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Director level

Work Experience

Managing Director and owner Consulting

2 employees (in year 2000 –7 consultants).
Main activities are general management, new business development, product development, consultancy assignments
Professional career

Founder-Director of consultancy office in Belgium following a successful "MBO" (’90) of a Dutch consultancy network.

Over 15 years of experience in consulting, future management studies, qualitative research, reorientation of corporate perception, change management and communications (PR-advertising-internal communications and facilitating workshops). Working across a wide range of industries and organisations including the public sector and the unions.

Before (-1990) she worked at the newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws as an analyst of data and in PR, communication and advertising agencies (above the line, below the line, direct marketing and research) in Belgium and the US (Manhattan).

Expertise:

. has been coaching several companies and managers during workshops in their aim to become a learning organisation, or during change projects, especially by using participative strategic planning methodologies in corporate and governmental environment

. particular experience in auditing perception as well inside the company and with external stakeholders within a broad field STEEP to define a new vision, strategy and design communication and cultural change programmes. Projects such as repositioning the Flemish Community in Brussels, the Institute for Equality of Women and Man, or defining the E(qual)-quality projects in the Textile industry for the European Union are recent achievements.

. particularly recognised as being strong in translating research into marketing, communication, PR and TQM and process optimisation actions.
Research methodologies used are focus group sessions, in-depth interviews, quantitative and qualitative satisfaction surveys, stakeholder battlefield, foresight, gendermainstreaming or dialogue sessions as scenario planning and Future Search Conference.


-played a major role in the cultural change and the reputation management of organisations from concept to implementation of (a.o. De Witte Lietaer, Lucent Technologies EMEA, the National Electricity Producer, Heineken Technical Services, Chep Europe, Belgian Railway, the Flemish Constructor Association, Zenitel, Traffic Services and British Council).

- governmental changes she conducted at all levels in the organisation a.o. Ministry of Flemish Community for Brussels Matters (positioning of Flemish people in Brussels), Aminal, division Forest and Green, 400 Flemish Musea, Brussels City Newspaper "Brussel Deze Week", Flanders Foreign Investors Office, NMBS (national railway company), Code of conduct 60,000 employees Belgian Ministries, Ministry of Labour (evaluation Equality Award).

Education

Studies

Post-graduate Foresight/ Future Management at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Chaire de prospective industrielle (National Conservatory of Arts and Professions, Industrial Foresight Chair), at professor Michel Godet - Méthodes de prospectives et d'analyse stratégique (Foresight methodologies and strategic analysis).

Kaat studied also:
. Future Management at the International Institute for Natural, Environmental and Cultural Resources (New Mexico State University U.S.);
. Communication Management at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (The Netherlands);
. Business Management at the Vlerick School for Management (Ghent);
. Marketing management and business economy at the Instituut voor Postuniversitair Onderwijs (Antwerp);
. Applied communications at Hoger Instituut voor Bedrijfsopleiding (Ghent).

She followed several courses in future management, scenario planning, organisation redesign, visioning, participative management, cultural audit, corporate reorientation, management of business administration, advertising and direct marketing both in Belgium and the USA.

Recent short course at the University of Manchester related to foresight in private and public organisations.

Skills

Skills and Knowledge

<sum> visionary,
<sum> creative,
<sum> relationship building,
<sum> development and co-ordinating several projects simultaneously,
<sum> proven ability to define goals, develop strategies and to plan, co-ordinate, implement, evaluate and achieving desired outcomes in a short timeframe;
<sum> very good knowledge of corporate life in different cultural environments,
<sum> excellent negotiation and presentation skills,
<sum> proven coaching skills to middle and top management during crisis situations (+ mediatraining),
<sum> highly developed research, analytical, and project management skills,
<sum> proven experience in writing targeted and persuasive proposals.

Languages

Perfect in Dutch, French and English

Other

Is co-author of a book on working, managing and leading in turbulent times "After Atlantis" (about foresight, HR, communication and TQM).

Published several articles related to future management, HR, communication, handling crisis situations and change management.

Contributes weekly to a business managers forum (Managers Advice - Ondernemersraad) in the financial economical newspaper De Tijd on subjects of societal importance.

Member of De Warande, (top Flemish executive business club), board of director VEV Comité Brussel, World Future Society, Independent Management Consultants Network.

Private

Networking
Socio cultural activities
Sailing, tennis and running

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