Unfortunately, the speaker did not address our company, our event motto or other connections despite being briefed in advance. It was rather generic and was delivered in a very hectic manner with fast, sometimes incomprehensible language.
The opinions of the audience varied greatly. A few were able to draw some useful general tips from the speech, but the vast majority were disappointed, not motivated and certainly not impressed. The portfolio "Go hard or go home" promised a lot, but unfortunately the bridge and connection to Sixt was not built.
Mr. Neidhart is a nice and flexible character, but there were major problems with the arrival: Mr. Neidhart was late and instead of arriving before the start of the event for the rehearsal, he arrived after lunch, when lectures were already in progress. During the entire waiting time, he was not available and did not call back when asked to clarify his final arrival time.
In general, we would like to emphasize once again that this feedback should not be placed on Mr. Neidhart as a person or the agency. On the contrary: the agency's service was excellent. We will be very happy to book with you again, because the service of checking the availability of speakers in advance for our approval processes is particularly highly valued and we would not otherwise find any opportunity for cooperation. Mr. Muschalla was also very available and open to help at any time on the day of the speaker's arrival.
If we work with him again, we would ask him to pay particular attention to ensuring that an individual day can be delivered that is tailored to the company.
If you have any questions or require further clarification on the feedback, please do not hesitate to contact me at any time.
Best regards,
Your Sixt Team
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Thank you very much for your feedback.
It is always interesting to receive a critical view of a performance.
I would like to comment as follows.
Timing: The rehearsal was agreed in writing for 1100 hours. In fact, due to the heavy traffic before and in Munich, I did not arrive at the venue until 1140. I did not arrive after the start of the event and after the lunch break, as you claimed.
There was a one-hour lunch break and a thirty-minute coffee break between my arrival time and my performance time at 1630, far enough time to carry out the technical check.
In the early afternoon, I received a call from the organizing committee asking if I could give my presentation almost "immediately" or in 15 minutes (90 minutes before my actual time slot), as the speaker before me would not be able to make it to his time slot. This was a matter of course for me, even though I had not yet completed my preparation.
Content: The motto of your event was "Get That Money!".
I'm not an expert in "hard selling", I don't whip up the audience emotionally with loud music at short notice and I don't provide five best tips on how to sell something.
Instead, I try to inspire the audience and make them think by telling the story of a Swiss sports team that won the most coveted sailing trophy at the first attempt and thus achieved a completely unexpected victory.
The core of my presentation is about the team that makes the difference and has to continuously reposition itself in an agile world, which requires a lot of energy and places high demands on the culture of cooperation.
Core elements include intrinsic motivation, identification, purpose, competence, trust and a culture of discourse.
I had explained my topic in the briefing call and it was agreed that the reference to Sixt should be elaborated again in a 15-minute Q&A on stage after my presentation.
However, due to the late arrival of your top management, this Q&A was unceremoniously canceled by the moderator. This meant that the reference you complained about was missing.
Tempo: I am aware that I often speak quickly. But that is also part of my program to a certain extent. Because if I manage to captivate the audience with this dynamic, it creates a very good atmosphere.
At your event, the acoustics were made worse by the bare concrete hall.
In the first third of my contribution, the audience was restless due to listeners arriving late. In the middle third, the intensity between me and the audience was there.
At the beginning of the last third, Ms. Sixt arrived with staff and talked for several minutes right next to the stage during my presentation, which again distracted the audience.
Nevertheless, I regret that I was not able to convey my contribution in the way you had imagined.
Kind regards
Dominik Neidhart