
Fred Colantonio
Take ownership of behavioural patterns of leadership to innovate and become memorable thanks to the inspiring work of a criminologist
Trained as a criminologist, Fred worked for 5 years in the Belgian public administration. In 2006, he quit this ready-made career... but focused to the bad trends of people: deviance and crime.
He adapts his behavioral patterns to the corporate world and to what he calls “behavioral patterns of leadership”: how leaders manage to turn setbacks into personal climax, obstacles into miracles, and talents into diamonds.
It decodes human mindset in the professional context to share simple, effective and memorable perspectives and advices to CEOs, business owners, decision-makers, entrepreneurs, managers and employees.
The numbers for this new career speak for themselves:
- +1100 conferences in 17 countries over 4 continents, both in French and English
- +240 companies supported in their transformation
- 10 books in 12 years, in Europe and Quebec, including 4 bestsellers
Fred is also a guitar player and songwriter:
· He plays blues and heavy music, from rock to metal
· He wrote some 20 registered songs
· For over 10 years, he was leader of a band named Tears Of Blood
· As a true fan, he attended some 20 Metallica shows.
Rewarded with the CSP® (Certified Speaking Professional) designation by the NSA (National Speakers Association), member of GSF (Global Speakers Federation), Fred travels the world to inspire everyone he gets the chance to meet to:
- Redefine their perspectives and room for maneuver,
- Take responsibility and be accountable for their ambitions,
- Have the courage to go for action with boldness and innovation.
His motto: “An expert who makes things more complicated doesn't do his job well (...) An expert should simplify things.” - Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin brand
Trained as a criminologist, Fred worked for 5 years in the Belgian public administration. In 2006, he quit this ready-made career... but focused to the bad trends of people: deviance and crime.
He adapts his behavioral patterns to the corporate world and to what he calls “behavioral patterns of leadership”: how leaders manage to turn setbacks into personal climax, obstacles into miracles, and talents into diamonds.
It decodes human mindset in the professional context to share simple, effective and memorable perspectives and advices to CEOs, business owners, decision-makers, entrepreneurs, managers and employees.
The numbers for this new career speak for themselves:
- +1100 conferences in 17 countries over 4 continents, both in French and English
- +240 companies supported in their transformation
- 10 books in 12 years, in Europe and Quebec, including 4 bestsellers
Fred is also a guitar player and songwriter:
· He plays blues and heavy music, from rock to metal
· He wrote some 20 registered songs
· For over 10 years, he was leader of a band named Tears Of Blood
· As a true fan, he attended some 20 Metallica shows.
Rewarded with the CSP® (Certified Speaking Professional) designation by the NSA (National Speakers Association), member of GSF (Global Speakers Federation), Fred travels the world to inspire everyone he gets the chance to meet to:
- Redefine their perspectives and room for maneuver,
- Take responsibility and be accountable for their ambitions,
- Have the courage to go for action with boldness and innovation.
His motto: “An expert who makes things more complicated doesn't do his job well (...) An expert should simplify things.” - Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin brand
Innovate [almost] every time... — HOW TO TRANSFORM CONTRAINTS INTO OPPORTUNITIES
INTRODUCTION
How do great innovators make connections that no one has made and have ideas that no one has had? What attitude should we adopt to trans- form our vision and create new opportunities to innovate? How do we bring together the right profiles to ignite innovation in brands, businesses and companies?
From Jeff Bezos (Amazon) to James Dyson (Dyson vacuum cleaners) to Elon Musk (Tesla, SolarCity, SpaceX), learn that innovation is...
Leaders' Lessons – BECOME AN INSPIRING LEADER, A DRIVING FORCE FOR ACTION AND A PROVIDER OF PURPOSE 02
INTRODUCTION
It sometimes looks like success always knocks at the same door. Fate? Gift? Good fortune? Not at all: great leaders and entrepreneurs use the same resources as a leverage to win and succeed again and again in a sustained period of time.
Thanks to Fred’s investigation of the careers of great entrepreneurs and the cross-checking of behavioural patterns, adopt a simple and power- ful reading grid for inspired, action-oriented lea-...