Michael Søby Andersen
Michael is the Head of Secretariat with responsibility for executive support, personnel matters, efficient workflows and cross-organizational knowledge sharing, office operations, development, as well as internal change processes. In short: everything from strategy development to keeping an eye on the office plants so they don’t dry out – and everything in between. Michael is also responsible for the recruitment process when we at LEAD are looking for new colleagues.
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References
Professional Experience
Chief Consultant, LEAD – enter next level (2022)
Management Consultant and Head of Change Management, Peak Consulting Group (2016 – 2022)
Team Leader, Copenhagen Municipality (2015-2016)
Special Consultant, Senior Consultant and Head of Secretariat, Region Hovedstaden (2011-2015)
Communications Consultant, Esbjerg Municipality (2008 – 2011)
Editor, Gigtforeningen (The Danish Rheumatism Association) (2007-2008)
Master’s thesis on the discourse of terrorism in Danish Newspapers and subsequently served as an expert source on Danish media coverage of terrorism (2006 – 2015(
Student and permanent positions at Folkekirkens Nødhjælp (DanChurchAid), with assignments to Malawi, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and India (2002 – 2005)
Recipient of a Danida film grant to produce a short film about hair fashion in Zambia (2002)
A wide range of voluntary activities, including volunteer work in Malawi, active involvement in NGOs such as Amnesty International, chair of kindergarten board, helper at a badminton club, and much more (1997 – 2022)
Specializations
Implementation in operations-intensive organizations
Leadership advisory on specific behavioral changes
Project Management and support in challenged implementation projects
Steering-committee management and executive-leadership support
Effective organizational communication