Norway . Sweden . Denmark

First Executive Nordic

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Business mission

"If you want to be an excellent member of a herd, first of all you need to be a sheep."

- Albert Einstein

"If you want to be an excellent member of a herd, first of all you need to be a sheep."

- Albert Einstein

Criticism against 'our' industry

Too expensive?Junior consultants?Arrogant seniors?Poor psychology?Low barrier to entry

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Best practicesDifferent is Better

Worldclass Quality Business ExperienceCultural SkillsStrategic Partner

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So why First ExecutiveYour Nordic Your Nordic

resource

Management experience Good references

Nordic as one country Europe as playing field Partners worldwide

High quality search and selection Global research capability A Partnership approach

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Who are weA services and alliance company

• Search and Executive search

• Managers for hire

• Strategic Executive Development

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Global networking

• International Executive Search Federation

• Among the best in quality – Senior professionals– Global co-operation – Practice leaders

• Among top 6 in locations– Advantage "non-integrated”– Boutique approach

www.IESFED.com

Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Cambodia Chile China Colombia Czech Rep. Denmark France Germany Hong

Kong Hungary India Italy Japan Korea Laos Malaysia Mexico Norway Poland Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovak Rep. Spain Sweden Taiwan Thailand UK Uruguay USA

Vietnam

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Our mission

Services to help you reach, attract, keep and develop talent.

1. Search and Executive search

2. Strategic Executive Development

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Selection

1. Want publicity?2. Need A-players?3. Good branding?

How to find A-players

Search

1. Confidentiality2. More A-players3. Sales experience4. Partnership with

senior consultants

Search v SelectionSearch v Selection

Attracting talent

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Strategic Executive development (1)

It probably starts with humans.

75% of change projects are outright failures. - Peter Senge (1996): The Dance of Change.

We help companies attract strategic talent;

Only with such talent, there can be solid strategy development, quantum leap projects, TQM, Six sigma, Balanced scorecard or strategic response systems.

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Strategic Executive development (2)

• Good role definitions – Critical vs flexible demands – Roles & expectations

• Psychological contracts– Implicit vs explicit

expectations– Development tracks– Psychometric surveys

• Solid assessments– Annual reviews – Mentoring, coaching

Developing and keeping talent

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Strategic Executive development (3)

Executive coaching Executive coaching

The Self

Emotions

The Past Behaviours

EnvironmentGroup dynamics

Can be: Problem solvingSolution focussed

Life issuesPower psyhcology e.g. NLP, 3D

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Coaches can do harm if not trained in psychotherapy. - Harvard Business Review (2003): Leadership at the Top.

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Strategic Executive development (4)

Team coachingTeam coachingThe key tools: Group dynamics

& Cultural psychology.

Team3000

Problem Based Learning

Environemental changes (?)

Facilitation towards Flow.Dialogue

Train key roles

Understand group dynamics and leadership potential

Customised storylines

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Partner profiles (Nordic)

J Kristian Bjerke (44), Director & Senior partner responsible for the Norwegian market. His previous experience includes information, sales and marketing management. Prior employments: Journalist, later Editor in Chief and Managing Director for Mediaforlaget. During the late eighties he managed the Information Office for the video industry, a key role in profiling film and video at the time. Sales & Marketing Director, Scanbox Norway, a film and entertainment company in the Danish Scanbox group with distribution worldwide and production in Australia and the US. Marketing Director, Joh. Nordahls Trykkeri, a leading bookprinter in Norway. Bjerke has over the years held a long series of public offices, which has given him a solid working knowledge of the dynamics between the public and the private sectors.

Paul O. Olson (49), Director & Senior partner responsible for psychological consulting and the Swedish market. Since 1997 in Executive search. His background includes finance, IT, international sales & business development, and general management. Advisory roles incl. UN Edifact and secretary to the European Oil & Gas EDI Group. Worked 11 years with General Electric (GEIS) with international responsibilities. 1992-1995 Central & Nordic Europe management in Cologne and part of European and Global leadership. Two years with Sterling Software Nordic as Business Unit Manager in Stockholm. Paul holds two master degrees, an MBE (Oslo) and an MSc in Psychology (Stockholm). He is member of the UK Institute of Directors, the British Psychological Society, the German-Norwegian and British-Norwegian Chambers of Commerce, and the International Association for Applied Psychology (IAAP).