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More than 75 keynotes, workshops and other speaking engagements in 17 countries. Audiences ranged from 25 to 650 people, including CEOs, senior executive teams, senior leaders, high potentials, entrepreneurs, academics, HR executives, and talent management and leadership development professionals.

  • Exploration & Production Technology Summit
    Houston, TX, US — October 2008
    Getting Serious about Talent Management
  • GCC Nationalisation Summit
    Dubai, UAE — May 2008
    Building a Talent Management and Succession Planning Infrastructure to Maximise National Talent
    Workshop
  • ISB Kellogg Global Advanced Management Programme (hosted by the Indian School of Business)
    Hyderabad, IN — October 2006
    Winning the Global War for Talent
    Two-day seminar
  • Tate & Lyle Senior HR Global Leadership Team Conference
    London, GB — June 2006
    Managing Talent
  • Management and Human Capital Conference
    Nicosia, CY — November 2005
    The War for Talent
  • HSBC Integrated People Management Program
    Hong Kong, CN — November 2005
    Maximizing Talent
    Five workshops
  • HSBC Integrated People Management Program
    New York, NY, US — September 2005
    Maximizing Talent
    Five workshops
  • Talent and Leadership Management Conference (hosted by the Danish Technological Institute)
    Copenhagen, DK — March 2005
    Winning the Talent Management Game
    Keynote
  • AES Europe & Africa Senior Leadership Team
    Prague, CZ — March 2005
    Employee Engagement and Motivation — Strengthening your Team's Performance
    Keynote
  • Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (sponsored by the Recipe Consortium)
    Ghent, BE — March 2005
    Building your Talent Pipeline to Maximize Performance
    One-day workshop
  • KBC Bank Executive Leadership Team Conference
    Brussels, BE — January 2005
    Winning the Talent Management Game
    Keynote
  • Institute for Management Studies (IMS)
    Brussels, BE — August 2004
    Managing your High Potentials — Building a Leadership Pipeline
    One-day seminar for Global 1000 members
  • Institute for Management Studies (IMS)
    London, GB — April 2004
    Managing your High Potentials — Building a Leadership Pipeline
    One-day seminar for Global 1000 members
  • Institute for Management Studies (IMS)
    Amsterdam, NL — February 2004
    Managing your High Potentials — Building a Leadership Pipeline
    One-day seminar for Global 1000 members
  • Management Centre Europe's 35th Global Human Resources Conference
    Venice, IT — April 2003
    Navigating the Talent Management Game
  • Best Practice Talent Management & Succession Planning Conference
    London, GB — September 2002
    Building a Best Practice Talent Management Program — Succession Planning and Strategic Succession Management to Maximize Your Highest Potential Talent
    Workshop
  • The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
    Buffalo, NY, US — April 2002
    Creating your Personal Roadmap to Success
    Keynote
  • Talent Management Conference (hosted by Henley Management College, Denmark)
    Copenhagen, DK — November 2001
    World Class Talent Management
  • International Competencies Conference
    Brussels, BE — November 2001
    Assessing & Developing Core Competencies for Leadership Development
  • Organizational Development Conference
    Brussels, BE — November 2001
    Assessing & Developing Core Competencies for Leadership Development
  • Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
    Ghent, BE — October 2001
    World Class Leadership
    Two-day workshop
  • Direct Line Group Senior Executive Leadership Team Conference
    London, GB — October 2001
    Leadership for Change
    Keynote
  • Talent Management Conference
    London, GB — June 2001
    Strategically Managing Your Talent Pool
    Workshop
  • Barclaycard's Executive Leadership Team Conference
    Northampton, GB — June 2001
    Leadership
    Keynote
  • Change 2001 International Conference & Expo
    Amsterdam, NL — May 2001
    Are your Leaders Prepared to Drive Change?
  • Succession Planning 2001 Conference
    London, GB — March 2001
    Strategically Managing your Talent Pool
    Workshop
  • International Women in Leadership Summit
    Brussels, BE — November 2000
    Creating a 'Level-Playing-Field' for Talent
  • The International Competency Conference
    London, GB — October 2000
    Developing World Class Leaders Starts with Competencies
  • The International Competency Conference
    London, GB — October 2000
    The Developing World of Competency — A Vision of Things to Come
    Keynote Panel
  • The International Competency Conference
    London, GB — October 2000
    Advanced Practitioner Track
    Four-part Q&A series including Robert Eichinger, Steve Kerr, and Richard Boyatzis
  • European School of Management and Technology (USW Schloss Gracht)
    Cologne, DE — October 2000
    Attracting, Retaining and Developing World Class Leadership
    One-day workshop
  • European School of Management and Technology (USW Schloss Gracht)
    Cologne, DE — August 2000
    Developing World Class Leaders
  • The Leadership Development Conference
    Washington, DC, US — June 2000
    Strategically Managing your Talent Pool
  • The Leadership Development Conference (roundtable hosted by MIT Sloan Management Review)
    Washington, DC, US — June 2000
    Leading in Unnerving Times
    Roundtable chaired by Warren Bennis, one of five participants
    Highlights from roundtable discussion published in MIT Sloan Management Review (Winter 2001) and Leadership Strategy (April 2002) published by Diamond Harvard Business Review
  • HR Magazine Conference
    Malta — May 2000
    Developing World Class Leadership
  • European School of Management and Technology (USW Schloss Gracht)
    Cologne, DE — May 2000
