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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Adriaan Bekman announced main speaker at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland
Reported by Jouko Vaskimo in Helsinki
Professor Adriaan Bekman, General Director, IMO, The Netherlands, has been announced as a main speaker at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland. Professor Bekman delivers his presentation Managers and people: Horizontal leadership approach in Seminar 10 Balancing leadership and management in the afternoon of 16.6.2009, the second congress day.
Professor
Bekman is the founding father and director of Institute for Man- &
Organization development (IMO). He is working as a horizontal leader in
family and impulse companies in The Netherlands, Italy, Finland,
Germany, Brazil and Russia. Professor Bekman is co-owner of Innotiimi
Ltd, a consultancy and training company that is rooted in Finland and
has offices in Norway, Sweden and France. He is also the President of
Motiva in Italy. This Association supports consultancy activities of a
group of Italian Researchers, Directors and Consultants. (photo
courtesy 23rd IPMA World Congress)
Professor Bekman is professor at the Stenden University, and lectures at SIOO and de Baak. He has written many books and various articles on issues like Organization Development, Consulting, Self management, Community building in Organizations, Taking Initiatives, Experimenting with innovation in organization.
Professor Bekman studied Sociology, specializing in Business Administration at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. After military service he worked 8 years for the International Staff of Shell and went on a mission to the Dutch Gas and Oil Company and Shell Curaçao. Starting in January 1978, Professor Bekman worked 27 years at the NPI Institute for Organization Development. This institute was founded by Bernard Lievegoed and his colleagues.
Professor Bekman finds the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland, as an outstanding opportunity to share the observation of a need for a fundamental change in the way the leadership acts in organizations. The group of companies in which the leadership is focused on the sense making, that inspires the community of people that is involved to commit and care, is living longer as an identity and is more successful in meeting its operational goals. Professor Bekman can be contacted at bekman@het-imo.net.
IMO
works for people in organizations. IMO takes a step in their
development, and responsibility for the development of their
organization out of a living impulse for freedom. According to IMO,
people want to realize their impulse together with each other and with
their client in common respect. They do this in the light of the whole
and they do this in a space of freedom, out of a personal initiative
and not pushed by a forcing concept.
IMO colleagues connect themselves to the final responsible person of the client organization and work together with all that have a personal need and are searching for the next development step of their organization. IMO works in a horizontal way with warmth, movement, creating sense. IMO shares the love for the client and his organization, and takes initiatives. Total commitment and mobilizing the will is IMO strength. Through dialoguing with the clients, IMO arrives at insights that can lead to sense full developments.
IMO starts from the development potential. IMO not only develops knowledge but also participates fully in the development process of the client organization. IMO does this in various countries, bringing in a broad international network. IMO background can be characterized as having entrepreneurial experience, being man oriented and including all stakeholders, IMO is a group of various specialists that want to see the whole, taking time for reflection and personal development. IMO observation is that the individual can develop himself when (s)he lives with a question.
The IMO mission is connected to the Bernard Lievegoed Impulse, a pioneer in the field of human and organization development. For further information, please navigate to www.het-imo.net.
The
theme for the 23rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in
Helsinki will be "Refresh Yourself". The event will be aimed at
regenerating one's professional career, organization and personal
development. For further information, please navigate to
www.refresh09.com.
Providing a unique opportunity for project-based organizations and suppliers of project management products and Services, Congress Partnerships are being offered for the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Finland. As a profiled partner, participating companies will be exposed to at least 50,000 practitioners of project management from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. According to congress organizers, the top five reasons for becoming a partner are (1) An outstanding opportunity to enhance your organization's brand familiarity as a Project management and business professional; (2) An excellent opportunity for networking with the leading persons and experts in the projects world during the event; (3) The Congress provides a great opportunity for making new contacts and relationships and opens a venue for recruitment; (4) Broad marketing visibility via the seminar programme both nationally and internationally; and (5) Opportunity to state your own expert opinions and research results.
The event will bring together highly targeted top managers and professionals from all fields in emerging and leading economies. Exclusively designed networking opportunities will connect partners to decision makers, leaders and senior management and all levels of delegates, while helping expand contacts in a "Refreshing" atmosphere. Congress partners can participate in a partner exhibition or sponsor specific activities at the Congress. Four partner levels are offered: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Interested companies should visit www.refresh09.com/partners for benefits and pricing information.
