Your Soft Skills Experts
Maud Vanhoutte
CEO, Principal facilitator and coach
"The only problems are the ones you create and focus on; everything else is an occasion to learn and grow".
Vision for adult learning and personal & professional development:
When teaching adults, expertise and knowledge are not enough; passion, dynamism and eager to make a difference are the keys.
Expertise:
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Communication Skills and Body Language
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Leadership & Management
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NLP- Neuro Linguistic Programming
Achievements:
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New Reflections
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Reflet Nouveau
Organisational Development Consulting
"If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough". – Albert Einstein
Vision for adult learning and personal & professional development:
Finding areas of opportunity and developing areas of strength within your team.
Expertise:
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Empowering leaders and individuals to Facilitate sustainable change in a flexible, adaptive and participative way.
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Training needs analysis, finding opportunity to strengthen workforce alignment to strategic goals.
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Understanding data and results, leading to an interdependent workforce.
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Creating meaningful coaching and development strategies.
Achievements:
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Macquarie/CBRE
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Panthers Group
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Amora Hotel Sydney
Alan Fung
Strategy Advisor
"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail"
Passion:
Passionate about technology and sustainability.
Expertise:
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Start-up Advisory
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Market Entry and Expansion Strategy
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Digital and Technology Transformation
Achievements:
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Viable Partners
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Fishburners
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KPMG
Philippe Smets
Expert in Leadership Coaching
"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been." - Henry Kissinger
Vision for adult learning and personal & professional development:
My approach to learning and development is first and foremost for my clients to become better humans and making sure they use their new skills to improve the lives of people they work with. When people are considerate of each other, they bring out the best in each other and work together to achieve a higher goal than just the sum of their skills.
Expertise:
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Leadership Coaching
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Business Transformation
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LEAN Leadership
Achievements:
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SWIFT
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ING
Princess Nalla
Chief Cuddle Officer
"My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty”.
Vision for adult learning and personal & professional development:
Always trust the dog, studies have shown that dogs can read facial expressions, communicate different messages, and even display empathy.
Expertise:
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Enthusiastic ball fetcher
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Tireless tail-wagger
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Professional napper
Achievements:
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Getting around the ‘no sofa’ policy at work
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15 seconds to empty the food bowl
Steven Valentine
Senior Facilitator Business Coach
"If you want to effectively manage others, first manage yourself, then you’ll be ready to lead."
Vision for adult learning and personal & professional development:
Training adults is not just about delivering the standard content. It is about facilitating discussion, powerful questioning, sharing stories and creating a safe space that brings self-awareness and empowers one to want to change. The learning does not stop in the training room
Expertise:
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Leadership
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Team Development
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Personal Development
Achievements:
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NEOEN Renewing Energy
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Ocean Lovers Festival
Candice Stein
Professional Development Consultant
“People will soon forget what you said. They will NEVER forget how you made them feel.” – Dr Maya Angelou
Vision for adult learning and personal & professional development:
Having the right tools, support and framework (to apply your learning) is the key to an effective change in behaviour
Expertise:
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Communication skills
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Coaching
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Customer Satisfaction
Achievements:
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Mary O'Keeffe
Customer Experience Specialist
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -Leonardo Da Vinci
Vision for adult learning and personal & professional development:
Adult learners have a wide range of experiences, knowledge, interests and competencies. The learning environment needs to accommodate and respect this diversity.
Expertise:
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Training Design, Development and Delivery
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Group Facilitation
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Executive Coaching
Achievements:
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TAFE Western Sydney Institute
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KitchenAid
Parth Mehta
Happiness Consultant in the Digital Industry
"I want to make my mark and I'm eager to work for it".
Vision for adult learning and personal & professional development:
Get ready to learn everyday something new. Jump outside your comfort zone and have fun.
Expertise:
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Positive thinking
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Emotional intelligence
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Customer experience
Achievements:
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Stackchat
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BlueChilli Group