A system, not a one-off seminar
A continuous development system made of a competence model and four modules that build on each other.
LEADING PERFORMANCE · Training and coaching programme for business ownersYou built a company.
You built a company.
Now you are its bottleneck.
You wanted entrepreneurial freedom and got stuck in day-to-day business. Every topic lands back on your desk, and the team doesn't follow through. LEADING PERFORMANCE turns you into the business owner your company grows with, instead of getting stuck on.
With Dr. Frederik HümmekeEntrepreneur, CEO of the VANTISGO Group and neuroscientist. He leads the live modules of this cohort in person.
Free intro call, 30 minutes. We simply check whether it fits.
Frederik is one of the best-known and most successful business coaches in Europe.
FOCUS Magazin, 2023
- 25+years of experience in leadership and coaching
- 98%of participants confirm the practical value
- 4,94 ★from 374 reviews on ProvenExpert
- SMEsproven in small and mid-sized companies
Sound familiar?
Your company runs. But it runs through you.
You have built something that works. But the bigger it gets, the more lands back on you: decisions, problems, fixing things. What got you here holds everything together today. That is exactly what doesn't scale.
- 01 / Bottleneck
Everything depends on you.
Nobody really takes ownership, so every decision ends up back on your desk. A worry-free holiday is pure theory.
- 02 / Execution
You are ahead, the team isn't following.
You see the direction, but your people don't implement it. Processes exist and aren't followed, structures are created and not lived.
- 03 / Rush
Operations eat your strategy.
Everything is urgent. There is no time left for what really moves your company forward. You react instead of shaping.
- 04 / Pressure
Lonely at the top.
You carry decisions you can't share with anyone. The euphoria of the early days has given way to quiet pressure.
It isn't your fault. Nobody ever showed you how to lead a company through people instead of carrying it yourself.
“A strong product builds a company. But only strong leadership lets it grow without you. Leadership is a craft you can learn.”
Dr. Frederik HümmekeCEO VANTISGO Group
What changes
What actually changes in your company.
LEADING PERFORMANCE doesn't aim at knowledge but at behaviour, and therefore at results you can feel in your company.
Every question, every decision, every fix lands on your desk. Your company only grows as fast as your own capacity.
Your people decide, deliver and coordinate among themselves. You lead and work on the company again.
- 01
Your team takes ownership.
Your people decide and deliver on their own. You are no longer the bottleneck.
- 02
You work on the company.
Operational rush drops, and you gain time for strategy and growth.
- 03
Decisions get faster.
Clear conversations and steering shorten the way. Discussions turn into decisions.
- 04
Your best people stay.
Better leadership raises engagement and lowers turnover. That saves real money.
- 05
Change succeeds.
Strategy shifts and growth get moving instead of failing at the team.
- 06
Joy in being an entrepreneur again.
Less stress, more impact. You lead your company with energy again instead of from exhaustion.
The answer
This is exactly what LEADING PERFORMANCE is for.
Not a seminar, but an accompanied development journey across four modules that build on each other. It starts with diagnostics, works on your real situations from your company and is grounded in neuroscience.
You practise on your own day-to-day business until you don't just know leadership, but can really do it and actually do it.
Request a place ↗Voices from practice
Business owners on their development.
How leadership, team and company changed after LEADING PERFORMANCE is best told by the graduates themselves.
What makes the programme different
Six principles that make leadership stick.
They are the reason what you learn works in your company instead of gathering dust in a binder.
Tools for Monday morning
Brain research and behavioural psychology as the basis, translated into tools you use the very next day.
Train until it sticks
We practise with case studies and real situations. Knowing turns into being able, and being able into doing.
Competence model as a compass
39 competences in 7 areas make your development measurable. You get your own training plan.
Implementation with support
Practitioners who use the tools in top companies every day support your implementation.
People in focus
You learn to understand people based on neuropsychology and to lead them individually. Working with biology, not against it.
Your development path · Cohort 2026/27
Four modules. A growing sphere of impact.
Each module builds on the previous one and widens your sphere of impact: from yourself to your employees and your team to the whole organisation.
Module I · Leading SelfOnline & pre-work · from September
Self-leadership, personality & resilience
If you lead people, you need to know yourself. Before the first live module starts, you lay your foundation: you understand your personality and stress patterns, stay able to act under pressure and start with concrete self-knowledge.
