Dominik Neidhart - Biography
Dominik Neidhart: Teamwork, leadership, and decision-making in extreme situations
Dominik Neidhart is a top athlete, three-time participant in the America’s Cup, and part of the legendary Alinghi crew that brought the world’s most coveted sailing trophy to Europe for the first time. His most important insight from the world of high-performance sailing: trust is key – not only on the high seas, but also in everyday business life.
Whether it’s rough winds on the water or economic turbulence, Dominik Neidhart knows how to draw parallels between top-level sport and business. In his lectures, he impressively demonstrates how companies can function under high pressure – if they build on a sustainable culture of cooperation.
His career took him through three America’s Cup campaigns with ups and downs: a disappointing start, a spectacular victory, and a bitter defeat. He has scientifically analyzed and further developed these experiences in complex organizational structures, leadership under high pressure, and team-oriented decision-making – and now makes them available to companies.
“It’s the team that makes the difference.” – Dominik Neidhart
What makes him special? He doesn’t just talk about teamwork – he has lived teamwork himself, under real, challenging conditions. As one of the few management consultants who knows the culture of cooperation from his own high-performance practice, he conveys in a lively, practical, and well-founded way how companies can move from lone wolf mode to a cooperative structure for success.
Dominik Neidhart Lecture topics
With his lectures for living cooperation, Dominik Neidhart supports committed industrial and service companies in their cultural transformation. Away from the internal competition culture, towards a successful cooperation culture.
- Working Together Wins!
The teams have highly competent sailing crews who continuously improve their skills. They are supported by a multinational shore team of several hundred people: Scientists, engineers, boat builders, sail designers, weather specialists, and more. In 155 years of its history, this competition has never been won by teams with the biggest budgets, the most advanced infrastructure, or the most extensive crew.
In his presentation “WORKING TOGETHER WINS!” Dominik Neidhart, former crew member of Alinghi, makes the step from inspiration to education. Participants will not only learn how the unexpectedly great success of the Swiss sailing team Alinghi was possible at the first attempt, but they will also receive a concept / program on how they can transfer the principles of successful cooperation into their working environment themselves.
- On course despite headwinds – From Great to Unstoppable
The faster the world changes and the tougher the competition becomes, the more decisive is the culture of cooperation – because it is this culture that gives a company the agility it needs.
Business enterprises facing increasingly fierce competition and sailing teams competing in the America`s Cup, the world`s oldest sports trophy, face comparable challenges. For both players, the competitive environment is changing dramatically fast: changing venues, new technologies, new rules, and diverse competitors. There is an ever-increasing ‘headwind’. As a former crew member of Team Alinghi, which was victorious in its first appearance in the America`s Cup in New Zealand and was able to repeat this success in Valencia, Dominik Neidhart reports on how the Swiss team mastered this challenge on land and on water and how the elements of this successful concept can be transferred to business.
In the America`s Cup, the team with the biggest budget or the most extensive infrastructure has never won in around 150 years. It is always the team that makes the decisive difference. The ability to generate the highest possible energy, maneuver well, and perfect teamwork is critical to staying on course. That’s what it’s all about!