Urs Koenig, PhD, MS, MBA
TITLE:
Leadership Expert, Bestselling Author, UN Peacekeeper, Ultra
Endurance Champion, Widely Published Professor
AT A GLANCE:
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 a bestselling author and one of the world’s top
thought leaders on humble leadership. His message of Radical
Humility in leadership draws on his world-spanning career growing
leaders on four continents. 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.URS KOENIG
BIOGRAPHY
FULL LENGTH BIO:
Urs is a bestselling author, one of the world’s leading experts on
humble leadership, a former UN peacekeeper and NATO
peacekeeping commander, a highly accomplished ultraendurance
champion, a widely published professor, and a seasoned executive
coach and keynote speaker with more than three decades of
experience helping hundreds of leaders and dozens of executive
teams unlock new levels of achievement across four continents.
He is the founder of the Radical Humility Leadership Institute and
speaks frequently on the topic of leadership to corporations and
associations across the globe. His message of Radical Humility in
leadership has inspired teams from across the spectrum, including
Amazon, Starbucks, the Society of Human Resource Management,
HP, NATO, Vistage, and Microsoft.
He holds a PhD in geography and a Master of Science from the
University of Zürich, Switzerland, and an MBA from the Australian
Graduate School of Management.
Urs is the loving father of two teenage boys who make commanding
soldiers look easy. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Financial relationships
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Type of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:08/05/2025Date updated:08/05/2025