niels pflaeging - speaker profile

“When Pflaeging shakes the dogmas of management, they crumble in his hands.“

Financial Times Germany

Leadership – Transformation - Learning

“Let this man speak to corporate bosses everywhere. It will be well worthwhile.“

Peter Felixberger, changeX

Forthcoming:

Niels´first book

in English: Organize

for Complexity

(early in 2014)

“We are used to hosting lots and lots of presentations and events at Seibert-Media. Niels´ keynote was easily the best speaking event we ever had.“

Martin Seibert, Founder/CEO

“Niels Pflaeging is the father of the end of management.“

Winfried Felser, competence-site

The speaker: High-‐impact insight on leadership for the knowledge economy.

Niels is an acclaimed public speaker. He offers true discourse: on the stage or in a workshop setting. Niels delivers keynotes at conferences, congresses, seminars and corporate events, internationally. Fluent in four languages – English, German, Spanish and Portuguese -‐ he has spoken to small and large-‐scale audiences in 30 countries on three continents. Presented in a highly energetic, humorous manner, Niels' message hits home with situations that people Gind themselves in every day in their organizations and empowers them with practical solutions, surprisingly counterintuitive and proven concepts that aim at profound organizational transformation. Invite Niels as a speaker. Get him for an impulse keynote. For an in-‐company workshop. Have a round-‐table meeting with him. Or book him for an international keynote tour.

Fresh thinking. Inspiring keynotes. Lively sessions. Highly practical competence. Niels PGlaeging is a passionate and thoughtful advocate for a “new breed“ of leadership and profound change in organizations. He is an acclaimed speaker and author of several books, a co-‐founder and associate of the BetaCodex Network, and president of his own consulting Girm based in New York and Wiesbaden. Niels was a director with the prestigious Beyond Budgeting Round Table, BBRT, for Give years, between 2003 and 2007.

Niels wrote four books and many articles on leadership and transformation. His second book, “Leading with Glexible Targets. Practice guide to high performance” was awarded the Financial Times Germany Best Business Book award, in 2006. All his books were lauded by critics and readers and became bestsellers.

Since 2006, Niels has been strongly involved in transformational change initiatives as a short-‐time and long-‐time advisor, in Girms both in Europe and in the Americas. He not only speaks – he walks the talk.

“Boldly, Pflaeging deconstructs classic management theory and, in a well- humored manner, offers coherent alternatives.“

Harvard Businessmanager

“Pflaeging is capable of leading teams towards an agreed objective. Sometimes warmly, sometimes provocatively, but always intelligently and diligently. How he does that is true art.“

Ingo Koerner, General Manager/CFO

Topics of events and keynotes with Niels. Organize for Complexity. What leadership is. How it really works. How to build the high performance organization High Performance through Learning. How to put people, teams and organizations on track to grow and thrive Why Management is Dispensable. What comes after it. How to adapt to markets that thrive in perpetual beta Bye-‐bye Management! How to stop managing and Ginally start leading The New Science of Leadership . Making it real. The Beta Way. How to put mindful leadership to work Learning for Innovation. Why learning is the work and how to build learning into your organization´s DNA Secrets of High Performance. How to design teams and the organizational for highly dynamic markets Keeping it Complex. How to circumnavigate bureaucratization and avoid the centralization trap Change Clinic. How to transform for high performance

Contact. Niels PGlaeging -‐ New York, Wiesbaden Mob. D +49-‐173-‐682 1315 [email protected] www.nielspGlaeging.com