Dr. Jan Bodo Sperling
Consultant, Trainer, Founder of Coverdale Germany
- Location:
- Coverdale Deutschland
"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
- Facilitation as a management responsibility
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