A world-famous conductor, teacher, speaker and leading interpreter of Mahler and Beethoven known for his charisma and unyielding energy and for his brilliant pre-concert talks.
Zander’s presentation takes an audience on a journey that offers a startling new perspective on leadership. Through stories, music and concepts, it causes a radical shift in perception. This is not a speech; it is an experience!
In this new model of leadership, the conductor sees his job as awakening possibility in others. The orchestra is a group of highly trained individuals poised to coalesce into an effective whole. Passion, creativity and the desire to contribute are basic human instincts to be released.
Benjamin Zander uses the metaphor of the orchestra and a lifetime of experience conducting, coaching and teaching musicians to work his magic to overcome barriers to corporate productivity. This presentation sources fundamental changes in organisations.
Zander has been the distinguished conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra since its formation twenty years ago. He is also the conductor of Boston’s renowned Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and is artistic director of the music programme at Walnut Hill, a high school for the performing arts in Boston.
Zander has conducted most of the great orchestras of the world. His accomplishments in controlling the orchestral world translate effortlessly into the business world, bringing a fresh perspective to leadership, creativity, coaching and teamwork, viewed from his own unique insight into the harmonisation of many elements into one whole.
His style and animated performances are inspirational, uplifting, and challenging and become part of a truly exceptional experience.
In recent years, Benjamin Zander has become the most sought-after speaker in the management circuit. He has addressed management groups all over the world and has appeared as a keynote speaker for Fortune 500 companies, the World Economic Forum in Davos, the State of the World Forum in San Francisco, an education conference in London with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, leaders in London and numerous corporations worldwide….
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