”It almost doesn’t seem appropriate to call BLP a course – this seems more like a life-altering experience!! I was seriously not the same person coming out of Kragerup Gods after these intense (but fun!) 4 days – how’s that for personal and professional growth!? If you are brave, and truly open-minded, Michele will gently unroot you from you current belief system, and replant you in a much more fertile ground, enabling you to grow as a project leader and as a person. I highly recommend this program to everyone who are seriously brave enough to face their own blind spots and wants to take project leadership to a new level“.
Rebecca Munk Vejborg, Science Manager, Novozymes
“The thing about this course that caught my interest was the focus on leadership in the context of project work, and to lead with the heart more than traditional project tools. This focus remained a red thread throughout the four days both in terms of leading yourself and others.
Tools taught to set ambitious goals and to create thriving teams are very much down-to-earth and can be applied in basically any project setting. This is what makes this course different from other project management courses: it goes beyond project triangles and tools for planning, since these might become theorical and will not necessarily bring you authentic leadership or a trusting team.
BPL provided me with important keys to my professional and personal core and was nothing less than a revelation!”
Malin Damm, Project Manager, FOSS Analytical
"This hasn’t been just another course on leadership. It was extraordinary! I got recommended the course by my colleagues who felt that their lives have changed after the course and they really ‘become the change they wanted to see’! Therefore I had high expectations, and I didn’t get disappointed… The program was very intensive but entertaining. Michelle is an amazing lady, very inspiriting and somebody one cannot forget!"
Dorota Nissen, Science Manager, Novozymes
"Really inspiring program! Off course a lot of simple but helpful tools for running the project, but just as the name of the program already indicates, the core is the leadership beyond the project. And this is exactly where we have been spending time on during the 4 days - to find our true value as a leader, to understand the goal we’re aiming for, and to take a step back reflecting on the bigger picture. Furthermore you get to meet a fantastic group of people to inspire each other along the way – amazing energy level reached from simply four days!"
Yushu Shen Drehn, Engagement Manager, Novozymes
"Thanks a lot for a great week! To me it was all about self-discovery as leader and setting a path to my goals. I really needed the time to stop, think and reflect, and the timing was perfect"
Camilo Sixto López Garzón, PhD, Project Manager, ProMan, Novozymes A/S
"Throughout my career I have participated in several courses. Some were better than others but they all had one thing in common: They explained concepts I could easily learn by myself, in fact, many of them are quite intuitive. The value proposition of those courses is thus to get somewhere faster.
The BPL course was completely different. It helped me reach and understand areas which would be extremely difficult for me to reach by myself. This difficulty lies not on their complexity but on some strange mental barriers which we're unaware of. This course has been an eye-opener in many fronts, has made me aware of these mental barriers and helped me bringing them down.
It opens a whole new range of possibilities to improve both private and professional life, certainly with longer lasting and higher impact than any 'technical course' would"
Enric Senar, Project Manager R&D, Topsoe
"This is probably the best project leadership seminar I’ve attended in my entire career. This is especially helpful to someone who already has a fair amount of experience as project leader or manager, and who would like to get a boost in performance. This was exactly what I needed at this stage of my professional life, where I have already got the basics of project leadership, but needed something more to get my leadership ability to the next level. There were many valuable tools that I can take away from the seminar and apply to my project, but most important is that BPL is all about finding my center, where creativity and power flows from each of us who aspire not only to lead, but to lead towards excellence"
Bernardo Vidal, Jr., Senior Scientist - R&D, Novozymes North America Inc
"BPL was for me an energy shot much greater than vacation. When I came to the course, my project was my bad consciousness, something I hadn’t asked for and just needed to survive. It was the cloud of each day eating up my energy from the rest of my tasks. As with most things in life, the hardest parts were also the most useful. The analysis of current state allowed me to face full front the challenges I had with my own passion and dedication for the project.
