People Strategist, whose 23+ year professional career subdivides into 7 years at McKinsey (strategy consultant with Organization focus, later one of the Firm’s three global Senior Learning Managers), 7 years with Egon Zehnder International (Executive Search Consultant as well as Leadership Strategy Services (i.e. L&D) expert), and 10 years of independent consulting serving clients (e.g. Keystone Strategy, McKinsey, Microsoft, CISCO, Reckitt, MSCI, Wood & Company, Loxon Solutions, Graphisoft, OTP Bank, Allianz, etc.) in various project or interim arrangements in their unique training and development needs, including executive search and selection, training and development programs, train-the-trainer initiatives, functional skills training, mindset enhancement, assessments, onboarding support, team building and other off-site facilitation, coaching, etc…. via bespoke, highly strategic, comprehensive (end-to-end journeys, blended programs, full training ecosystem, etc.) and often pioneering approaches.
At McKinsey, was leading the team developing the new Associate-to-Engagement Manager Journey, including two iconic global training programs. The 2-year project pioneered novel approaches to RoI and other impact measurement.
At Egon Zehnder, was the only non-partner faculty member of the BPS (Basic Principal Skills) training program, mandatory for all incoming Principals of the firm globally.
Under the banner of my own company, responsible for over 40 “design-and-deliver” training programs in support of new products/services/tools/processes, including Future Leaders program at Reckitt (UK), basic consultant skills at numerous client in the UAE (Deloitte, KPMG, Pure Consulting, Makeen Advisors, etc.), logistics at Schiphol Airport (the Netherlands), account management and sales at Cisco (Germany, Austria, Czech Republic), corporate strategy at Mayo Clinic (USA), back office structure at 1Transport (USA, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Guatemala), data-driven fund management at Wood & Company (Slovakia, Hungary), partner and distributor management at Graphisoft (North and South America), data analytics and risk at Loxon Solutions (EMEA), IT at Takarékbank (Hungary), etc.
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