BUILDING THE TOY – A simulation game about Leading Change: Effective Communication & Resilience

About the Host

20+ years of experience in delivering Leadership & Development services as an independent facilitator, trainer and team-coach for large multinational companies, SME’s and International Business Schools.
I am a certified Facilitator in Team Dynamics for the Airbus Leadership University in Toulouse, France.
Associate Professor at various Business Schools, including ESCP Business School (Paris, Madrid, Berlin, London), ESIC Business and Marketing School (Spain), KEDGE Business School (France).

Tri-lingual English, French and Spanish.

I have always been passionate about teamwork, whether in sports, business or life.
My services support a wide range of topics involved with Leadership development, Team Dynamics and Change Management: these are primarily building and maintaining effective relationships, trust, and team cohesion.
My focus is also around developing specific leadership and teamwork skills such as optimising collective intelligence and energy through facilitation, coaching and design-thinking skills, in order to empower team members and maximise team innovation and performance.
The success of Leaders and Teams, especially in a VUCA and BANI environment, is also based on the ability to communicate effectively, and to have the necessary difficult conversations and feedback required to anticipate, address and resolve conflicts. This requires resilience, and finding a balance between empathy and assertiveness, empowerment / delegation and timely decision-making, high performance and well-being.

Approach / Methodology
My approach, based on High-Performance Principles (such as Choice, Responsibility, Excellence, Respect and Integrity) is primarily through experiential learning (learn by doing), through the use of team games, exercises and challenges, as well as paired-sharing, role-plays, and trios of influencers-influenced-observers.
Although many of my workshops or courses are usually 1.5-3 days in duration, several of my games, exercises and team challenges can be and have been used for short and impactful interventions of between 45-90-120 minutes.

Key Values and Characteristics
Integrity – I do what I say.
Courage – I follow my convictions. Prepared to take risks.
Flexible – I try new ways of doing things.
Responsible – I respond to challenges and get things done.
Self-motivated.
Articulate and experienced in public speaking.
I listen and ask questions to understand.
Pleasantly tenacious.
Multi-disciplinary.

Previous experiences and education:
Ex-Director of Citibank Corporate and Investment Bank in Europe (based in London and Madrid)
Organised and led a 9-month expedition across Africa (from London to Cape Town) in a 4×4 vehicle.
Part-owner of a farming venture in South Africa
BA Honours in French and European Literature
Masters in Transpersonal Psychology and NLP
Kundalini Yoga Instructor

Father of 3 children (now adults)
Resident in Madrid, Spain since 1991
Dual nationality: British and French
Born in Cape Town, South Africa

Travel Locations

Spain (anywhere): €200-400 depending on distance, transport methods, need for accommodation, and duration.
Europe (anywhere): €400-1000 depending on distance, flights, need for accommodation, and duration.
Anywhere in the world (except conflictive zones / regions): costs are highly variable, and would need to be negotiated on a case by case basis.

Past Clients

Amongst others: Airbus Group, Rolls Royce, ITP, Spanish Ministry of Defence, Telefonica, Telefonica On The Spot Services, Orange, ARRIVA, SIGMA AI, Auchan, Lactalis, LG Electronics, Hyundai, Scania, EON España, SGS (Switzerland), L'Oréal, Coca Cola Bottlers (Spain), Grupo Berge, Gestamp, MacGuffin, Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, Barclays Bank, Société Générale, BBVA