In more and more cases - especially in families in socially difficult situations - young people attend school without breakfast at all. The rest of their day normally is dominated by wrong and unhealthy food in any meal taken. The consequences for the learning process of elementary knowledge are extreme.

NB Networks supports the "Familienschutzwerk" and the "Children kitchen" in Berlin. They intensively take care of children coming from these backgrounds and put strong emphasis and action on project which try to make free healthy food available in any public school. We also are an active part in this supporting process and hope for intensive additional help.

NB Networks delivery of training, consulting and coaching has already been recommended in the past. The last magazines recommending NB Networks have been the "Handelsblatt" and the "Wirtschaftswoche". Both are leading magazines in the areas of economy and free enterprise.
This month the magazines of "Creditreform" and "Personal" have underlined our quality by again recommending our services. The "Creditreform" is one of the leading magazines for corporate management where as the "Personal" is one of the most important magazines for HR in the german-speaking area.

"The sustainable high rate of recommendations by our clients has shown that we are on the right way. At the end of the day the factor of quality is the number one factor which decides about success or failure of any service. Our continuous process of constant improvement as well as the feedback of our clients clearly show that we are continuing this way to even more raise our standard of quality." said General Manager Marcel Klemet directly after the announcement of the recommendation.

Today the search for the right place for internships or dual studies is connected with enourmous efforts. There has been no clear central point for offerings and moreover the people who search had to go through big efforts to find the right offering. This has led to a loss of connection between the right offer and the right person.

The innovative idea of schuelerkarriere.de is the first portal which shows a clear solution for this problem. Additional partners already joined for future support.

"The idea of having a central point for offerings and interested persons shows enormous potential for us. Not only our efforts for searching and finding the right people for the right place but also our costs will reduce significantly in this important area of future investment." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt after signing the partnership.

Already since numerous years NB Networks is working internationally. One focus has always been on the so called "emerging markets". A number of scientific as well as socio-economically motivated projects brought us to the decision to be more present in these states.

NB Networks will open two new location. These will be located in Egypt and Tanzania. By doing so NB Networks will have an even stronger focus on its sustainable international market approach which finds realisation in these new openings.

Already in 2009 Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt was asked to deliver coaching for the top referees of Hamburg at St. Peter-Ording.
Again the Football association of Hamburg demanded for this coaching.

This 1-day workshop was focused on "Personality and Behavior" which is one of the key aspects for success in the area of delivery professional referee services. The target audience this time has been the female top referees.

"The workshop was very intensive and we had lots of very valuable discussions and feedback. It was great to see how intensively the attitude to work and improve the own results and personality was present all over the whole day." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt after delivery of the workshop.

In 2010 NB Networks will again be present at the larges HR fair in Germany - the ZUKUNFT PERSONAL 2010 in Cologne.
The fair will be from October 12th until October 14th.

In direct cooperation with HR Roundtable Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt will again offer free Keynotes every day. The topics will be announced soon. All topics will be about actual trends and areas of HR and will be based on the results of newest scientific research.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Cologne.

Continuously optimzing our services to focus on our clients actual and future need is one our most important objectives. Delivering a high level of best practices together with newest scientific results is a strong basis for best results.

We already cooperate with national and international institutions in different areas and are proud to be able to annouce that an additional partner is going to join us in our cooperation.

Under leadership of Mr. Thomas Buck - who himself has intensive knowledge in the area of HR since years - the HR Roundtable will be a new cooperation partner of NB Networks. The cooperation will optimize the delivery of workshops and keynote events (e.g. our "Experts Day") not only on fairs but as well on a national as well as international basis for any regional location.

We are looking forward to an intensive cooperation.

During the end of 2009 the demand from our clients for our services raised tremendously. After opening numerous new locations we have shown that the demand of our client is still the one and only focus on our business.
Our clients have now shown that the growth of demans has not reached its end. Due to this fact we are now opening new location in Moscow, Sao Paulo and Oman.

All tendencies have shown that additional openings will take place in 2010 and we are looking forward to tailor all our actions to the needs of our clients.

"The end of 2009 with its fast growing demands has been very challenging. We are very happy to know that the demand is still raising. This has now led to our new openings in 2010 which for sure have not been the last ones." said General Manager Marcel Klemet after announcement of the new openings.

Our services in training and consultancy show an enormous trend for growth since years. Besides our knowledge in free enterprise our expertise in scientific study and work is now expanding as well.

Today Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt has been booked for workshops in Kiev and Moscow in september which will have a duration of a whole week. Representatives of Science and Economy will take part. The topics will cover sustainable leadership, Human Resources Development as well as motivational aspects. Besides the pure lecture additional workshops will be offered.

"We are very proud that besides our economical cooperations the scientific networks as well show our continuous trend for global growth." said General Manager Marcel Klemet today.

The fair "Personal 2010" was again a big success. Numerours attendees went to our workshops to intensively learn the newest information in the area of Human Resources and HR Development.
At the end the leading portal HRM.de interviewed Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt as the subject matter expert.

Moreover the interview will be published on:

• www.personal-messe.de
• www.personal-sued.de
• www.personal-nord.de
• www.zukunft-personal.de
• www.hrm.de
• www.hrm-austria.at
• www.hrm.ch

We are very happy and proud that our expert knowledge has been valued.

As in the years before NB Networks was again present at the fair "HR 2010". With multiple speaker session Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt, owner of NB Networks, saw a great demand and was more than happy to see that even in times of so called "crisis" all companies still proactively invest in the development of their resources.