- Leadership competence assessment with 39 competences for self-assessment
- Deep O.C.E.A.N. personality assessment with a personal 1:1 debrief
- Online academy: learning videos, handouts & quizzes to prepare
- Books “Follow Your Flow” & “Handling S.H.I.T.” by Dr. Frederik Hümmeke
Led byDr. Frederik Hümmeke
Module II · Leading Conversations & PeopleLive · 4 days · 28–31 October · Enschede
Results are created in conversation.
This module combines the basics of effective people leadership with professional conversation skills: you persuade with method, delegate systematically and develop your employees deliberately.
- Steering conversations, questioning techniques and active listening
- Benefit-oriented arguments, using objections constructively
- Delegating systematically with clear responsibilities
- Structured feedback, performance reviews and employee development
Led byDr. Frederik Hümmeke
Module III · Leading Operations & TeamsLive · 4 days · 24–27 February · Enschede
Steer teams instead of doing everything yourself.
Once you no longer lead just individuals but teams and departments, different rules apply. This module combines team leadership, operational steering and project management: meetings become decision engines, goals become measurable tasks.
- Understanding team dynamics, creating psychological safety
- Moderating meetings effectively and focusing on results
- Building operational steering systems instead of intervening reactively
- Involving stakeholders strategically, cascading goals
Led byDr. Frederik Hümmeke
Module IV · Leading ChangeLive · 2 days · 8–9 April · Dortmund
Change that actually arrives in the company.
70% of all change projects don't fail because of strategy but because of leadership. With the IOWA® methodology you learn to involve stakeholders effectively, spot resistance early and shape change actively.
- Applying change psychology and the IOWA® methodology to your own projects
- Reading resistance correctly and building supporter networks
- Change communication: the right message at the right time
- Anchoring change permanently in your company culture
Led byChristian Goebel
Performance boosters · alongside the modules
Being able to lead, not just knowing how.
The programme is built as real implementation coaching. Between the modules you train the tools on your own cases until they stick in everyday life. Only what you have practised often enough is available to you when it matters.
- Two assessments to startThe Deep O.C.E.A.N. personality assessment with a 60-minute debrief and the VANTISGO competence assessment with 39 competences in 7 areas.
- Small groups and deep divesIn fixed small groups you practise real situations with a coach. Once a month you deepen the content in a deep dive with the best-matching expert.
- Online academy and materialsLifelong access to video lessons on all tools, plus step-by-step guides, pocket guides and checklists for everyday use.
- Your cohort's networkExchange, feedback and best practices with other business owners and leaders in your cohort's group.
KnowingYou understand the method.
Being ableYou master it in training.
DoingYou apply it as a matter of course.
Dates · Cohort 2026/27
All dates at a glance.
| Module | Topic | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Leading SelfOnline & pre-work | from September | Online |
| II | Leading Conversations & People4 days live | 28–31 October | Enschede |
| III | Leading Operations & Teams4 days live | 24–27 February | Enschede |
| IV | Leading Change2 days live | 8–9 April | Dortmund |
| + | Bonus deep dive: Leading under Pressure2 days live · Handling S.H.I.T. training | 13–14 November | Herdecke |
The focus is on the full programme. Individual modules can be booked on request in justified cases.
Request a place ↗Bonus · 2 days · Herdecke
Deep dive: Leading under Pressure
The Handling S.H.I.T. training: staying composed when things escalate.Concrete training for the toughest moments in everyday leadership: escalating conversations, pressure, conflicts, emotional extremes. Not a classic soft-skills format, but practice under realistic conditions.
- Identify and defuse your personal stress triggers
- Build composure in escalating conversations
- Antifragility: staying clear under pressure
- Resilience training in realistic scenarios
Ingo A. KochVANTISGO Senior Leadership Expert13–14 November · HerdeckeMore about the Handling S.H.I.T. training ↗
CEO VANTISGO GroupDr. Frederik Hümmeke
Your mentor and his team
Developed by an entrepreneur who was the bottleneck himself.
Dr. Frederik Hümmeke founded his first company at 17. At its peak, 150 people worked for him. From the outside everything looked perfect. Inside he knew: the limiting factor of his company was himself.
He learned systematically to lead people instead of carrying everything himself, and founded VANTISGO from that experience. Today, as a philosopher, economist and neuroscientist, he combines scientific depth with more than 20 years of entrepreneurial practice. LEADING PERFORMANCE contains the tools he would have needed back then.
