Top manager Josef Ackermann, best-selling author Reinhard K. Sprenger, SECO’s chief economist, Eric Scheidegger, and the entrepreneurs Reto Gurtner and Markus Kaiser were the big names at the 8th Entrepreneurs’ Day. The motto of the Entrepreneurs’ Day, which took place on 14 March, was “Leadership – clear management for fresh success”.
Top manager Josef Ackermann, best-selling author Reinhard K. Sprenger, SECO’s chief economist, Eric Scheidegger, and the entrepreneurs Reto Gurtner and Markus Kaiser were the big names at the 8th Entrepreneurs’ Day. The motto of the Entrepreneurs’ Day, which took place on 14 March, was “Leadership – clear management for fresh success”.
With 700 decision-makers and people interested in business matters attending, the conference was booked out, as in previous years. Conveying valuable entrepreneurial trends, networks and best practices is the key aim of the conference, which is under the patronage of the government and the University of Liechtenstein.
The essence of successful leadership
Josef Ackermann has been the chairman of the board of directors at Zurich Insurance Group since March 2012; the manager from Mels headed the corporate management at Deutsche Bank from 2006 to 2012. His talk focused on the topic “Leadership in highly complex environments”.
Reinhard K. Sprenger and his talk on “Radical leadership” also drew on practical experience of successful leadership. A lateral thinker and best-selling author, Sprenger is viewed as the most famous leadership expert in the German-speaking world. At the Entrepreneurs’ Day, he gave cutting-edge insights into the essence of successful leadership.
Opened by Martin Meyer
Eric Scheidegger provided the attendees of the Entrepreneurs’ Day with an assessment of the prospects for the global economy as well as the outlook for Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Since last year, Scheidegger has been the new chief economist for the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO.
Reto Gurtner, president of the management board of Weisse Arena Gruppe in Laax, and Markus Kaiser, managing director of Kaiser AG in Schaanwald, provided insights into their recipes for success during the entrepreneurs’ discussion round with TV presenter and journalist Katharina Deuber.
Opened by Deputy Prime Minister Martin Meyer, the 8th Entrepreneurs’ Day also saw the presentation of the Liechtenstein Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 campaign by Heinrich Christen, partner at Ernst & Young Switzerland, and Urs Baldegger from the Institute for Entrepreneurship at the University of Liechtenstein.