"At the end of the fair we have now decided to even more be present at all fairs in the area of HR. The great demand of these days have shown us that the urgent need at the market makes us move quickly to the point that we now will act as an active partner on the market." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt at the end of the fair in Stuttgart.

On the 19th of April NB Networks again started the yearly HR EXPERTS DAY. HR Managers from all over Germany went to Bremen to take part at this event which presents the most news and interesting topics in the area of HR development and similar areas of knowledge.
The feedback was 100% positives so NB Networks will continue with this event. On the 31st of May the next event will take place in Hamburg.

We are happy and proud to announce that we now have opened a new and very special location. NB Networks just opened the location at the Frankfurt Internationl Fair Area. In this area NB Networks is now located in the Fair Tower which is 257 metres tall.

We are now able to offer best services and best quality in an international top location in the center of this business area.

Located at the 25th floor we also offer special services like Restaurants, banks and special security solution if needed as well as protected parking and a large shopping mall directly conected to our location - of course we offer our services 24 / 7!

The expert of NB Networks are getting into their speaker position once more. As it has been confirmed this week Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt will be speaker at the ZUKUNFT PERSONAL in Stuttgart which is one of largest fair for Human Resources in Europe. During his speeches he will put his focus on two differen areas of Human Resources Management.

Being speaker at fairs meanwhile already belongs to the standard service portfolio of NB Networks as we see a seriously rising demand which we appreciate very much and thank our clients for their trust in our knowledge and capabilities.

After his tremendous successes from the very beginning we are proud to announce that the path of internal careers within NB Networks again made it possible to join the leadership forces from today. Martin Baschulewski will be the new regional manager for the northwestern area of Germany (Bremen).

"I am happy and proud about this new task and the trust which our executives have given to me. My goals for the future will be to expand our market presence and to implement our professional concept in the regional economy of my area. The highly client- and practice-oriented services in the areas of Business Coaching & Consulting will maximize benefits for our clients. I am absolutely sure that my team and me will succeed to fulfil the wishes of our clients - especially in the actual phase of extreme raising demands in respect of quality and quantity in purchasing our services as well as our knowledge. A future expansion in staff in my opinion will definitely take place." said Martin Baschulewski directly after the announcement of NB Networks Executives.

Steffen Lehrmann from today will focus his service on his role as Senior Account Manager. The high amount of demands from his clients as well as the complexity of all ongoing projects made it more than necessary that Steffen Lehrmann with his intensive amount of experience will focus on maximizing clients benefits. We are looking forward to his ongoing and future projects.

NB Networks has now opened another 11 locations in Germany to strengthen its presence in the german-speaking areas once more. Besides opening new locations in the capital city and the major as well as largest cities NB Networks also opened new locations in Dresden and Nuremberg.

"This step is the answer to the continuing growth of demand in the area of Soft, Business and People Skills. Especially our services in training, consultancy and coaching have shown us that we have to proactively continue our growth on the market to secure the highest quality available for our clients." said the leading management of NB Networks today.

As it has been confirmed today Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt will lead a series of workshops in Brussels at Berlaymont. Topics will focus on "Sustainable Leadership" and "Crisis Management & Communication".

Sustainability will be the main focus of all workshops due to the fact that this aspect has been identified as one of the most critical success factors in the actual phase of ongoing project for now and in the future. Moreover a direct implementation and connection to real-world environment will be implemented directly within any workshop.

We are looking forward to realizing this project and our future cooperations.

The HANDELSBLATT - a leading germanwide economical company - and their partner SEMIGATOR - the internet portal responsible listing the best trainers, consultants and coaches, recommends Niels Brabandt.
He ist listed as one of the leading personalities in the areas of management and leadership.

The specialized areas and strengths mentioned show the depth and broadth in which NB Networks is able to deliver.

"We are very happy and proud to be listed in one of Germanys most important economical newspapers." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt today.

Just some weeks after the year of 2010 has begun the ongoing expansion process forces us to take initative towards the next steps of expansion.

Today NB Networks moved into the completely new and larger Main Office. The exclusive location at the Airport Business Center of course stays - this was a special wish of our travelling clients which we of course followed.
In addition to these news of success we are happy to announce that a new and special team member has joined us.

Mr. Martin Baluschewski is an experienced Sales and CRM professional and we are proud to have him on board at NB Networks.
The very first reactions of our clients was absolutely positive without any exception.

"With Mr. Baluschewski joining us we are proud to have a new professional on board here in Bremen. The already very high level of customer relationship management, customer service and satisfaction will surely now an even higher standard than we ever reached before." said Marcel Klemet directly after Martin Baluschewski started his work with NB Networks.

We are very happy to be able to announce this expansion and thank our clients for their trust - we are looking forward to intensifying cooperations in the future.

At the beginning of 2010 NB Netorks was able to successfully finish a worldwide expansion phase. The expansion which already was running since months has immediately shown positive client and market reactions.

"The so called 'crisis' has harmed numerous enterprises. Most of them were led my management which followed a non-sustainable strategy since years. We are proud to announce that even after integrating the companies we acquired we have 3.7% more jobs in these companies than we had before when we signed the contract for taking them over. The positive reaction of the market and our clients tells us that we are going the right way with our strategy." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt today.

Since 2006 NB Networks offers high-quality Language Trainings. Up until the end of 2009 these have only been offered to a close circle of selected clients accompanied by a specialist team of Account Managers.

