Bonjour à tous,
Voila , j'ai 30 années de pratique terrain à l’international en tant que gestionnaire d’équipe : Directeur commercial, Directeur export, Directeur de la communication au sein de Rockwell, Honeywell, Link Engineering, Azbil et Park Air aux USA, en Australie, en Inde, en Angleterre et en France.
Je suis un ancien enseignant vacataire à HEC Paris et dans différents MBA à l’étranger.
Je suis auteur de livres et d’articles sur le management, la communication interpersonnelle et l’interculturel.
J'interviens dans les entreprises pour faire des conférences sur comment mieux travailler à l'international ou comment mieux travailler qu'un pays en particulier. Je travaille de groupe industriel et je suis l'un des seuls expert français à avoir été le disciple du professeur G.Y.Hofstede sur l’interculturel.
Je fais encore des missions régulières en Inde, Chine, Japon, Brésil, Etats-Unis et Europe. J'accompagne et je forme aussi des managers, ingénieurs et vendeurs.
Au plaisir d'échanger avec vous si vous le souhaitez.
1. CORPORATE EXPERIENCE
In the mid-80’s, Laurent worked in England as marketing engineer. In 1989 he was employed in Detroit in US also as marketing engineer. In 1990, he moved to Australia for Rockwell Ltd Australia at executive level. Working as Marketing Director, he supervised a team of four people.
In 1992, he integrated Honeywell France. Two years later, he becomes Export Director of the company. Part of the job includes managing 29 people all other the world, but mainly in Asia; travelling extensively three weeks a month during eight years and working in over 130 countries …
With his expertise and experiences, in 2000, he decides to set up himself as an independent consultant. His main customer will be AUDI right from the beginning. His mission was Chief Project Manager for setting up Audi university to train managers in France. Then new clients like Hewlett Packard, Mercedes, l’Oréal, Teisseire, Amphenol as intercultural trainer for international business and intercultural management.
2. EXPERTISE
As intercultural trainer, Laurent becomes certified Times Mirror and Achieve Global trainer, two of the most well known American companies in the field of sales training in USA. Laurent Goulvestre has given courses at MBA level in universities and management schools in Brazil, China and HEC in France. He is the author of five books in the field of crisis, leadership and international behaviour. All his books have even been signed by famous people such as Guillaume Sarkozy, Jean Marie Descarpentries, Michel Lacoste. These five books are :
- « 100 Questions sur la gestion de crise », AFNOR, 2006
- « Du leadership au management », Le génie des Glaciers, 2007.
- « Les clefs du comportement à l’international » Afnor 2008
- « Petit traité interculturel pour réussir à l’international »
- « Bien communiqué avec les Indiens »
3. TESTIMONIALS AND REFERENCES
Rolls Royce, Hewlett Packard, Mercedes, Alcatel, Jaguar, Teisseire, Lamborghini, VIrbac, Royal Canin, Le Nôtre French food industry, l’Arpège three Michelin stars restaurant are some of its well known worldwide luxury customers.
4. REFERENCES IN ASIA
Laurent started to travel in China in 1989. With a true passion for Asia and mainly India and China, he has trained Chinese and Indian people on intercultural management at CSPC Shijiazhuang Company close to Beijing (more than 100 managers during two years) and IPW (a plastic industry company) in Shenzhen. Laurent’s still working for IPW sometimes.
In India, he has worked with Infosys customers and trained more than 200 engineers.
He has also worked for two years with Japanese people and mainly for Honeywell Yamatake.
5. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Management & Marketing Business School ESA of Grenoble, 1997-1999
Masters Degree in International Trade ESC Montpellier, 1990
Industrial Sales and Marketing College IAE Valenciennes, 1989
Polytechnics in electronics IUT Paris, 1988
6. KEY-WORDS
Intercutural Management, Sales Techniques, Team alignment, Leadership, International behaviour , right behaviour with other cultures, right behaviour in India, right behaviour in China.
Languages I write content in: French