Welcome to our inaugural Signature Talks in Zurich!

Embark on an enlightening journey with Dr. Thomas Swifel as he shares his expertise on "Turning Breakdowns into Breakthroughs." This dynamic conference delves into the intricate interplay of adversity and transformation, unveiling actionable strategies and perspectives to navigate challenges with resilience and grace. Through captivating anecdotes and practical insights, attendees will discover how to harness setbacks as catalysts for personal and professional growth, paving the way for breakthrough success.

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**Executive Summary**:

35+ Years of Leadership Dr. Thomas D. Zweifel is a strategy & performance expert, board member & sparring partner for CEOs & leaders of Fortune 500 companies. Since 1984, the ex-CEO of Swiss Consulting Group, named "Fast Company" by Fast Company magazine, has coached clients on 4 continents to open strategic frontiers and meet business imperatives. An authority on integrating planning, people and performance, he helps clients ask the right questions, confront taboos, build strategy alignment, and boost productivity. Ultimately his specialty is unleashing the human spirit in organizations—without unnecessary blah-blah, impractical training programs, or false dependencies on high-priced consultants.

**Thomas is the award-winning author of 10 books**:

Gorilla in the Cockpit: Breaking the Hidden Patterns of Project Failure and the System for success, Communicate or Die; Culture Clash 2.0; iCoach; , The Rabbi and the CEO (with Aaron Raskin); & Strategy-In-Action (with Ed Borey).
Link to Dr. Thomas D. Zweifel liste of books on Amazon: [Click ](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Dr.+Thomas+D.+Zweifel&amp;amp;i=digital-text&amp;amp;crid=3KDNFFQHLE2WL&amp;amp;sprefix=dr.+thomas+d.+zweifel%2Cdigital-text%2C222&amp;amp;ref=nb_sb_noss)

He was featured on ABC, Bloomberg, CNN, SRF, Fast Company & Financial Times, & "Top 100 Excellent Speakers" 2016-17.

**Selected corporate clients:**

Airbus, Banana Republic, Citibank, ConocoPhillips, Credit Suisse, Danone, Dell, Deutsche Bank, DHL, Faurecia, Fiat, GE, GM, Goldman Sachs, Google, J&J, JPMorgan Chase, Medtronic, Nestlé, Novartis, P&G, Prudential, Roche, Sanofi, Siemens, Star bucks, Swiss Re, UBS, Unilever, Zurich. Selected other clients: Kazakhstan prime minister & cabinet, Swiss government agencies, UNDP, US State Department, US Air Force Academy, USMA West Point.

**Board member:** Paramount Business Jets, Keren Hayesod World Executive, International Journal of Communication Research. Actor & director at age 17-22, learnt key leadership skills: authenticity on stage, empathy, charisma, public speaking, co-leadership & improvisation. Ph.D. international political economy 2001, New York University. Since 2001 adjunct professor Columbia University, since 2004 visiting professor HSG (St. Gallen University).

**Dr. Zweifel shows leaders how to:**

• Maximize strategy alignment and minimize pushback to change; • Unleash people power for innovation, performance and meeting your business imperatives; • Be great communicators who get results through effective speaking and listening; • Be global leaders who manage skillfully across cultures and avoid costly intercultural clashes: • Turn breakdowns into breakthroughs.

**Media and Publications Dr. Zweifel appears frequently in the media:**
(CNN, ABC, Bloom berg TV and Radio, NY1, Swiss TV SRF, Fast Company, Financial Times, and The Week, among many others). His leadership books Communicate or Die and Culture Clash (SelectBooks 2003; also available in Chinese, French, German and Indone sian) have become standard references for communicating effectively and managing across borders.

**Teaching** :Convinced that leadership is an art, but also a science that can be learned, Prof. Zweifel has taught at universities and business schools around the world:

Columbia University (New York), New York University (New York), Fuqua School of Business at Duke University (North Carolina), St. Gallen University (Switzerland), Haute Ecole de Gestion (Fribourg/Switzerland), European Center for Pharmaceutical Medicine / University of Basel (Switzerland), Sydney University (Aus tralia), and Jones International University (an online business school).

[TED Talk on Language](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpiVqpBcWx4)
[TED Talk on Rituals ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rW8WOfsgnE)

TURNING BREAKDOWNS INTO BREAKTHROUGH

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