"The continuously growing demand already made us think about taking additional steps toward the market in 2008. The again strongly growing tendency of booking in addition with our customer feedback of highly satisfied clients we now decided to take the deciding step. From the beginnin of 2010 the service of language training will now be offered openly on the market for all our clients. We are happy and proud to take this step and the additional expansion which has been realized during last months." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt who himself has done state examination in the English language during his studies.

From this moment on NB Networks is able to offer training in more than 40 languages.

We are looking forward to starting these new and intensified cooperations with our existing and new clients.

We are more than proud to announce that in this very moment Hajo Klemmer with his team starts his work as Regional Manager in the are of Hamburg. He will be responsible with his team to develop this area and as well will be a new member of the project steering commitee for our new and existing long-term projects.

Hajo Klemmer comes from a background of intensive experience in customer service-oriented architectures and services which makes him the best choice possible for this position.

"Hajo Klemmer has been on our Number One candidate for this job and we are happy to have him aboard." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt at the beginning of 2010.

"I am looking forward to this new task of implementing and strengthening our market position at the economically important and strong area of Hamburg. Customer service and orientation will always be our focus: tailormade and need-oriented solutions will have highest priorities. I am more than convinced that NB Networks as high-class and flexible company with sustainably grow on the market supported by a customer satisfaction rate of 99.997% in respect of training and consultancy services. After having led multiple and numerous service centers as well as building up the IT department of a recruiting and consultancy company I am looking forward to return to the area of Training, Coaching and Consulting. I am as well looking forward to work together with Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt and his competent team which is known for highest standards in service - this is known to me already from our past cooperations." said Hajo Klemmer today.

The high demand of our services has resulted into immediate action of NB Networks. With signing a large real estate expansion contract NB Networks engages the market proactively.

"The high number of assignments of our clients toward our services has shown us that the demand even outside the german-speaking boundaries is huge. With our expansion we are now already able to deliver from january 1st of the new year 2010 anywhere our clients have their offices and thereby have a tailormade solution for their needs." said General Manager Marcel Klemet after Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt signed the contract.

"...reliability and professionality of NB Networks have been the deciding factor" it was said in the explanation of the decision of the globally working client when giving their yearly budget for whole Europe to us.

The complete budget contains all areas of training for:
- Sales
- Leadership
- Human Resources Development
- IT

We are more than happy about this decision.

"The active decision against a low-price strategy but instead focussing on high-quality work has been the deciding advantage in comparison to our market competitors." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt directly after having received the news of this decision about winning the yearly budget already in advance of the upcoming year 2010.

"A very special Trainer" - this had been the headline of the actual German Referee Newspaper. This newspaper is the official organ for Referees in whole Germany.
"A practice-oriented and interesting Workshop about how the referee is seen in public and which possibilities you have to influence this reception and image. This was underlined by videos from practice in which the knowledge learned may be directly applied including hints and tips for improvement."
A special focus in the report also has been put on the Personality Coaching.
"All participants filled out an evaluation. Special about this evaluation was that the result shows clear character traits in unambiguous numbers. Character traits (e.g. conflict, communication and responsibility skills and numerous more aspects) which are weaknesses or strengths are clearly seen so the possibility of "coaching somewhere in the middle of nowhere" with no results at the end is lowered to zero." stated the German Referee Newspaper
At the end the engagement of Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt in general is described. "Since numerous years Niels Brabandt is Sponsor of the VSA-Referee-Group and meanwhile also explicit sponsor for the Talent Coaching Group. Besides equipping referees with training suits and Polo-Shirts the former VSA-Referee has now also begun to train and educate talented referee with his expert knowledge.".

"I am proud and happy about the continuously growing cooperation with the VSA and hope to continuously intensify this cooperation even more in the upcoming year 2010." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt directly after the report has been published.

Just a few weeks after the last expansion the Hanseatic League has decided to intensify the cooperation with NB Networks in the future in numerous areas.
Large programs in coaching and the sector of IT already have been initiated. The major goal of a quick and practice-oriented solution has been the focus of these project.

"This is a strategic steps for both parties involved - especially concerning the new position we just created for especially this case and which we will announce at the beginning of 2010." said General Manager Marcel Klemet directly after having successfully finished all agreements.

Just a short time ago we announced that NB Networks received the largest project in company history.
Since the beginning of this project the feedback of all participants has been more than great (9.998 out of 10 on the scale of satisfaction). This led to the point that project has now been extended with a factor of +150%.
This shows that NB Networks has the right concepts at the right time which leads to the right solution.

"We are more than happy about this decision which will mean definitely one thing - NB Networks will expand over the german-speaking borders before the end of 2009." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt after having received the news.

Consequently generating synergies is one of the most important key factory of success in todays business. Since some years NB Networks already cooperates with a national and international working consulting company.

Today we announce that NB Networks bought 35.7% for holding major shares of this partner consulting company. For both parties of the long-lasting cooperation this step has been nothing more than the consequent ongoing development of their cooperation.

"It was just a matter of time when both parties will see the synergy which draws immediately from this now even more intensive cooperation and take further steps which now has happened. We are very happy about the new developments and welcome or "new 312" employees to our additional 71 people who work together with us since numerous years." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt directly after both parties agreed to and signed the contract.

Since the foundation of NB Networks one of the main goals has always been to handle Human Resources sustainably. A part of this strategy is the possibility of career development within NB Networks for all employees which we consider as an obligatory entrepreneurial standard.

