Dr Fons Trompenaars

Fons Trompenaars is a Dutch organisational theorist known all over the world for his work as a consultant, trainer, speaker and author.

Fons has spent over 30 years helping Fortune 500 leaders and professionals manage and solve their business and cultural dilemmas to increase global effectiveness and performance, with a focus on globalisation, managing culture change, innovation and leadership.

Fons studied Economics at the Free University of Amsterdam and later earned a Ph.D. from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with a dissertation on differences in conceptions of organisational structure in various cultures.

He experienced cultural differences firsthand at home, growing up speaking both French and Dutch, and then later at work with Shell working in their personnel division and job classification and management development across nine countries.

In 1989, he founded the Centre for International Business Studies, a consulting and training organisation for international management with clients including BP, Philips, Heineken, Mars, Motorola, General Motors, Nike and Merrill Lynch.

Fons is ranked in the Thinkers50 as one of the most influential management thinkers alive and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017.

Fons has also been voted as one of the top 20 HR Most Influential Thinkers by HR Magazine.

An an author, Fons has written Riding the Waves of Culture, Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business. The book is now in its 4th edition with over 300k copies sold and translated into over 12 languages. Additionally, he is the co-author of Seven Cultures of Capitalism, Building Cross-Cultural Competence, Riding the Whirlwind and 21 Leaders for the 21st Century.

Synergizing Futures and Unifying Vision
• Leading Through Disruption’s Next Wave
• Generating Value Together
• Reimagine HR
• The Future of Work
• Adapting to a Changing Landscape
• Strategies for Building Sustainable Wealth
• Shaping the Future for Tomorrow
• Building a Better Future
• Thriving in Turbulent Times

DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging)

• Celebrating Differences and Building Bridges
• Harmony & Belonging

Globalisation

• Beyond Borders
• Exploring Global Perspectives
• Culture Change
• Breaking Barriers and Empowering Change
• Cultural Diversity

Leadership

• Leadership and Management
• Leadership in Turbulent Times
• Regenerative Business
• Resilient Growth

Embracing Change & Transformation

• Resilience & Reinvention

Innovation

• Digital Workplace Maturity
• Digital Transformation
• Innovation and Disruption
• Innovations and Solutions for the Future
• Innovations and Trends
• Digital Disruption

Better Ways of Working

• Transformative Intelligence, Value, Skills
• Making a Difference in the World
• Navigating a Changing Landscape
• Building Connections in a Crowded World

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