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Michael von Kunhardt

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Mentally strong to the top!

Michael von Kunhardt is a renowned mental trainer and sought-after keynote speaker for leadership, motivation, and mental strength. As a coach for national teams and Olympic champions, he imparts success principles from elite sports to the business world. Through his von Kunhardt Academy, he activates teams and executives at all levels. As a marathon runner and winner of the German SpeakerSlam, he impresses audiences with inspiring speeches that combine depth, humor, and lasting impact. With his motto "Peak performance starts in the mind," he captivates companies and inspires them to achieve new heights. Experience how Michael von Kunhardt succinctly delivers motivation and inspires your team for sustainable success.

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Michael von Kunhardt – Mental Strength for Peak Performance in Business and Sports

Michael von Kunhardt is one of the most renowned mental coaches in the German-speaking world and a highly sought-after keynote speaker on leadership, motivation, and mental strength. As a longtime coach for national teams, Olympic champions, and top athletes, he knows exactly how peak performance is achieved – and how it can be sustainably anchored in the business world.

From the Sports Field to the Executive Suite – Proven Principles for Success

A former Bundesliga hockey player and multiple German champion, Michael von Kunhardt translates his athletic experience into entrepreneurial challenges. His keynotes and seminars captivate audiences with powerful analogies between high-performance sports and real-world business – inspiring, scientifically grounded, and highly practical.

Science Meets Practice – Impulses That Move People

Holding a degree in economics with additional studies in sports science and sociology from Goethe University Frankfurt, he is the founder of the von Kunhardt Academy. With a wide range of methods and his charismatic presence, he activates teams and leaders at all levels – mentally and physically. His credo: peak performance starts in the mind – and becomes reality through consistent self-responsibility.

Speaker, Marathon Runner, Award-Winning Performer

As a German Speaker Slam winner, runner-up world champion with the over-45 national hockey team, and marathon runner, Michael von Kunhardt embodies personal development through leading by example. Companies benefit from his expertise, his energy, and his ability to connect change with enthusiasm.

Why Michael von Kunhardt Is the Ideal Choice for Your Event

  • TV-renowned mental coach for elite athletes, teams, and executives
  • Keynote speaker on mental strength, motivation, and self-responsibility
  • Extensive business expertise as a coach and academy founder
  • High-level sports achievements and inspiring personal journey
  • Keynotes rich in depth, humor, activation, and lasting impact

Experience how mental strength, self-responsibility, and clarity can lead to new peak performances.
Michael von Kunhardt delivers motivation that hits the mark – and inspires your team sustainably.

Mental giants - what true strength is really all about

  • How to use the secrets of the mental giants to become better and at the same time more serene
  • How to change your focus from worry, fear and failure to courage, success and solution orientation
  • Why only permanent development makes lasting success possible
  • How to mobilize your team, raise aspirations, identify potential and unleash it for results
  • How to build true strength in connection with yourself

 

Prime time in business - learning from top-class sport

  • How to effectively build the winning mentality No. 1. "Self-confidence".
  • How to make a profit even from defeats and act resiliently
  • How to develop an effective team and feedback culture and strengthen your employees
  • How to identify the key success factors, apply them systematically and achieve peak performance
     

Fit for life and business

  • How to reduce stress, build vitality, and maintain performance with minimal time invest in your everyday working life
  • How to develop mental and physical elasticity, flexibility as well as resilience in a self-responsible way and live with ease
  • How to analyze and activate your personal motivators and use your full potential

References & Press

Excerpt of customers:
Aldiana GmbH, Allianz AG, Barmer GEK, Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe & chemische Industrie (BG RCI), Berufsverband der Präventologen, Bodymed AG, BRITA-Arena Wiesbaden, Daimler AG, Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammern (IHK), Deutscher Hockey Bund e. V., Deutsche Sporthilfe, Deutscher Tennisbund, EDAG Engineering GmbH, Hussel GmbH, Lions Club International, Mercedes-Benz, Otto, Serviceware AG, SGL Group, Vaillant, XING AG, TÜV-Rheinland, Euler Hermes Deutschland, TIM AG, Interxion Deutschland, Lohmann & Rauscher, LR Health & Beauty Systems GmbH, and much more.

