Charlotte Gad Køhlert

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mobile: +45 3013 9036
E-mail: charlotte@gadkoehlert.dk
Skype: live:cgk

SUMMARY
Top management experience since 2007. Working with business and organizational development, international strategy development, goals, visions, values, branding, company culture, penetreting new markets, executive recruitment, executive group development, general management & execution etc.

More than 7 years experience in developing and implementing international HR strategies as well as designing and implementing HR functions.

More than 8 years experience as Executive Counsellor and Coach as well as Trusted Advisor for CEOs, founders, directors, general managers etc. both inside Denmark and throughout Northern Europe.

More than 11 years of experience as direct people manager.

More than 13 years experience in counselling managers within career transitions.

More than 16 years experience in training, coaching and advising people managers.

More than 17 years experience in working hands on within the field of HR.

Training and inspiring more than 3.000 managers through more than 500 workshops, seminars and training courses.

Author and co-author of several books and articles on management, leadership and communication.

SPECIALITIES:

* Trusted Advisor for Founders, CEOs & Executives
* Executive Councelling & coaching
* Organizational development
* HR strategy
* Design of HR departments
* Leadership development - focusing on releasing potential and energy; creating high performance, motivation, commitment and loyalty
* Communication & dialogue
* All core HR disciplines
* Executive outplacement

Executive Counselling & Coaching | Organizational development | Leadership development

CharlotteGadKøhlert.dk

2013 – Present (less than a year) Copenhagen Area, Denmark

WORKS AS:

* Trusted Advisor for Founders, CEOs and Executives
* Executive Advisor & Coach
* HR Strategist
* Mentor for HR Professionals
* Author of books on leadership & communication

WORKS WITH:

* Assessment & development of executive teams
* Assessment & development of individual executives
* Organizational development
* HR strategy development
* Leadership development
* Executive career counselling
* Executive outplacement

HR Director

LanguageWire

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Oversættelse og lokalisering industry

2010 – 2012 (2 years)

From 2005 until 2012 I have designed, developed and managed a strategically anchored HR department.

Situated at the company Head Quarter I have been HR responsible for 6 international markets: Denmark, Germany, UK, Finland, Norway and Sweden. This encludes being responsible for setting up HR support systems in all markets abroad as well as being directly responsible for running all HR activites - e.g. executive coaching, leadership training, recruitment, teambuilding, surveys, legal etc.

I have been a part of the companies Board of Directors and thus added directly to the development of the ambitious international sales organization and taking a direct and pro-active part in running and growing the business.

My HR focus is on sustainability and long term solutions. Combining a strong commercial business mindset - focusing on the financial results and the growth strategy - with a strong focus on the actual Human Resources.

My HR initiates has added directly to a unique high performance company culture and thus to the annual growth of the company. By ensuring the strategic recruitment of high performers, by creating an effective onboarding process, by ensuring retention and development of key players, by creating and implementing a leadership paradigm which unlocks high performance, by training and coaching all managers in a leadership style which releases the potential, the innovation and the commitment of the individual and by creating a framework for developing each talent in the organization.

Recruitment & HR manager

LanguageWire

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Oversættelse og lokalisering industry

2005 – 2010 (5 years)

In short: I have put HR, management and leadership on the company agenda.

Filling the first HR position in the company my focus was to create and build a visible and value adding HR department from scratch.

My main objectives were to attract, develop and retain talent. My personal goal was to create an HR department recognized as a true strategic business partner adding directly to the development, success and growth of the company.

I have succesfully created an HR strategy linking directly to the overall business strategy making sure that all HR initiatives and activities supported the overall goals directly.

Also, I have designed and implemented a company leadership paradigm and a company culture paradigm. As well as a number of HR concepts, training programs, leadership training programs, recruitment workflows, management and leadership tools, personal profiling tools, team building programmes, legal processes, satisfaction surveys, employee handbooks, etc.

Over the years, I have simultaniously served as executive coach and advisor for all the leaders and managers in the organization.

Author & Consultant

Freelance

1996 – 2008 (12 years) Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Deltid / Part time

In my spare time I have worked as a freelance consultant for many years.

* Writing books on leadership and leadership communication
* Working with Executive counselling and coaching
* Working with Executive outplacement
* Developing and completing training programs, speaches and workshops on leadership, communication and the like.

HR Consultant

Ledernes Hovedorganisation

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Forbrugertjenester industry

2004 – 2005 (1 year)

My main focus was to coach and advice managers on different leadership and management challenges. Also I was responsible for running the recruitment processes from A to Z and to participate in creating the development specification for a new online HR tool.

Finally, I was co-author of the management book: 'Good Leadership'.

Team Manager

Ledernes Hovedorganisation

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Forbrugertjenester industry

2004 – 2004 (less than a year)

I was co-responsible for 32 employees.

My main task was to manage and build a newly created team during the start up phase. As well as ensuring training and development of each team member and making sure the employees were motivated and stayed positive throughout the change process.

Leadership Consultant

Ledernes Hovedorganisation

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Forbrugertjenester industry

2001 – 2004 (3 years)

I developed and completed more than 200 training programs, speaches and workshops for managers on topics such as leadership, effective communication, change communication, change psychology, conflict mediation, personal power, dignified terminations, performance reviews, coaching, presentation technique, job application etc.

I participated in several cross-organizational development projects. Also, I created a long list of new concepts and training programs as well as being the organizations spokes person in the media on leadership matters related to communication.

Finally, I have worked with executive coaching and executive outplacement. Fokusing on guiding and advising managers on their different personal and professional challenges as managers. And supporting managers in their individual career changes and job transition planning.

Finally, I was the author of several articles for the organisations' website, magasines etc.

Supervisor

Berlingske Telemarketing

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Aviser industry

1994 – 1998 (4 years)

Studiejob / Part time during university studies

My main focus was to motivate, coach and train sales consultants, to run team meetings, to set budgets and follow up etc.