Developing strategies and models to bring about a profound level of transformation to the lives of individuals and organizations
dr. Elizabeth van Geerestein MBA
Dr. Elizabeth van Geerestein MBA, founder/director of Papillon and Partners, develops strategies and models to bring about a profound level of transformation to the lives of individuals and organizations.
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Keynote Speaker,Moderator,Motivational Speaker,Presenter,Workshop / Masterclass
Employability:
Keynote Speaker,Moderator,Motivational Speaker,Presenter,Workshop / Masterclass,
About Elizabeth van Geerestein MBA
Dr. Elizabeth van Geerestein is a trained and Certified Hudson Institute Coach, Professional Trainer, Public Speaker, Leadership Consultant and Business Process Expert. Her approach is powerful, practical, motivational, intuitive and the results, tangible, lasting and profound. Dr. van Geeresteins influence and engagements are wide and diverse.
She is an experienced Leadership Consultant to Executive Boards and has several years management consulting experience gained with two major Global Consulting Firms. She has served in coaching, consulting, training and leadership roles for finance, healthcare, chemicals, manufacturing and high-tech organizations. Working extensively in the areas of personal leadership development, organizational change and business process/performance optimization she is particularly active in personal and organizational transformation and maximizing the performance of teams.
Clients routinely praise the results sustained and her attention to their specific leadership needs. Dr. van Geerestein is an Adjunct Professor at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) Erasmus University, The Netherlands a role she has held since November 2006. Elizabeth is involved with the personal leadership development course across the portfolio of international MBA programs. This crucial course is designed to develop self-aware leaders able to effectively manage relationships and to positively impact global business & society.
In addition to her broad involvement across all the MBA programs (international full-time, executive and global executive), Elizabeth is directly responsible for the personal leadership development course of OneMBA Global Executive MBA Program from both a design and delivery perspective. In addition, Dr. van Geerestein coaches numerous Senior Executives from diverse organizations ranging from Fortune 500s and start-ups, to universities and non-profits.
Her Global Engagements include assignments throughout Europe, North America, Asia, Middle East and Africa. The common theme in all her programs is to optimize individual and organizational performance by developing their capacity to envision and create emergent futures.
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Kenneth I. Chenault Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, American Express
"Dear René, your speech was outstanding and breathtaking. You gave a Dutch Treat in International Marketing and Innovation a complete new meaning. As you can understand we are spoiled with all the keynotes(from former US presidents, Tom and Seth, and all the TED stuff) that we have had over the last couple of years! But you made it. Only a few people scored in the way you did. Thanks for your IQ & EQ To The Next Level keynote."
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Sally Fielding, Regional Engagement Director (Central & Eastern Europe; Middle East & Africa)
"Dr. van Geerestein has been working as a consultant for AstraZeneca on various projects since 2004 and in her current assignment, has been engaged by AstraZeneca as Leadership Coach, Consultant and Conference Facilitator since June 2007.
In the role of Conference Host and Facilitator, Elizabeth provided excellent support and facilitation during two of our conferences held recently in Budapest, Hungary and Cairo, Egypt, respectively. The support, challenge and focus she provided in preparation for the conferences upfront paid dividends. It really was all about preparation, preparation, and preparation! Although I initially found it quite time consuming to do so much preparation in advance it really did pay off huge dividends in the end. Both conferences were extremely successful and Elizabeth successfully facilitated two very culturally diverse groups of AstraZeneca participants: Central & Eastern European Managers in Hungary? and Middle Eastern and African Managers in Egypt, whereby she was able to change her facilitation style to accommodate the cultural differences of both groups.
As a Leadership Consultant and in the area of leadership development, I owe Elizabeth a huge amount of thanks and gratitude for the help she has given to me over the last 10 months as part of my leadership and personal development.
She has helped me enormously on a professional and personal level, in particular, with my focus, effectiveness and increasing levels of performance of my regional teams in Central Eastern Europe and in the Middle East and Africa regions, respectively."
Prof. Dr. Mike Page, Dean of Post-experience Programs
"Dr. Van Geerestein is an Adjunct Professor at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) Erasmus University - a role she has held since November 2006.
Elizabeth is involved with the personal leadership development course across our portfolio of international MBA programs. This crucial course is designed to “develop self-aware leaders able to effectively manage relationships and to positively impact global business & society”.
In addition to her broad involvement across all our MBA programs (international full-time, weekend executive and global executive), Elizabeth is directly responsible for the personal leadership development course of the OneMBA Global Executive MBA Program from both a design and delivery perspective. This particular program is tailored for our most senior executives and her involvement here stands as testimony of the value she contributes to the School. Elizabeth’s lectures and contributions include:
- Differentiating Yourself: Developing Your Unique Leadership Style
- Effective Communication for Influence & Impact
- Coaching & Leadership: Influencing for Impact
- Feedback: Identifying the Blind Spots
- Strategic Life Planning & Goal Setting
- Your Career is Your Business
- Living Management
- Career Coaching
Her programs are highly valued and the participant evaluations are consistently of the highest level."