Brian Bacon has a deep wealth of knowledge and
wisdom into the complex transformational challenges facing
organisations and their leaders today. His OLDP course is a very
effective capsule for communicating this. Brian demonstrates by his
own example a higher level of commitment and dedication to his work
than what is commonly found. Over the years he has been a
tremendous source of inspiration to McDonald's throughout the
world.
Mats Lederhausen, President, McDonald's
Corporation Ventures, Chicago, USA
Brian Bacon
Chairman and Founder
Supervisory Board and International Faculty Board Member
Brian Bacon is a special advisor to the UN
Secretary General, Prime Ministers, Presidents and Heads of State
and a leading consultant to the CEOs and top management of several
multinational corporations including Vedior, Unilever, Ford,
Telefónica o2, Akzo Nobel, Ericsson, Coca-Cola, Barclay's,
McDonald's, Sandvik, GE, Pharmacia, SAAB, British Aerospace and
Volvo.
He is the creator of one of the world's most successful
leadership development programmes with over 100,000 alumni from
over 56 countries.
He is a former President of the World Business Academy in
Washington, visiting scholar at the International Institute of
Labour Studies in Geneva and member of the EU international think
tank on Social Cohesion. Brian is presently advising the
Swedish Government on the modernization of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Foreign Service and is a lead consultant to the CEO in
the revitalization of a USD 50billion multinational corporation
with 1.6 million employees in 130 countries.
He is a celebrated speaker on the international circuit on the
subjects of leadership, strategic focusing and the role of values
in business. He is an internationally-recognized expert in
corporate turnarounds and organizational revitalization
He has been an advisor in innovation and organizational reform
to the Governments of Australia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Thailand
and Sweden. He was a special advisor to President Fox of Mexico in
leadership and government reform. He is presently advising the UN
Department of Political Affairs in Strategic Focusing for
prevention of violent conflict in international affairs.
He is a Member of the Global Leadership Council of Michel Nobel
Harriet Fulbright Institute of Business Technology Management in
USA, and a Member of the Advisory Board of European Management
Institute, London and a member of the International Advisory Board
of the Club of Budapest.