Curriculum Vitae: Mette Amtoft Born: 1954 Formal Education 1976 Educated Teacher Hellerup Seminarium Teacher Training College 1987 MA in Psychology University of Copenhagen 1999 Authorized Psychologist Danish Supervisory Board for Psychological Practice 1992 Certified specialist degree in Clinical Psychology/postgraduate education The Danish Psychological Association 1997 Postgraduate education diploma in Psychotherapy The Danish Psychological Association 2003 Certified specialist degree in Work and Organisational Psychology The Danish Psychological Association 2003 Certified supervisor degree in Work and Organisational Psychology Postgraduate certifications ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 Hogan/ A&D resources Certified in Hogan Assessment Systems 1
2005 Firo-B /OPP Denmark Certified Inventory for working relationships and individual effectiveness 2007 TCI/Dansk Psykologisk Forlag Certified in Team Climate Inventory 2002 Wharton Executive Education, University of Pennsylvania Advanced management program: System thinking: Ross Ackoff, Jeremy Rifkin, Life phases: David Berg. 2001 Emotional Intelligence/Dansk Fsykologisk Forlag Inventory for emotional intelligence 1995 PROFILOR 360 /PDI. Feedback tool for leaders and project managers. Employment and business history 2005 now CompLead. Independent organisational psychologist and consultant Co-founder of CompLead with MA in Psychology Arne Vestergaard Working with development and training processes in project-oriented businesses, with a special focus on innovation and development within management groups. (References available upon request) Complexity of management / managing complexity Post graduate programmes for organisational psychologists and consultants (OPK and KOK programmes) Examples: 2006-2008 Ribe County: Project Management Training course. 2004-2006 KMD A/S (Danish IT company with 3,000+ employees): Educations in project leadership, networking for pm, coachingprogrammes, Training programmes in project management in complex contexts. 2006-2007 DBB (Danish National Library for the Blind): Consultancy services for a project organisation: Organisation development and internal training 2
2006-07 DSR (the Danish Nurses Organisation): Consultancy services for a project organisation: Organisation development and internal training 2007-2008 Novo Nordisk A/S: Internal international project management training (PLCG) 2008-10 Open, six-day courses in complexity in the consultant role for consultants and organisational psychologists. (OPK 1-5) 2009-13 Responsible Course Manager for the two-year Postgraduate Education Programs for Organisational Psychologists and Consultants; developed and approved by the Danish Psychological Association. (KOK 1-4) 1994 2000 Co-owner and partner of the Company Amtoft and Strøier with Vibe Strøier Focus on a combination of strategic and creative processes of development implemented through inter-organisational dialogues in modern organisations: Postgraduate training and supervision programmes for organisational psychologists (5x 5 module programmes). Organisational psychological training and supervision programmes for leaders (five modules over one year) (3 x 5 module programmes) 1991 now Amtoft Organisationspsykologi (Amtoft Organizational Psychology). Independent organisational psychologist and consultant working as a preferred sparring partner, consultant and advisor concerning the human aspects of leading and consulting in modern organizations. My costumers are mostly executives, leaders or consultants. Amtoft Organisational Psychology, www.amtoft.org : Coaching (managers, executives, consultants, project managers). Organisational development Management and project management development and training Consultant training in private, volunteer and public organisations (references available upon request) 1989 1991 Ringsted Family Centre. Family therapist and project manager 1988 1989 Ballerup PPR( Psychological school Counselling,. Clinical child psychologist working with children, teachers and parents in schools. 1979 1982 Bispebjerg Hospital, Department of Child Psychiatry. Environmental therapist (psychology student) 1976 1982 Kildegård Gymnasium, Private School - 1-10th grade. 3
Teacher indanish language and literature and gymnastics(physical education ) Examples of significant strategic partners of Amtoft Organisational Psychology: 1987-2008 DIEU (now Mannaz) Development and execution of several educations, e.g: Project managers in leadership (PM4), international PM training for Borealis, Quality management, Young leaders (GL) in implementing change, Executive training programme (VL), Change management and personal development. 1994-2000 Vibe Strøier: Independent organisational psychologist and consultant Management and consultant training, organisational development 1997-2006 Novo Nordisk: Project manager educations, Network for pm, project consultations, personal development for pm`s, coaching 1997-2006 KMD (Municipal Data): Seminars, project manager education, establishment of project networks/coaching, mentoring 1999-2007 DBB Danish National Library for the Blind(Now Nota): Examples include: Several top management group courses with management board; Several team development courses and team leader training and development courses; Organisational development consultation Course in project management, competence development course/project, leadership development 2000-2002 DIEU/IMD Businesschool: Top management Proactive leadership - program in four modules: change management and management personal development program together with Paul Strebel (IMD) 2001-2001 Mobilix A/S(new name): Training of group leaders, relationship management, establishment of knowledge sharing and network skills 2001-2002 Orange: Seminar, management training for group managers, module 3, People management 2001-2006 DGI (Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations): Several manager training programmes at municipal level and national level, training of consultants, implementation of national strategy for radical change. 2002-2004 Coloplast: HR department seminar, project training 2002-2006 Lego: Lectures, coaching and networks, female talent seminar 4
