·   Being mindful and human with one another – Dali De Clair

·   Leading in a Virtual World – Sven Gade

·   Negotiate with Impact – David Arrimadas

·    Brand Yourself for Success – Victoria Bethlehem

·    Impactful Networking – Melanie & Holger Vogel

·    Turn Stress into Success – Margit Takacs de Viveros

·    Be Your Authentic Self – German Valencia

·    Inspire and Grow Others – Jeanette Botha

·    Lead with Confidence – Sven Gade

• Explore what makes us different in this ever-connected world… how we can be (more) agile in the world of melting yet distinct cultures… what we could do differently/ better at work to overcome such boundaries

LeadTogether Webinar – Navigating through cultural frontiers

Margit Takács de Viveros is Founder of Lead Together, she is  coach, trainer and speaker, and works as Global Engagement Director at a multinational company, headquartered in Germany. As an experienced consultant and change practitioner with more than 15 years of experience, she works closely with stakeholders at all levels to help them achieve their personal and organisational aspirations in the fields of organisational development and transformations. Margit has over 850 hours of coaching and 5,000 hours of training experience in more than 20 countries, in 3 languages. She has lived and worked in Hungary, New Zealand, Singapore, Belgium, Costa Rica and now in Germany and Switzerland. Given her vast international experience, she is a true advocate of cross-cultural cooperation and believes in inspiring actions to catalyse change. She holds a bachelor degree from Hungary, an MBA from the US and a diploma in personal performance coaching in the UK.

(July 2017)

• Discuss characteristics of virtual teams and their biggest challenges
• Develop necessary competencies to effectively lead virtual teams
• Create human connections despite distance collaborate tightly

Lead Together Webinar – Lead in a virtual world

Sven Gade is a certified professional coach, speaker and trainer. He is the founder of LeaderTrip Coaching LLC, building his practice on more than 25 years as a senior executive in the logistics industry. In his global leadership positions Sven gained a wide range of experiences in talent development, team building and change management. As a coach he empowers leaders and teams to achieve results that enable their professional success. He graduated from the International Coaching Academy and earned a certification as an Associated Certified Coach (ACC).  Sven believes in progress to connect people with their dreams. He is from Germany and lives in Miami, the USA now.

(May 2017)

• Recognize when we are negotiating,…
• Understand what stops us from being more successful.
• Discover the key actions that we need to implement to improve our negotiation skills

Lead Together Webinar – Negotiate with Impact 

David Arrimadas works in People and Sales Management in DHL, and has 20 years of work experience in the logistics industry. His extensive cross-functional expertise in business and service development, combined with his passion to groom one’s potential makes him an excellent advocate for people development and success. David has worked in multiple countries across Europe. He is a very committed and detailed person in whatever he does delivering passion, energy, good feelings and advice. David holds a Bachelor in Marketing and Business Administration. He is from Spain, married with three daughters, a real family man who lives in Madrid.

(Mar 2017)

BRAND YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS

• Personal branding: what is it and how do I create mine?
• Getting your personal brand out there!
• Success stories… and failures

LeadTogether Webinar – Brand Yourself for Success

Victoria Bethlehem’s career in the recruitment industry spans over 20 years during which she has worked with the world’s two largest recruitment companies: Adecco (#1) and Randstad (#2). She has held senior management roles, most recently as Adecco’s HR Director for Australasia, based in Sydney before taking on her current role as SVP Global Talent Management based in Zurich. Her talents lie in the area of HR strategy & operations, learning & development, talent identification, development & promotion and change management. She believes in authentic, courageous female leaders who can also run a home and raise a family. She is from Australia, is married with two children and currently lives in Switzerland.

(Feb 2017)

LEAD AUTHENTICALLY 

• Discuss what research reveals about authentic leadership and how we can use this knowledge for our personal leadership

LeadTogether Webinar – Leading Authentically

Dr Franziska Frank works Franziskafreelance as a speaker/program director and is Affiliate Program Director at ESMT Berlin. Her topics for teaching, research and publishing are negotiation, influencing, mindfulness and decision making. Before joining ESMT, the European School of Management and Technology in 2005 she worked for six years as a management consultant for The Boston Consulting Group. She holds a BA and MA in history from Cambridge University, studied law in Tübingen and Munich where she took her two law exams and received her PhD in Russian Law. She believes that being genuinely independent is a key prerequisite for successful leadership. Franziska is married with three children and lives in Berlin, Germany.

(Jan 2017)

IMPACTFUL NETWORKING 

• Discover how two successful entrepreneurs organize Europe’s biggest career fair in Bonn with over 7000 people
• Discuss how they worked with their networks to achieve this success
• Define how we can strengthen and expand our networks to make our dreams come true!

