Trainer, Coach, Executive Speaker, Entrepreneur.

Founder and President of IMPACT Training.

Board member, CEL International.

Training for management and leadership, moderation of conferences and meetings, individual
coaching, group coaching, managing and mediating conflicts, sales training, negotiation training, team
building, emotional skills training, CSR Training, solution focused moderation, change-management,
developing values, vison and mission statement, service training, tele training – online coaching, self-management, motivation boost.

Wolfgang Hackl is trainer, speeker, presentor, coach and consultant. For 22 years he has inspired corporations and institutions mainly in Europe, but also in US and South America and Africa. Besides his MA, PhD in Psychology, Education, Philosophy and Science of Sports Wolfgang Hackl represents a large number of colourful references to life which he embeds into the methods of business training.  He was a singer in musical and opera, international model, skiing teacher, running scuba diving excursions on the Maledives and went some European championships in windsurfing . Wolfgang Hackl established his own company impact in 2003. He is currently member of the Board of CEL international living in Vienna with his wife and three children. Wolfgang Hackl’s approach to training is very pragmatic to create practicable solutions which his participants find it easy to identify with. His participants enjoy a methodology which involves state of art concepts and relates them into real life in business to be applied.

Wolfgang’s credo about training is that it is not about accumulating more knowledge but about a sustainable change of behavior by facilitating evolutionary leaps which allow the genetic compass of the company to sustainably remain on the true North. Only this will lead to flourishing individuals and organizations. He knows how to create enthusiastic participants who understand themselves as messengers of change in their own company.

Wolfgang Hackl aims at leading participants far beyond their individual and organizational comfort zone, which leads to new experiences, recognitions, skills and to a dignified self-esteem seing one’s own potential in action.

Wolfgang’s motto: It is all about Elevating People.

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Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development Expert, Leadership Trainer.

Board Member, CEL International.

Valeria has been offering meditation based personal development courses over the last decade in companies and business schools, on the basis of more than two decades of meditation practice. She has been involved in a number of research programs at Wharton, INSEAD and Bocconi testing the impact of meditation on the development of managerial skills and sustainability mindset. She is currently the editorial manager of Organization & Environment, the leading scientific journal in corporate sustainability. She holds an Environmental Engineering degree from Politecnico di Milano and a M.Sc. degree from Drexel University (USA).

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Executive, entrepreneur, board member of CEL International.

Calin Costian is a telecom and IT executive and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in strategic pricing, presales enablement, commercial marketing, engineering, and operations. His primary field of focus is sales cycle acceleration and revenue and profit optimization for global enterprises.

Calin has worked for Hewlett Packard (where he had product strategy and pricing responsibilities for a $3.2b business segment), EDS, Nortel and Mavenir, holding roles of increasing responsibility on both the technical and business sides of the telecom and IT industries.

A native of Romania, he holds advanced degrees in Mathematics (University of Bucharest, where he was president of the student body) and Computer Sciences (Purdue University, where he was a Purdue Research Foundation Fellow funded by the National Science Foundation). He has authored numerous articles across a broad spectrum of topics from business to mathematics and computer sciences, and has served on the boards of several American, European, and global non-profit organizations. In addition, he is a published writer, poet, award-winning filmmaker, Level 2 archery instructor, and is involved in charities benefiting children, the arts, and promoting wellbeing through the practice of meditation.

He served as Chairman and President of CEL International between 2011-2020.

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Mentor, Coach, Business Trainer, Project Manager.

Board member of CEL International.

Chairman and President of CEL Italy.

Michela has worked in a managerial capacity with NGOs (on development projects and international partnerships), completed several assignments for governmental and nongovernmental (NGO) agencies in Eastern Europe and managed, monitored and evaluated projects funded by the European Union (EU) on the topic of Social Responsibility.

During the period 2009-2011 Michela was also responsible for the overall management of CEL international in Holland, in the capacity of General Manager. Under Michela’s management, CEL participated as a partner in the EU project called NoProS – Non Profit Sector as key & transversal competencies generator.

