Trainer & Coach

Sebastian Ayernschmalz

What drives me: Performance that makes a lasting impact.

With an M.Sc. in Psychology, over 15 years of experience in industry and consulting, and as the national coach of the German women’s national American football team, he combines business, psychology, and high-performance sports into an effective approach to leadership and organizational development. As an SAP and process consultant, as well as a workstream lead on international projects, he gained firsthand experience with organizations under real transformational pressure and developed a deep understanding of leadership, culture, and collaboration. At the same time, he has worked for many years in competitive sports as a coach and psychological consultant—from youth development to the national team. Team sports serve as a real-world laboratory for leadership, team dynamics, and performance under pressure. Today, he supports executives, teams, and organizations through change and growth processes. His work combines psychological expertise, business acumen, and the logic of high-performance sports—practical, scientifically grounded, and consistently focused on sustainable performance.

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Vita

Sebastian Ayernschmalz is a keynote speaker, coach, and expert in vision health, perception, and performance in the digital workplace. As a B2B thought leader, he helps organizations strengthen mental clarity, focus, and sustainable performance in an era of constant screen exposure. His keynotes combine psychology, high-performance sports, and real-world business experience—ideal for B2B events, leadership conferences, and transformation initiatives where sustainable performance matters.

Currently, Sebastian Ayernschmalz works with leaders, teams, and organizations as a coach for leadership and organizational development. At the same time, he serves as Head Coach of the German Women’s National Team in American football and advises athletes in high-performance environments. His keynote presentations translate insights from elite sports, psychology, and industry into practical strategies for businesses, showing how perception, focus, and decision-making improve under pressure.

Previously, he spent more than 15 years in industry and consulting, including roles as SAP and process consultant and workstream lead in international transformation projects. This background shapes his practical, results-oriented approach. He also holds an M.Sc. in Psychology and combines scientific expertise with extensive coaching experience at the intersection of business and high-performance sport.

Why book Sebastian Ayernschmalz for your B2B event?

Keynote speaker combining psychology, business, and elite sports
Expert in vision health, perception, and performance in the digital workplace
Practical impulses for leaders, teams, and organizations
Highly relevant for transformation, focus, resilience, and performance
Engaging presentations with direct transfer to everyday business
Ideal for leadership events, kick-offs, conferences, and strategy meetings

Book Sebastian Ayernschmalz as a keynote speaker for your B2B event and strengthen focus, perception, and performance in your organization.

Topics

Leadership Mental Strength High Performance Knowledge Transfer New Work

1. Transformational Leadership
Leadership that goes beyond control—how attitude, purpose, and psychological safety drive real change in teams and organizations. Drawing on real-world experience in industry, sports, and consulting.

2. Leading in a Crisis
When pressure, uncertainty, and speed converge: decision-making under pressure, emotional stability as a leadership skill, trust as a stabilizing factor—tested in the field and in the boardroom.

3. (Re)building Organizations & Teams
Reorganization after disruption: new structures, new cultures, new cohesion. How to turn a loose collection of individuals back into a functioning system—with method and insight into human nature

4. High Performance in an Organizational Context
What distinguishes average teams from truly high-performing ones? Transferring insights from competitive sports to corporate structures—role, responsibility, a competitive mindset, and sustainable resilience.

5. Psychology of Change
Why do transformation projects fail because of people, not concepts? Understanding resistance, strengthening tolerance for ambiguity, and harnessing the energy of change in a targeted way—scientifically grounded, practically applicable.

6. Leadership Development & Coaching
Individual support for leaders: self-image, impact, blind spots. With diagnostic depth drawn from psychological tools and the perspective of an experienced practitioner.

7. Team Dynamics & Role Clarity
Teams rarely fail due to a lack of skills—most often because of unclear roles, hidden conflicts, or a lack of cohesion. Analysis and intervention at the systemic level.

8. Performance & Health as a Unified Whole
Sustainable high performance requires more than motivation: nutrition, recovery, mental hygiene, and physical resilience as an integrated leadership topic—particularly relevant for leaders under constant pressure.

9. Sports as a Leadership School
American football as a lens for organizational issues: game systems, role discipline, real-time decisions under pressure. Insights from over 15 years of coaching—from youth teams to the national team.

References & Press

Selected Client References: German American Football Association, Baden-Württemberg State Sports Authority, Amazon, PARI, ARRI, BMW

Coaching & Consulting

Since 2023 – Coach and Trainer for Leadership and Organizational Development
Since 2024 – National Coach, German Women’s National American Football Team
Since 2022 – Psychological Consultant, including for the Geretsried Riverrats, Lacrosse, corporate context
Since 2022 – Chairman of GAFCA e. V. (Coaches Development Program)
2016–present – Head Coach of Athletic Performance, Elephant Athletics

Industry & Consulting

2021–2022 – Consultant FI/CO & Workstream Lead, Marc O'Polo
2017–2021 – SAP Consultant FI/CO/BW, PARI GmbH
2015–2017 – SAP Consultant FI/CO, Arnold & Richter Cine Technik
2014–2015 – External Consultant / Enterprise Architect, Ventum Consulting
2011–2014 – Finance Operations Analyst, Amazon.de GmbH

Education & Qualifications

M.Sc. in Psychology – PFH Göttingen (2022–2025)
B.Sc. in Psychology – FernUniversität Hagen (2018–2022)
Alternative Practitioner for Psychotherapy – ZfN Munich (2018–2022)
Sports Psychology – FC Barcelona Innovation Hub
DOSB American Football Licenses C, B, A
Athletics Coach, Functional Trainer Level 2, FMS Level 2 (Perform Better)
Functional Nutrition Coach / IST Sports Nutrition Consultant

Publications

A Champion's mind: Trainingsbuch für mentale Stärke

ISBN : 978-3384293770

13.99 €

Amazon: A Champion's mind: Trainingsbuch für mentale Stärke

Podcasts

Pregame Attitude

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Presentation types

Workshop
Interview
Business talk
Impulses and motivation
Factual presentation
Online lecture
Specialized lecture
Audience interaction
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Sebastian Ayernschmalz

What drives me: Performance that makes a lasting impact.