Jacek Skrzypczynski

Jacek SkrzypczynskiLeadership/strategy/team Coach/trainer/consultant
Certified Team Coach by Team Coaching International
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Jacek Skrzypczyński, best trainer by Forbes (2004), has broad experience in the field of human and organizational development for international and Polish corporations. Expert in Leadership development through Team Coaching and Experiential Learning.

Polish and Canadian citizen. Living in Poland and Spain. Working in leadership/strategy field with managers across Europe and the world.

Coaches in English, Polish; understands well German, Indian, Latin American, Spanish and Slavic cultures, issues and languages.

Professional Expertise/Services

Jacek is a director at Adventure for Thought leadership & strategy. Besides leading AfT he works as an executive and expat coach.

He has worked as a senior trainer at Outward Bound Canada, Canadian Armed Forces, consultant in Neumann Management Institute, business development manager in Achieve Global Learning Systems, Impact Development Training Group UK, as well as expat/executive coach at Marshall Goldsmith, CoachU and NetExpat, Brussels. He is a director of Adventure for Thought leadership & strategy, helping organizations to grow their leaders and make successful organizational changes – through training, coaching and consulting programs.

For 25 years Jacek has specialized in working with teams that gave him deep understanding of team’s needs, processes and effective methods to achieve and sustain business change. For the last 12 years his main focus has been working with management teams and boards of directors of International corporations. His services include training, consulting as well as individual and team coaching – especially in the area of creating vision, top team consolidation around strategy and solving difficult management or business growth challenges – on the individual, team and organizational level.

Having broad understanding of corporate management needs, international profile, experience in bringing business results and unique methods of training and coaching delivery he is well poised to take up any people or organization development challenge. His truly extraordinary mix of soft and hard business skills, coaching/ management education and personal experience make him a coach that can inspire and support people in most difficult challenges.

Career/clients

Jacek’s leadership journey is full of interesting stories. Since the age of 16 he has been leading groups of youngsters on 3-week wilderness trips. At the age of 21 he has successfully led a Himalayan expedition. Explorer in himself turned inward as he decided to lead people on personal development expeditions lasting up to 60 days. These included working with the Canadian Army cadets in Alaska, wilderness challenge for young offenders in the Canadian Rockies, working with generals and security officers from 6 continents, medical doctors, teachers and corporate heads. Working away from civilization or any available help, in tough conditions, taught him how to overcome any difficulty, find himself and lead people to achieve their true professional and personal dreams.

The second part of his career is closely focused on business. Here he calls managers forth to  achieve outstanding results and develop their people. As an expert in Leadership Coaching (teams/managers) he has developed and led programs for American Express, Bank of Montreal, Bertelsmann arvato, BiC, Cadbury-Wedel, Centra-Exide, Coca Cola, Commercial Union, DeLaval, Energizer, Era, Esso, Finning, G4S, Hochtief, Hongkong Bank, Hewlett Packard, Orange, Polkomtel, Real, Rothmans, Royal Bank, Sanofi-Biocom, SAB Miller - Kompania Piwowarska, Shell, Siemens, Sun, Toyota, Viessmann, Volvo, Xerox and many other corporations. Successfully conducted more than 3000 hours of leadership team-coaching in many countries in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

Education

Completed the Coaching Academy by Coaches Training Institute,
Team Caoching & Diagnostics certification by Team Coaching Int. and Marshall Goldsmith Coach Certification Training.

Holds a diploma of Master of Science in Management from University of Calgary, Canada.

Affiliations

Associations: (past and present)
  • Vice-president of HR Management Association (PSZK) in Wrocław
  • Senator of Junior Chamber International
  • Member-founder of Lower-Silesian Management Forum
  • Polish-Canadian and British-Polish Chamber of Commerce
    Experiential Education Europe

Hobbies

Avid mountanieer and mountain guide. President of Academic Alpine Club - led expeditions to Patagonia, Himalayas, Alaska and Yukon. Leads Coaching Expeditions for top managers and corporate teams.
Canoe instructor and lifeguard. Kayaker, diver and rafter. Won 1-st place in National Geographic competition. Avid traveler, chess player and meditation enthusiast.
Organizes wilderness Vision Quests in exotic lands for those interested in finding/renewing their life and work vision.