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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