2004-2007 Maul A/S/Orkla: International mentoring program, 3 x 5-module mentoring programs 2003-2008 SIMI, Scandinavian Management Institute (Now CBS-SIMI Executive): Facilitator Executive MBA programme. (5x2 year programmes class 10-15) Facilitating the leadership learning and dynamics during two-year international MBA programmes with a final thesis/exam and grading with external censors from Exeter University (UK), ind. Prof. Jonathan Gossling, Michael Walton and Keith Kinsella 2005-2007 Ríkiskaup Icelandic State Trading Centre - : 3 x conferences and workshops on Change and project management. 2007-2010 Probana Business School: Live seminars in e-learning programs on different organisational psychological issues, incl. coaching, stress management, process consultancy and business psychology 2008-2010 Straumur, Atrium (Icelandic investment banking): External Organisational development partner 2009-2012 Malmø City Library, Sweden: Radical Change Project and leader group development. 1987-Present 1999-present 1999-present BUPL (Danish Union of Early Childhood and Youth Educators): Organisational development, leadership development, implementation of project management and project organisation, individual competence development for professional secretaries and union leaders. Coach and trainer : executives, managers, project managers and consultants. example of recurrent costumers not mentined above: Region Hovedstaden (hospitals in the capital-region), Novozymes, Børnerådet,Scan Jour, Almindelig Brand, Grunfoss, Danfoss, Carlsberg, Mærsk, DBC (Danish Library Center) Top management team development processes, team management, production-team development, large crossorganizational processes, coaching 2001- present Municipality of Copenhagen: Level 2 and 3 management training, program Radical change processes 2006-present TopDanmark: HR-Development seminars, coaching and train lean consultants into organizational development 5
2007- present Lilleskoleforeningen (the Danish association of small independent schools): Local school development: Programmes for radical change, Several School master education, Team development, conflictwork. 2007-present 2008-present 2009-present Barslund A/S: Management and organizational development (see recommendation) Deloitte : Management development, Corporate HR- Organisational development and training af the consultants DTU (Danish technical University) Corporate HR: organizational development and training Publications Jeg valgte at blive mor ( I Chose to become a Mother), Berlingske Tidende, 1983 Folkeskolens fundamentale dilemma (The Fundamental Dilemma of the Danish State Schools), Folkeskolen, 1984 Angsten for fremmede (The Fear of Strangers ), Berlingske Tidende, 1985 Internalisering ( Internalisation), Agrippa, 1988 Projektledelse - lederen som fødselshjælper og teambuilder Project Management The Manager as Facilitator and Team Builder, DIEU (Danish Engineering Postgraduate Education), Conference paper, 1989 Kvalitet & Samarbejde Quality and Co-operation, DIEU (Danish Engineering Postgraduate Education), Conference paper, 1990 Tempoprojekter & Individet (Tempo Projects and the Individual), DIEU(Danish Engineering Postgraduate Education), Conference paper, 1991 Individet I organisationer med mange projekter.(the Individual in Companies with Many Projects). DIEU (Danish Engineering Postgraduate Education), Conference paper, 1992 Storytelling as a Support Tool for Project Management, International Journal of Project Management, 1994 (ISSN 02637863) Erkendelse og ledelse af forandringer (Recognition and Managing Changes), DIEU(Danish Engineering Postgraduate Education), Conference paper, 1995 6
Kvalitetslederen som en velkommen gæst ( The Quality manager: A Welcome Visitor (), DIEU(Danish Engineering Postgraduate Education), Conference paper,1994 Organisationsudvikling som leg og poesi I en tid, hvor fremtiden ikke er, hvad den har været (Organisational Development as Play and Poetry In a Time, where the Future is no Longer What it Used to Be ), Ledelse i dag, No. 2, Winter 1996 Vol. 6, No.4 (ISSN 0905-8966), Co-writer Vibe Strøier Brug af metaforer i organisationsudvikling Organisationsudvikling i en tid hvor fremtiden ikke længere er, hvad den har været ( Using Metaphors in Organisational Development Organisational Development in a Time, when the Future is no Longer What it Used to Be), Fokus. No. 2, 1996 Co-writer Vibe Strøier Etisk opfejning efter konsulenten( Ethical clean-up After the Consultant), editorial in Politiken newspaper, 9.7.1996 Co-writer Vibe Strøier Janteloven er også en tryg ramme. The Law of Jante is a Safe Haven, theme article in Femina magazine No. 40-96, 1996. Ledelse (Management) Theme article in Socialrådgiveren(The social worker) No. 24/97, 1997 Co-Writer Vibe Strøier Psykologisk kompetenceudvikling af projektledere i projektledernetværk og andre lærende dialogfora, Psychological Competency Development for Project Managers in Project Manager Networks and Other Dialogue-Based Learning Forums Ledelse i dag, No. 38/Spring 2000 Vol. 10. Ledelse i komplesitet perspektiver på fremtidens projektlederkompetencer ( Management in complexity perspectives on the future competencies of project management), Erhvervspsykologi No.3 Vol. 1, October 2005 Co-writer Arne Vestergaard Den kokreative kunderelation (The Co-Creative Customer Relation), Erhvervspsykologi No.1 Vol. 7, March 2009 Co-writer Arne Vestergaard Multiteoretisk tilgang for organisationspsykologiske konsulenter ( A multi-theoretical approach for organisational psychology consultancy) Erhverspsykologi No.1 Vol.10, March 2012 Co-writer Arne Vestergaard 7