Keynote speaker · Leadership trainer · Coach
Physical fitness leads to fiscal fitness.
The discipline it takes to train for a race is the same discipline it takes to run a business. Kurt von Ahnen helps leaders and teams stop coasting and start climbing.
40–60%
More revenue Kurt typically adds for the powersport dealers he works with, alongside a stronger culture.
Since 2008
Building, training and leading teams as a business owner.
Certified
John Maxwell certified speaker, trainer and coach since 2016.
Author
Action Leadership From the Edge (2022), on leading people who actually want to follow.
Signature talks
Four talks. One climb.
Every talk is tailored to the room, but they all come back to the same idea: the habits that build a strong body build a strong business.
01
Physical Fitness Leads to Fiscal Fitness
The habits that get you to the start line, like consistency, recovery and honest data, are the same ones that grow a healthy business.
Best forKickoffs, sales conferences, wellness weeks
02
Action Leadership From the Edge
Drawn from Kurt’s book. How to move from managing tasks to leading people who actually want to follow you.
Best forLeadership retreats, new and rising managers
03
Tune the Machine
You can’t control the terrain, but you can tune your machine. A practical framework for the three machines every leader runs: body, team and systems.
Best forOwners, executive teams, dealer groups
04
Training That Sticks
Decades of corporate training, distilled. How to build training people actually finish, remember and use on the job.
Best forHR and L&D teams, associations, franchise networks
The story
From the racetrack to the boardroom.
Kurt was thrown out of school months before graduation. He had drive and all the answers, but no leadership. He climbed the corporate ladder on effort alone and noticed that very few people followed.
Faith, a deep dive into leadership study and a book later, the lesson stuck: people don’t follow the hardest worker. They follow the leader who has done the work on himself first.
In 2017 he dropped the weight and took up a life of relentless forward motion on two wheels. Today that means gravel racing and riding the Great Cycle Challenge for kids’ cancer, and every mile teaches him something about business.
You can’t control the terrain. You can tune your machine.
Ways to book Kurt
Built for your room.
Main stage
Keynote
A high-energy talk with one clear takeaway your audience can act on Monday morning.
Hands-on
Workshop
Teams leave with a plan, not just notes. Pairs well with a keynote the same day.
On air
Podcast & panel
A regular guest on shows like WP-Tonic and The WP Minute. Stories, strong opinions and no dead air.
Learn with Kurt
Train on your schedule.
Not ready to book a stage? Start with a self-paced course and get a feel for how Kurt teaches.
5 days
Healthy Success
Five days to build the habits that carry a healthier body into a healthier business.
Business
Practical AI for Business
Cut through the hype and put AI to work on the real tasks in your week.
Free
Proverbs: New Year Wisdom
Wisdom is free; all we have to do is accept her. Walk through Proverbs with Kurt.
Now booking
Got a stage? Let’s make it count.
Conferences, leadership retreats, dealer meetings and team kickoffs. Tell Kurt about your audience and he’ll come back with a talk built for them.
Physical fitness leads to fiscal fitness. Leadership, training and the discipline to keep climbing.