 

Known as TV mental & radio expert, among others from Sport1, Bild TV & Sat. 1 breakfast TV and as MONtivator (motivation every Monday) at Radio RRP1

 

"Mental strength is of enormous importance not only in soccer, and there is still enormous potential in this regard. Michael manages to convey the topic in a professional and at the same time pleasant way." 

Nia Künzer, soccer world champion

 

"Michael von Kunhardt is convincing both in his high authenticity in content and in his encounter with his audience and his ability to inspire them." 

Ursula Sanio, Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz Global Management Retail Training Germany & International

 

"I am absolutely thrilled - thank you so much for your extremely inspiring presentation."  

Knut Albert, Managing Director, Hussel Süßwaren GmbH

 

"Michael von Kunhardt convinces, inspires and takes along, no matter on which platform - always vivid and comprehensible and very important: integrable into everyday life." 

Jens Grote, Member of the Board of Management Allianz Beratungs- und Vertriebs-AG

"Thank you so, so much for everything! It was great."

Anna Dogonadze, Olympic trampoline champion, multiple German and international champion


"You received by far the best evaluation of all speakers. Your evaluation by the participants: information content: very good, presentation: very good - you have greatly enriched our event with your presentation!"  

Hans-Jürgen Bahr, Prevention & Marketing, German Raw Materials and Chemicals Association

 

"Exciting, entertaining, eloquent!" 

Christine Zips, President of the Limburg Goldener Grund Lions Club

 

"Thank you very much for your great presentation. I am already practicing it myself. It really is that simple!"

Markus Schumacher, Federal Association of the German Gravel and Sand Industry

 






 

Publications

Cover: 105 Impulse für mehr Wohlbefinden und Motivation

105 Impulse für mehr Wohlbefinden und Motivation

ISBN : 978-3868676778

14.85 €

Amazon: 105 Impulse für mehr Wohlbefinden und Motivation
Cover: Mentalgiganten: Was wahre Stärke wirklich ausmacht

Mentalgiganten: Was wahre Stärke wirklich ausmacht

ISBN : 3593512645

24.95 €

Amazon: Mentalgiganten: Was wahre Stärke wirklich ausmacht
Cover: Aktiv und gesund: Neue mentale & physische Frische

Aktiv und gesund: Neue mentale & physische Frische

ISBN : 9783000580765

9.99 €

Amazon: Aktiv und gesund: Neue mentale & physische Frische
Cover: Die Magie des Flows

Die Magie des Flows

ISBN : 978-3593462899

28.00 €

Amazon: Die Magie des Flows

Podcasts

Podcast: Michael von Kunhardt - Mentalgiganten - Für die Best-Zeit deines Lebens Podcast Download ~ Audio Podcast von Michael von Kunhardt ~ Audiopodcast 787927

Mentalgiganten - Für die Best-Zeit deines Lebens Podcast Download ~ Audio Podcast von Michael von Kunhardt ~ Audiopodcast 787927

Podcast: Michael von Kunhardt - Mentalgiganten - Für die Best-Zeit deines Lebens Podcast Download ~ Audio Podcast von Michael von Kunhardt ~ Audiopodcast 787927

Mentalgiganten - Für die Best-Zeit deines Lebens Podcast Download ~ Audio Podcast von Michael von Kunhardt ~ Audiopodcast 787927

Blog

Mentalgiganten – Wie du innere Stärke aufbaust und dein Potenzial entfaltest

Mentalgiganten – Wie du innere Stärke aufbaust und dein Potenzial entfaltest

Five Steps to Inner Strength – How to Build Mental Power and Turn Every Setback into Growth.

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10 tips for more mental strength:

10 tips for more mental strength:

The text emphasizes the importance of mental strength for success and provides tips for developing it, such as self-confidence, tolerance for failure, decision-making, role models, accepting criticism, and using visualization techniques. It also highlights the benefits of gratitude, humor, and optimism. Join the Berlin Knowledge Forum on 30.06.2023 to learn more.

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