Gunter Maier was born in 1972 and studied business administration and social sciences. In his last professional position he was responsible for training and further education in an international industrial company. Inspired by his varied professional experience in adult education and the ever-increasing complexity of everyday working life, he specialised in the field of leadership development. For more than 30 years he has also been engaged in various modern and classical martial arts styles and holds various technical degrees as well as teaching and examination licences. His research approach is interdisciplinary and above all, reality oriented. In this sense he systematises and cultivates proven practical knowledge in order to make it available to modern leadership development as a holistic teaching concept.