Client Testimonials
Diaverum Top Management Leadership Program
At the start of 2008, Diaverum, a leading global renal care company, was acquired by private equity company Gambro, and its leadership team found itself facing new challenges and many changes to its corporate culture. In an effort to enhance cooperation among the country management and executive teams, Dag Andersson sought out and met with various executive leadership service providers, among them the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®).
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Multi-year cooperation on Leadership Development
Mobinil approached CCL in 2007 to help foster a management culture in the firm, to prepare a second line of individuals capable of taking on management responsibilities and to ensure consistency in succession planning. Since 2007 more than 350 managers have attended various CCL leadership programs.
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Leadership at the Peak
 Peter Hildebrandt CCL's Leadership at the Peak program was a "fantastic learning experience and a journey of self-discovery" for the Senior Vice-President of Sales in the automotive division of the Robert Bosch Group.
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Julius Bär - Customized Team Leader Program
 Mr. Lukas Stucky More than 200 first line managers at Julius Bär have taken part in CCL's customized Team Leader Program in recent years, and the program has become the standard curriculum for all managers at the Swiss private banking group. CCL's training has also been used to identify and nurture internal talent and reduce reliance on external hires.
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Leading for Organizational Impact
 David Green "You're about to go on a great journey — so long as you embrace the program and make your contribution." That is the advice to potential participants of CCL's Leading for Organizational Impact course from David Green, Finance Director of the Global Combat Systems Weapons business unit of BAE Systems.
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Leadership Development Program
"It has been a delight to work with CCL and it continues to be a preferred and strong partner for Philips. CCL really is the go-to partner for us." That is the assessment of Philips' Human Resources Executive Padmaja Korde on a 5 years running partnership between CCL and the Dutch multinational running since 2005.
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Custom Executive Leadership Program
Christopher Cowdray, CEO of Dorchester Collection, wanted to create a leadership culture that puts employee and guest engagement at the heart of the business. CCL partnered with DC to design an experience which focused on strengthening strategic leadership capability and building a global network for the sharing of best practice. The leadership development process was designed to foster increased levels of collaboration and to promote higher levels of innovation.
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Coaching for Development
 Oya Basaran Attending one of CCL's Coaching for Development courses was a real eye-opener for Istanbul Bilgi University program director Oya Basaran, who realized that she needed to be more reflective and less reactive in her professional relations with colleagues.
The three-day course, which she attended in Brussels, forced Basaran to take a fresh look at how she interacted with staff and students.
The experience of watching herself interact with other people during the program's video-taped practice sessions subsequently led to major changes in her management style.
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Foundations of Leadership
 Olivier Fleurot Based in Prague as a research and development manager, Olivier Fleurot's day-to-day work revolves around delivering value innovation to Unilever's home and personal care brands.
One of his goals in attending CCL's three-day Foundations of Leadership course was to gain an objective perspective on his leadership style. "Not the way I see it but how my colleagues see it," he said.
Fleurot relished the multicultural environment of the program, which attracts high-level executives from around the world. He also enjoyed the opportunity of practicing new leadership techniques away from his busy daily routine.
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Leadership at the Peak
 Michael Kowal "If you don't get a wake-up call from this, you're completely not paying attention," said RadioShack executive Michael Kowal after attending CCL's Leadership at the Peak program in the exclusive alpine resort of Davos.
The program, which includes optional fitness hikes as well as Pilates and yoga workouts, is distinctive for making the connection between effective leadership and health.
The format of the course was a distinct change from Kowal's previous developmental experiences. "For me, that in itself gave the program a lot of value," he said.
"Leadership at the Peak is a great opportunity to spend some time reflecting on yourself and getting feedback from the people you work with and also from people in the class who are observing your behaviors and style for the first time."
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Leadership Development Program
 Heli Helanummi-Cole UK-based Heli Helanummi-Cole, the channel planning and implementation manager for Nokia's Vertu subsidiary, had taken part in a number of Nokia's internal training programs before attending CCL's Leadership Development Program in Brussels.
It was a week made memorable by the diversity of her classmates and the opportunity to refresh her feedback skills.
"I give feedback regularly at work and find that it's easy to give people 'good' feedback. It's more difficult when you try to use feedback in order to motivate and push them forward."
