Thomas De Brun
Corporate Solutions Trainer at Dale Carnegie- Claim this Profile
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Rado Parrak
I followed a 12-session course on public speaking with Thomas in order to give a talk in front of an audience of few hundreds. Thomas is a very enthusiastic and supporting coach with a clear view on how a great speech should be delivered. He gave me tons of great tips regarding the structure and delivery, such that they key takeaways have impact on the audience. Thanks to the ‘coaching in the moment’ we rehearsed my talk many times. As a result of that I become more natural and relaxed in delivery, which in turn allowed me to pay attention to the craft of public speaking. In the end, I got a lot of very positive feedback from the audience regarding my talk. This being said I recommend Thomas as a public speaking coach.
Isobel Sparrow
I have worked with Thomas approaching a year now, his mentorship and training style has been invaluable in the journey to achieving my goals. Thomas’s training is a crucial part of becoming the best professional you can be and is applicable across all sectors. He goes above and beyond for every client and I could not recommend his service enough. His training has provided me with skills that I utilise not only in my professional career but day to day life. A delight to work with and a pleasure to get to know.
Rado Parrak
I followed a 12-session course on public speaking with Thomas in order to give a talk in front of an audience of few hundreds. Thomas is a very enthusiastic and supporting coach with a clear view on how a great speech should be delivered. He gave me tons of great tips regarding the structure and delivery, such that they key takeaways have impact on the audience. Thanks to the ‘coaching in the moment’ we rehearsed my talk many times. As a result of that I become more natural and relaxed in delivery, which in turn allowed me to pay attention to the craft of public speaking. In the end, I got a lot of very positive feedback from the audience regarding my talk. This being said I recommend Thomas as a public speaking coach.
Isobel Sparrow
I have worked with Thomas approaching a year now, his mentorship and training style has been invaluable in the journey to achieving my goals. Thomas’s training is a crucial part of becoming the best professional you can be and is applicable across all sectors. He goes above and beyond for every client and I could not recommend his service enough. His training has provided me with skills that I utilise not only in my professional career but day to day life. A delight to work with and a pleasure to get to know.
Rado Parrak
I followed a 12-session course on public speaking with Thomas in order to give a talk in front of an audience of few hundreds. Thomas is a very enthusiastic and supporting coach with a clear view on how a great speech should be delivered. He gave me tons of great tips regarding the structure and delivery, such that they key takeaways have impact on the audience. Thanks to the ‘coaching in the moment’ we rehearsed my talk many times. As a result of that I become more natural and relaxed in delivery, which in turn allowed me to pay attention to the craft of public speaking. In the end, I got a lot of very positive feedback from the audience regarding my talk. This being said I recommend Thomas as a public speaking coach.
Isobel Sparrow
I have worked with Thomas approaching a year now, his mentorship and training style has been invaluable in the journey to achieving my goals. Thomas’s training is a crucial part of becoming the best professional you can be and is applicable across all sectors. He goes above and beyond for every client and I could not recommend his service enough. His training has provided me with skills that I utilise not only in my professional career but day to day life. A delight to work with and a pleasure to get to know.
Rado Parrak
I followed a 12-session course on public speaking with Thomas in order to give a talk in front of an audience of few hundreds. Thomas is a very enthusiastic and supporting coach with a clear view on how a great speech should be delivered. He gave me tons of great tips regarding the structure and delivery, such that they key takeaways have impact on the audience. Thanks to the ‘coaching in the moment’ we rehearsed my talk many times. As a result of that I become more natural and relaxed in delivery, which in turn allowed me to pay attention to the craft of public speaking. In the end, I got a lot of very positive feedback from the audience regarding my talk. This being said I recommend Thomas as a public speaking coach.
Isobel Sparrow
I have worked with Thomas approaching a year now, his mentorship and training style has been invaluable in the journey to achieving my goals. Thomas’s training is a crucial part of becoming the best professional you can be and is applicable across all sectors. He goes above and beyond for every client and I could not recommend his service enough. His training has provided me with skills that I utilise not only in my professional career but day to day life. A delight to work with and a pleasure to get to know.
