Oliver Kahn – Driven by passion towards a promising future! Oliver Kahn has served as a Member of the Board at FC Bayern Munich.
Achievements and setbacks.
World Cup champion, Champions League titleholder, UEFA Cup winner, multiple-time German champion, DFB Cup and League Cup victor, along with numerous individual honors such as World Goalkeeper, Europe’s Goalkeeper of the Year, Best Bundesliga Goalkeeper, and Germany’s Goalkeeper of the Year – Oliver Kahn’s list of accomplishments is extensive.
Oliver Kahn speaking topics
- The philosophy of being No. 1 – Passion as a driver for a bright future.
- From goalkeeper to entrepreneur – Keys to achieving and maintaining success.
- Winning and losing – The power of will.
- Success is attainable for everyone – Lessons learned from defeats.
Kahn’s career also features defeats and his unique personality. The last-minute loss in the 1999 Champions League final against Manchester United is well-known. His evolution from the fiercely ambitious “Titan” and “King Kahn” to a more “normal” human being marked the final phase of his career.
From machine to human being.
What started with his error in the 2002 World Cup final culminated in the 2006 World Cup when he lost the starting goalkeeper position to Jens Lehmann. Kahn accepted the tough decision made by then national and Bayern coach Jürgen Klinsmann and took a place on the bench as a substitute. Before the penalty shootout against Argentina, he reached out to his competitor, revealing his human side.
FROM GOALKEEPER TO SUBSTITUTE – maintaining success.
Drawing on his extensive experience as captain of FC Bayern Munich and the German national team, the three-time world goalkeeper shares in an engaging, impressive, and humorous manner how the skills from his playing days continue to support him as an entrepreneur in sustaining success.
Through numerous examples, Oliver Kahn demonstrates how he has transferred the success principles from his athletic career into a fast-paced corporate environment. Those expecting traditional success mantras to suffice in times of rapid change will be surprised by how he has broken through conventional thinking. His lectures focus on gaining clarity about one’s mission, productively handling successes and failures, and empowering people and employees.
Many entrepreneurs rely on Oliver Kahn’s presentations to significantly and sustainably boost motivation, enthusiasm, initiative, commitment, customer relations, and sales activities.
Since September 2008, Oliver Kahn has worked as a soccer expert for ZDF during international matches and other key soccer events. Through the “Ich schaff’s Tour mit Oliver Kahn” (I can do it with Oliver Kahn) – an initiative by easy living and the German Child Protection Association – the former professional footballer motivates young people at schools in Bavaria. Oliver Kahn is also the initiator and jury member of the TV casting show “I never give up – the Kahn principle” in China, a competition to discover emerging goalkeeper talent. Golf is a major passion for Oliver Kahn. As an ambassador for the Ryder Cup – the world’s most prestigious golf tournament – he supports Germany’s bid to host the event in 2018.
