How to build a winning team
Impetus for cultural development: Grischa Niermann (Head of Racing) on the journey from an identity crisis to an excellent team culture.
Grischa Niermann is one of the driving forces behind the cultural reorientation of Team Visma | Lease a Bike. He played a key role in shaping the team's journey from its identity crisis in 2013 to its current successes. As an insider, he shares his experiences of how a group of individuals was transformed into a unit that impresses with its radical cooperation.
In this keynote speech, he provides exclusive insights for HR managers on the following topics:
Cultural identity: How to sharpen a shared vision and anchor it in everyday team life.
Resilience & commitment: What strengthens loyalty and cohesion in extremely high-pressure situations.
High performance beyond individual stars: How teams win when the strength of the collective outweighs the ego.
Be inspired by these insights and discover approaches that you can transfer into your own corporate culture as valuable ideas.
Take 45 minutes for your strategic inspiration on February 25, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
"Success does not come from the legs of a captain, but from the blind trust that every helper is ready to give their all at the right moment. When everyone knows they can rely on each other, individual strength is transformed into an unbeatable unity. Loyalty and cohesion are ultimately the watts that cannot be measured, but which determine the overall victory."
- Grischa Niermann
Registration for the webinar "How to build a winning team"
What you can expect from the webinar.
Top-level sport is business under maximum pressure. Grischa Niermann gives you a glimpse behind the scenes of an extraordinary success story:
The keynote topics at a glance:
The cultural turnaround: insights into the process of breaking down toxic structures and creating a basis for genuine trust.
Leadership insights: What HR managers can learn from the tactics of a WorldTour coach for talent management and employee retention.
Interactive Q&A: Take advantage of this opportunity for direct exchange. Grischa Niermann will answer your personal questions and provide individual insights into his leadership philosophy.
Team Visma | Lease a Bike goes Tour de France 2025
The 2025 Tour de France was full of ups and downs for Team Visma | Lease a Bike. With their sights set on overall victory, the riders led by Jonas Vingegaard, Simon Yates, and Wout van Aert made their mark on the world's most famous cycling race this year, securing several stage wins, second place in the overall classification, and victory in the team classification. The documentary Inside the Beehive shows the brutality, emotions, and beauty of cycling up close.