Lothar J. Seiwert, PhD, HoF, is Europe's leading and most well-known expert in the field of new time and life management. In 2007, the German Training and Development Federation recognized his life's work by presenting him with its Lifetime Achievement Award. In the same year, he received a second important award for the elite of speakers and trainers when he was inducted into the German Speakers Association's Hall of Fame. In 2008 as well, there is no end to the shower of prizes he receives and the Association of German Event Organizers honors Prof. Seiwert with the Conga Award for his excellent performance as a business speaker.Millions of people learned from Lothar Seiwert how to better manage their time. Television appearances, press columns, more than four million books sold, international awards: Like no other expert, Lothar Seiwert stands for the topics of time-life balance and life management. The celebrity keynote speaker is within the circle of "Excellent Speakers" in Europe. Audiences of more than 400,000 people have excitedly listened to his talks in Europe, Asia and the US. Again and again, his books rocket to the top of best-seller lists. His worldwide mega-seller "Simplify Your Life" (with Tiki Kuestenmacher) made it to the German news magazine Spiegel's best-seller list for almost 300 (!) weeks in a row. After having worked in the HR and training divisions of two corporate groups, and as a management consultant for a renowned consulting firm, he spent more than 12 years teaching at various universities, among them St. Gallen University. Today, as a successful entrepreneur, he runs his own training and consulting firm, the Heidelberg-based Seiwert-Institute GmbH, which, in the last 20 years, has specialized in the fields of time management, Life-Leadership(R) and work/life balance.

His weekly newsletter "SEIWERT-Tipp: 1 Minute for 1 Week in Balance" is read by more than 50,000 subscribers; furthermore Lothar Seiwert contributes regular columns to various magazines and other specialist publications.

And he is fascinated by a certain creature: the polar bear. The calm and clever nature of this animal incorporates from him values that in our hectic times are not acknowledged enough. Polar bears exhibit both the contentment and the necessary degree of power we need in order to lead an active life he maintains.

Recommended reading:

Seiwert, Lothar J.: Slow Down to Speed Up. How to manage your time and rebalance your life. Frankfurt (Germany) and New York: Campus 2008. ISBN 978-3-593-38398-9

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