The new leadership program " " has 128 spots and begins on July 20, 2026
Management system 2026
More than 11,000 top German executives have already used Leading Simple to put their teams and departments on the road to success and keep them there.
Here's how to become leader in 6 months without sacrificing your whole life.
- Become a leader that employees are happy to follow
- Create a culture in which your employees develop a desire to perform without you having to constantly push them.
- Make your team crisis-proof so that performance remains high, even when skilled workers are lacking and the pressure of tasks is high.
Secure your place in the new leadership program now
Limited to 128 places
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Who this new system is for
Whether you are self-employed and lead a small team, are an entrepreneur with multiple locations, or are leader responsibility a larger team. This system is for anyone who wants to lead themselves and others even better.
For anyone who wants to scale and systematically develop their leadership responsibilities in the 15 key competencies. The result: your company no longer grows by chance, but through systematic leadership, trained leader all levels, and a leader who clearly communicates their mission and vision.
leader
If you find yourself torn between strategy, meetings, and employee management on a daily basis and wonder why, despite your efforts, you don't really feel relieved, here you will learn how leadership works again instead of overwhelming you. You will learn how to lead effectively and how to delegate tasks to your employees so that you can focus on what really matters.
managing director
If you want your departments to finally deliver results without you having to drive everything forward, Leading Simple provides you with a proven system that builds a reliable management level for you that takes care of your day-to-day business.
entrepreneur
If you no longer want to run your business by doing everything yourself, Leading Simple will help you to finally let go in your everyday life without losing control and to run your business in such a way that it functions even without you.
Leadership is no longer what it used to be. For a long time, it may have been enough to assign tasks without giving detailed instructions, jump into day-to-day business from time to time, and handle the rest based on gut feeling.
In 2026, you won't be able to afford that anymore:
- The economy is in decline and bureaucracy only makes day-to-day business more difficult.
- AI speeds everything up and gradually replaces tasks that your employees currently perform.
- Gen Z has little interest in work, and experienced employees are exhausted. Paralyzing conflicts and declining performance are inevitable. You can no longer lead "somehow."
Your employees don't need a boss who gets overwhelmed by stress.
They need a leader: someone who responsibility them to responsibility , provides guidance
, and exudes the necessary confidence when things get turbulent.
You can't achieve this with "more effort," but with the right system.
A system that tells you:
- A system that shows you exactly when to use which leadership style.
- A guide on how to conduct employee appraisals so that they actually change their behavior.
- Leadership tools that you can apply immediately in your everyday leadership activities, so that you not only save time, but finally have more time for your family again.
That's exactly why I designed the Leading Simple System:
Within six months, it ensures that your team delivers and leadership no longer consumes you.
Why outdated management methods simply don't work anymore
If you've been managing according to a set formula and leadership basics 101 ,
you're probably familiar with the following:
- No sooner have you delegated a task than it lands back on your desk. Your employees ask questions even though you've explained it a hundred times.
- You juggle all kinds of tasks in your daily work, but the things that really matter to you are constantly left undone.
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You sit in meetings and ask yourself far too often:
What am I doing here? - The atmosphere is tense: You hear the office gossip and feel like you're about to explode.
- No sooner do you get two minutes of peace than your employee forces you to deal with exactly what you hired him for in the first place .
- You come home completely exhausted and know that tomorrow the same madness will start all over again. Your partner gets annoyed at your mood in the evening , and you know that tomorrow won't be any better.
Why you are actually struggling with this:
You are completely dominated by day-to-day business. The more you do yourself, the more everyone gets used to everything going through you. You already know this, but you don't have a solution.
With every "urgent to-do," your energy and time for what really matters—managing your employees— dwindle.
So you lead "somehow" in between. And that's why leadership feels difficult for you.
Break out of this vicious circle now, before you end up burning yourself out.
Our system
Leading simple©
leading simple©
fundamentals
What fundamentals are important?
Direct management
How do I lead from person to person?
Indirect leadership
How do systems make management easier for me?
