Seminars & Workshops

As our world grows smaller, leadership is needed to face the challenges of increasingly complex global economics, politics and socio-cultural issues. Ethnic, religious, political, and personal differences drive people apart in all types of organizations and institutions, with potentially disastrous consequences. It is the goal of effective leaders to bring people together again. The ability to lead across borders is no longer a luxury, but an essential ingredient of individual and organizational success. This workshop focuses on the essence of personal leadership and what it takes today in order to lead others to promote a desired collective passion.

Is your coaching intervention effective? How to choose coaches and match them with coaches? What outcomes does your coaching intervention generate? What factors influence the impact of your coaching intervention and why? This seminar is designed to meet the needs of executive coaches, mentors, HR practitioners and line managers working in organisations who want to develop the skills and understand the opportunities and tools of evaluating the effectiveness of coaching in organisations. Grounded in scientific research and evidence-based practices, I translate the latest findings and advances in workplace coaching into a practical framework and powerful guide to enhancing the ROI of this essential leadership development process.

Charles Kettering has often been credited with saying that the word hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. This quote is increasingly relevant given the VUCA world we are living in. In this environment the role of leaders becomes increasingly acute in leading successful transformation that is essential in order to perform effectively over the long haul. This workshop is targeted at professionals and executives who acknowledge the serious challenges facing change-agents when driving an organizational transformation, and therefore are willing to practice and improve the key skills needed to overcome the resistance associated with any change and getting enough people in the boat with you in order to achieve a successful transformation.

Competence to deal effectively in risky situations is the foundation of in extremis leadership. Leaders must master relevant skills set that enables them to deal effectively with the specific situation: military combat, fire-fighting or mountain climbing. However, can we infer and apply principles and lessons from in extremis leadership to work organization, where there is no real risk of life? What is the effect of these extreme conditions on the leadership style? Does the environment of continuous change, highly competitiveness and severe stress in work organizations different in nature from extreme situations? In this workshop we practice and discuss these questions and others on real life organizational cases from various settings and contexts in order to gain a better understanding of how to apply the key principles of this powerful leadership style.

Uncertainty is the new normal, and vulnerability to change is an integral part of today’s business environment. Evidence suggests that succession plans and talent development are associated with higher organizational performance and stability via smoother transitions especially with market changes happening in the workforce. Yet, many organizations are struggling in managing talent effectively or view succession planning as a more of a luxury than a necessity. This seminar discusses succession challenges facing organizations as a key HR risk in contemporary marketplace. It urges us to move away from the outdated traditional approach to a new evidence-based holistic approach of talent development that can weather the challenging conditions of our VUCA world.

The best leaders operate out of a firm understanding of how they can use their personal qualities, abilities and skills to influence others and, thereby, achieve shared goals. Therefore, effective leadership, first and foremost, on having a clear understanding of who we are, what we care about and what we want out of life. This workshop is designed to help you think this through, set learning goals and develop an action plan that will help you achieve those goals.

Peter Drucker, perhaps the most influential management thinker of the 20th century, has often been credited with saying: where are we now?, where do we want to go?, and how will we get there? These same three questions should be applied to the development of an effective development plan, be it a personal or organizational one. This workshop focuses on the principles of planning and designing a purposeful vision that forms the basis of a personal or professional strategic plan. We apply evidence-based practices in order to design and articulate an effective vision that will guide and empower is in our personal and professional lives.

Being right is not enough. What determine our success at our personal and professional lives alike are not only our personal or business benefits and contributions, but also the extent to which we are able to influence key stakeholders at work and outside. Networking is one of the most effective informal mean to achieve it. This workshop is targeted at anyone who strives to improve his networking skills and wants to learn how to leverage it for fostering trust and circles of influence as a long-term basis to achieve personal and professional goals.