2002 - Johannesburg, South Africa hosted by The Gordon Institiute of Business Science, University of Pretoria

Previous Forum Sessions: 2002

Seventh Annual Global Forum on
Business Driven Action Learning and Executive Development

2002 Global Forum Attendees

Overview

What’s New in Executive Development and Action Learning? An Overview & Introduction	Developing Executive Leadership Capabilities & Cadres
Update on Previous Organizational Initiatives & New Challenges	Action Learning with Customers, Suppliers & Stakeholders
New Company & Organizational Initiatives	How Effective are Open Enrollment and "Custom" Business School Executive Programs?
Action Learning & Executive Development in South Africa & Emerging Markets

Wednesday 22 May, 2002

What’s New in Executive Development and Action Learning? An Overview & Introduction

Michael Marquardt former Vice President of Research, American Society for Training and Development, and Professor, George Washington University, Washington, DC, presenting the "State of the Industry Report" on behalf of the ASTD		American Society for Training and Development-- State of the Industry Report
Victoria J. Marsick Co-Director, J.M. Huber Institute for Learning in Organizations, Columbia University, New York, USA		How Global Companies are Using Learning to Address Business Challenges
Yury Boshyk Global Executive Learning, France Stephen Mercer Vice President, Learning and Leadership Development and Learn@Boeing, The Boeing Company, St. Louis, USA		Trends in Corporate Executive Education
Nanette Blandin Senior Staff, Center for Public Policy Education, The Brookings Institution, Washington, USA		Trends in Public Policy Education
David Dotlich Partner,CDR International, Portland, USA		Developing Unnatural Leaders Through Action Learning

Update on Previous Organizational Initiatives & New Challenges

Dr. Rodney Baxter Divisional Director, AngloPlatinum Kobus Nel Mac Consulting, South Africa		AngloPlatinum
Martin Moehrle Deutsche Bank University, Frankfurt, Germany Wanda Wallac Leadership Global Forum, Inc., North Carolina, USA.		Deutsche Bank's Lessons Learned: Action Learning Executive Programs-What Happens with Follow Up and Implementation?
Jan Wilmott Director, Executive Learning Programs, Leadership Center, The Boeing Company, St. Louis, USA		ICP--International Consortium Program (ABB, ABN Amro, BHP Billiton, Boeing)
Lillemor Holm Internal Volvo Car Consultant, Gothenborg, Sweden and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		Challenging Tradition with New Approaches to Leadership Development: The Volvo Cars Global Leadership Program
Paddy Miller Professor, IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain		The Client from Hell: When Being an Effective Client is as Important as Being an Effective Consultant

New Company & Organizational Initiatives

Bernadette Langius Executive Vice President, Head of Intellectual Capital Development, Consumer & Commercial Clients SBU, ABN Amro Bank, Feldafing, The Netherlands		ABN Amro Bank - More than the Sum of its Parts? Opportunities, Barriers, Challenges for Knowledge Sharing in a Global Retail Organization
Christian Dellekoenig Planning and Development Europe, Baxter Healthcare, Munich, Germany, and Chicago, USA		Baxter Healthcare: Lessons Learned from Our First Business Driven Action Learning Executive Program
Gertjan Schuiling Internal Consultant Organization Development, DSM, The Netherlands		DSM - Learning with an Unwilling Client
Francis Mok Manager, Management Training and Development, MTR, Hong Kong, China Larry Wynant Executive Director, Richard Ivey School of Business (Asia), Cheng Yu Tung Management Institute, Hong Kong		Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway (MTR) Action Learning and the Asia Consortia Executive Program
Jody Lentz Director of Global Markets, Lego Serious Play, Denmark		LEGO Serious Play and Real Time Strategy
Kathy Allan Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Cara Operations Ltd, Canada Robert Levy Managing Director, BrandSpark International, and formerly Cara Operations, Toronto, Canada		Why Action Learning "Pilots" May Be Disappointing: The Example of Cara Operations, Canada
Erik Iversen Director of Organizational Development, Novo Nordisk, Denmark and Greece		Novo Nordisk--Growth Driven Action Learning
Eva Kmiecic Deputy Commissioner, the RCMP, Ottawa Canada		The Renewed Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Leadership Development, Strategic, and Crisis Action Learning
Isabel Rimanoczy Partner Ernie Turner President, Leadership in International Management, LIM, USA Hans Durieux, Managing Director of Vegetable Seeds, Syngenta, Europe (videotape)		Syngenta Vegetable Seeds Europe: Success Factors for Lasting Change - The Action Reflection Learning Experience
Stefan Bergstrand Mark Kommun government, Sweden Jo Cumming, Ian Hall, Glentruim Change Agents, Scotland		Why won't they learn? How open Space and Action Learning can create breakthrough change
Miklos Vasarhelyi Professor, Rutgers University, and AT&T Labs, USA		Technology Supported Action Learning
Christian Dellekoenig Planning and Development Europe, Baxter Healthcare, Munich, Germany, and Chicago, USA Cobie Langerak Senior Vice President, Corporate HRM / Leadership & Organisation Development, Philips International B.V., The Netherlands Alan Mumford (videotape) Darryl Strickler Senior Executive Learning Systems, London, U.K.		Developing the Skills and Understanding of Senior Executives who Sponsor and Mentor Action Learning Programs and Activities-What's Required?