Researcher and trainer, Bocconi University

2013–2014

“Global Organizational Learning and Development Network for Sustainability”. International research program on how to change and innovate processes, mindsets and business models towards the creation of the Sustainable Enterprise. Responsible for (i) the design and delivery of the meditation training course subject in the research, (ii) the correlated analysis of the trained group and (iii) drafting the related final report

Trainer and Coach, STMicroelectronics

2012, Milan, Italy

Online training – 32 sessions course, as part of the research project conducted by the Bocconi University in collaboration with the Vita Salute San Raffaele University “University Training of Excellence: neuro-scientific applications for training in the management of innovation and sustainability “- Partnership Program 2010

Manager in the Adult Education Sector, TAMAT NGO

2005 – 2009, Perugia, Italy

In TAMAT NGO, Michela acquired a large experience in training, management of training courses and management of international funded project, mainly in developing countries.

Education

Michela holds a Master’s Degree (Laurea) in Political Science from the University of Perugia in Italy and a post graduate degree as Manager for Development Projects. She has over 28 years of experience in practicing and teaching meditation and she loves to take continuously learning and training on different subjects. At present she is a Practitioner Coach student for Diploma at Noble Manhattan Coaching Ltd.

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Professor, Consultant, Trainer, Coach, Managing Director (GOLDEN for Sustainability)

Board member, CEL International.

Frank Brueck lives in Cape Town, South Africa and holds a Doctoral Degree in Business Administration from WU Vienna, Austria. He serves as: Managing Director, Global Organizational Learning and Development Network (GOLDEN); Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Self-employed Trainer and Coach; as well as Director for Training and Coaching, BTC Consult, Cape Town.

Frank is a founding and board member of the Center for Evolutionary Learning. For over 25 years he has worked in different academic positions and as trainer, consultant and coach particularly focussing on International and Cross-cultural Management, Leadership, Team Building, Change Management, CSR and Sustainability. He has negotiation experience in more than 40 countries as well as teaching and training experience on 5 continents. He worked and lived in various European countries as well as in India, South Africa, and New Zealand.

Mr. Brueck served as Executive Editor of the European Journal of Cross-cultural Competence and Management and as President of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training And Research (SIETAR) Austria for more than 10 years. Additionally, he is a founding member of the International Association for Cross-cultural Competence and Management within the European Academy of Management.

His research interests are: CSR methodologies, cultural comparison; value-based management; cultural aspects of change in corporations; sustainability, and intercultural management; business training.

Frank Brueck is an author of numerous academic papers and managerial publications.

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Trainer, Coach, Speaker, Facilitator

Founder of Capital-Energie

Specialized in personal development, leadership, team management, stress relief, communication

25 years’ experience as marketing and communication Manager at L’Oréal – Jardiland

Senior Advisor MASTERSLUXE, by abc-luxe on a “Well-being and Efficiency Program”

Graduated from ESSEC Business school

Certified by:

• Dale Carnegie, USA
• Lise Bourbeau, Canadian school: “Listen to your body”
• Neuroquantis: neurosciences & quantum physics dedicated to individuals and organizations
• AZ Académie, Canada

Select client list:

• Arkema
• Louis Dreyfus Company
• TBWA Corporate
• Abc Luxe
• Club Med
• ESSEC MBALUXE
• Opéra de Lyon
• Office Depot

www.capital-energie.fr

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Executive coach and speaker with 35 years worldwide experience in start-up and young company growth: identification and development of talent, marketing & communications, management of human capital, problem solving and increase of corporate profitability.

In addition to co-founding Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (publisher of the Harry Potter book series), Alan Wherry has held the positions of CEO and Publisher of Bloomsbury USA, Sales Director with Penguin Books Ltd for UK and Europe, and Sales Director for Transworld Publishers. Alan also worked as an Area Sales Manager for Procter and Gamble where he won the “Southern Division Area Sales” Salver three times. He is currently President of DaisyAmerica LLC.

Mr. Wherry more recently served as an Executive Coach for HealthCorps, a nationwide US nonprofit organization that has introduced wellness programs in over 500 schools across the United States, positively impacting millions of students – where he helped triple their operating budget. He has also served as Director on the boards of several American and global organizations.

TESTIMONIALS

(Contact info upon request)

Michelle Bouchard – President, HealthCorps.org, NY

“Without the constant inspiration and wisdom Alan Wherry has supplied to me and our team, HealthCorps would have failed to have grown to the place where we now help many thousands of young people we do today.”

Liz Calder– Co-founder and Editorial Director of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Co-founder of the Parati Literary Festival, Brazil.

“Alan Wherry is the finest motivational speaker I know. His words inspired countless people in the workplace over the many years we worked together and made a big difference. I recommend him unequivocally.”

Nigel Newton – Chairman, CEO and Founder, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London & New York

“I know Alan Wherry as an entrepreneur who is audacious and confident in charting a course away from the old beaten tracks. Alan Wherry has an extraordinary gift for thinking out of the box and establishing connections between facts, ideas and situations that would escape the attention of even the most discerning mind.”

Paul Scherer – Past President Publishers Association UK.  Past Chairman Transworld Publishers Ltd UK and Senior VP, Bantam, Doubleday, Dell Inc. New York.

“I have known Alan Wherry for twenty years and throughout this time he has always been a marvelous source of inspiration in both my professional and personal life. His contribution to the founding of Bloomsbury, his leadership and training of the staff, sales and marketing teams, and his positive, enlightened and ever engaging presence was a constant inspiration.”

Grégoire de Kalbermatten– former Deputy Executive Secretary United Nations, New York

“Alan Wherry is the most persuasive man you might ever meet. But don’t worry, he’ll persuade you to do good things not bad. And he’ll do it by telling stories that keep you entranced.”

John Simmons– former director of Interbrand, London, UK. Author “We, Me, Them & It”

“Alan Wherry is certainly one of the most consistently enthusiastic, creative and motivating senior executives I have ever known in the book publishing world.”

Paul Donovan – Managing Director– Allen & Unwin Book Publishers,Sydney, Australia

“If ever you get the chance to listen to Alan Wherry talk, take it.  You’ll be provoked by the content, and beguiled by the delivery. The way he thinks is not like the rest of us – he’s distinctive, original and guaranteed to challenge and inspire you.”

Martin Lee – ex Marketing Director, Waterstones Bookshops, UK – Partner, Acacia Avenue Marketing Consultancy, London, UK.

“Alan Wherry has unparalleled understanding of how people tick.   His insight, patience and awareness enable each individual to realize their potential, face and overcome any challenges and to work at their very best.”

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Organisational Transformation Consultant – Center for Evolutionary Learning

Agile Coach – Cegeka, Agile in the Core

Business Owner – Reik Verder, training and coaching consultancy

Herlinda is specialized in High Performance training and coaching and is focused on scientifically based theories to support personal development. She uses the Growth Mindset theory to change the way people work in companies, particularly in the industry of Business & Professional Services, Information Technologies and Health Care sectors. As an Agile Coach she helps in transforming organisations to be future proof with an environment that is based on self-organizing teams.

Herlinda worked for various companies e.g. Daoust, Landsbond der Christelijke Mutualiteiten, Cegeka, Fednot, GHR et com, Markant and KBC.

She has practiced meditation since she was five years old, and has been a meditation facilitator for over 15 years.

Prior to being trainer and coach Herlinda has worked as lecturer at the Arteveldehogeschool (2014-2015) and at various High Schools (2005-2017). Her background as a social and economic geographer makes her very concerned with sustainable and ethical topics. Herlinda worked as researcher and Assistant Professor at the KULeuven (2003-2004).

Academic and Other Credentials

Herlinda holds a Master’s Degree in Social and Economical Geography and a Professional Life Coaching Diploma. She continuously takes trainings in various topics e.g. Leadership, Communication, Assessment Tools, Facilitating, Improvisation Theater, Agile Practices and Sociocracy 3.0.

Herlinda is fluent in Dutch, English and French.

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Organizational Transformation Consultant.

Chairman and President of CEL Benelux.

