{"id":127770,"date":"2026-07-13T08:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/?post_type=speaker&p=127770"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:02:11","slug":"harold-kreis","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/","title":{"rendered":"Harold Kreis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Harold Kreis – Experience. Reflection. Impact. A Lifetime of Leadership. A Commitment to sharing what matters.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For nearly five decades, he has lived Leadership, on the ice, behind the bench, and in lives of the people he had the privilege to coach and lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kreis: “I do not teach leadership. I share what leadership has taught me.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Head Coach of the German Men’s National Ice Hockey Team, Harold Kreis was leading at the Olympic Games and multiple IIHF World Championships, earning a Silver Medal in 2023. His journey includes professional playing career, national team captaincy, championships in Switzerland and Germany, and building winning cultures at every Level. In recognition of his achievements, he was inducted into the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harold Kreis Lecture topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • 45 Seconds to Decide – Leadership under pressure.<\/strong>
    High-stakes decisions. Limited Information. No time. A framework for clarity, courage and accountability when the margin for error is zero.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • Trust before Tactics – Why great Teams are built before they perform.<\/strong>
      Trust is the glue. Belief is the fuel. Before systems and strategies come connection, commitment and a culture of Holding each other accountable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • The Goal is not to be needed – Developing Leaders who outperform you.<\/strong>
        Sustainable success Comes when Leaders at every Level think, act and decide. How to build People, not followers and create legacy, not dependency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Three powerful keynote programs. Three core leadership truths. Built from nearly Five decades of leading and learning at the highest level. Today, he brings these experiences to executives, leadership teams and organzations around the world. He helps Leaders build trust, make better decisions under pressure, and develop teams that perform when it matters most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Why companies invite Harold Kreis to speak at their conference:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        He helps leaders and organizations navigate their biggest challenges. His keynotes and workshops deliver practical insights for today’s leaders. Always real. Always relevant. Always actionable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        • Leading unter pressure and making decisions with imcomplete Information<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Building trust quickly and strengthening team cohesion<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Creating accountability without destroying relationships<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Leading and motivating high performers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Managing conflict and tunring it into constructive Energy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Handling public scrutiny and external pressure<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Building and sustaining a winning culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Developing leaders and Building long-term succession<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Harold Kreis: “I don’t offer theory. I offer what I’ve lived. Practical. Proven. Ready to apply.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Experience. Reflection. Impact. Let’s build Leaders and Teams that perform when it matters most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Book Harold Kreis EXCLUSIVE for a Keynote and Workshop with The Premium Speakers Bureau.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Harold Kreis – Experience. Reflection. Impact. A Lifetime of Leadership. A Commitment to sharing what matters. For nearly five decades, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":127792,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"speaker-category":[16598,16606,16591,16596,16599,16600],"speaker-topic":[16656,16633,16660,16637,16623,16644,16657],"speaker-type":[16667,16665],"speaker-gender":[16670],"speaker-language":[16572,16571],"class_list":["post-127770","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker-category-celebrities","speaker-category-impact-performance","speaker-category-leadership","speaker-category-new-at-premium-speakers","speaker-category-sports","speaker-category-teambuilding-teamwork","speaker-topic-burnout-resilience-mental-health","speaker-topic-career-profiling","speaker-topic-change-management","speaker-topic-crisis-management","speaker-topic-leadership-4-0","speaker-topic-motivation-strategy","speaker-topic-team-sport","speaker-type-interview-guest","speaker-type-keynote-speaker","speaker-gender-men","speaker-language-english","speaker-language-german"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHarold Kreis on Leadership & Team Culture | Premium Speakers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Harold Kreis, Ice Hockey Head Coach, talks about leadership, trust, team culture and developing leaders. Book keynote plus workshop now.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Harold Kreis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Harold Kreis, Ice Hockey Head Coach, talks about leadership, trust, team culture and developing leaders. Book keynote plus workshop now.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Premium Speakers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PremiumSpeakers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-13T08:02:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/harold-kreis-premium-speakers-01.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PremiumSpeakers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/speaker-presenter\\\/harold-kreis\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/speaker-presenter\\\/harold-kreis\\\/\",\"name\":\"Harold Kreis on Leadership & Team Culture | Premium Speakers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/speaker-presenter\\\/harold-kreis\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/speaker-presenter\\\/harold-kreis\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/harold-kreis-premium-speakers-01.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-13T06:23:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-13T08:02:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Harold Kreis, Ice Hockey Head Coach, talks about leadership, trust, team culture and developing leaders. Book keynote plus workshop now.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/speaker-presenter\\\/harold-kreis\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/speaker-presenter\\\/harold-kreis\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/speaker-presenter\\\/harold-kreis\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/harold-kreis-premium-speakers-01.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/harold-kreis-premium-speakers-01.jpg\",\"width\":427,\"height\":640,\"caption\":\"Harold Kreis Premium Speakers \u2013 Ice Hockey Coach \u2013 Leadership Expert\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/speaker-presenter\\\/harold-kreis\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Harold Kreis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Premium Speakers\",\"description\":\"Agentur f\u00fcr Referenten Vermittlung\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Premium Speakers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/logo.png\",\"width\":1534,\"height\":722,\"caption\":\"Premium Speakers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/premium-speakers.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/PremiumSpeakers\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/PremiumSpeakers\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/premium_speakers\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/premium-speakers\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCrb9-cJEYUpbyi6KMAmZlCQ\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Harold Kreis on Leadership & Team Culture | Premium Speakers","description":"Harold Kreis, Ice Hockey Head Coach, talks about leadership, trust, team culture and developing leaders. Book keynote plus workshop now.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Harold Kreis","og_description":"Harold Kreis, Ice Hockey Head Coach, talks about leadership, trust, team culture and developing leaders. Book keynote plus workshop now.","og_url":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/","og_site_name":"Premium Speakers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PremiumSpeakers","article_modified_time":"2026-07-13T08:02:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":427,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/harold-kreis-premium-speakers-01.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@PremiumSpeakers","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/","url":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/","name":"Harold Kreis on Leadership & Team Culture | Premium Speakers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/harold-kreis-premium-speakers-01.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-13T06:23:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-13T08:02:11+00:00","description":"Harold Kreis, Ice Hockey Head Coach, talks about leadership, trust, team culture and developing leaders. Book keynote plus workshop now.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/harold-kreis-premium-speakers-01.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/harold-kreis-premium-speakers-01.jpg","width":427,"height":640,"caption":"Harold Kreis Premium Speakers \u2013 Ice Hockey Coach \u2013 Leadership Expert"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/harold-kreis\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Harold Kreis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/","name":"Premium Speakers","description":"Agentur f\u00fcr Referenten Vermittlung","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Premium Speakers","url":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/logo.png","width":1534,"height":722,"caption":"Premium Speakers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PremiumSpeakers","https:\/\/x.com\/PremiumSpeakers","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/premium_speakers\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/premium-speakers","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrb9-cJEYUpbyi6KMAmZlCQ"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/127770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/127770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127770"},{"taxonomy":"speaker-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker-category?post=127770"},{"taxonomy":"speaker-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker-topic?post=127770"},{"taxonomy":"speaker-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker-type?post=127770"},{"taxonomy":"speaker-gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker-gender?post=127770"},{"taxonomy":"speaker-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker-language?post=127770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}