Kevin Asbjörnson

Kevin Asbjörnson's Main Accomplishments Include . . .
Kevin Asbjörnson, MIM, is a Leadership and Performance consultant, international keynote inspirational speaker, Yamaha® Artist, composer, contemporary pianist, and founder and principal recording artist of PianoOne LLC. He is a leading international authority on leveraging artistic process and creative competencies for individual development and organizational effectiveness.

Kevin is an Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant with Lee Hecht Harrison - Leadership Consulting Group. He also serves as Senior Adjunct Faculty - Creative and Strategic Leadership, and Performing Artist in Residence at the Center for Creative Leadership. CCL is internationally recognized as one of the world's top executive development organizations dedicated to the research, training and enhancement of creativity and leadership. Kevin is also Performing Artist in Residence for Banff Centre-Leadership Development.

Kevin is the creator of the groundbreaking keynote and executive education experience, Artistry of Leadership - Creating Meaningful Connections®, which is transforming the practice of leadership around the world and helping corporations and organizations to achieve unprecedented creativity, collaboration and productivity.

With a Yamaha Grand Piano as the focal point and his original piano music as the medium, Artistry of Leadership draws parallels between the competencies of performing artists and business leaders. Artistry of Leadership awakens the participants' "emotional intelligence" and reveals their powers of focus, interpretation, visioning and listening. Together, the message, music and insights give participants the keys to inspired leadership that drives significant, long-term improvement in business performance.

Kevin's clients include many preeminent organizations including American Express, Verizon Communications, Xerox Corporation, Sprint Communications, NASA - Goddard Space Center, Liz Claiborne, Inc., Kellogg Company, International Coach Federation, the Federal Executive Institute, the Center for Creative Leadership and the Banff Centre.

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Kevin has 15 years of international business and strategic marketing experience in a variety of industries with multinational companies including American Express and Tandem Computers. He earned a Master of International Management (M.I.M.) from Thunderbird - the Garvin School of International Management; a Diploma of European Economic and Political Studies from the University of Vienna, Austria; and a B.A., cum laude, in International Relations and Business Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Kevin is a member of the American Creativity Association, Creativity and Innovation Worldwide Initiative, American Creativity Association, American Music Therapy Association, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, and ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers.

Kevin has recorded three CDs of original contemporary piano solos under the PianoOne international record label. His music is also featured on the Acousitherapy collection of acoustic instrumental CDs.

Kevin has composed, produced and performed original compositions for special events and multimedia projects with clients such as Miss Teen U.S.A.®, PBS, The Business & Technology Network, U.S.A. Olympic Training Center, Denver Botanic Gardens, Broadmoor Resort & SpaTM, Habitat for Humanity International, Colorado Boys Ranch, Cordillera Lodge & Spa and the Center for Creative Leadership®.

• Artistry of Leadership - Creating Meaningful Connections®
  

  In this unique, interactive executive education experience, Kevin Asbjörnson, MIM, shares his groundbreaking paradigm for leadership and explores the parallels between artistry and leadership in a setting unlike any other keynote event. Using his original piano music as a platform, Kevin taps your "EQ" or emotional intelligence and awakens your artistic competencies, revealing with striking clarity your capacity for self-awareness, creative expression and empathy. Through journaling, reflection, and facilitated discussion, Kevin ignites your powers of focus, interpretation, visioning, and listening and unlocks your creative potential, allowing you to practice inspired leadership that results in greater organizational productivity and collaboration and enhanced business performance. Artistry of Leadership gives you a rare and elusive skill: the capacity to lead by inspiration, which sparks imagination that triggers innovation.

• Creating Inspired Leadership
• Emotionally Intelligent Leadership and Business Performance
• Organizational Culture, Performance and Effectiveness
• Creativity, Change and Collaboration

"Kevin combines three major assets: outstanding talent as both a performing musician and composer; a thorough grounding in the psychological principles underlying leadership and organization development; and an engaging, winsome personal style which makes him an effective presenter in front of an amazing array of different audiences."

---David Campbell, Ph.D., Senior Fellow,
Center for Creative Leadership

"The Artistry of Leadership and Kevin's approach really take you to your heart and to your soul, what your purpose is as a leader and what you're really trying to accomplish with other people."

--- Charles Fred, CEO,
The Breakaway Group

"Artistry of Leadership is about accelerating learning."

--- Yolan Williams, Sr. Consultant, Leadership Development,
Verizon Communications