Leading tomorrow – what does it take for future leaders to succeed

Leading tomorrow – what does it take for future leaders to
succeed? 
Dr. Virginia Bastian (Global Head of Talent & Development,
Suitability at Deutsche Bank) and Klaus Bischoff (former EVP at
DAX40, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) talk about it in a new
special edition of Transformation Leaders, the podcast of René
Esteban (Founder, CEO of FocusFirst).


Über Dr. Virginia Bastian (LinkedIn): Virginia
has worked across different industries as a consultant, held
various managerial roles at Nestlé, and was responsible for big
transformational projects, people and organisational development,
and strategic HR work. In 2021 she joined Deutsche Bank as Global
Head of Talent & Development and Suitability. She is
passionate about driving change and positively impacting people
and organisations and gets her energy from working with diverse
people to shape the future.


Über Klaus R. Bischoff (LinkedIn): Klaus
Bischoff has over 30 years of true global experience in the Life
Science & Specialty Chemical Industries, recognised for his
strong execution skills. Throughout his time, he has worked with
large-scale businesses, led sales growth from single to
double-digit performance, and executed major transformation
processes, including M&A and post-merger integrations,
digital transformations, and growth acceleration of the leading
eCommerce platform in the life science industry. Having ended his
corporate career, Klaus is now working with organisations and
people as an advisor & coach, targeting lasting improvement
of performance and results.


About René Esteban (LinkedIn):
René Esteban is Founder and CEO of FocusFirst. As a former senior
leader in a Fortune 500, he found that too many transformation
projects take too long, waste money, and annoy key stakeholders –
and that there must be a way to accelerate business
transformations sustainably. Today, this belief unites an
international FocusFirst team consisting of former top executives
and subject matter experts. He is an international keynote
speaker, author and senior advisor for top executives to achieve
challenging goals and accelerate complex transformations.


About FocusFirst (LinkedIn):
FocusFirst is a boutique consulting firm for transformation &
strategic change projects. We are the specialised firm in the
industry that combines former top executives and an award-winning
method to accelerate transformations. This unique “double helix”
of capabilities equips us to help our customers deliver results
faster against demanding business goals. Executives work with
FocusFirst to develop organisations, structure & accelerate
transformations. FocusFirst works with leading Fortune 500
companies such as Merck, Novartis, E.ON, BASF, as well as
established mid-sized companies.


More information: www.focusfirst.com