Dr. Jan Bodo Sperling



Founder of Coverdale Germany, consultant, trainer
With Coverdale since 1980

„I am committed to the goal of ensuring that people not only know and discuss but also do; that they not only reach agreements but also keep them; and that all of this happens on the basis of mutual benefit.“



Consulting and training focuses:
>Consulting organizational development measures, team training
>Strategies for negotiation, conflict management and mediation
>Understanding, processing and overcoming cultural change
>Coaching senior managers

Languages:
>German
>English
>French
>Italian

Publications:
>Books on the subjects of intercultural work problems, the sociology of developing countries, technology transfer and facilitation as a management responsibility.


Professional profile

Education and training:
>Certified as a tradesman in carpentry and sawmill specialist
>Degree in Industrial Business Management and Economics from the University of Marburg
>Studies in Sociology and Political Science, doctoral degree (Dr. rer. Pol.) from the University of Aachen
>Year of research in "Sociology of Developing Countries” at Harvard University

Professional experience:
>Managing Director of a wholesale firm
>Assistant to the Board of Directors of a major company
>Director of Personnel and Social Affairs at a major construction site/metallurgical plant in India
>Academic assistant at the Institute of Political Science, University of Aachen
>Director of Human Resources and Training of the FAO (United Nations), Rome
>Academic Director of the International Turin Centre of the ILO (United Nations), Turin


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Dr. Jan Bodo Sperling
Coverdale Deutschland