Throughout this strategy we are proud to announce that Steffen Lehrmann accepted our offer to become Regional Manager of the area of Bremen.
Steffen Lehrmann is one of the most successful and most senior sales persons in our company. His commitment to our goals and the consequent realisation of exceeding customer expectations made him the number one person for this job.

"We are happy and proud that Mr. Lehrmann decided to take even more responsibility at NB Networks and we are looking forward to our future cooperation." said Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt after contract signature.

"I am proud of now being an even more intensive part of NB Networks and to contribute to our success." said Steffen Lehrmann directly after having announced his decision.

Today NB Networks announces the start of large international social project. Throughout the cooperation in soccer Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt did not only get in touch with sport itself but also with the surroundings. This did not only happen in Russia but also in Kyrgyzstan. Niels Brabandt became an impression of science in this country and saw that there must done a lot for improvement.

From now on we intensively support scientific education in this country throught the financial means of NB Networks.

"Our situation is like paradise - especially our working situationin science. We often miss to look into other areas of the world where we may seek for further improvement and help these parts of the world. Here we want to start. We want to initiate best possible improvements of the actual status quo." said Niels Brabandt at the project-kick-off today.

NB Networks today has won the largest bidding in company history. In cooperation with two additional international consultancy companies NB Networks has been assigned a large project in the areas of:

• Design and Implementation of a marketing strategy as well as the product launch
• Design and Implementation of the sales process
• Training of sales staff
• Hiring and Placement of Leading / managing staff
• Training and education of Leadership knowledge for managing and leading staff

The project will take place in nearly every larger country in Europe as well as the United States.

"It is fascinating which synergies may be reached by the means of 71 internal and 312 external employees. Throughout this cooperation - which was always based on the idea of provided leadership in practice - we succeeded in developing a great project. The fact that this project exactly matched the clients needs shows us that we are on the right way to excellence." said Niels Brabandt directly after getting to know that NB Networks won the bid.

The whole project is financed with a double digit million-euro-budget.

Due to the fact that already the actual year is a great success we decided to go further with expansions of NB Networks.

Marcel Klement and Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt have just signed new contracts to emphasize and support the ongoing development in this direction.

In Bremen a new office will be opened directly located in the Airport Business Center Bremen. Hereby we support to be located in the best place in Bremen not only for local but also for international clients - especially on management level and above.
At the beginng of 2010 also in Hamburg new offices will be opened. The new head office will be located at the "Fleethof" in the hear of the city. This location will be support by three additional training facilities located at the "Spitalerhof", the "Chilehaus" and at the "Valentinskamp". All locations are connected to all possible means of transportation.

Further expansions are already planned and will be communicated as soon as possible.

After several meeting, a clear and defined set of needs which has been found out and the presentation of a concept for optimization in respect to the business a large leading institute in Hamburg decided to implement the ITIL standard with consultancy by NB Networks.

Until the end of this year all foundations will be set. Until the end of the first quarter of 2010 following appointments already have been made to assure a continuous process of optimization.

At the end the whole concept of ITIL v3 will be implemented in practice. All employees will be certified for ITIL Foundations. All employees which need or should provide any kind of leadership work will be certified up to the level of the ITIL v3 Expert.

We are proud to announce that a large leadership project has been given to NB Networks. Project Manager will be Prof. Dr. Niels Brabandt himself.

The main tasks besides reorganization of all departments will be training of managers and other leadership-providing persons. This will be done with a special focus on sustainability, authenticity and reliability.

The whole project will take place in reoccuring phases over 6 months. A prolongation for another six months to secure continuous optimization has already been granted.

During earlier News we already mentioned the coaching process which took place with Niels Brabandt and the talented group of referees.
Now this has been taken to a higher level and the Football association of Hamburg officially reports about this event on their website as it may be seen below (German only).
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Lehrgang des Förderkaders des Verbands-Schiedsrichterausschuss Hamburg In St. Peter-Ording, 25. bis 27. September 2009
Am Freitagnachmittag machten sich die Mitglieder des Hamburger VSA-Förderkaders auf den Weg zu einem Wochenendlehrgang nach St. Peter-Ording. Am Lehrgang nahmen neben dem Leiter des Förderkaders, Christian Soltow, auch Lehrstabsmitglied Frank Behrmann sowie Personal-Coach und Ex-VSA-Schiedsrichter Niels Brabandt teil. Als Quartier wurde der „Campus Nordsee“ bezogen.