    Developing World Class Leaders
  • ABB Academy for Management Development Programs
    Zurich, CH — May 2000
    Attracting and Retaining Top Talent
    Workshop
  • ABB Executive Leadership Team Conference at ABB Academy
    Zurich, CH — March 2000
    Developing World Class Leadership
    Keynote
  • Roffey Park Management Institute
    London, GB — February 2000
    Developing Leaders to Deliver your Bottom-Line — The BP Amoco Experience
    One-day workshop
  • British Telecom's Insight Executive Briefing Programme (for client company CEOs)
    London, GB — January 2000
    Developing World Class Leadership
    Keynote
  • ABB Senior Executive Leadership Team Conference at ABB Academy
    Zurich, CH — December 1999
    Developing World Class Leadership
    Keynote
  • Roffey Park Management Institute
    London, GB — November 1999
    Strategic Human Resources
    Keynote and panel discussion
  • The International Executive Development Conference
    London, GB — November 1999
    Developing Leaders to Deliver your Bottom-Line — The BP Amoco Experience
    Workshop
  • The International Competency Conference
    London, GB — October 1999
    Developing World Class Leaders at BP Amoco
    Advanced Practitioner Workshop
  • The Coaching and Mentoring Conference
    London, GB — September 1999
    Creating the Foundation for Coaching — The BP Amoco Experience
    Keynote
  • The Leadership Development Conference
    San Francisco, CA, US — June 1999
    Developing Leaders at BP Amoco — An Integrated Competency Based Approach
    Keynote
  • The Leadership Development Conference (roundtable hosted by MIT Sloan Management Review)
    San Francisco, CA, US — June 1999
    Leadership
    Roundtable chaired by Warren Bennis, one of five participants
  • The Leadership Development Conference
    San Francisco, CA, US — June 1999
    Senior Practitioner Track
    Three-part Q&A series including Peter Senge and Warren Bennis
  • Peachell Group Quarterly Forum
    London, GB — May 1999
    Developing World Class Leaders at BP Amoco
    Keynote
  • Roffey Park Management Institute
    London, GB — April 1999
    Measuring Leadership Competencies beyond 360 Degree Feedback
  • Powergen Leadership Team Conference (hosted at Henley Management College)
    London, GB — April 1999
    Developing World Class Leadership
    Workshop
  • Roffey Park Management Institute
    London, GB — March 1999
    Developing World Class Leaders — The BP Amoco experience
  • Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
    Ghent, BE — March 1999
    Integrating Competencies, 360-Degree Feedback, Assessment and Succession Planning in the Development of World Class Leaders at BP Amoco
    Workshop
  • Roffey Park Management Institute
    London, GB — March 1999
    Using a Competency Framework to Strengthen the Identification, Development and Succession of Senior Leadership Talent
  • Linking Succession Planning with Organisational Change Conference
    London, GB — December 1998
    Integrating Competencies, 360-Degree Feedback, Assessment and Succession Planning in the Development of World Class Leaders at British Petroleum
  • European Human Resources Forum (EHRF) Workshop (hosted by ABN.AMRO Bank)
    Amsterdam, NL — December 1998
    The British Petroleum Story — Integrating Leadership Competencies, 360-Degree Feedback, Assessment and Succession Planning in the Development of World Class Leaders
    Two-day workshop
  • The Global Leadership Development Conference
    London, GB — November 1998
    Measuring Leadership Competencies beyond 360 Degree Feedback
    Keynote, Panel, and Q&A Session as a part of "A Special Afternoon with the World's Best Leadership Development Practitioners", chaired by Warren Bennis including Steve Kerr, Gary Steel and Jose Conejos
  • The International Competency Conference
    London, GB — September 1998
    The Delivery of an Integrated Competency-Based Management Development System at British Petroleum
  • European Linking Succession Planning with Organisational Change Conference
    Brussels, BE — May 1998
    Integrating Competencies, 360-Degree Feedback, Assessment and Succession Planning in the Development of World Class Leaders at British Petroleum
  • European Human Resources Forum (EHRF) Workshop (hosted by Allied Irish Bank)
    Dublin, IE — March 1998
    The British Petroleum Story — Integrating Leadership Competencies, 360-Degree Feedback, Assessment and Succession Planning in the Development of World Class Leaders
    Two-day workshop
  • Handelsblatt Congress - Personnel in the 21st Century
    Berlin, DE — March 1998
    A Step Beyond 360 Degree Feedback - Measuring Leadership Competencies with a Senior Assessment Centre
  • Linking Succession Planning with Organisational Change Conference
    London, GB — January 1998
    Integrating Competencies, 360-Degree Feedback, Assessment and Succession Planning in the Development of World Class Leaders at British Petroleum
  • Ericsson Management Institute Annual Conference
    Stockholm, SE — December 1997
    The Integration of Competencies in British Petroleum's Management Development Processes
    Workshop
  • Roffey Park Management Institute
    London, GB — December 1997
    Developing a More Internationally Diverse Leadership within British Petroleum
  • The International Competency Conference
    London, GB — October 1997
    Utilising Competencies in the Management Development Processes of British Petroleum
  • Association of Management Education and Development (AMED)
    London, GB — January 1996
    Integrating Management Development Processes at British Petroleum
  • International Congress of Applied Psychology
    Madrid, ES — July 1994
    Cross-cultural Issues in the Managerial Assessment Processes of a Multi-National Organisation
    Symposium chaired by Edwin Fleishmann including Val Arnold, Jerome Seegers, and Mary Tenopyr