pulling their weight. You either ramp up the pressure or fall back on empathy.
What if, instead, you knew how to help them tap back into their strength?
What if both were actually possible: humanity and top performance? In elite team sports, this ideal approach has long been the norm – something the business world is still dreaming of.
But please: This is not for traditional corporations or for those who want to stay in the lower leagues. It’s for people who want to compete at the top. In short: I’m here for those who want to achieve big goals. With Teamsport Intelligence™.
The Team Elephant is the underlying tension that exists in every “untrained” team. It’s the awkward feeling you sense when you walk into a room where people have just been gossiping. Once the Team Elephant is in the room, people stop speaking openly with each other.
From that point on, you can forget about high performance in that team.
Name changed for privacy
Alexandra (53, Munich) had taken over a divided team as managing partner and now faced the mammoth task of turning them into a team that pulls as one. There was more than one Team Elephant to tackle. The economic situation was tough.
She wanted a people-centred leadership style and to move away from pressure and warnings, as her predecessor had done. That’s why she decided to lead the team herself rather than bringing in external coaches.
I showed her how to lead her team differently using Teamsport Intelligence™, and we practised highly effective thinking and behavioural patterns so she could stay resilient while getting everyone on board..
She kicked things off with a clear statement of where she wanted to go, what she expected from everyone, and what she was prepared to bring to the table herself.
To her utter surprise, no one quit. Some picked up the new skills more quickly, others were more sceptical and slower, but everyone was on board.
Within the first year, the company increased its revenue from 2.3 to 3.5 million. Today, four years later, it stands at 5.8 million.
It worked because her employees embraced a spirit of optimism and functioned as a team. They became a cohesive unit in which every cog meshed with the next. This gave rise to that high-level form of intelligence that defines successful teams – where everyone thinks for one another and no longer needs a traditional leader.
The 25 men in the company who made Alexandra’s start a living hell are now the ones who keep the energy high, no longer blame anyone for anything, are unafraid of making mistakes – and are incredibly proud of their boss.
Who benefits most: entrepreneurs, managing directors of small and medium-sized businesses, and people who want to lead in a modern way.
What my clients value about me: I understand the connection between body and mind (through sport), focus on sharing ‘gems’ (not just skills), am an excellent listener (no nuance escapes me), am fully credible because I “walk the talk”, and I still have an ace up my sleeve even in the most difficult situations.
My strength: Thanks to my broad transferable knowledge, I can uncover surprising connections that others don’t notice at first glance. This often brings a completely different approach to the table.
My secret to success: To build lasting stability rather than chase quick wins, I work with my clients for 12–18 months – often for years. After all, an athlete doesn’t stop training just because they start seeing results, right?
Languages: English and German.
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