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Gunhard Keil

Tackle it. Finish it. Have fun.

Gunhard Keil is an entrepreneur, author, and keynote speaker with a unique background: from forestry management to healthcare administration to IT transformation, he combines experience in business, technology, and humanity. As a co-founder of digitalsee GmbH, he guides companies into the digital future, emphasizing the importance of attitude and leadership, and humorously addressing complex topics. Book Gunhard Keil for inspiring insights and sustainable change at your next event.

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Entrepreneur with Roots, Transformational Power, and Vision

Gunhard Keil is an entrepreneur, author, and keynote speaker – an expert in digital transformation with a unique background. From forestry and healthcare management to IT transformation, he brings a rare combination of experience in business, technology, and human-centered leadership. His impulses create real impact—because they enable true change. In keynotes, seminars, and consulting projects, he inspires with a blend of lived practice, clear perspective, and powerful motivation.

 

Shaping Digital Transformation with Responsibility

As co-founder of digitalsee GmbH, Gunhard Keil guides companies into a digital future—strategically, effectively, and with a people-centered approach. His career journey spans from founding a tutoring organization at the age of 16 to leadership roles in the automotive industry and managing a 1,800-employee IT company. His credo: Digital transformation succeeds only with integrity, authentic leadership, and a strong set of values. This philosophy shapes his work and drives his projects.

 

Versatile Thought Leader with an Extraordinary Path

His professional experience across healthcare, education, and IT proves that Gunhard Keil not only thinks outside the box—he intentionally steps beyond it. As an executive at the intersection of business operations and IT, he contributed to successful turnarounds and transformational processes. As a lecturer and author, he shares his knowledge with depth and humor. Companies value his ability to distill complexity into clear insights and embed change with ease.

 

Why Gunhard Keil Is the Right Impulse Generator for Your Event

• Transformation with integrity: Digital change guided by strong values
• Experienced leadership expert: In-depth understanding of operational and strategic realities
• Unusual background: From forestry to IT—interdisciplinary and practice-driven
• Humorous and inspiring: Engages audiences with clear, lively insights
• Immediately actionable: Content that motivates and delivers direct impact

 

Strengthen your organization with a practical visionary for sustainable transformation. Inquire now and secure Gunhard Keil as a keynote speaker or impulse generator for your next event!

Topics

The Future of Leadership

  • Why classical concepts are doomed to failure
  • Hierarchy is over – the new role of managers
  • What skills managers need to successfully master the digital transformation
  • How to unlock untapped potential with New Leadership and use it for your company’s success

Sustainability creates the future

  • What do oak trees have to do with IT? Why business needs to learn from nature
  • What happens when financial cycles do not match business cycles
  • Short thinking versus long thinking – how the balancing act of the right timing can work
  • How to use sustainability levers effectively for your business success

Change 4. 0 – I want. I can. I will get it done!

  • How to engage people for change with an effective communication strategy
  • How to use resistances as an engine for new ideas and paths
  • How to choose the right tools for your corporate culture and achieve your change goals

Next Level Negotiation – Success in negotiations is a matter for the boss

  • How to sustainably anchor value-adding negotiation tools in your company
  • How to develop, build and successfully implement a winning strategy
  • How to overcome mental barriers to negotiation and achieve better results

References & Press

ABB, Austrian Airlines, AVL, Constantia Packaging, Constantia Flexibles, iav GmbH, HDS consulting, Österreichische Bundesbahnen, Lenzing AG, LeitnerLeitner, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Financial Services, WTS, u. v. m.

 

“Mr. Keil understands how change works, he and his team even managed to align my demanding executives.”
Kai Stefan Linnenkohl, Managing Director, iav GmbH

 

“Bargaining power – there is only one address. Something is moving after Keil!”
Dr. Hanno Bästlein, Executive Board, Supervisory Board, Entrepreneur

 

“Mr. Keil has the knowledge and methodology of a consultant and the necessary pragmatism of an entrepreneur – an ideal combination!” 

Dr. Daniel Steinke, HDS international group

 

“When a project crossed the finish line in time, brought results and was fun, I knew Gunhard Keil was there!” 

Dr. Veronika Zügel, CHRO ÖBB

Online Courses

Academy

Gunhard Keil offers 1 courses, 0 lectures and 
0 impulses on Excellence Academy.

Thumbnail: Führen auf Distanz | Susanne Nickel & Gunhard Keil

Führen auf Distanz | Susanne Nickel & Gunhard Keil

Publications

Cover: Durchsetzungsstark verhandeln: Mit Strategie, Tools und Persönlichkeit nachhaltig zum Erfolg (Haufe Fachbuch)

Durchsetzungsstark verhandeln: Mit Strategie, Tools und Persönlichkeit nachhaltig zum Erfolg (Haufe Fachbuch)

ISBN : 3648155415

39.95 €

Amazon: Durchsetzungsstark verhandeln: Mit Strategie, Tools und Persönlichkeit nachhaltig zum Erfolg (Haufe Fachbuch)
Cover: Führen auf Distanz (Haufe TaschenGuide)

Führen auf Distanz (Haufe TaschenGuide)

ISBN : 3648147781

11.95 €

Amazon: Führen auf Distanz (Haufe TaschenGuide)
Cover: So geht Agilität: Die besten agilen Methoden im Job (Haufe TaschenGuide)

So geht Agilität: Die besten agilen Methoden im Job (Haufe TaschenGuide)

ISBN : 3648141872

11.95 €

Amazon: So geht Agilität: Die besten agilen Methoden im Job (Haufe TaschenGuide)
Cover: The executive Diet

The executive Diet

ISBN : 978-1484161029

12.47 €

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