Dr. Bodo Antonic
Interim manager and keynote speaker on crisis leadership and sales productivity.
Why you should book Dr. Bodo Antonic for your next event
- Real-world crisis and turnaround expertise from over two decades as an interim manager in “phases of troubled water.”
- Practical strategies to boost sales productivity and cut bureaucracy without losing focus or momentum.
- Inspiring insights on leadership under pressure, shaped by experience in business and extreme environments.
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From troubled waters to clear direction – leadership when it matters most
Bodo Antonic speaks about leadership when the pressure is real and the stakes are high. Born in 1967 and educated in chemistry, physics, medicine, and business administration, he combines scientific thinking with business clarity. Since 2001, he has worked as a self-employed interim manager, stepping into organisations during crisis, restructuring, and turnaround. Since 2010, he has delivered keynotes on sales productivity, crisis leadership, and bureaucracy sharing sharp insights drawn from years spent navigating companies through turbulent times.
Who is Bodo Antonic?
Bodo Antonic brings a rare blend of analytical depth and operational experience to the stage. His academic background spans chemistry, physics, medicine, and business administration. This combination gives him a unique perspective on how complex systems function, whether they are scientific processes, human organisations, or market dynamics.
Since 2001, he has been self-employed as an interim manager. His focus is clear: crisis, restructuring, and turnaround. He works exclusively in what he calls “phases of troubled water.” These are moments when companies face uncertainty, financial strain, declining performance, or internal disruption. Instead of avoiding complexity, Bodo steps directly into it.
In 2010, he expanded his impact to the keynote stage. Since then, he has inspired leaders, sales teams, and organisations with talks on sales productivity, leadership in crisis situations, and bureaucracy. His presentations are grounded in lived experience. Every example, every principle, comes from real assignments where decisions carried consequences.
Leadership in Troubled Waters
Crisis reveals the true quality of leadership. In his keynotes on leadership in crisis situations, Bodo Antonic addresses what happens when strategies collapse, markets shift, or internal structures fail. He explains how leaders can remain calm, decisive, and focused when uncertainty dominates the agenda.
Drawing from more than two decades of turnaround work, he shares:
How to create clarity when information is incomplete
How to prioritise under pressure
How to stabilise teams in times of fear and resistance
How to communicate direction when trust is fragile
His approach is direct and practical. Leadership during crisis is not about theory. It is about action, accountability, and the courage to make difficult decisions. Audiences leave with tools they can apply immediately in their own organisations.
Sales Productivity That Drives Results
Sales productivity is another central theme in Bodo Antonic’s keynotes. In times of restructuring and transformation, sales performance often becomes unpredictable. Processes grow complex. Bureaucracy slows momentum. Focus is lost.
Bodo challenges organisations to rethink how they structure, manage, and measure sales. With his background in business administration and hands-on crisis management, he demonstrates how to:
Simplify structures that block performance
Align sales teams with clear priorities
Remove internal obstacles that drain energy
Increase efficiency without increasing pressure
He connects strategic thinking with operational execution. The result is higher productivity, sharper focus, and measurable improvement.
Cutting Through Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy can quietly suffocate innovation and performance. In his talks on bureaucracy, Bodo Antonic exposes how excessive processes and rigid hierarchies limit agility, especially in times of crisis.
He explains why bureaucracy grows, how it hides behind good intentions, and how leaders can dismantle it without creating chaos. His insights help organisations strike the right balance between structure and flexibility.
For companies facing transformation, digitalisation, or restructuring, his perspective offers clarity. He shows how to maintain control while freeing teams to act with speed and responsibility.
Experience Beyond the Boardroom
Bodo Antonic’s message is reinforced by his personal life. He is a cave diver, a rescue diver, and a blue water sailor. These pursuits demand discipline, preparation, and calm decision-making in environments where mistakes have real consequences.
Cave diving requires planning, teamwork, and absolute focus under extreme conditions. Rescue diving calls for composure and swift judgment. Sailing blue water means navigating uncertainty, reading changing conditions, and staying steady over long distances.
These experiences mirror the challenges he addresses on stage. Leadership in crisis resembles navigating dark waters. Sales productivity requires precision and coordination. Reducing bureaucracy demands clarity of route and purpose.
Book Bodo Antonic for Your Event
Book Bodo Antonic for your event if you want more than inspiration. His keynotes deliver substance, structure, and practical insight. He speaks to executives, leadership teams, and sales organisations that operate in complex and demanding environments.
Whether your organisation is facing restructuring, aiming to improve sales productivity, or seeking stronger leadership in turbulent times, Bodo provides perspective grounded in action.
He does not present abstract models. He shares lessons from real turnarounds. He speaks about responsibility, focus, and the discipline required to guide teams through difficult phases.
Bodo Antonic equips audiences to lead when conditions are uncertain and results matter most.
Keynotes
Keynote by Bodo Antonic:
Sales productivity: “Focus on the success factors”
Sales productivity is based on a very small number of key success factors. These are well known, and the company must be geared towards them.
The presentation names the success factors and the path that must be taken to build a highly productive sales organization.
Keynote by Bodo Antonic:
Leadership: “Leadership while being in troubled waters or why crises should be sought out rather than avoided”
Most people avoid crises because they are periods of uncertainty - and thus miss out on the unique creative power that lies within every crisis.
The thesis of the keynote: Crises should not be avoided, but actively sought out. Bodo Antonic shows ways in which crises can be deliberately achieved and how they can be used to advantage.
Keynote by Bodo Antonic:
Bureaucracy: “Why internal bureaucracy paralyzes us and how it can be dismantled”
Everyone complains about external bureaucracy, forgetting the productivity killer that is internal bureaucracy, which Bodo Antonic calls “firmocracy.” It affects the productivity and innovative strength of all employees in a company.
The key question of the keynote: How can I recognize firmocracy and how can I change and dismantle it in such a way that governance can still be maintained?