Credentials
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Dale Carnegie Senior Trainer
Dale Carnegie -
Ericksonian Hypnotherapist
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NLP Practitioner
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Power Hiring Trainer
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Qualified Psychotherapist
NSHAP
Experience
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Dale Carnegie
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United States
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Corporate Solutions Trainer
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Jun 2014 - Present
Dale Carnegie Training of Hong Kong & Macau is a trusted business partner for learning, training and development. Major US, European, Asian and local Hong Kong clients reach out to us to help them drive extraordinary business results by taking care of their most valuable asset: people.Engagement is a critical driver of organizational success and it can be immediately, significantly and permanently improved by working with senior leaders and managers to create cultural shift in the organization. For more than 100 years Dale Carnegie has been helping to improve business performance by improving people performance.My role as Corporate Solutions Trainer is to deliver courses to the highest standards that comply with our ISO 900 Certification. It also involves working with the sales and marketing teams to assist them to promote the Dale Carnegie brand.
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Wolfhound Associates
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Hong Kong
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Staffing and Recruiting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Talent Management Consultant
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Oct 2013 - Present
Working with our clients to help them hire the best performers by providing customised solutions to their unique hiring needs.From Oct 2013 to May 2014Brought in to improve the profitability of a clients Hong Kong office, utilising talent acquisition and business process improvement expertise. Within the first month conducted an in-depth analysis of the problems and communicated these to the owners. Worked with senior management at head office to define the key objectives of the roles. Created a marketing strategy to attract the best performers, which led to the following results :Hired and on-boarded the Country Manager, Recruitment Manager, Accountant & Office Manager and provided further recommendations on how to attract create a more robust talent acquisition strategy and retention program.Hired engineers / project managers to work on financial clients sites in Hong Kong and SingaporeTrained the Country Manager, Recruitment Manager and the MD of the Singapore office how to hire top performersEvaluated the existing hiring process, implemented agreed changes and recommended other short term and long term improvements.Coached and developed existing staff on improved performance and stress management
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Jan 1998 - Oct 2013
Relocated from Los Angeles to London in 1998 and established Tower Executive Search Ltd.Built, developed and managed a team of 7 to focus on the financial industryConducted over 200 mid to senior level positions covering equity and fixed income sales &trading, legal & compliance, accounting, IT, investor relations, marketing, PR, equity and fixed income analysis, equity derivatives sales and trading. Conducted training programs on how to hire top talent with major US and European investment banks and hedge funds.Worked closely with all hiring managers and teams to implement a robust hiring process to increase accuracy and reduce time to fill positions. Worked with start ups, established hedge funds and fund of funds to hire top talent in one of the most competitive financial centres in the world.Diversified into the media sector in 2010 to work with a media consultancy in establishing an internal hiring process, developing a long and short-term talent acquisition strategy, training the hiring managers and the hiring team to increase hiring accuracy to the 80/90% level. Developing the existing talent pool by providing one on one personal coaching to key personnel.
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Ray & Berndtson
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Executive Search Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Search Consultant
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May 1997 - Dec 1997
Joined the IT Sector Practice and conducted retained searches for mid to senior level managers for clients based in Silicon Valley. Joined the IT Sector Practice and conducted retained searches for mid to senior level managers for clients based in Silicon Valley.
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Executive Search Consultant
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Jan 1994 - Sep 1996
Opened the Tokyo office of this British firm and was instrumental in making it the most profitable office within 2 years with revenues exceeding $2 million with a staff of 5. Clients included US , European and Japanese investment banks. Conducted a wide variety of assignments from Head of IT, Fixed Income Sales and Trading, Equity derivatives Sales and Trading. Opened the Tokyo office of this British firm and was instrumental in making it the most profitable office within 2 years with revenues exceeding $2 million with a staff of 5. Clients included US , European and Japanese investment banks. Conducted a wide variety of assignments from Head of IT, Fixed Income Sales and Trading, Equity derivatives Sales and Trading.
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East West Consulting K.K.
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Japan
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Staffing and Recruiting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Recruitment Consultant
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1993 - 1994
Recruiting IT staff for the financial services industry Recruiting IT staff for the financial services industry
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Manufacturing Manager & Purchasing Manager
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1989 - 1993
Managed a team of 50 employees in one of the firms divisions that produced refrigeration and air conditioning systems for a major west coast supermarket chain that generated $25 million in revenue. In the role of purchasing manager with an annual budget of $6 million established the supply of all manufacturing materials. This included the negotiation of all supplier contracts and ongoing relationships to ensure on time delivery
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Operations Manager
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1983 - 1989
Set up and ran a 24hr monitoring service for major UK supermarket clients. This involved initial work on the installation of advanced energy management control systems developed by the parent company in California. Managed a team of 5.
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Education
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1979 - 1981
University of Limerick
BEng, Electronic Eng
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