Noch am Abend wurde die aktuelle Lehr-DVD des DFB angeschaut und die geforderte einheitliche Regelauslegung der kniffligen Szenen im Gruppengespräch erarbeitet. Den Abschluss des Abends bildete ein ausgelassenes Fußballspiel der Teilnehmer in der Sporthalle auf dem Gelände.
Den Samstagvormittag gestaltete Niels mit einem praxisnahen und sehr interessanten Vortrag über die Wahrnehmung des Schiedsrichters in der Öffentlichkeit und die eigenen Möglichkeiten, auf diese Wahrnehmung Einfluss zu nehmen. Verdeutlicht wurde dies anhand von Videosequenzen aus Spielszenen, anhand derer die Außendarstellung des Schiedsrichters besprochen und Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten aufgezeigt wurden.
Am Nachmittag wurde das Persönlichkeitstraining in der Praxis fortgesetzt – im Hochseilgarten TAkelageNAturGArten (TANAGA) in St.Peter-Ording. Hier wurden mit dem Motivations- und dipl. Mentaltrainer Volker Crantz teambildende Maßnahmen durchgeführt. In luftiger Höhe von acht Metern mussten die Teilnehmer in schwierigen Übungen an und auch über ihre Grenzen gehen, wobei auch stets der Teamgedanke im Vordergrund stand. Der Nachmittag dort hat alle begeistert und das Wir-Gefühl der Mitglieder gesteigert.
Den Abend übernahm wieder Niels, der die Teilnehmer einen Fragebogen zum Thema Ausprägung von Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen (z.B. Konfliktfähigkeit und Verantwortungsbewusstsein) ausfüllen ließ. Mit diesem Test können die Eigenschaften der Schiedsrichter in greifbaren Zahlen dargestellt werden. Zudem sind zentrale Charakteristika für die Schiedsrichter-Persönlichkeit ausgearbeitet worden, welche klar messbar ausgewertet werden können. Das Resultat sind klare Kennzahlen, welche die nächsten Coaching- und Entwicklungs-Schritte klar aufzeigen und somit ein „Stochern und Herumcoachen im Nebel“ ohne klar vorhandene Zielsetzung verhindern.
Anschließend folgte eine Regelarbeit mit den Schwerpunkten Strafstoß und Strafgewalt des Schiedsrichters. Den Abschluss bildete das gemeinsame Anschauen des ZDF-Sportstudios mit den Bundesligapartien des Tages.
Am nächsten Morgen wurden die Erkenntnisse aus den ersten Beobachtungen der Saison besprochen und häufige Fehlerquellen analysiert. Nach dem Feedback und einem Lehrgangsresümee aller Teilnehmer erfolgte am Sonntagmittag die Rückreise nach Hamburg.

Primäres Ziel dieses Lehrganges war die Persönlichkeitsentwicklung unserer Hamburger Spitzennachwuchsschiedsrichter. Gewöhnlich befassen sich Schiedsrichter bei Lehrgängen mit Regelkunde sowie Auslegung, Sinn und Geist von Anweisungen. Je höher ein Schiedsrichter aber in einer Klasse mit seiner Laufbahn amtiert, umso eher sind diese Dinge verstanden. Andere Bereiche bleiben größtenteils komplett unbeleuchtet: hierzu zählt vor allem der Bereich Persönlichkeit. Zur Persönlichkeit zählen neben dem reinen Auftreten auch die mentale Fitness, mentale Stärke und Stressresistenz sowie der richtige Umgang mit Entscheidungen sowie Konflikten. Jedem ist bekannt, dass dies des Schiedsrichters täglich Brot auf dem Platz ist, und dennoch bleibt es oft bei wagen Aussagen wie „arbeitet an eurer Persönlichkeit“. Dies ist gerade für Nachwuchs-Schiedsrichter ein Ratschlag, welche nicht greifbar ist. Was soll ich konkret tun? Warum werde ich von Spielern so wahrgenommen wie ich wahrgenommen werde? Warum ist im Spiel X die Situation Y geschehen und ich habe diese nicht mehr kontrollieren können? Wie gehe ich mit externer Kritik um und wie stelle bzw. verarbeite ich Kritik an mich selbst? Dies sind Fragen, welche oft bewusst oder unbewusst auftreten und kaum bzw. gar nicht beantwortet werden können. Hier besteht der Ansatzpunkt, warum Niels Brabandt bei diesem Lehrgang hinzugezogen wurde.
Der mittlerweile dreißigjährige war bis vor einigen Jahren selbst Schiedsrichter im VSA Hamburg, bevor es ihn beruflich auf eine mobile Position zog und er eine Laufbahn in der freien Wirtschaft begann. Diese mündete in der Selbständigkeit mit einer nun eigenen Firma mit 71 Mitarbeitern. Seine Firma NB Networks betreut Kunden in den Bereichen Leadership, Business Development & Franchising, Marketing & Sales sowie IT. Des Weiteren befindet sich seine Doktorarbeit an der Harvard University im Finalstadium (Thema „Organizational Behavior and Leadership“). In diesem Zusammenhang wurde auch der beschriebene Fragebogen entworfen. Als Dozent ist er ferner an der HSBA (Hamburg School of Business Administration), einer der renommiertesten privaten Hochschulen Deutschlands, tätig.
Seit mehreren Jahren bereits betreibt seine Firma Sponsoring des VSA Hamburg und nun auch explizit des VSA -Förderkaders. Neben der Ausstattung mit Trainingsanzügen und Polo-Shirts hat er begonnen, auch sein erworbenes Know-How für die Schiedsrichterei weiterzugeben. In der Hoffnung auf eine weiterhin gute Zusammenarbeit bedankt sich VSA-Hamburg für Niels Engagement.
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As mentioned in our news before some weeks ago Niels Brabandt, owner of NB Networks, has spent a weekend with talented referees in St. Peter-Ording. This topic will now also be rolled out on a broader basis.
Request from other parts of the country already have arrived at our offices and moreover even press appeared to be seriously interested.

The area of "Personal Coaching" makes it possible for anybody taking part in it (and this is not limited to the job as a referee) to see any character traits as clear number. The test used here was developed by Niels Brabandt in cooperation with Harvard University.
With making character traits measurable it is now possible to get from the ambiguous and in most cases arbitrarily used "work on your personality and leadership skills" to a clear set of strengths and weaknesses. This set leads to a clear and unambiguous list of tasks and character traits to work on.
A concrete model to develop and to work on the own personality may then be put up which makes the Coaching process transparent for anybody taking part in it.