Award100 Top Coaches & Consultants 2024ERFOLG Magazin, issue 05/2024
In the room with you: two experienced practitioners.
Ingo A. Koch
VANTISGO Senior Leadership ExpertBonus deep dive · Leading under PressureMore than 30 years of C-level experience, former head of communications at AXA, SCHUFA and EPSON. He trains leaders for the toughest moments of everyday life, so that what they have learned is available exactly when it matters.
“If you fall back into old patterns under pressure, you haven't learned too little, you have practised too little.”
Christian Goebel
VANTISGO Senior Coach & ConsultantModule IV · Leading ChangeMore than 15 years of coaching experience and over 200 seminars. He supports business owners and leaders in unfolding their full impact through clarity and consistent implementation.
“Less stress. More clarity. Maximum impact.”
The whole VANTISGO team stands behind the programme.
NeuroscientistsSound insights into the brain and behaviour.
PsychologistsA deep understanding of human motivation.
Communication expertsEffective conversation skills and rhetoric.
Management expertsStrategic management and business development.
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Your investment
What does it cost you if everything stays the same?
Before you think about the investment, take a moment to calculate what the status quo costs you. Every month.
- Decisions waiting on your desk for days.
- High performers who leave because they can't grow with you.
- Your hours in day-to-day business instead of on the company.
- Strategies that are announced and never implemented.
Good leadership works on every one of these points. Every day, in every conversation.
LEADING PERFORMANCE · Cohort 2026/27
The complete programme
€12,490plus VAT
- Module I: Leading Self (online & pre-work)
- Module II: Leading Conversations & People, 4 days
- Module III: Leading Operations & Teams, 4 days
- Module IV: Leading Change with IOWA®, 2 days
- Bonus deep dive: Leading under Pressure (Handling S.H.I.T.), 2 days
- Deep O.C.E.A.N. personality assessment and debrief
- Leadership competence assessment
- Online academy, learning platform and virtual sessions
- Checklists, templates, pocket guides and handouts
- Books “Follow Your Flow” and “Handling S.H.I.T.”
- Catering on all on-site days
20–30 places4 modules2 assessments
Request a place ↗Instalments possible. In the intro call we clarify whether the programme fits your situation.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions.
Who is LEADING PERFORMANCE for?
The programme is for business owners, managing directors and leaders of all experience levels: from people just stepping into a leadership role to experienced leaders who want to strengthen their foundation systematically. The two assessments at the start make sure the programme starts exactly where your development lever is greatest.
Is catering included in the price?
Catering during the seminar is fully included (lunch, snacks, drinks and dinner). You only need to book a room with breakfast.
What if I can't attend a module?
The modules take place live on site. Since it happens that a participant can't be there, we film the entire seminar. You can watch it afterwards at your own pace. The academy also has learning impulses on all content, so you can revisit every method later in everyday life.
Can I also register one of my employees?
Absolutely. Business owners regularly register their key leaders and come together. Often they send further leaders the following year after experiencing how much the programme delivers.
Are there group discounts?
When several good employees learn structured leadership, your company gains traction faster. If several participants from one company register, we offer attractive group discounts. Contact us for an individual offer.
Can I book individual modules?
The focus is on the full programme, because that is where development really happens. In justified individual cases, individual modules can be booked on request. Feel free to ask us in a personal conversation.
What is the bonus deep dive Leading under Pressure?
Leading under Pressure is the Handling S.H.I.T. training: a two-day deep dive on handling the toughest situations in everyday leadership: escalating conversations, pressure, conflicts, emotional extremes. Not a classic soft-skills seminar, but concrete training led by Ingo A. Koch, VANTISGO Senior Leadership Expert, and Dr. Frederik Hümmeke, the developer of the VANTISGO tools.
How do I register?
Book a free 30-minute intro call with the VANTISGO team via the calendar on this page. Together we clarify whether the programme fits your situation. The group size is limited: whoever asks too late waits for the next cohort.
Your next step
Find out how your company can grow without you.
In the intro call we talk about your situation, the programme and your questions. Personal, non-binding and at eye level.
- 01 Pick a time in the calendar
- 02 Briefly enter your contact details
- 03 Talk to us, personally and without obligation
Book an intro call
30 minutes with the VANTISGO team. Simply pick a time in the calendar that suits you.
Choose a time ↗- Prefer the phone? +49 2383 924 399-100
- Or by email: kontakt@vantisgo.com
