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What stands between your people and collective performance isn't talent.It's connection.
Loneliness and disconnection cost companies more than any line item they track, in silos, in quiet quitting, in strategies that everyone agreed to and no one owns. Doug Manuel has spent thirty years learning how teams close that gap: starting with himself in the villages of rural West Africa, and spending most of them on stages around the world, from Harvard Business School to the World Economic Forum.
Three ways to work together
Three ways to build collective performance. All of them bring the From Me To We™ Method to life. One through story and participation, one with a drum in every pair of hands, and one with the time to work it through properly.
The Keynote
How a divided room learns to perform as one.
The Drums
Every hand on a drum. A team performing as one by the end of the session.
Workshops
Half a day to turn the insight into habits.
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Trusted by the World's Leading Institutions
More than twenty years alongside IMD Business School. Sessions for Harvard Business School, the World Economic Forum, HEC Paris, INSEAD and CEIBS. Over 1,000 events delivered for 500+ organizations, including many of the Fortune 500.
Rooms of 600 achieving what they'd called impossible. A leadership kickoff that became the reference point for 'ONE Carlsberg.'
What Clients Say
Voices from the Room
Nine of them, from the people who booked the room and watched what happened in it.
He was the best speaker so far. What impressed me the most was the link to collaboration, the energy, and the perfect timing with our strategy of ONE Carlsberg.
Barna Barath
Group VP HR
Carlsberg Group
I have been impressed by Doug's ability to deliver on promise and drive an audience of over 600 people to team up and achieve what seemed totally impossible to everyone of them before.
Michel Clement
Senior Director, PartnerNetwork & Value Added Resellers
Oracle EMEA
Doug enabled us to really work at being a team, providing immediate benefit to our business. He really loves his work and this shows in the fun he brings to each session.
Martyn Bale
Director
Shell International
Rhythm is a universal language and Doug brings it all together. Our team was completely transformed by the experience - it was both moving and practical.
Jörg Hessenmueller
Executive Vice President
Deutsche Telekom
Doug has gone from wanting to share a passion for Africa and the djembe drum, to a consultant and social entrepreneur. Today he is dedicating his life to the discovery of what leadership is all about.
Professor Gilbert Probst
Former Managing Director
World Economic Forum
He was the best speaker so far. What impressed me the most was the link to collaboration, the energy, and the perfect timing with our strategy of ONE Carlsberg.
Barna Barath
Group VP HR
Carlsberg Group
I have been impressed by Doug's ability to deliver on promise and drive an audience of over 600 people to team up and achieve what seemed totally impossible to everyone of them before.
Michel Clement
Senior Director, PartnerNetwork & Value Added Resellers
Oracle EMEA
Doug enabled us to really work at being a team, providing immediate benefit to our business. He really loves his work and this shows in the fun he brings to each session.
Martyn Bale
Director
Shell International
Rhythm is a universal language and Doug brings it all together. Our team was completely transformed by the experience - it was both moving and practical.
Jörg Hessenmueller
Executive Vice President
Deutsche Telekom
Doug has gone from wanting to share a passion for Africa and the djembe drum, to a consultant and social entrepreneur. Today he is dedicating his life to the discovery of what leadership is all about.
Professor Gilbert Probst
Former Managing Director
World Economic Forum
Outstanding! Doug instantly connects with people. He's a natural story-teller and easily captures the hearts and minds of an audience. He makes it all seem effortless and inspires with ease.
Corinne Petti
Global Development Director
Heineken
First of all the session was awesome! Really glad we pulled through to have Doug to the leadership kick-off session. It was very well received, got great feedback from the managers and also from management.
Mario Fares
HR Director MEA
Procter & Gamble
Very engaging, it was a high quality presentation. Doug's great energy and connection to the audience were the key factors that allowed for a unique experience.
Michael Bentley
Chief Marketing Officer
McDonald's
The session was one of a kind: inspiring, participative, informative, and above all authentic! Looking back, it was the perfect prelude for my first Executive Leaders Meeting.
Klaus Peter Feld
Senior Vice President HR
BMW Group
Outstanding! Doug instantly connects with people. He's a natural story-teller and easily captures the hearts and minds of an audience. He makes it all seem effortless and inspires with ease.
Corinne Petti
Global Development Director
Heineken
First of all the session was awesome! Really glad we pulled through to have Doug to the leadership kick-off session. It was very well received, got great feedback from the managers and also from management.
Mario Fares
HR Director MEA
Procter & Gamble
Very engaging, it was a high quality presentation. Doug's great energy and connection to the audience were the key factors that allowed for a unique experience.
Michael Bentley
Chief Marketing Officer
McDonald's
The session was one of a kind: inspiring, participative, informative, and above all authentic! Looking back, it was the perfect prelude for my first Executive Leaders Meeting.
Klaus Peter Feld
Senior Vice President HR
BMW Group
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