What I do (English)

Alex W. Barszczewski

Born in Poland, lived for 27 years in Austria,USA and Germany.

Studied Production Management and Engeneering in Poland and Austria.

1985-1992 started and run a software development company.

Since 1992 executive trainer, coach and consultant. For over 20 years has been hired by clients (see list below) because of his results and track record (no other marketing whatsoever)

Expertise in practical skills implementation and transfer in areas like:

  • all kinds of business communication

  • people management

  • change management

  • leadership

  • team building

  • finding and selling business solutions

  • conflict solving

  • business negotiations of all kind

Typical ways of work:

  • Individual coaching and consulting on the C- Level (CEO, CFO, COO, CTO), mainly in subsidiaries of big international organisations

  • Group coaching and consulting for Boards and First Line Management both for a broad area of companies like above and also for smaller, agile organisations mainly in the Hi-Tech industry

  • Intervention coaching for troubled teams like above

  • Sales team preparation for important contracts, product launches etc.

  • Management team preparation for negotiations concerning critical decisions and access to resources within a big organisations

  • Working out and implementation of communication solutions in case of serious organisational changes like takeover, merger, deep restructuring etc..

  • Group workshops for high potentials (mainly hi-tech sector) covering all communication and attitude areas necessary to succeed within a modern and innovative organisation

Deep knowledge and understanding of following sectors:

  • High Tech

  • Media

  • FMCG

  • Automotive

Experience in working in Polish, English and German language

Companies I worked for (among others):

Adamed
Agora
ABB
Akzo Nobel
Allianz
Bauer
Cadbury Wedel
Deutsche Bank
Ericsson
IBM
ICI
Lindt & Sprüngli
Lucent Technologies
Nasza Klasa

Nissan
Nokia-Siemens Networks
OBER-HAUS
POL-DRÓG
PZU
Renault
Siemens
Signal Iduna
Tchibo
Unilever
Volvo
Wikia
Xerox

Since 2006 I have been running pro bono this very popular (over 100 000 visits/month) blog for young Polish managers http://alexba.eu