The Override

About The Override

The Override is a five-day executive transition retreat at Schloss Elmau, Bavaria — built for the quarter of life nobody designs for. We call it Q3: the phase, roughly 50 to 75, where exits happen, handovers get made, and defining roles come to an end. An ending like that removes three things at once — structure, meaning, and identity. Yale research shows 70% of post-exit entrepreneurs walk into this transition without a plan. These are people who ran ten-year strategies for their companies. The Override is the structured answer: five days, one arc — Arrive, Understand, Design, Integrate, Depart. A small cohort, curated by conversation rather than by form. A faculty that has lived what it teaches, with Prof. Dr. Herbert Henzler — former European Chairman of McKinsey & Company — as Guest of Honour. Participants leave with concrete results: their Innate Edge, decoded. Their cause, in one sentence. A 90-day action plan with the first step scheduled before departure. And a cohort that stays connected for six months of moderated monthly calls — because a plan alone doesn't replace the structure a defining role once provided. People do. Not a conference. Not a wellness retreat. Not coaching in a nicer setting. Closer to curated company: the right people, a deliberate sequence of days, and enough quiet for the real questions to surface. First cohort: January 18–22, 2027. The way in is a conversation: the-override.com Founded by Dr. Roman-Marcus Rittweger — serial healthcare entrepreneur (ArztPartner, ottonova, athagoras).