International expert on performance management and High Performance Organizations
Dr. André de Waal MBA
André de Waal is Academic Director of the HPO Center, an organization which conducts research into “high performance organizations.†In addition, André is Associate Professor High Performance Organizations at the Maastricht School of Management. His teaching assignment is the course ...
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About André de Waal MBA
André de Waal is Academic Director of the HPO Center, an organization which conducts research into “high performance organizations.†In addition, André is Associate Professor High Performance Organizations at the Maastricht School of Management. His teaching assignment is the course Strategic Performance Management and High Performance Organizations. André is also Academic Director of the HPO Center, an organization which conducts research into high performance organizations. He is guest lecturer at the Free University Amsterdam and Erasmus University Rotterdam, and visiting fellow at Cranfield University, United Kingdom. André holds a MSc in Chemistry from Leiden University (the Netherlands), a MBA from Northeastern University Boston (USA) and a Ph.D. in Economics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (the Netherlands). He has been a partner with Arthur Andersen and Holland Consulting Group for 17 years.As an independent boardroom advisor and researcher, he has advised over 200 global companies on performance management and high performance issues. His consultations with his client companies and professional management associations span five continents with touch points in the USA, UK, Sweden, The Netherlands, Poland, Peru, Ecuador, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Nepal, Surinam, Saudi-Arabia, Yemen, South-Africa, Namibia, Rwanda and Tanzania.André has been selected as one of the Dutch Masters in Management, ten people who have influenced management thinking in The Netherlands the most in the past decade. In 2009 and 2012 André received the Highly Commended Award from the International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management.
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Karin Cudd, Project Manager, Corporate Awareness
"I have known James Dillon for several years and especially appreciate the contributions he made to the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) in Paris.
As co-Chair of the FWE conference in Paris, "Invest in Successful Women Entrepreneurs," I asked James to be the final speaker at the event. He understood that he needed to be energetic at the end of a long day in order to keep the 100 multinational attendees interested and finish the conference on a high note. Emphasizing the purpose of the conference, bringing international investors to Paris to meet women entrepreneurs, he offered a powerful metaphor for the audience to keep in mind.
The public responded very positively to James's lively wrap-up session. It is without hesitation that I recommend James as a both a business speaker and facilitator."
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Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
“The infamous American actress Mae West once said: “An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.” Finally, a book that goes beyond “promises” but gives greater clarity about the essential contributing factors of high performance organizations. This pioneering work of Dr. de Waal is a must read for people interested in this subject.”
Henk W. Broeders
“The HPO Framework of André de Waal, described in this well-written book, is based on solid scientific and practical research and its working has been tested at actual organizations. This makes De Waal's framework the first one to actually help managers improve in a sustainable manner.”
Carel Maasland
“Culture is very important at HPOs and the HPO research by André de Waal provides us with a tool for thinking in terms of the long run.”
Huw T. Owen
"The HPO methodology provided a perfect means of benchmarking where we were, telling us what good looked like, the things that we really needed to focus on, a target to aim for and the means to measure our progress – excellent."