Patrick D. Cowden – Leading with a Spark of Enthusiasm.
A wanderer between the worlds: Patrick D. Cowden, an American, has held various management positions at international companies in Germany for more than 25 years.
Patrick has bet his life on the idea of a new interaction and engagement quality in organizations. A thought that ignites that innate ability in each of us to connect, cooperate and improve together.
As the chief architect of Beyond, Patrick is committed to bringing the philosophy, the process and the technology to every corner of the globe. To embed it into our daily reality, everywhere. And to uplift and improve the lives of everyone it touches.
Patrick D. Cowden Lectures & Seminars
Patrick Cowden’s presentations therefore focus on one thing: that special spark of enthusiasm.
- The Power to Transform
Trust, engagement and commitment, are essential ingredients for the success of everything we do. The energy to move and mobilize at scale, to continuously improve, across culture and language, in any setting, will define how far and how fast we can go as an organization.
- Multicultural Leadership
The workforces in German companies become increasingly heterogeneous in terms of culture and expectations. Cowden’s principle of success: combining the best management principles from different business cultures in the US, Germany and the Far East. For a new leadership style in a multicultural and restructured world.
- Energized Leadership
There is often one thing that lacks in German companies: the powerful energy of a joint spirit. Patrick D. Cowden shows how executives can turn themselves and their employees into a committed, self-confident and powerful team against all external and internal resistance, which moves forward with courage and a zest for action. Energized Leadership as a weapon against mediocrity and indifference.
- Entrepreneur in Leadership
Whether a Department Manager, Division Manager or Managing Director: Patrick D. Cowden believes that each manager has the opportunity to set his own goals with his team, develop his own vision and materialize innovations single-handedly. There is one thing in particular that executives need who do not want to end up drowning in mediocrity: business acumen coupled with the courage to fail.
The Science
Understanding the science and mechanics of how teams can connect and excel at scale is the foundation of the what Beyond has built over the last 2 decades. An idea that has established itself around the world as the baseline of a new school of thought on leadership and organizational transformation.
As a hands-on person, Patrick D. Cowden is quite familiar with the challenges and opportunities of the German management culture in global comparison. The unconventional manager, entrepeneur, author and lecturer at renowned universities (University of St. Gallen, Mannheim Business School, among others) exudes the enthusiastic energy and charisma of an American entertainer when he presents his ideas of great leadership.
Patrick D. Cowden: There is hardly a manager with more experience in so many company divisions.
After having emigrated to Germany at the age of 20 and climbed ranks from an Aircraft Refueling Operator to General Manager without a university education, who is at home both in IT and the Internet as well as in marketing, sales and content, Patrick D. Cowden knows how to manage people in day-to-day business and at the edge.
His mission is an epitome of his biggest strength: leading and carrying people away with authenticity, candor and passion.
Under the label “Beyond Leadership”, Patrick Cowden faces up to a big task: transforming the management culture in the upper echelons. His goal: achieving a management style that is built on courage and trust, respect and enjoyment.