“When it comes to leadership, everything starts with you. Lead better and your team will improve. With the right system, you can bring more calm to your day-to-day business, finally achieving predictability and serenity.”
— Boris Grundl
What you get with the Leading Simple System
Your path to becoming a confident leader.
Included in the package
The 6-month program includes the following services:
Crash course in leadership with an exclusive group of participants at GRUNDL. Lernwelt
Leadership skills assessment using the Leadership Excellence Report (LER), including a personal analysis discussion
Participation in the Leading Simple seminars at the 5-star hotel "Der Öschberghof, 78166 Donaueschingen," including meals
Leading Simple: September 23–25, 2026
Leading Simple: Indirect, November 11–13, 2026
7.490€
€4,990 plus VAT
From supervisor to top executive in 6 months
Over the next six months, I will accompany you on your journey to eliminate constant stress from your everyday life and lead your team with composure toward growth, concrete results,
, and lasting progress.
Secure your place now in the
Leading Simple SYSTEM
Because we work closely with each leader for leader months, we only have room for 128 leader. So secure your leadership system at the introductory price in good time.
The 6 most important leadership skills you will master in the first 6 months
In the Leading Simple System, you turn stress, uncertainty, and conflict into clear leadership, responsibility results.
01
Creating Systems
You build structures that reliably produce results, even when you're not there. Your team runs more smoothly and you finally have time for what's important.
02
Result Orientation
You no longer manage tasks, but results. Your team knows exactly what needs to be achieved in the end, and you finally see progress instead of busywork.
03
Developing People
You recognize potential more quickly and develop it in a targeted manner. This allows your employees to grow and your team to become more productive without you having to exert more pressure.
04
Strength Orientation
You deploy your people where they are truly strong. This improves results and ensures that employees once again see the meaning in their work.
05
Fulfilling Corporate Purpose
You lead your team in such a way that it visibly contributes to the company's purpose. Everyone understands how their work fits into the bigger picture and therefore works in a more focused manner.
06
Consistent Delegation
You don't delegate tasks half-heartedly, but in such a way that employees really feel responsible. This takes the pressure off you and encourages your team.
Your head start begins with the first six leadership skills.
Once these fundamentals are in place, we will expand your skills in all 15 leadership competencies: so that you are not only relieved in the short term, but also build a team that delivers results without pressure in the long term.
Learn the 3 core skills of a top executive
The Leading Simple System enables you to transform stress, uncertainty, and conflicts into clear leadership, responsibility results.
self-management
- How to maintain inner clarity before day-to-day tasks consume you and
you get caught up in the rush - How to make the rightdecisions faster and with greater confidenceat
, because you know exactly what you stand for and where you’re headedat - How to remainconfident under pressure
by identifying the goal with the greatest impact and ignoring distractions
employee management
- How to stop just assigning tasks to employees and instead give them real responsibility so you don't have to constantly intervene
- How to lead through guidance rather than control, so that your employees act and take responsibility out of inner motivation responsibility truly live up to their responsibilities.
- How to build a performance culture in which even
average employees deliverabove-average
results
communication
- Be crystal clear in your communication so that employees never misunderstand anything again and do what you say (instead of asking 10 times).
- Structure your meetings so that clear decisions emerge from each meeting and
discussions never again digress unnecessarily. - Resolveconflicts in your team quickly by making employees feel understood, thereby maintaining a healthy working atmosphere.
What our customers say about us
The absolute highlight: 2 top-class leadership seminars (included in the leadership system)
More than 450 leader, entrepreneurs, and managing directors from across the D-A-CH region gathered in 2024 at the luxury hotel "Der Öschberghof"in Donaueschingen, southern Germany, to further their education and learn the latest leadership techniques for employee management and strategic corporate alignment.
Our Leading Simple© seminars are now considered the #1 events when it comes to practical, implementation-oriented leadership and networking.
Seminar leader Boris Grundl Result Orientation only decisive and effective techniques and strategies are taught with crystal-clear Result Orientation .