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Coaching for Development
 Søren Brogaard Jensen APC's Director of Engineering and Software Product Management, Søren Brogaard Jensen, first experienced CCL's approach to coaching when he attended the Leadership Development Program in Brussels.
He enjoyed it so much that he signed up for CCL's three-day Coaching for Development course where he learned valuable lessons on coaching a wide variety of personalities. Afterwards he returned to his company and set up a coaching process for all up-and-coming employees.
"At CCL I learned the right way to get the most out of good people, to energize them," he said. "It's fairly easy to coach people like yourself, but not so easy to motivate people who don't have the same personality type as you. You have to understand what dynamic will have an impact on them."
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Natalie Pothier
Leadership Solutions Portfolio Director
Center for Creative Leadership EMEA
Experience
Prior to joining CCL Natalie was a Head of Talent at YAHOO Europe based in London where she was part of the Europe HR Leadership Team. At Yahoo! she initiated a "positive psychology" and leadership coaching culture & framework and embedded this into the wider European talent management strategy of the organisation. As part of this initiative she introduced leadership coaching as well as personality and 360 assessments to enhance leadership development in the organisation. In this capacity, she set up the European talent development function, strategy and team. She coached and trained many executives and leaders including Y!s executive team. She had various talent management, selection & assessment positions with blue chip technology companies, including Dell and SITA prior to joining Yahoo! Europe. Prior to starting her career in occupational psychology and leadership development Natalie worked and lived in Kenya for some time, where she supported funding and educational outreach work as part of the illicit drug demand and HIV reduction programme at the UN in Nairobi for Southern and Eastern Africa.
Current Role
Natalie Pothier is the Leadership Solutions Portfolio Director EMEA at the Center of Creative Leadership (CCL ) in Brussels, Belgium. Natalie is leading the EMEA Portfolio & Leadership Solution Design Team as well as responsible for the development of new content & capability in CCL's individual and organizational leadership development areas to enable a customised and high quality experience to CCL clients. Natalie is also heading the executive coaching practice at CCL for EMEA. In her current role she frequently coaches individual senior leaders and senior teams and facilitates a variety of leadership development programmes. Natalie is also known as a charismatic speaker and has given a number of key note speeches at international conferences in Europe and Africa.
Educational Background
Natalie holds a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Occupational Psychological & Assessment from the University of London. Natalie holds qualifications in numerous assessment & development psychometric tools, is level A and B accredited by the British Psychological Society and is a qualified Coaching Training Institute (CTI) coach as well as accredited in Strengths Performance Coaching. She is a certified coach, has contributed to the development of assessment instruments and holds qualifications in most of the established psychometric assessment tools on the European market. Natalie grew up in Rome, Italy and completed her school education at the German School of Rome, after which she moved to the UK, where lived 12 years in London prior to joining the Centre for Creative Leadership in Brussels.
Languages
Natalie's native languages are Italian and German and she is fluent in English and French.
Professional Affiliations
Whilst working on her thesis she contributed to the design, evaluation and implementation of a new type of psychometric assessment instrument aimed at selecting customer service staff in the British civil services. Natalie is also a frequent article publisher in trade magazines and co-author of books on coaching. Her recent article was published at the Coaching at Work magazine. She authored several chapters, such as What Clients Really Want, within the Advancing Executive Coaching book issued by the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
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Gary Y. Adkins
Organizational Leadership Practice Leader
Center for Creative Leadership EMEA
Experience
Gary Adkins leads the Organizational Leadership practice at CCL EMEA based in Brussels. In his current role at CCL, besides client support, he is primarily responsible for content and capability development in the areas of organizational leadership & organizational development. Gary brings over 30 years senior experience in organizational development, organizational leadership, change management, diversity management and operational management, including quality management, with him. Gary worked in the corporate environment (20 years with AT&T) as well as in consulting, offering client solutions support including design and delivery across very diverse industry sectors from telecommunications to healthcare in the areas of organizational transformation. Prior to joining CCL, Gary founded both The Solutions Consulting Group (TSG) and the not for profit Global Diversity Institute (GDI). He also founded and headed up the Center for Ethical Leadership (California State University), leading its educational outreach program. Gary is a well-respected global public speaker, educator, and consultant. He is a published author of multiple articles and a book in his field as well as a sought after keynote speaker.
