EIIL (European Institute for Industrial Leadership)

We would like to express our sincere thanks to all the people behind the organisation of the #EIILConference "Leading an inscreasingly Connected Generation”. Since January, they have been meeting twice a month to develop their skills and networks exploring an issue facing industry and students alike. The result was this highly engaging conference that united around 50 Industry Ambassadors and Student Ambassadors in a some really useful discussions. Thanks to: The Industry Ambassadors and Moderators: From Air Liquide: Aksel Schmidt, Danny James, Suki Bajwa From Covestro: Christoph M., Stef De Wilde, Andreas Gasper, Lukas Schuischel, Helmut Lutz From LyondellBasell: Valeria Villa, Stefano Sessa, From McDermott International, Ltd: Sebastian P., Elżbieta Podyma, our question master From Worley: Roel Speijer, Kirsten Downie The Student Ambassadors: From Board of European Students of Technology (BEST): Ariel Ediang, Katrijn Vandenborne From European Young Chemists' Network (EYCN): Patrick W. Fritz, Noah Al-Shamery From ESTIEM: Sofia MOUGAMADOUSSOULTANE, Francisco López Soler From European Young Engineers (EYE): Dorian Pavošević From EUROAVIA: Pavitarpal Singhlitt, Elia Ghisellini And thank you also to the EIIL alumni and Talent Teams who took part as table moderators. A super afternoon for all. Thanks again for all your dedication and effort.

A fantastic #EIILConference of the 2024 series “Leading an increasingly Connected Generation” took place virtually today in our EIIL Tardis. Around 50 participants joined us in debating the topic and sharing their thoughts on the four topics related to big technology challenges of the industry workplace of the future. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the conference chair Jovana Simic, from Worley. And of course, a heartfelt thanks to the speakers for their insights and inspiring thoughts: - Stef De Wilde, from Covestro, and Aksel Schmidt, from Air Liquide, on Workplace changes - Femke Schots, from Air Liquide, on Social and professional media - Philipp Even, from Air Liquide, on AI and its impact on skills - Rimma Dzhusupova, from McDermott International, Ltd, on AI and its impact on experts And lastly, thank you to all the participants for their insights, contribution and enthusiasm.

Last Friday, during the ACT (Alumni Coaching Team) Lunch Review, we started with a brief catch-up before discussing insights from the recent #EIILMasterclasses.  Our ACT teams then prepared to serve as moderators for the upcoming #EIILConference, ‘Leading an Increasingly Connected Generation,’ set to take place on October 24th. This is a valuable experience for EIIL alumni, allowing them to practice leadership and meeting facilitation skills that they can apply in their daily work.  Throughout the year, ACT participated in individual cycles of our masterclasses, with their observations being reviewed and discussed every other Friday with senior coaches and a community of like-minded, self-driven learners in our lunchtime Coaching Club.

This week's #EIILMasterclass on "Leading Innovation" ended yesterday. Over the course of two days, participants from Air Liquide, Covestro, LyondellBasell, McDermott International, Ltd and Worley explored different forms of innovation and were encouraged to identify common organisational characteristics and best practices which foster innovation within their own companies. Thank you to our coaches Steven Price and Denis Hicks 席哲士 for guiding the masterclass throughout these productive days and to our interviwees Ralph Herbst, Frank Ruigrok, Carlos Lahoz and Roger Jakeman for their insightful experience.

The #EIILBigStretch is still going strong! Over the past weeks, we've enjoyed energising fitness breaks with the Talent Teams from Air Liquide, Covestro, LyondellBasell, McDermott International, Ltd, and Worley, fostering both focus and collaboration. Beyond fitness, the #EIILBigStretch aims to strengthen connections between Talent Teams and alumni, encouraging simple, impactful actions that drive collaboration, community building, and visibility across companies. You still have time to get involved! You have until the 15th of November to gain points for your company team. Thank you for your enthusiasm and stay tuned for updates on the #EIILBigStretch Competition!

Last Tuesday, we hosted the Alumni Open House (AOH), where our EIIL alumni had a great time catching up with each other. We also dived into a thoughtful discussion on one of the essential characteristics of a good leader, 'Self-Improvement Orientation'. In sport it's easy to see that you need to develop your own skills, so you can help your team to win games and trophies. As a musician it's easy to see that you need to develop your own skills in order that people listen to your performances or so you can just play along with friends. In industry its harder to see the direct personal benefit from developing your team-leading skills. Organisations and companies can do well as a result, but there are few trophies or medals for the effective team leader. But the successful industry leaders we know have all been passionate about developing their own skills so that the teams they lead, or work in, are more effective than others. There may not be many gold medals, but leaders usually derive great personal satisfaction from their team's performance. Almost certainly they are clear on their own personal career Aims and can make the link. Are our alumni as clear? A huge thank you to everyone who participated! If you're an EIIL alumni, don’t miss the next AOH on the 12th of November. Join us for more engaging discussions and valuable insights!

The Alumni Newsletter has arrived! You will find updates on our current alumni activities, and opportunities to stay engaged with us! The first opportunity is our conference series "Leading and increasingly Connected Generation". Read more in the newsletter, and write us at events@eiil.net to get an invite. In it you'll also find insight into the Worley EIIL Alumni community, and how to stay connected with other fellow alumni. Are you an EIIL Alumni? - If you haven't received it, please tell us sending a short email to events@eiil.net - Please share it also with any Alumni who may have left your company! - Join our EIIL Alumni Association here on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/etG6u-Sv

Over the course of two days, Talent Teams from Air Liquide, Covestro, LyondellBasell, McDermott International, Ltd and Worley gathered for another #EIILmasterclass, 'Multi-Cultural Negotiating.' They explored how experienced negotiators adapt their own, and their team's, preparation and meetings to take account of the cultural postures of their negotiation partners. Thank you to our coaches Steven Price and Paul Bennington for their guidance, to our interviewees Robert Nijssen, Nicola Strazzeri, Frank Noeltgen, Marino Barbi for sharing their valuable insights.and to the participants for their enthusiasm.

Last week, EIIL Executive Director Steven Price and Air Liquide Alumni Peter Craeghs visited Covestro's headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany to join host Hanno Bruemmer, Chairman of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB); and Arnd Becker, Covestro's representative on the Leadership Directors Board (LDB) to kick off the first portfolio review of the EIIL's masterclass programme since the pandemic. A survey of Covestro alumni by Andreas Gasper formed a significant input to the process, and we agreed to extend the survey to the wider alumni community. If you're an EIIL alumni and would like to get involved, stay tuned—we’ll be sharing a survey link related to this topic soon! A heartfelt thank you to Covestro for hosting us, and to all participants for their insightful and constructive discussions.

We started October with the #EIILWorkshop, “Leading Teams to Higher Performance”. During the past two days, participants learned how to assess critical team performance issues, and how to improve them by developing effective leadership skills. Thank you to the Talent Teams from Air Liquide, Covestro, LyondellBasell, McDermott International, Ltd and Worley and the coaches Steven Price and John Doerr who guided the workshop.