A Surinam Gandhian and a Brazilian Gaucho meet in Amsterdam to discuss trust. Two people who represent many different cultures debate their different perspectives in a unique conversation shared with the readers. Reynold was born in Surinam in an Indian family and moved to Amsterdam in 1979. Fernando was born and raised in Brazil, lived for a few years in the US, and eventually relocated to Amsterdam in 2003. They both have worked for many years in different multinational organizations, and have become independent consultants, facilitators and coaches for more than ten years. Their clash of ideas, their divergences and convergences provide a rich and inspiring setting that provokes and delights our hearts and souls. Join the conversation and you will not regret it. Trust me.
Reynold Chandansingh works internationally with well-known companies on leadership and management development. Focus is on working with entrepreneurs, executives and managers on improvements in leading your company, your teams, your people and yourself. Important subjects are: leading change, leading into the future and leading in international, multicultural context. He deploys a wide variety of methods and tools in development and change. Rational analytic models are deployed together with, for example, storytelling to make breakthroughs in working more effective, efficient and pleasant together. It helps in creating more sustainable, successful and healthy organizations. In several types of companies, including: construction, manufacturing, high tech and pharmaceuticals. Reynold, trained as a civil engineer, got his PhD on the intersection of management, ICT and civil engineering. After 2 years as a manager he shifted to consultancy. He worked as a strategy & transformation consultant in a respected international consulting company for 9 years. Then again he decided to make a shift and became an individual consultant in the field of leadership and management development. As De Wagenmenner he works in an interesting international network of professionals in this field. Fernando Lanzer started as a consultant over 30 years ago, but got sucked into one of his clients and became an HR Manager in a bank. Unable to find a real job, he was stuck in HR and in banks for three decades. During that period he worked mostly in Amsterdam and in São Paulo, where a series of bank acquisitions left him with 23,000 reasons for an ulcer. Since 2003 he has been living in The Netherlands, where he completed 15 years working for ABN AMRO until being kicked back into consulting. Fernando travels frequently to different parts of the world helping companies to cope with people issues in change processes, especially regarding cross-cultural differences, organization development and leadership development. He is also a former chairman of the Supervisory Group of AIESEC International, the world's largest student exchange network. He enjoys red wine, coaching, writing, watching films, facilitating workshops, listening to music and public speaking. Fernando Lanzer has also written many books that are available on Amazon throughout the world, both in printed and electronic versions for tablets and e-readers, and also at other fine bookstores and web outlets.