– Proven leadership techniques for your everyday business life
– Systematic employee management for productive teams
– More loyal employees who takeresponsibility and implement new standards in your company.
We won't leave you alone in your day-to-day management tasks.
In addition, you will receive
Management checklists
“Your emergency kit for every leadership situation”
You will receive tried-and-tested checklists and discussion guides for employee appraisals, target agreements, and conflicts. This means that in critical moments, you will always know what to say, ask, or decide.
Access to top network
“Valuable contacts that you rarely meet in everyday life”
You network with top executives and entrepreneurs: this often leads to new career opportunities, exciting deals, and occasionally even A-list employees for you.
1:1 support
“A leadership professional who guides you through the 6 months”
Based on your Leadership Excellence Report (LER), our
leadership experts show you where you stand today, which patterns are holding you back, and how you can change them step by step.
Don't feel like dealing with this stress on your own?
Get the exclusive management system now and make 2026 your year of relief.
What the participants say
Experience transformation
Clear insights and emotional depth for personal growth
“Grundl’s approach is clear and deeply moving; his methods are direct and effective.”
Exchange and insight
Learning from others and overcoming your own limitations
“Everyone is fighting their own battle, and realizing that changes everything.”
Further develop leadership skills
An elite community
leader who recognize their own weaknesses create an environment of trust.”
“The combination of videos, coaching sessions, and interacting with like-minded people is simply unbeatable.”
We won't leave you alone in your day-to-day management tasks.
When you should not change anything
- At the end of the day, you prefer to decide everything yourself instead of responsibility .
- You're looking for a little inspiration, but overall you're satisfied.
- You believe that good leadership is purely a matter of "talent" and cannot be learned.
- You don't care that AI will soon replace you because you're already looking forward to retirement.
- You have no genuine interest in employees performing better than you.
When you regain time and energy with this
- You no longer want to just "manage," but finally lead.
- You are looking for the right structure for entrepreneurial freedom so that you no longer have to drive everything yourself.
- You want responsibility and be able to rely on nothing falling apart.
- You are willing to further develop your leadership style if your employees then improve.
With GRUNDL, you will join more than 11,000 top executives.
Upon completion of the program, you will receive your official GRUNDL certificate as proof of your enhanced leadership skills.
Unlike traditional training courses, this one gives you something tangible because it really makes your day-to-day management tasks easier.
This certificate means:
- You no longer act "on instinct," but systematically.
- You build teams that perform independently.
- You are skilled at communicating in a way that creates clarity and builds trust.
Leading Simple is already leader standard for modern leadership for over 11,000 leader . It not only makes your everyday life easier, but also increases your market value as leader.
Learn from Germany's top leadership expert
I know exactly how leadership feels for you right now...
Back then, as leader young leader 25 people, a terrible moment opened my eyes when I suddenly found myself lying on a hospital floor at 11:47 p.m. on a Tuesday evening.
I was simply overwhelmed.
For me, it was normal every day:
- Working overtime while employees had already finished work for the day
- Making announcements that no one cared about the next day
- Enduring the same damn stress because day-to-day business simply became too much
That was all I could do. I was like a hamster in a homemade wheel, and everyone was just there to push it.
So I had to make a change.
I thought to myself: "Leadership must be easy."
So out of necessity, I developed a system to achieve more with my time: Leading Simple.
With a clear management system, everything became easier:
- Employees have taken on more responsibility than ever before.
- I no longer had to do everything myself, but could finally concentrate on the important issues.
- And best of all, I had energy left over again...for strategy, family, and myself.
But more importantly, I felt like I was creating value again, because I was no longer just working mindlessly, but really making a difference.
So far, I have leader "Leading Simple" with over 11,000 leader . But that's not enough as long as leadership is still a burden for YOU. Make it easy again.
I'll take you by the hand.
Boris Grundl – Founder of the Grundl Leadership Institute. 90% paralyzed after an accident.
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