18th ISPI EMEA Annual Conference

John has been a performance consultant and coach since 1983, including 23 years as an executive coach to executives and senior managers through his company John B. Lazar & Associates. He works with individual leaders and their teams, altering their perspectives, skill sets, and performance to produce socially and emotionally intelligent leadership and management, breakthrough execution and business results.
John has been a member of ISPI since 1981 and now serves on its board of directors

Email: john@jblacoaching.com
Website: www.jblacoaching.com

She has over 20 years of experience in management, business consultancy with HR focus. An Engineer of Technology with EMBA Certificate at Sheffield University, Master SDI trainer/ facilitator and GCDF career trainer. Her engagements include executive coaching and training of developmental activities within the PMS projects. She is a strong believer in achieving results through solid relationships in the workplace.

Expert in Business Diagnostics, HR Diagnostics, Development and Implementation of performance management systems, total reward systems and talent management systems. She is passionate international executive coach, mentor and trainer. Experienced as Team Leader and Business Developer in donor funded projects. Velevska has MA in European Management, is SDI Master Trainer/Facilitator, NLP Practitioner and GCDF (career coach and trainer of career counselors).

Biljana has been responsible for developing the HR strategy of ALLIANCE ONE over the past 15 years. She initiated and managed the design and implementation of a comprehensive performance management system aimed at employee development. To further enhance employee performance, Biljana has both sponsored and delivered SDI trainings and team coaching at different levels in the organizational structure.

Tony comes from a military and industry background, having worked as a business consultant examining obstacles to effective human performance in the workplace. Tony is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) and teaches graduate courses in improving human performance in the workplace, the design of sustainable business processes, change management, and systems thinking. Tony has been making national and international presentations for over 20 years.

Steve is currently co-writing an instructional design textbook with Lisa Giacumo and Don Stepich, scouting projects for OPWL students and research lab, and acting as a co-principal investigator of the Process Management Lab.  A member of ISPI, AECT, and ATD, he is a frequent author and conference presenter..

Belia Nel CPT, is a member and an internationally Certified Performance Technologist and Performance Coach with the International Society for Performance Improvement, USA since 2003. She has published widely academically and in business journals both locally and internationally. She is a regular speak at conferences and seminars. Her publications include Performance Improvement – Essential Tools for Performance Consulting and Performance Improvement – Essential Guide to Performance Consulting.

email: belia@improvid.co.za

website: https://improvid.co.za/

Lika has 12 years of management consulting experience advising clients on all business development and expansion areas, including corporate and business unit strategy development and implementation, operational performance improvement and measurements, business plans and feasibility studies in various sectors.

Lika holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from University Turin and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Tbilisi State University.

Levan has over 10 years of business consulting and training experience, with a special emphasis on organizational improvement and project management in a variety of sectors such as banking and finance, retail, oil, manufacturing, technology, health care, public sector. He has led or participated in nearly 60 business consulting and training projects in different industries.

Levan has Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Caucasus School of Business.

In NYC, Dr. Leykina supervises Department of Literacies, Languages and Instructional Support Services for ELLs and Students with Disabilities and teachers graduate courses in teaching methodology.   In addition, she is a Managing Director of the Cultural Compass LLC performance improvement consulting company.  The proposed session is a sequel for the 2017 and 2018 ISPI EMEA workshops in Bologna, Italy and Gothenburg, Sweden. She presented in numerous conferences in the US and Europe. 

Dr. Rose Baker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Technologies, College of Information, University of North Texas. Her research includes open learning, management techniques and statistical applications for operations and performance improvement, survey and evaluation design, theory development, and game design. Rose holds a PhD in Instructional Systems and an M.Ed. in Adult Education Theory and Practice from The Pennsylvania State University and is certified as a PMP® by the Project Management Institute.

Dr. Rose Baker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Learning Technologies, College of Information, University of North Texas. Her research includes open learning, management techniques and statistical applications for operations and performance improvement, survey and evaluation design, theory development, and game design. Rose holds a PhD in Instructional Systems and an M.Ed. in Adult Education Theory and Practice from The Pennsylvania State University and is certified as a PMP® by the Project Management Institute.

Email: rose.baker@unt.edu

Dr. Sarah Spradlin holds a DBA specializing in IO Psychology from Northcentral University, AZ, USA and is a certified expert in micro-expressions. After years of serving in the U.S. Marine Corps & working with Special Operations Command, she became fascinated with the fundamental role EI plays in establishing a resilient workforce capable of effectively navigating change in today’s global market. She is a leading expert in the study & application of EI as it relates to talent acquisition & organizational resilience among high-performance teams.

Raanan is a senior social, organizational and vocational psychologist, with more than 30 years of experience. Former Chairman of the Social Division of the Israel Psychological Association, former Chairman of the Publications Committee of the Association of Organizational Consultants.
Raanan is the owner of consulting firm and software house that combines psychology and technology. The systems he developed, based on his perception of improving performance, are installed in various organizations and are used by the company's consultants. The company specializes in role design, payroll policy design, candidate screening and tools to improve employee's performance.

Nancy Crain Burns, CPT, PhD, PMP, president of Crain Burns Associates, LLC and past president of ISPI, has helped social service agencies and corporations develop strategies and identify opportunities to achieve effective solutions.  Burns has taught Applied Management Entrepreneurship at the university level, led small business workshops, and mentored leaders through the business planning process.  Nancy’s passion for small business began when working in her grandmother’s New Orleans perfume shop.

Maia Gogoladze is a development professional with more than 18 years experience  in USAID funded projects  consulting  and managing public sector  organizational performance improvement and  increasing quality of service delivery. She has been successful designing innovative approaches and adapting “models of excellences”  to various public sectors such as health, education, justice system, agriculture, energy and others to transform organizational  systems of HRM, internal/external communications, management, customer oriented service delivery. She has been establishing cross sectoral /cross regional lesson learned practices and discussion platforms to share cross country practices of   “models of excellences”.  For achieving   results in real time she considers critical start up stages as understanding of local context, building  partnership and engaging  partners and stakeholders  as owners of the process.

Felix Shapiro has been working in consulting for more than 18 years now. During this time he has been working on performance improvement through IT systems. Applied IT solutions in performance improvement for different Institutional systems such as: HRMS, PMES, Financial System and Int & Ext communications. Key to his work is adding value to the client and creating great partnership. Felix has been working with public and private companies during his carrier. He has recently started his own NGO and found that NGO work is very important for improving public sector. He considers an important principle: The client might not be right every time, but the client must enjoy the results.

Email: felix@shapiro.pro

Peter Baverso, MBA, PMP®, ACP®, CSSBB® is on a mission to help 10,000,000 people liberate their potential. Peter is an experienced thought leader, active in the lean/agile performance community since 1996. Peter leads Ventivia, LLC; is President of the Potomac Chapter ISPI; served as the human performance lead for the US Marine Corps Systems Command and as Adjunct Faculty for the University of Phoenix, School of Management; and is Board Member of the Innovation and Organizational Change Management Institute.

Zikiria empowers leaders to enable and scale lean enterprises through a focus on high-performance teams, continuous improvement processes, digital product management flows and customer-centric experiences, and training and people development. He employs organizational shift techniques resulting in connected people that test, learn, and adapt using neuroscience, smart design, microlearning, rapid prototyping, and fast development of human-centered products/services. Zikiria’s clients span the Financial Services, SaaS, Consumer Products, Government, Education, and International Development industries. Currently, he serves as the Director of the Innovation Institute for ISPI Potomac and as President of CITAZ LLC where ideas become reality.