Please join us at Rotterdam School of Management for an
upcoming seminar to give you an opportunity to see leadership from a unique perspective, help you see things that other people don’t see, and challenge the stereotypes that many have about leadership today.

Good or bad leadership can depend on one’s personal perspective; however, examples of leadership that have endured and prospered are the one’s most sought after. To achieve the same we are wise to study what those forms of leaderships were all about. To delve into the principles of natural and effective leadership we must first seek out where effective leadership manifests itself naturally.

What many do not know is that precisely this – highly effective and natural leadership – also exist outside the human world. Many species have, like humans, their own culture and specific society in which leadership plays an important role in the quest for survival.

For millions of years, one of the most successful and flourishing societies of all has been that of the equine society. By studying this utterly pure and very effective way of Equine leadership we can easily grasp the basics and applies what fits to our own. In this seminar we will compare and contrast human leadership with the basics principles derived from the study of equine behavior.

In this seminar about leadership you are offered the opportunity:

- to develop your leadership insights
- to see a bigger picture in a new persepective
- to understand key elements of “natural” leadership
- to look at great leaders in a new context

and to explore a unique perspective of leadership.

The seminar will offer you the opportunity to analyse and understand those who fall under your responsibility and peel away the surface of every day insufficiency. The basics which are unfolded in this seminar have become the foundation of many successful leaders, who in turn have enlightened and enabled their followers.

“Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.” ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

Program

19.00 hrs. Registration
19.15 hrs. Seminar
20.00 hrs. Coffee break
20.15 hrs. Seminar
21.00 hrs. Reception

Our Speaker: Josepha Guillaume

Josepha fills her days with teaching clinics both national and international, writing for several Equine magazines, teaching courses at Horse Academy from Biomentor in The Netherlands, designing her own Tack line for Equihof as well as managing her own Bitless Tack Shop. She is also a founder of Art of Natural Dressage – an international forum with a unique philosophy and way of training in which the horse becomes the educational Master. Josepha is known for keeping the audience hooked, entertained and leaving with food for thought years to come. More about Josepha can be found on her website Taonara

Seminar Location:

This session takes place in JB-41, on the ground floor of RSM’s J-building. Parking is available at P1, right in front of the J-building, parking tickets can be paid at the machines in the car park.

Registration
Please send an email to Irene Broekmans-Versluijs at iversluijs@rsm.nl or Lidia Sholkova to lsholkova@mba11.rsm.nl. Registration closes Friday 24 September.

On 10 September 2009 Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) hosted the event: “Female Entrepreneurs – The Saviours Of Our Economy?” in which three very experienced Dutch women shared their experiences on managing their business.

This event was the second organised by the female members of the RSM OneMBA Class of 2010 and on this occasion in cooperation with the European Professional Women’s Network (EPWN) and the School itself, hosted on the RSM campus.

Female entrepreneurs – the saviors of our economy!?

Successful female entrepreneurs share their vision on their contribution to our economy! Grab your chance to discuss and challenge them in a high-spirited panel:

Drs. Patty Kruiswijk has a master’s degree in Social Sciences and has been active as a coach and consultant since 1986. She has worked for many national and international companies as well as profit and non-profit organizations in various sectors.

Ursula Rozemeijer completed the management development program at VNU. With the rise of the internet, she became successful as an e-business consultant with her own consultancy Emio as well as with the office Beam’it. For three years already she is the Director and co-founder of TC-One, a company that supports enterprises in the sales area.

Eleonore Breukel is Managing Director of Intercultural Communication BV, an intercultural training and coaching firm. She assists global organizations and their people to develop cultural intelligence and enhance professional effectiveness in working in an international environment with multicultural clients and colleagues.

The experienced and skilled Dianne Bevelander (Rotterdam School of Management, Associate Dean MBA Programs, Erasmus University) will be leading the lively discussion.

Participants are welcome to network from 19:00 to 20:00.
The program begins at 20:00.

The ladies of OneMBA2010 of the Rotterdam School of Management (www.onemba.org) and EuropeanPWN cordially invite you to join in this exciting and interesting evening, with plenty of time for networking.