Monika Sattler works with executives and teams who have to make decisions and take action under pressure, when complexity increases, motivation fluctuates, and results matter.
As a two-time cycling record holder and initiator of the 124 Swiss Passes Challenge, she knows from her own experience what it means to lead demanding projects over months, build teams, and remain capable of acting under uncertainty, exhaustion, and pressure to perform.
Monika Sattler: Execution under Pressure · Implementation · Decisions with Impact
On this basis, she developed the CLIMB Framework: an action-oriented system for clarity, responsibility, functioning structures, visible progress, and stable performance—regardless of motivation. In keynotes, workshops, and executive coaching, she shows how implementation can succeed when the going gets tough.
Monika Sattler Lecture Topics
- Execution under pressure – Implementing when the going gets tough
Whether it’s transformation projects, strategy implementation, or ambitious corporate goals: The most difficult part doesn’t begin with the decision – it begins afterwards. During implementation. When energy levels fluctuate. When the path becomes longer and more complex than expected. When setbacks occur and the pressure mounts. This is precisely where it is decided whether projects become reality – or get stuck. This keynote speech shows how implementation can succeed even when motivation is no longer sufficient.
Key topics of the keynote speech:
- How progress can be understood realistically and made visible
- Which aspect of performance is often underestimated
- Why motivation is not a reliable factor for implementation
- How to regain the ability to act after setbacks
- How to win over people who were not part of the decision-making process
The audience leaves with clarity, inner confidence, and the trust that they can remain capable of action even under pressure – when it matters.
- Achieving ambitious goals – What it takes to make big projects work
Ambitious goals arise when people and organizations consciously go beyond the obvious. However, only a few of these goals are consistently pursued – and achieved. For ambitious projects to provide orientation and be successful in the long term, more than just vision and motivation are needed. This keynote speech shows what conditions must be met so that goals are not only formulated but also lived.
The keynote speech focuses on:
- how clarity of purpose emerges and provides orientation
- how individual and collective strengths are used effectively
- why responsibility is a key success factor
- how to maintain an overview without losing focus
- what role the environment and context play
- how to create a feasible path
Participants gain orientation, focus, and the inner stability to consistently pursue ambitious goals – even over long distances.
- Making difficult decisions – Acting decisively when there are no guarantees
Decisions are more complex today than ever before. Uncertainty, change, and a lack of certainty make decision-making challenging. It would often be more convenient to keep options open. But not making a decision quickly begins to take its toll. This keynote speech focuses on those moments when leadership is required – even without complete certainty.
The keynote’s main topics are:
- Why people rarely fail due to a lack of knowledge, but rather due to a lack of commitment.
- Why not making a decision is often the most expensive decision.
- How viable decisions can be made even without guarantees.
Participants leave the keynote with decision-making strength, clarity, and a willingness to take responsibility – even if the next step is uncomfortable.
Formats that excellently convey Monika Sattler’s expertise and knowledge:
- Keynotes
- Workshops & Executive Sessions
- Executive Performance Coaching
- Leadership Summit Days
(exclusive strategy days for leadership teams in the mountains)
Areas of application
- Executive & top management formats
- Strategy and transformation events
- Leadership offsites & executive summits
- Business and industry forums
- Industry & operations events
Monika Sattler is a two-time cycling record holder, internationally sought-after keynote speaker, executive sparring partner, and author of three books.
She works with executives and organizations that face challenging decisions and need to consistently implement projects under difficult conditions—especially when motivation wanes, obstacles arise, and setbacks become part of the journey.
Monika Sattler’s journey began with the desire to become a secret agent. She studied international security in the US with a focus on nuclear weapons, worked at the IMF and the World Bank, and later moved into professional sports and management consulting.
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