More information on Winfried's consultancy practice

As independent consultant, but part of a large international network, Winfried functions as an advisor to small, medium sized and international operating companies, helping them address 'the nature and seat of the ailment' ergo their problems and management issues. He sees his role as a cathalizer, asking the right question at the right time, thus helping clients and client teams to diagnose and generate scenario's but, ultimately, allow clients to arrive at their own decisions.
His primary experience field is 'the right person on the right place'. Other managerial topic areas he works on are visioning, communication, human resources and organization. In addition to his counseling work, Winfried spends about 30% of his time making presentations, facilitating meetings and dialogues, including retreats, workshops and training sessions.

Consulting motto, vision and focus
"An educated mind is useless without a focused will and dangerous without a loving heart" (W.D.)

Winfried's vision on consulting is as follows:

• Everyone works temporary in a funktion or an organisation
• Everything people do in an organisation should be done out of free will
• Everyone is responsible for his or her own happiness.

In plain english this means that Winfried's consulting vision is that it is better for an organisation to make their own diagnoses and draw their own plans, inspired and guided by his input. His presentations at meetings restrict to events that are framed around clear articulated questions from the hiring organization.

Consulting do's and don'ts
Public sector, profit and NGO's each represent about 20% of Winfried's consulting time. The remainder is divided among a mixture of professional firms such as executive search; consulting, HRM, training firms and other professions.
Winfried is based in Røyken - Norway. The location of clients in recent years has been about 60% in The Netherlands, 30% in Western Europe and 10% in Scandinavia and elsewhere.
Winfried's fee is € 1.500 (NOK 12.000) per day, plus travel expenses. Outside the Oslo-region of Norway he only offers his services in one day units. When it comes to client satisfaction and If their is any disappointment, Winfried encourages and welcomes the client to call and discuss with him their feedback and reasons for their disappointment.
Winfried encourages clients to send extensive materials in advance, so that initial meetings can be tailor sized. There is no charge for time spent examining material provided by clients unless the client specifically requests analyses on reports etc.. Furthermore: Winfried doesn't write reports. Telephone consultation time is not charged, unless that time is excessive.

Professional client relationships
Client confidentiality is priority number one, and therefore Winfried does not disclose the name of clients he has worked for.