Current Role
Gary has had extensive experience leading large scale organizational change targeting organizational effectiveness, including culture change, leadership development, re-engineering and restructuring initiatives within large-scale organizations such as AT&T, Kaiser Permanente Healthcare, BlueBridge Technologies, and Lucent-Alcatel Technologies. He has also consulted to the US Pentagon Air Force on base-site culture and diversity. In recent years, Gary has focused his attention on leadership development while helping other companies achieve organizational effectiveness through research, consulting, coaching and education. He is also on the faculty of Boston University, the United Business Institute and the Vietnam Polytechnic University teaching Leadership and Change at the MBA and Executive MBA level.
Educational Background
Gary's educational background comprises doctoral course work and a PhD candidacy in Critical Theory and Political Science at the University of California. He was awarded an MA in International Relations from Boston University, Heidelberg, Germany and York University, Toronto, Canada as well as a BA in Political Science / Psychology from the University of Texas. His consulting certificates range from Inter-Cultural diversity management, dialogue, organizational development, innovation, and total quality management (TQM). He has worked, taught, studied and lived in many different countries in his career ranging from the US and Canada, to Germany, Africa and through Asia and the Middle East.
Languages
Gary is proficient in French as well as being a native English speaker.
Professional Affiliations
He has volunteered as Board Chairman for a LA children's non-profit and taught critical thinking skills to at risk adolescents in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
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Hans Onderbeke
Head of Faculty
Center for Creative Leadership EMEA
Experience
Before joining the Center, Hans provided and designed a variety of leadership development programs, as well as programs in sales, time management, communication and presentation skills. Hans has a wealth of experience in delivering leadership development programs across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the USA. Prior to joining CCL Hans held various positions as management, sales and leadership trainer as well as senior consultant within the areas of sales and management development. In his most recent role before joining CCL he was the European Commercial Director for a well-established Belgium company where he successfully led a large sales team. Other senior roles he held before joining CCL include director roles at large global pharmaceutical companies. Hans also has extensive experience in recruitment and selection, individual coaching and assessments.
Current Role
Hans is Head of Faculty EMEA at the Centre for Creative Leadership in Brussels, Belgium and is also responsible for leading the practice of individual leadership development solutions. Hans designed and delivered all of CCL's open enrolment and numerous custom leadership development programs across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the USA. Hans is also a charismatic facilitator and is experienced in delivering interactive workshops in HR conferences in Europe and Africa.
He contributes to the delivery and design of many customized programs for CCL clients ranging from banking (corporate and private banking), FMCG, telecommunications, retail, advertising, energy, chemical, high tech, real estate, construction, chocolate-industry etc.
He is certified to use a large number of worldwide recognized instruments including the Thomas International®, MBTI®, FIRO-B®, Benchmarks® and other CCL assessment tools.
Educational Background
Hans holds a master's degree in Economics from Brussels University and first degree in Accounting.
Languages
His native language is Dutch and he is fluent in French and English and good knowledge of German, which he acquired whilst he was living and working in Germany.
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Bert De Coutere
Solutions Architect
Center for Creative Leadership EMEA
Experience
Bert's professional life is all about competent people. He thinks, publishes, consults, designs and sets up learning and development projects for corporations. His areas of expertise include technology enhanced learning and leadership development.
Bert has been active in the field of corporate learning and e-learning for the last 12 years, first as instructor and course designer, later as project manager, consultant and business development manager. He worked at IBM Learning Development Europe where he was responsible for commercial e-learning development projects across Europe, and the management of the learning innovation initiatives. Recently he joined the Center for Creative Leadership as a solution architect, designing custom leadership development experiences. He worked with clients such as Maersk, FOD Financiën, Nationwide, La Poste, ING, Rhodia, Unilever, PMI, European Union, Shell, etc.
Bert wrote the book 'Homo Competens — Let's talk about competent people in the network age', frequently speaks at conferences such as Online Educa Berlin and blogs at homocompetens.blogspot.com.
Current Role
Bert is currently Solutions Architect in the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) EMEA office. In his role he designs customized leadership interventions and programs for clients and bring these designs to fruition based on CCL's solution architecture portfolio.
Educational Background
Bert holds a degree as Commercial Engineer in Information Management (KULeuven) and an Executive MBA title from the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School.
Languages
Bert's working languages are English, Dutch and French.
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