LeadTogether Lunch Forum – Practical tips for impactful networking

Melanie Vogel has been a passionate entrepreneur for almost 20 years. She founded her first company as a 25 year old student but was not a newcomer in the corporate world. She comes from a family of entrepreneurs and was part of the world of business, leadership and innovation from an early age on. She soon realised that whoever does not innovate, does not develop any further. Those who do not voluntarily change from the inside out when economic conditions change are driven from the outside into the change. She teaches at the University of Cologne and her “Futability® concept” is her answer to the VUCA world. Her book “Futability®” (ISBN 978-3-946302-00-1) was published in February 2016 and was recently awarded with the “NiBB-Innovationspreis”. She is Co-Founder of the Women@Work Congress that takes place each year in June with over 7,000 participants! www.melanie-vogel.com | www.futability.com

Holger Vogel has been an entrepreneur since 1998. He is, together with his wife, CEO of AGENTUR ohne NAMEN GmbH and VogelPerspektive GmbH. He is also the initiator of the PechaKucha-Nights in Bonn, an innovative presentation format from Japan. As a business incubator and innovation coach, his special fields are innnovation management and creative problem solving. His major strengths are ideas infiltration, entrepreneurial spirit and an intuitive vision of the future for topics, trends and markets. Since May 2016 he has been the ambassador of UN Women’s global solidarity campaign #HeForShe

(Dec 2016)

TURN STRESS INTO SUCCESS 

• Recognise the triggers and situations that create stress for you and why
• Learn to use your energy levels to manage challenging situations
• Reflect on 5 practical ways, and define your top actions to turn stress into success

LeadTogether Webinar – Helpful routines to turn stress into success

Margit Takács de Viveros is Co-Founder of Lead Together, she is a coach, trainer and speaker, and works as Global Engagement Director at a multinational company, headquartered in Germany. As an experienced consultant and change practitioner with more than 15 years of experience, she works closely with stakeholders at all levels to help them achieve their personal and organisational aspirations in the fields of organisational development and transformations. Margit has over 850 hours of coaching and 5,000 hours of training experience in more than 20 countries, in 3 languages. She has lived and worked in Hungary, New Zealand, Singapore, Belgium, Costa Rica and now in Germany and Switzerland. Given her vast international experience, she is a true advocate of cross-cultural cooperation and believes in inspiring actions to catalyse change. She holds a bachelor degree from Hungary, an MBA from the US and a diploma in personal performance coaching in the UK.

(Nov 2016)

BE YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF 

• Learning to know yourself to become authentic
• Living the change to be the authenticity you want to be
• Leveraging the environment to harness your authenticity

LeadTogether Lunch Forum – Be Your Authentic Self

For over 30 years German Valencia German Valenciahas taken on various leadership opportunities in the U.S. military, consumer products, telecommunications and logistics sectors. In the midst of various transformation programs, he has always been a true advocate of fostering people’s talent, including women to take on the challenges of today’s world both in business and in personal life. He stands for helping others grow and find their full potential. German enjoys a happy and fit way of life with sports, reading, traveling and spending time with his wife, as well as his friends in Bonn, Germany.

(Nov 2016)

INSPIRE AND GROW OTHERS

• Discuss the power of coaching and why it matters.
• Discover ways to use coaching to help leaders achieve the vision they have for their lives.
• Find ways to be ‚properly selfish‘ to be able to give more to others.

LeadTogether Webinar – Powerful Questions

Jeanette Botha works as Head of Sales Training and Development (Global & Europe) at DHL Express. She has conducted over 5000 hours of facilitation in 47 countries and worked in various industries including logistics, banking, financial, retail and hospitality. In the last 12 months, Jeanette attained her international certification in professional coaching and started her freelance business. She believes in inspiring and developing others to achieve the vision they have for their lives. Jeanette is South African, lived and worked in South Africa, Singapore and now Germany. She loves travelling, photography and volunteering.

(Oct 2016)

LEAD WITH CONFIDENCE 

• What is confidence? What is it not?
• How confident do you feel in your life / as women in leadership?
• How can you grow your confidence?

LeadTogether Webinar – Lead with Confidence

Sven Gade is a certified professional coach, speaker and trainer at LeaderTrip LLC, building his practice on more than 25 years as a senior executive, primarily in the logistics industry. With his key focus on talent development, team building and change management Sven has gained a wide range of experiences. As a global leader he inspires individuals and teams to achieve high performance and deliver results. He holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Hamburg. Sven believes in progress to connect people with their dreams. He is from Germany and lives in Miami, the USA now.

(Sep 2016)