The
local host of the 23rd IPMA World Congress on Project Management in
Helsinki will be Project Management Association Finland (PMAF), based
in Espoo, Finland. PMAF is the national membership body for Finland in
the International Project Management Association (IPMA). The general
manager of PMAF is Jyry Louhisto, who is also the project director for
the 23rd IPMA World Congress. For further information, please navigate
to www.pry.fi/en.
Founded
in 1967 and registered in Switzerland, the International Project
Management Association (IPMA) is the world's oldest project management
professional organization. IPMA is an international federation of more
than 45 national PM societies in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
IPMA's Annual World Congress is one of the largest and most important
gatherings of project management authorities and leaders each year. For
further information please navigate to www.ipma.ch.
Professor Adriaan Bekman, General Director, IMO, The Netherlands, has been announced as a main speaker at the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland. Professor Bekman delivers his presentation Managers and people: Horizontal leadership approach in Seminar 10 Balancing leadership and management in the afternoon of 16.6.2009, the second congress day.
Professor Bekman is professor at the Stenden University, and lectures at SIOO and de Baak. He has written many books and various articles on issues like Organization Development, Consulting, Self management, Community building in Organizations, Taking Initiatives, Experimenting with innovation in organization.
Professor Bekman studied Sociology, specializing in Business Administration at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. After military service he worked 8 years for the International Staff of Shell and went on a mission to the Dutch Gas and Oil Company and Shell Curaçao. Starting in January 1978, Professor Bekman worked 27 years at the NPI Institute for Organization Development. This institute was founded by Bernard Lievegoed and his colleagues.
Professor Bekman finds the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, Finland, as an outstanding opportunity to share the observation of a need for a fundamental change in the way the leadership acts in organizations. The group of companies in which the leadership is focused on the sense making, that inspires the community of people that is involved to commit and care, is living longer as an identity and is more successful in meeting its operational goals. Professor Bekman can be contacted at bekman@het-imo.net.
IMO colleagues connect themselves to the final responsible person of the client organization and work together with all that have a personal need and are searching for the next development step of their organization. IMO works in a horizontal way with warmth, movement, creating sense. IMO shares the love for the client and his organization, and takes initiatives. Total commitment and mobilizing the will is IMO strength. Through dialoguing with the clients, IMO arrives at insights that can lead to sense full developments.
IMO starts from the development potential. IMO not only develops knowledge but also participates fully in the development process of the client organization. IMO does this in various countries, bringing in a broad international network. IMO background can be characterized as having entrepreneurial experience, being man oriented and including all stakeholders, IMO is a group of various specialists that want to see the whole, taking time for reflection and personal development. IMO observation is that the individual can develop himself when (s)he lives with a question.
The IMO mission is connected to the Bernard Lievegoed Impulse, a pioneer in the field of human and organization development. For further information, please navigate to www.het-imo.net.
Providing a unique opportunity for project-based organizations and suppliers of project management products and Services, Congress Partnerships are being offered for the 23rd IPMA World Congress in Finland. As a profiled partner, participating companies will be exposed to at least 50,000 practitioners of project management from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. According to congress organizers, the top five reasons for becoming a partner are (1) An outstanding opportunity to enhance your organization's brand familiarity as a Project management and business professional; (2) An excellent opportunity for networking with the leading persons and experts in the projects world during the event; (3) The Congress provides a great opportunity for making new contacts and relationships and opens a venue for recruitment; (4) Broad marketing visibility via the seminar programme both nationally and internationally; and (5) Opportunity to state your own expert opinions and research results.
The event will bring together highly targeted top managers and professionals from all fields in emerging and leading economies. Exclusively designed networking opportunities will connect partners to decision makers, leaders and senior management and all levels of delegates, while helping expand contacts in a "Refreshing" atmosphere. Congress partners can participate in a partner exhibition or sponsor specific activities at the Congress. Four partner levels are offered: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Interested companies should visit www.refresh09.com/partners for benefits and pricing information.