Jens brings to MCE’s leadership curriculum his extensive experience in Leadership and Organisational Development. He provides consultancy services, facilitation, training and coaching in Leadership, Team Dynamics and Management of Change, which he has delivered throughout Europe, Middle-east, Africa and Asia. He has in-depth knowledge of the IT, Consultancy and Manufacturing industries as well as the functioning and development of international public organisations.
Professional background
Since 2000 Jens has specialized in consulting, training, and coaching in leadership, team dynamics, organizational development, and change management. Among his clients are international and European public organizations, as well as private global organizations such as the Danish biotechnological Chr. Hansen A/S, Lucent Technologies, and PriceWaterhouse-Coopers. His projects included the use and implementation of skills-based and competence management in corporate and HR strategies. He focuses his work in the key areas of:
– Reflection for vision and strategy versus current skill level
– Organizational culture, management style and performance management
– Alignment of competence and career development with company strategy
– Establishing key leadership indicators.
In 2001 he joined the Thierry School of Leadership, Brussels, as Associated Director, responsible for program development and training in managerial leadership, values and responsibilities of leaders.
Since 2001 Jens has been an external professor responsible for the MBA leadership program at UBI (United Business Institute), Brussels. He also conducted an executive MBA programme in Vietnam. Today, Jens participates as a business expert in panel discussions and produces white papers on the leadership development trends of European businesses and organizations.
From 1997 to 2000, Jens was the Brussels Head of Office for the Organization of Danish Employers and Businesses. He delivered seminars and provided companies and organizations with advice on organizational development, HR and industrial relations, business and management issues with particular focus on European topics. He was responsible for knowledge management and organizational development to improve the functioning within the European business network. He was in charge of business competitiveness and innovation projects.
In 1996 he became a consultant in human and organizational development to the Danish Employers’ Confederation Consulting Section, Denmark. Clients included Carlsberg, Lego, and Danfoss.
In 1995 he spent one year as external organizational consultant and direct adviser to the Danish Minister of Commerce and Business. He led a change management project with focus on implementing new organizational structures.
Jens began his career as Business Lawyer at Alstrom & Andersen (1991-1992). He subsequently became organizational development consultant with SC-Sorensen (manufacturing), Denmark and Spain (1992-1995). His main activities included training and development, performance and competence development, recruitment, selection, and team building.
Education and qualifications
Jens obtained a Bachelor in Psychology in 1988, and a Master in Law and Management from the University of Copenhagen in 1991. He received an MBA from the United Business Institutes, Brussels and Mercer University, Atlanta, US. He studied leadership at Harvard University. He also has a Diploma in International Relations (Madrid, 1994), and is certified in several personal, leadership and organizational development tools, such as MBTI, Emotional Intelligence Inventories, and Leadership Assessment personality assessments.
Personal
Jens is passionate about continuous personal and professional development and among his interests are cultural understanding and collaboration. He is member of several professional networks in positive psychology, emotional intelligence, neuroscience and psychology as well as the Harvard Negotiation Project.