Partner – Leadership Practice, Odgers Berndtson.

Managing Director – Versteele Consulting.

Carlos specializes in leadership development and organization change with a particular focus on companies working in the Industry, Business & Professional Services, Technology, Information & Communication and Entertainment sectors.

He is also on the Board of a High Tech Belgian-based company, responsible for steering business partnerships and alliances throughout Europe.

With 30 years of management consultancy experience, his skills include business process re-engineering, ICT strategic planning, ERP implementation, change management, business cultural change, management reviews and enterprise governance advice, as well as expertise in leadership assessment and executive coaching. He is a certified assessor and works seamlessly with clients to help assess and develop the leadership potential of their executives and high-potential talent.

Carlos specializes further in organizational transformation and advised over the last five years a variety of national and international clients, including:   Campine, Festival of Flanders, PMV, Selligent, Solvac, TBI, TTE Group, VITO and Vlassenroot.

Prior management positions include leading European and global consultancy business units from 2002 to 2005 at IBM. Previously, he worked as Managing Partner of several consultancy practices at PWC. Prior to that, he was Financial Director at Eli Lilly and Management Consultant with EY. He started his career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Ghent, then worked as an Analyst at CERN, and later as a Project Leader with GTE Corporation.

Academic and Other Credentials

Carlos holds master’s degrees in Mechanical & Electro-Technical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering from the University of Ghent.

He also holds a certification from Hogan (Professional Development) and from the University of Cambridge (Foundations of Executive Coaching).

He is fluent in Dutch, French and English.

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Professor (Bocconi, M.I.T.), former President of the European Academy of Management, Editor-in-Chief (Organization & Environment), Academic Director (GOLDEN for Sustainability).

Board member and former Chairman and President, CEL International.

Professor Zollo is the Dean’s Chaired Professor in Strategy and Sustainability at the Management and Technology Department of Bocconi University and Editor-In-Chief of Organization & Environment.  He has also been visiting professor at the Sloan School of Management of the M.I.T. in the Management Science group since 2012. A former President of the European Academy of Management, he was the first Italian citizen inducted as a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society.

His research aims to understand how business organizations learn to grow and adapt to environmental turbulence, and how managers can guide these evolutionary processes through the combined use of strategic growth initiatives and organizational change, innovation and learning processes. It focuses on the management of complex strategic initiatives, from M&A and partnerships to sustainability-oriented innovation and organizational change efforts. He currently directs the Global Organizational Learning and Development Network (GOLDEN) for Sustainability (www.goldenforsustainability.com) and a second program on the neuro-scientific foundations of innovation and sustainability decisions. Both lines of research involved the active engagement of large corporations in the design and execution of field experiments focused on innovation- or sustainability-oriented organizational change challenges.  Both lines of research involved the active engagement of large corporations in the design and execution of field experiments focused on innovation- and sustainability-oriented organizational change challenges.  In addition, his work involved international institutions like the EU, the UN, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum.

He is the author of over 50 publications, cited about 15,000 times in scientific articles. The managerial insights from his research were featured on the Harvard Business Review, the McKinsey Quarterly, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, whereas the academic output is published on some of the most respected journals, such as AMJ, AMR, SMJ, Org. Science, JMS, ICC, Org. St., AMP, GSJ, Frontiers of Neuroscience and Research Policy.

A past editor of the European Management Review, he served for a decade on the Executive Committee of the Academy of Business in Society, which he helped establish in 2002. For the Strategic Management Society he chaired the Innovation and Knowledge, as well as the Behavioral Strategy interest groups, and was a founder and chair of the Stakeholder Strategy interest group. A past member of the Executive and Research Committees of the strategy division of the Academy of Management, he also served as associate editor or editorial board member of a dozen leading academic journals in strategy and organization studies.

He joined Bocconi University in 2007 after having served for 10 years on the faculty of INSEAD in the strategy department. He holds a Ph.D. degree in management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a laurea degree in monetary economics from Bocconi University. Before starting his academic career, he was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. and investment banker at Merrill Lynch.

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