Our expansion during the last weeks has resulted in very positive reactions by our clients. This shows us that we going the right way.

Hereby we announce that - based on our client feedback - we proactivey already engaged next steps for further expansions.
This proactive action assures that all training and consulting demands in the future will be handled professionally as known.

With Steffen Lehrmann and Marcel Lehrmann we are happy to have two experienced sales professionals on board.

Client feedback again has been more than positive - we are happy and proud to see this.

We are looking forward to our future cooperations with all our clients.

We are happy and proud to announce a new cooperation.
Dr. Bernd Bitzer of INPEX CONSULT and Niels Brabandt of NB NETWORKS saw numerous chances for additional client value. Throughout this moment of chance both now agreed to cooperate. The cooperation starts from now on and we are looking forward to getting started.

Just directly after announcing upcoming news NB Networks has visited the STUTTGARTER KNOWLEDGE FORUM. With focussing on Management, Leadership and Sales numerous very positive client feedbacks of existing and new clients were again realized.

At this moment we are proud to announce that a further expansion in this area will follow soon. Any News concerning this will follow until the end of this year.

At the beginning of October NB Networks has been present as the first Motivation Fair in Germany. The "Motivation Expo" was one more milestone for us to focus on our product portfolio and the feedback we received from our clients was unambiguous.

Further expansions in these areas are planned. News will follow soon.

During an intensive 3-Day-Weekend-Workshop with the most talented referees an intensive coaching process has been initiated.
This workshop was the pilot phase focussing on:

• personality
• appearance
• rhetorical skill
• handling of conflicts

Feedback of all participants has been 100% positive - a more intensive cooperation is planned.

Since numerous years NB Networks is sponsoring different branches.

We now decided to continue the sponsoring of the most talented referees in Northern Germany. With the so calles "Coaching Group" we are happy to continue a cooperation on a performance-oriented level.
We are looking forward to the future cooperation.

Just some weeks after the international Conference in Las Vegas and the Workshops in Chicago all results of the customer feedback have been evaluated.

95.6% scored "very satisfied".
4.4% scored "satisfied".

This shows us that our international content is widely accepted as well. We will continue with our strategy and will continuously deliver the excellence which is known from us.

We enhanced our website. When clicking on "Dates" you will now also find all our open enrollment classes.

We implemented this feature due to the continuous client need.
The compete listing will show all classes including all topics. Moreover the status of the class is also displayed, showing you if there are still seats available or not.

You are missing a class?
You may like to ask for a date, a class or similar?

No problem!

Do not hesitate to contact our General Manager Marcel Klemet via Marcel.Klemet@NB-Networks.com !

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

We are more than proud to announce that today the new General Manager, Marcel Klemet, is starting with us.

Marcel Klemet has shown outstanding expertise and experience in industry, customer service, sales as well as controlling. These facts give him the opportunity to be able to strengthen and accelerate our success and expansion even further.

We are happy to have him in our team from now on!

Since nearly 10 years now NB Networks deliver consulting to the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions. In various aspects of the business we cooperate successfully and this has now also led to international awards during conference in Las Vegas.

European Center of the Year: Hamburg (nominees two and three were Frankfurt and Hannover)
Global Center of the Year: Hamburg
5-Star-Award for outstanding quality: Hamburg

Moreover 4 instructor have been awarded for their worldwide outstanding quality. Among these instructors Niels Brabandt, owner of NB Networks, received the award as worldwide best instructor the 4th year in a row.

Wir are more than proud to announce that on August 15th in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Niels Brabandt has been awarded by the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions as Worldwide Best Instructor. This now has been the fourth time in a row.

After more than 1.400 client evaluations the average score has been 8.997 out of the maximum of 9 points.

We thank our clients who made this possible and we are looking forward to our future cooperation.

Just some days before the International Conference in Las Vegas start we are happy and proud to anounce a repeated success and award which has just been announced to us.

During the last month our customers scored the quality of our training with a 9.0 on a scale from 1 to 9. We are even more happy about this fact because it shows that the way of delivering highest quality is more than valued by our customers.

We are looking forward to the future in partnership with our client and of course to the award decision during the International Conference in Las Vegas which will take place in the near future.

We are proud to announce that a new expansion is going to start in August 2009.

It is not only that we are opening a new project office. In addition a new General Manager will be in place to be responsible for all running and new projects as well as specialized and tailormade client solutions.

This new role is the reaction concerning the ongoing growth within NB Networks and the wish of our clients to be able to integrate us even more into their processes in continous strive for best solutions to their business needs.

Thank your very much to all our clients for the trust given. We are looking forward to the cooperation in the future.

Additional information will be posted during the upcoming month.

It has been already weeks ago when Niels Brabandt, owner of NB Networks, has been booked as speaker to lead a Breakout Session during World Conference of the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions.
A special session concerning program implementation will be led by him and this definitely is already confirmed.

Frank Perez, Vice President of Learning & Development, now has suggested Niels Brabandt for an additional session. The topic of this session will be "How to reach maximum client satisfaction" and the extended booking of Niels Brabandt already has been confirmed. The session will be the largest one during the whole World Conference.

We thank our clients who made all this possible.

We are looking forward to our future cooperation.

We are proud to announce that our Trainers, Consultants and Coaches successfully have completed the following certifications:

• ITIL v2 Foundation
• ITIL v3 Foundation
• ITIL Service Manager
• ITIL Expert
• PRINCE2 Foundation
• PRINCE2 Practitioner

Due to this face we are from now on able to deliver ITIL training, consultancy and coaching.

