Speaker & Entrepreneur

Dr. Bernhard Kaumanns

Health is a leadership responsibility. Peak performance by design!

Dr. Bernhard Kaumanns, physician, former VP and entrepreneur, is an expert in health, leadership and performance in organizations. What do healthy and successful companies do differently? And how can organizations systematically get there? These and other questions are explored in his keynotes, publications and podcasts. Peak performance is not a coincidence. Nor is it the privilege of a few. Peak performance is built by design – in companies, in elite sports and on a personal level. With more than 30 years of experience in corporate health, international leadership and performance culture, Dr. Kaumanns is a sought-after speaker, thought leader and sparring partner for entrepreneurs, executives and board members. Ideal for business impulses, leadership retreats and executive development. Book Dr. Bernhard Kaumanns now and achieve peak performance by design.

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Vita

Healthy Leadership as a Driver of Performance and Profitability – with Dr. Bernhard Kaumanns
Dr. Bernhard Kaumanns is a physician, former VP and entrepreneur as well as an expert in healthy leadership, corporate health and performance culture. For more than 30 years, he has worked at the intersection of medicine, international leadership and business, supporting organizations in building peak performance by design. His keynotes reveal what healthy, successful companies do differently and how leaders can sustainably increase performance, productivity and profitability.

Peak performance is built by design – not by chance
At the core of his work is the conviction that peak performance is neither coincidence nor privilege, but the result of clear leadership decisions, structures and healthy working conditions. Dr. Bernhard Kaumanns demonstrates how organizations can reduce absenteeism, increase performance and establish healthy leadership as a measurable business driver. He combines medical expertise, leadership experience and entrepreneurial thinking into a practical approach for high-performing organizations and sustainable value creation.

Experience from medicine, top management and entrepreneurship
With more than three decades of experience in corporate health, international leadership and performance culture, Dr. Bernhard Kaumanns is a sought-after speaker, thought leader and sparring partner for entrepreneurs, executives and board members. As a Doctor of Medicine, graduate of an international MBA from St. Gallen Business School, and with further education in positive psychology, he connects medical expertise with strategic management competence. In his presentations, he transfers principles from business, medicine and personal performance to modern leadership.

Impulses for leaders who want to combine performance and health

How healthy leadership increases performance, motivation and productivity
Why corporate health is a lever for profit and competitiveness
How performance culture develops sustainably without overload
Impulses for top management, leadership teams and decision-makers
Ideal for business events, leadership retreats and executive development

Topics

Health Management Resilience Leadership Business Growth Employee Retention

Peak Performance by Design! How Healthy Workplaces Become a Profitability Booster

Systems over actionism: Why health is a strategic lever for value creation and profit
Data over intuition: How to integrate health KPIs into leadership and business steering
Environment drives performance: How to build a sustainable culture of healthy performance

Health is a Leadership Responsibility! The €500,000 Leadership Mistake

Why leaders directly influence sick leave and absenteeism
The biggest health killers in organizations and their financial impact
How healthy leadership decisions create immediate and measurable ROI

Healthy Leadership Works! What Medicine and Management Have in Common

The difference between strain and overload – and what it means for leadership
Why isolated initiatives fail and systemic healthy leadership is essential
Three worlds, one lesson: medicine, top management and organizational reality

References & Press

Memberships:

Senate of Ecomony Europe, Switzerland (Senator)
Premium Leaders Club (Member)

Recent Publications:

WORLD'S Most Impactful BUSINESS LEADERS Making Waves in 2026 - Dr. Bernhard Kaumanns, CEO LENCORA® Business Health Intelligence, CIO TODAY · Apr 20, 2026 (https://theciotoday.com/magazines/worlds-most-impactful-business-leaders-making-waves-in-2026-bernhard-kaumanns/)
The Physician-CEO: Leading at the Intersection of Health and Performance, Dr. Bernhard Kaumanns, CEO & Founder, LENCORA® Business Health Intelligence, Business Outstanders · Feb 12, 2026 (https://businessoutstanders.com/2026/interview/dr-bernhard-kaumanns-health-performance-leadership-ai-demographics)

Awards:

“Entrepreneurial Excellence Award”, (Nominee), Dubai 2026, Founders 2.0 Conference
“World's Most Impactful Business Leaders”, CIO TODAY, April 2026

Excerpt of Corporate References:

Würth
Amazon
Polestar
Mint Architecture
OPED
Zimmer Biomet
Mark McGregor Leadership Center

"Personal, clear, and refreshingly human — a welcome contrast to the political correctness of the upper management floor. That's how I experience working with Dr. Bernhard Kaumanns. What I value most is the critical exchange at eye level and the inspiring reflective conversations — on current leadership challenges as much as on personal questions of health and performance. Bernhard is always a valuable conversation partner." Heiner Faust, GM, Würth International

“By working with LENCORA Business Health Intelligence, we learned a lot about ourselves as an organization and our culture. It was an inspiring experience that gave us concrete impulses to further promote the well-being and health of our employees." Peter Roth, CEO & Partner, Mint Architecture

“Bernhard combines high impact content, research, and scientific based thoughts, along with passion, purpose, and good story telling. He has impact on any audience from executives, to managers, to subject matter experts as well as people on the front line who make things happen.” Mark McGregor, CEO McGregor Leadership Center