I learnt a lot during the days but what I take home is a sensation. The air in my office smells different, the chair I sit on carries me differently and I behave differently towards my employees and project team members. I used to live in the “minimize energy output game” whereas now it is all about letting the flow of energy come to me"
Catherine Smitt Meyer, Group Leader, Haldor Topsoe A/S
"Back in the office this week I doubt I look different to my colleagues (other than totally stressed in catching up with the four days of work and emails!) – but I FEEL DIFFERENT! I feel bolder, less concerned with how I may look to others, more confident to challenge what people say to me (in a kind way, of course), positive, strong, grounded. It’s amazing and energizing! Thank you so much for your guidance and the BPL course – it’s literally been a life changer, I think"
Suzanne Clark, Project Manager, ProMan dept. Novozymes North America
"This course has really had a profound impact on me personally and professionally. It forces you to reconsider a lot of things you take for granted, and challenges you to find the very best of you. There is a great bond forged with your team mates, and the most important thing I can say is you will only get out of this as much as you risk yourself to put into it.
Be prepared for an experience not soon forgotten."
Leigh Murphy, Senior Research Scientist, MSc, PhD. Novozymes
"I strongly recommend BPL for busy, occupied PLs who are ready to take the next step in the way they lead; Not only it equips you with smart project leadership tools, but also gives a chance to slow down and look clearly at yourself in relation to your project teams in order to move faster and be more effective."
Paria Saunders, Project Leader, Novozymes US.
"Simply the best course – ever! I nearly burst by inspiration and determination to keep walking the BPL path. At the same time, I feel calmness; the meditative silence, that we practiced in the beautiful surroundings at Kragerup Gods. Balance! I highly recommend this course to everyone who is interested in moving the bar."
Sara Landvik, Novozymes
"Looking back at 27 years of training at universities, medical schools, the army, international research workshops and conferences, then the BPL training program is one of the best I have ever discovered. The content are at a remarkable high professional level, the way of training are challenging and demanding, and the head coach are leading the training through high personal engagement, fantastic leadership and steering, and a knowledge and experience beyond the expected. That made the 4 days at 'Kragerup Gods' to much more than just 'a training session'. For me, as a - in the hospital world - relative young leader, it became a landmark experience about leadership ".
Lasse Bremholm, Chief Surgeon & Physician, Hospital of Køge, DK
"The Beyond Project Leadership course was excellent. I highly recommend it for anyone who has experience in leading projects and wants to improve his performance. Michèle provides useful tools for project planning and improving your team’s performance, but for me the most helpful part was the opportunity to examine my own behavior as a project leader. I now see how I can improve my interactions with my project team and reduce my stress and increase my satisfaction at the same time. I came back from the course to an onslaught of bad project news and people have commented on how calmly I handled the problems. This was due in no small part to the lessons I learned in the Beyond Project Leadership course."
Mark Wogulis, Staff Scientist, Novozymes USA
“Thanks for some great and very intense days with a lot of fun at Kragerup. I found the program thought- provoking, and clearly based on a great amount of experience in working with project management. I especially appreciate that the tools and models presented are intuitive, so they can be used without bringing the “textbook”.”
Martin Troen, Product Coordinator, Novozymes A/S
“Beyond Project Leadership has challenged me in a completely different and much more personal way than any other course I have ever been on. It is very special. It demands wide open eyes and a completely open mind, but the dividends are enormous. At last a course you can actually put to use.”
Ole Kvist Jeppesen, LUNDBECK
“The course provided me with enormous insight into the options available to make my projects successful, in a completely different way than that provided by the resources of a traditional project leader.”
Christine Mohr, IT Manager, Sportsmaster
“I came expecting to work on a job-related project, but soon discovered that I was the project. It has really opened my eyes to possibilities I had never even dreamt of. So for me Beyond Project Leadership was one huge ‘aha’ experience.”
Anne Volbrecht. Topdanmark Life Insurance A/S