We are happy and proud to extend our portfolio in this area. We also want to thank our clients how already made the first bookings before the certification process had even been finished.

As already told in the area of "Publications" Niels Brabandt, owner of NB Networks, has written on the book "Besser mit Weiterbildung".

After publishing this detailed description the book is now available and may be bought from now on.

(see here: http://www.amazon.de/Besser-mit-Weiterbildung-Trainingsexperten-pr%C3%A4sentieren/dp/383703643X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247695971&sr=8-1)

We are very thankful for any bought book!

Soccer is one of the most known sports for having the referee unwillingly in the center of attention. Within less than seconds decision do not only have to be made. They have to communicated, transported and in most cases they must be "sold".

The aspect of Coaching is a critical factor of success in this case. Niels Brabandt, owner of NB Networks, has been awarded multiple times for his delivery in these areas of knowledge and his workshops. Moreover he has been and still is a referee in soccer by himself. In addition to that he has been member of the national selection of the best referees before starting his own business. Nevertheless contact to the German Soccer Federation (in this case the VSA) has never been cut off.

For the first time a workshop during a whole weekend will take place which in which Niels Brabandt will lead the training and coaching for all referess. This is not a one-time-workshop but will be a consistent process of coaching for measurable results and sustainable growth in quality.

The just published book "Besser durch Weiterbildung" in which Niels Brabandt describes how training, coaching and consulting may be led to a measurable and sustainable success is now on the way to be even more promoted than expected.

Already before the book is officially published to well known go!-academy recommends this book within their actual newsletter.

We are looking forward to numerous readers.

In 2009 Niels Brabandt, the owner of NB Networks, educated 11 instructors during the intensive training track to become a specialist in delivery of training.

The worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning solutions booked Niels Brabandt for this training due to the fact that the quality of training has to be outstanding to succeed in a competitive market in which a six digit number of trainers work.

Meanwhile the "Short List Top 25 worldwide" has been announced and four instructors as well as Niels Brabandt himself have been nominated. The final ranking will be announced during International Conference in Las Vegas in August.

We are very proud of this success and are looking forward to seeing the final rankings soon.

Once more our clients evaluated our delivery of service. This led again to a worldwide  award for Niels Brabandt, owner of NB Networks.

The company KnowledgeAdvisors has the task to again evaluate the delivery of all services from a neutral point of view. This result is published in a worldwide ranking which shows us again as the number one.

We are proud to be able to announce this repeated success. Moreover we again want to thank all our clients for their trust in our services.

At the beginning of 2009 we delivered consultancy for 25 locations of the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions. The goal of this consultancy was to implement a new learning system, to dominante the market throughout this new Unique Selling Proposition and to grow profits.

After 6 months of being in practice it now came to a final report containing the results of consultancy.

The final report has drawn the following numbers: 21 out of 25 locations doubled or tripled revenue and profit by using the new learning system. The "lowest" growth rate has been calculated with 42%.

As a consequence of this success Niels Brabandt, owner of NB Networks, has been invited to host a Breakout Session during International Conference in Las Vegas. This conference will be in August of this year and the session will be titled "Mentored Learning Heroes Amongst Us".
Besides giving insights of how to access the market, Niels Brabandt will also provide concrete Best Practices for the audience.

The quality of our work has been proven one more time - we are looking forward to starting the next upcoming projects.

After months of work it is now for sure: the first book will be published!

In times when budgets were cut down it is even more important that any training is tailored directly to the need. A special focus on the aspect of how to realize controlling in this area is a key aspect for success of any training delivered.

As the expert in this subject matter Niels Brabandt, owner of NB Networks, wrote the final chapter in which it is described how to be able to lead any training event to a sustainable and measureable success.

Additionl information may be found at http://www.besser.trainerbank.de !

Additionally we of course are open and available for all questions which may arise.

Starting new partnerships, implementing new products, establishing expansion with the target of dominate the market. These were the key elements of a consultancy project with has been given to us.

One year before the CISCO partnership program has been successfully implemented. We are proud to announce that only one year after implementation the award of CISCO PARTNER OF THE YEAR has been won by our client.

The award was presented in the USA and directly after winning this award an additional remarkable boost of revenue happened. This makes the clients' CISCO business even more sustainable.

The quality of all trainers, consultants and coaches is monitored frequently by customer feedback. These feedbacks were frequently cumulated and the top 10 worldwide persons are published worldwide. I am proud to announce that I have been ranked number 1 worldwide again. This is concretely shown in the following table:



I want to thank all clients for the consistenly great feedback. I am looking forward to continuing cooperation.

March 2009 was the time when I have been book as a speaker and for active sales during the IT fair of CeBit 2009. The event was a big success and the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning solutions was more than satisfied.
Due to this fact the overall success has now again been mentioned in the worldwide newsletter.

The following article show the success clearly:

Working as Trainer, Consultant and Coach of course means that quality of service delivered is monitored frequently throughout the means of audits. The results of these audits are shown by a number starting by 1 (=extremely weak) and ending by 9 (=outstanding).
The result is calculated by feedback of all clients which have been serviced throughout a complex process of questioning.
I am proud to announce that the quality audit ended with a score of 9.0 which means that the maximum amount of points possible has been reached.