Thursday 23 May, 2002

Action Learning & Executive Development in South Africa & Emerging Markets

Nick Binedell Professor and Director, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa		The Challenges and Opportunities for Africa
Michael Marquardt Professor of Human Resource Development, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA Eric Charoux Director of the DCMD Business School, Mauritius		Action Learning and Financial Services in South and East Africa: The Case of De Chazal Du Mee (DCMD)
Graham Emmett Vice-President, Human Resources, Anglovaal Mining, South Africa Andrew J. Johnson General Manager, Leadership & Transformation, Anglovaal Mining, South Africa		Building Future Executive Capacity in Anglovaal Mining
Peter Prozesky Power Station Manager, Eskom, Koeberg Power Station Brian Isaacson Director, Aligned Leadership, South Africa		Action Learning - The Koeberg Journey
Tjeerd Rodenhuis General Manager Group Human Resources, SASOL Mike Stonier Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa		SASOL-Sustainable Growth and Accelerated Leadership Development through Business Driven Action Learning
Geoff McDonald Unilever Vice President HR North Africa, Middle East and Turkey Business Group, U.K. Bev Davids President, The Greenwich Group, Toronto, Canada		Change Management at Unilever: The Transition from Learning to Application to Strategic Business Issues in Africa
Paula Doublin Executive for Centre for Learning, Telkom SA, South Africa Deon Greyling Managing Director, BTS, South Africa		How Can Business Acumen Be Increased Within a Large Target Group? The South African Telecom Experience
Grazyna Lesniak-Lebkowska Director and Professor, Executive MBA Program, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland		Poland's Transformation and the Business Community's Journey

Developing Executive Leadership Capabilities & Cadres

Brigitte Jonkers Vice President, Group Function Human Resources, ABB Academy Manager, Zurich, Switzerland		ABB: The New Customer-Centred Enterprise and The Management of Radical Change
France Pégeot Director General, Career Development Programs, CCMD, Ottawa, Canada		The Canadian Centre for Management Development, Government of Canada: Developing Leaders for the Public Service
Pete Cuozzo formerly General Electric, Vice President and Global Head, Organizational Solutions, Syngenta, Basel, Switzerland		General Electric - New Employee Orientation: An Action Research Approach
Ron Bossert Executive Learning & Development, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, USA Paul Culleton Johnson & Johnson, U.K.		Johnson & Johnson - Development Needs of Young Managers: Retaining and Preparing the Best Talent: The Transitions Program
Catherine Guelbert Associate Director, The National Health Service Leadership Centre Tony Shaw Head of Career Management, National Health Service, London, U.K.		National Health Service, U.K.--Leading Leaders Through Transition
Frank Waltmann Head of Global Learning, Novartis International AG, Switzerland David Dotlich CDR International, Portland, USA.		Novartis: Developing Leaders for Boundaryless Organizations
John Thompson Head Leadership and Development, Standard Bank, South Africa Sipho Ngidi Director, Group Human Resources, Standard Bank, South Africa Mike Lewis, Director HR Development, Standard Bank, South Africa		WINGS - Leadership Development in Standard Bank South Africa
Christopher Bell Executive Manager, The Leadership Consortium Inc., Mebourne, Australia Dr. Peter Hart Director, Insight SRC, Melbourne, Australia		Young People and Leadership In Australia: What Does Our Research Tell Us They Want and Need?

Friday 24 May, 2002

Action Learning with Customers, Suppliers & Stakeholders

Chantal Fleuret France, Global Executive Learning Network Patricia Levy Canada and USA, Global Executive Learning Network Ake Reinholdsson Sweden, Global Executive Learning Network		Getting the Most from Outside/In Customer and Stakeholder Discussions and Interviews
Eelco Boonstra President and owner, Lift Service Nederland, Nedeerhost den Berg, The Netherlands Otmar Donnenberg Action Learning Consultants, Herenlaan, The Netherlands		Learning with the Customer
Mark Rutte HR Director, Iglo Mora, the Dutch IceCream, Snacks and Frozen Foods Business, The Netherlands Tom Malnight Professor of Strategy and International Management, IMD (International Institute for Management Development), Lausanne, Switzerland		Unilever's Path to Growth--Building Intellectual and Emotional Ownership with Customers through Action Learning
Brenda Fischer-Campbell Co-Director, The Immersion Lab, The Netherlands John Thompson Head Leadership and Development, Standard Bank, South Africa		Action Learning at Silicon Valleys Around the Globe: Lessons Learned Under Changing Economic, Technological and Entrepreneurial Climates

How Effective are Open Enrollment and "Custom" Business School Executive Programs?

Jaki Sitterle
Executive Director, Custom and New Business Development, Columbia University, Executive Education, Columbia Business School

Lyle Yorks
Columbia University, Teacher’s College, New York, USA

Gert R. Ackerman
Mining Executive, Impala Platinum, South Africa, alumnus of the Columbia Senior Executive Program

Assessing the Effectiveness of Open Enrollment and "Custom" Business School Executive Programs: Linking Learning Theory, Executive Education Program Design, and the Transfer of Learning

Discussants

Guy Saunders
London Business School, London, UK

Rory Simpson
IESE, Barcelona, Spain

Tom Malnight
Professor of Strategy and International Management, IMD (International Institute for Management Development), Lausanne, Switzerland

Mark Rutte
HR Director, Iglo Mora, the Dutch IceCream, Snacks and Frozen Foods Business, The Netherlands, Alumnus from IMD

Larry Wynant
Shirley Chan Memorial Professor of Finance and Associate Dean, Ivey Asia, Executive Director, Richard Ivey School of Business (Asia), University of Western Ontario, Hong Kong, China

Karl Hofmeyr
Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa