Duncan Oyevaar

"Op Donderdag 9 Juli 2015 heeft Dhr. Duncan Oyevaar een Voordracht/ Workshop gehouden voor de Lions Club Hannover-Wietzeaue met als Thema: The Great Game of Business Europe. Naast 20 interne Lionsclub-Leden waren er ook 17 externe Gasten uit een Ondernemers-Club uit Celle en uit bevriende Lionsclubs uit Hannover en omgeving. Leeftijd varierend van 35 tot 75-Jaar. Dhr. Oyevaar was verbaal (in het Duits) en non-verbaal souverän in zijn optreden en kon alle aanwezigen makkelijk in zijn ban krijgen, houden en in een ontspannen dialoog overtuigen en aanzetten tot een praktische omzetting in een zogenaamde MiniGame. Dit lukte door zijn aansprekende en overtuigende beelden, metaforen en verhalen uit de dagelijkse praktijk van deelnemende ondernemingen en uit de sportwereld. Met zijn levendige, humorvolle optreden en analogieën uit de praktijk/ sport was ook de feedback van de deelnemers na afloop van de avond zeer positief."

"I have had the pleasure of working with Duncan Oyevaar during the last year. In late 2014, I was asked to create the latest global senior leadership development program for DuPont. I spent a lot of time meeting with senior executives to identify the key areas that the program should focus on, and one of the important areas that was identified was the need to further enhance business acumen capabilities and increase the focus on all employees taking stronger ownership for business decisions and outcomes. I started to speak with a number of external consultants and thought partners to try and find an expert ho I could work with to develop a program/workshop to address this critical business need. Duncan and The Great Game of Business were quickly identified as experts that I should consult. In a very brief initial phone conversation, I explained to Duncan what I was trying to achieve. Duncan instantly understood my need, and agreed to get to work designing a half day workshop that would be supplemented with prework, & post program resources and application. Duncan and I worked together closely over the following weeks, and a very impressive program/workshop was designed. The program/workshop that Duncan created is based on the Great Game Of Business approach to create a "business of business people, who think, act and feel like owners". The first workshop was successfully completed in March of this year for over 40 global executives. Each leader attending the workshop was asked to identify a "bold idea" that could significantly impact DuPont's business performance & growth. During the workshop teams of 5 or 6 executives shared their ideas and selected one idea that they would focus on in the workshop, and apply the Great Game Of Business methodology to quickly develop a plan to implement and action the bold idea. During the workshop each team were able to identify a bold opportunity, identify the critical implementation steps and present their thoughts & recommendations in a very compelling and clear way. Senior leaders were very impressed with the ideas generated and the potential of broader application of the process/methodology. The workshop was clearly highly successful, and is now a way of thinking for the business leaders who have attended the program, and their teams. Duncan's extensive global business experience certainly made him a great partner and a very effective facilitator. I would certainly recommend Duncan and the Great Game of Business to any organization that wants "business of business people, who think, act and feel like owners".