Strong people
make strong companies

Gregor Hasler is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and Chief Physician in the Fribourg Mental Health Network. His research focuses on bio-psycho-social interactions in relation to the experience of stress, social neuroscience, neuroimaging and epigenetics.

Hasler's diverse scientific work has received several awards. He is the author of the following books: "Resilience: The We Factor. Overcoming Stress and Anxiety Together" and "The Gut-Brain Connection: Revolutionary Knowledge for Our Mental and Physical Health".

Barbara Josef is co-founder of the 5-9 AG whose conviction is that "the best ideas, the most exciting contacts and the craziest project ideas don't happen during office hours". The 5-9 AG accompanies organizations during transformation processes into new worlds of work and learning.
Before founding the company in 2016, she was, among other things, Head of Communications and Social Engagement as a member of the Executive Board at Microsoft Switzerland, where she co-initiated the "Home Office Day" (now the "Work Smart Initiative") in 2009.

www.5to9.ch

"Find your fire" is Niklaus Jud's motto. He loves to motivate and encourage people to start moving and to open up to new areas. As a trainer, lecturer and owner of UNIK Sports Management GmbH, he motivates customers, employees and business partners to get closer to their exercise, health or professional goals. His work in the field of holistic body training has made him an expert in sports, training, health and nutrition.
Niklaus Jud studied sports science at the University of Bern. He has been working in the sports and fitness industry since 2003. In a rapidly changing environment, he is among the experts who pick up on trends and develop them further. Training, workplace health promotion, active holidays, sports events and lectures on the topic of exercise and nutrition are all part of his full range of services.

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Alfred Lohninger is a chronomedical physician, gynaecologist, general practitioner and doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. He has been involved in vegetative function diagnostics for more than 15 years and founded "Autonom Health GesundheitsbildungsGmbH" in Vienna in 2005. He developed a way to analyse the phenomenon of heart rate variability which is part of a comprehensive diagnostic-therapeutic concept for holistic lifestyle medicine and successfully implemented by renowned institutions in the German-speaking world.
Alfred Lohninger is an author of books and textbooks and a sought-after speaker at scientific conferences.

Daniel Pfiffner knows both the worlds of aviation and business. In his lectures he summarizes best practices taken from civil and military aviation and transfers these to the business environment of his audience. Pfiffner's main topics: Concept and implementation of personnel selection; leadership and followership; performance under pressure; composition and culture of top teams.
Daniel Pfiffner studied business administration. He has many years of experience in the aviation sector and was a member of an aerobatic formation of the Swiss Air Force (PC-7 Team) for several years. Among other places he shares his knowledge at universities and companies.

When people work together in a target-oriented way, they can achieve incredible goals. Richard Pircher supports people and organisations to create this co-operation in the best possible way. His approach: decisions and responsibilities are predominantly decentralised to the respective individuals and teams to achieve the common goal. This allows the potential of each individual and the organisation as a whole to unfold optimally.
Richard Pircher's book publications: "Agile Stable Organisations: The Way to Dynamic Enterprises and Distributed Leadership" and "Knowledge Management - Knowledge Transfer - Knowledge Networks: Concepts, Methods, Experiences".

www.richardpircher.com/

What drives a person? How does personality affect business? David Scheffer deals intensively with these questions in theory and practice - e.g. in relation to empowerment, resilience or leadership. Scheffer is Professor of Business Psychology at the Nordakademie University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg and Head of Studies at the Graduate School there. He has taken the lead in developing measurement methods for personality differences and has published internationally. In numerous projects Scheffer has tested the role which personality and diversity play in personnel and organisational development in companies.

Dana G. Stratil uses breath and voice to transform stress into energy in her coaching and seminars. She builds presence and focus and creates a silent space for mindfulness with her work.
With 30 years of expertise as a singer, voice trainer and performance coach, she succeeds in encouraging participants to begin a healthy development process and to continue with enthusiasm. During this process the personality is strenghtened, emotions are balanced and creative thought processes are triggered. All this finds authentic expression in one's own voice - in every communication.
Dana G. Stratil is co-author of the book "Einfach singen!" Published in 2017 and awarded the "Best Edition" prize in 2018.

www.voicepower.ch

One wrong step while hiking and suddenly everything changes: Sebastian Wächter falls and breaks his neck. Diagnosis: paraplegia. His personal radical change process begins in 2007 at the age of 18. Thanks to hard training he can now lead an independent life again. He plays wheelchair rugby in the German national league, studied business mathematics and worked as a stock analyst for many years.

As a speaker and mindset coach, Sebastian Wächter supports renowned SMEs and international corporations in managing their change processes. In doing so, he skilfully bridges the gap between his own experience and the corporate context. This makes change vivid. His credo: Change can only lead to progress if we are barrier-free in our minds.

www.barrierefrei-im-kopf.de/

You can achieve more if you know how to control the unconscious part of your brain. Julia Weber is convinced of this, which is why the qualified pedagogue and doctor of psychology builds bridges between science and everyday practice. She shows how we can change our attitude so that the unconscious part of our brain works for us instead of sabotaging us. Her books have such refreshing titles as "I Feel What I Want", "Wolf Packs La(h)ma" or "Tiger Gaze Meets Raspberry Smile". Julia Weber is the managing director of ISMZ and, among other things, works with the Zurich Resource Model as a trainer and training coach.

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