About Urs

When companies need to inspire, engage, and develop their people while at the same time delivering stellar results in today’s hyper-competitive and complex business environment, they call URS KOENIG. Urs is an internationally renowned keynote speaker, bestselling author, and leading expert on humble leadership.

His message of Radical Humility in leadership draws on his world-spanning career as a UN military peacekeeper and NATO military peacekeeping commander, a highly accomplished ultra-endurance champion, a widely published professor, and a seasoned executive coach.

Urs shares cutting-edge research insights, inspiring leadership stories, and no-nonsense, practical tools to attract and retain top talent, engage high-performing teams, and create a psychologically safe culture that is ‘Tough on Results and Tender on People’ at world-class organizations like Starbucks, Amazon, Microsoft and the Society of Human Resource Management.

Urs’ research-backed Radical Humility Framework is packed with tangible tools and practical takeaways, leaving audience members with the ultimate actionable blueprint for a new type of leader for a new type of world.