{"id":124696,"date":"2026-04-30T15:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=124696"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:48:33","slug":"marko-pesic","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/marko-pesic\/","title":{"rendered":"Marko Pe\u0161i\u0107"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What really holds winning teams together: leadership, culture and decision-making under pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marko Pe\u0161i\u0107 embodies leadership based on experience \u2013 not theory. As a former national basketball player and long-standing managing director of FC Bayern Basketball, he understands top-level sport from two perspectives: from the dressing room and from the position of responsibility at the helm of an organisation. This combination makes him an exceptionally credible speaker for companies seeking to better understand and shape performance, culture and leadership under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-marko-pesic-speaking-topics\">Marko Pe\u0161i\u0107 speaking topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What really holds winning teams together<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Marko Pe\u0161i\u0107 demonstrates why talent alone is not enough to ensure long-term success. What matters most are clear roles \u2013 rather than egos \u2013 mutual accountability, discipline and the ability to stick together even after defeats. His experiences in professional sport reveal how teams become more stable, resilient and high-performing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Leading under pressure<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether in elite sport or in business: leadership is particularly evident when results are lacking, decisions are being scrutinised and the pressure mounts. Marko Pe\u0161i\u0107 discusses how leaders create clarity, set priorities and align short-term expectations with long-term development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Identity in Growth<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How does an organisation grow without losing its culture? Using the example of the establishment and development of FC Bayern Basketball, Pe\u0161i\u0107 demonstrates how structure, attitude and strategic growth work together \u2013 and why identity can be a genuine competitive advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cCulture is not revealed in success \u2013 but in the moment when results fail to materialise.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marko Pe\u0161i\u0107 played 97 international matches for the German national basketball team and enjoyed international success at the highest level. Following his playing career, he took on leadership roles in management and played a decisive part in shaping the development of FC Bayern Basketball for over a decade. In this role, he was responsible for the sporting, organisational and strategic growth of one of Europe\u2019s leading basketball programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>His talks are aimed at:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Top management &amp; executive leadership<br>\u2013 Division heads<br>\u2013 Sales organisations<br>\u2013 Project and transformation teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marko Pe\u0161i\u0107 does not present abstract leadership models, but concrete principles drawn from a world where performance is visible on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marko Pe\u0161i\u0107 is available for the following formats:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 Keynote (30\u201345 minutes)<br>\u2013 Panel (30\u201360 minutes)<br>\u2013 Leadership workshop (90 minutes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marko Pe\u0161i\u0107 stands by a clear conviction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cSuccess is no accident. It is the result of structure, discipline and a culture that functions even under pressure.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What really holds winning teams together: leadership, culture and decision-making under pressure Marko Pe\u0161i\u0107 embodies leadership based on experience \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":124688,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"speaker-category":[16607,16606,16591,16596,16599,16600,16602],"speaker-topic":[16611,16633,16660,16637,16632,16623,16644],"speaker-type":[16667,16665,16668],"speaker-gender":[16670],"speaker-language":[16572,16571],"class_list":["post-124696","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker-category-economy-politics","speaker-category-impact-performance","speaker-category-leadership","speaker-category-new-at-premium-speakers","speaker-category-sports","speaker-category-teambuilding-teamwork","speaker-category-trainer-workshops","speaker-topic-ball-sports","speaker-topic-career-profiling","speaker-topic-change-management","speaker-topic-crisis-management","speaker-topic-innovations","speaker-topic-leadership-4-0","speaker-topic-motivation-strategy","speaker-type-interview-guest","speaker-type-keynote-speaker","speaker-type-trainer","speaker-gender-men","speaker-language-english","speaker-language-german"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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