Carlos Valdes-Dapena, High Performance Collaboration and Lessons from Mars

High Performance Collaboration and Lessons from Mars

A unique insight into corporate team building within a global giant.

Carlos Valdes-Dapena is an organization development professional with a focus on unlocking organizational performance through leadership and collaboration. He worked for Mars, Incorporated from 2000-2017. In his book (released in October, 2018), Lessons from Mars, Carlos challenges the prevailing orthodoxy of corporate team building and offers an alternative framework for team collaboration along with a set of tools and techniques. Based on his 20-plus years of experience working with teams and six years of research specifically on Mars teams, the book offers a unique view into this closely-held private company and how it has unlocked the power of collaboration. Prior to Mars, Carlos was an internal leadership coach and consultant working with IBM's senior leaders reporting to Lou Gerstner. Before IBM he spent three years with Development Dimensions International as a consultant and trainer where his clients included AT&T, GM, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, among others.

About Carlos Valdes-Dapena | Carlos Valdes-Dapena is an organization development professional with a focus on unlocking organizational performance through leadership and collaboration. He worked for Mars, Incorporated from 2000-2017. Prior to Mars, Carlos was an internal leadership coach and consultant working with IBM’s senior leaders reporting to Lou Gerstner. Before IBM he spent three years working for Development Dimensions International as a consultant and trainer.

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