One of the worldwide largest financial auditing companies is actually planning to implement latest cutting-edge Microsoft technology. During special intensive workshops the new features, best practices and of course best strategy was not only shown but planned to detail for reality rollout.
I am proud to announce that I have also now been booked to deliver these workshops for the area of London. Normally this is done by a local vendor but the strategical decision made it possible to book me in this case. During the last week of May I will be in London for the whole week. After that it is planned to start the rollout in the worldwide company network.

Just some moments ago I received news. I am again nominated to take part in this years award ceremony for possibly becoming the worldwide best Instructor / Mentor / Consultant. I am more than happy that delivery of my work again is so much appreciated.
I am even more happy and looking forward to being at this event after getting to know where it will take place. The location will be “The Venetian” in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – due to this fact it will be the largest event of our whole business year.

Again I have been awarded twice. The evaluations of all clients came to the result that again both criteria have been met the most possible extent.

First I am awarded for delivering the largest quantity of training.
Second - and this is much more important to me - I have been awarded again for best quality in training.

Due to these facts I have been awarded again as worldwide best instructor in this month.

I want to thank all my clients for their trust and their cooperation. I am looking forward to working even more intensively together.

One thing I want to mention in particular: a fax arrived at one of my clients for which I deliver training pretty frequently. The client wrote on the fax that the wish to have especially me as the instructor for their training.
This makes me even more proud and I want to say thank you again.

After being booked as a Speaker and for Sales during the international IT fair "CeBit" in Hanover the feedback now is more than positive.

Numerous new clients and contacts were made. In addition to that also existing clients were fascinated by the new products and the quality of training which has been delivered over the years and also during CeBit for some small breakout session.

For the fair "Future HR 2009" which will from September 22nd to 24th I am already booked.

I am looking forward to seeing you there again - or of course hopefully even earlier.

The worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions again decided to update their Train-The-Trainer skills. This time the focus has been set to methodology, didactica means and performane-oriented training methods.

In this training I again focused in science and practice of didactics, training and education. Especially the new method of making the didactical quality of a training measurable has been a tremendous success. It is for sure that this has not been the last training session concerning this topic.

During the end of march 8 instructors succeeded in delivering the video exam for the CTT+ exam. The CTT+ exam is the worldwide only exam to prode didactical skills.

Especially one feedback took my special notice:

"Niels,

now I know that I have done a lot of things wrong during the last 20 years. Due to your training I have been relaxed today like I have never been before. I hope my feelings came along. I just felt like Mohamed Ali...

Thanks a lot for the great training during the last day.
I hope that one day I will be able to deliver the same quality of training as you do for my Trainees."

I am looking forward to my next Train-The-Trainer class which will be at the end of may in Munich.

One of the quickest success in my career was now realised at the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions. Just 5 business hours after delivery of training the first sales was made in the specific area which has been trained.

The reaction of the management was unambiguous:

"Dear Niels, thank you very much for your great Sales-Training." (Jörg Siever, General Manager Hamburg)

"I am really excited and enthusiastic! Thank you very much for your great training!" (Jörn Oelze, Owner of Master Franchise Germany, Austria, Switzerland)

"This is great news & a real demonstration of the effectiveness of your sales training." (Alex Keay, Area Sales Manager, Microsoft)

The TTT which I delivered in january in Cologne was a big success. Right after training the location was ranked in the top 25 CPLS locations worldwide. This success has now continuously grown.

During last month Cologne has been ranked number three CPLS center worldwide. In addition Cologne was ranked number 1 center networkwide. The rate of clients which have been very satisfied was 100%.

On a monthly basis all instructors, trainers, coaches, consultants etc. are evaluated. The top 10 in this overall evaluation are shown in a worldwide listing.
The range of possible score starts from 1 (worst) and ends with the score of 9 (best). Each client answers 27 question concerning every training, coaching and/or consultancy event.

This month I have been awarded double. First I was awarded for being the most active listed person with 308 evaluations by the client. More important is that I have been awarded again for best quality (9.0 overall).

I want to thank again all clients for their trust. I am looking forward to being an active part in our future cooperation.

In 2009 the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions decided not to be present at one of the Microsoft Partner booths. The idea of being presented by an own booth and booking me as being resposible as a speaker and for sales was created at the beginning of this year. It came out to be the most successful CeBit ever.

Joern Oelze (CEO Germany, Switzerland and Austria) said the CeBit 2009 was "a great outcome and a big success plus a true win for our corporate image". Nicola Stelling (Head of Marketing Germany, Switzerland, Austria) meant that "it was a really great CeBit and great show of you - thanks a lot, Niels".

The results were impressive: more qualified leads were created per day than during the last years throught the whole fair.

Just a few weeks ago I was book as speaker at the first national staff conference of the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions.
One goal of the workshops I was leading there was to achieve sustainable growth in quality. Throughout interactive seminars, workshops and classes we worked through the Status Quo to concrete points of action which had to be put into action as soon as possible.
Some weeks after this training / consulting we now see that sustainabe growth is noticed. One location was already able to become number two in the internal network and number six worldwide in the overall network in delivering quality.

I am very happy and proud that all changes worked out so well and moreover that these concrete changes have been followed up by local management without exceptions.

I am a referee myself since years. Throughout this experience I know how important mental and motivational aspects in this sport are. Correct appearance, personality and the possibility to control any situation are the key aspects of success.
In Hamburg new ways of coaching and mentoring will now be started. Christian Soltow (former DFB/FIFA) agreed on a concept to drive the level of performance in the area to the next level. This training will be especially focussed on the best of the best referees who will have the future opportunity to qualify for the professional leagues.

Thank you very much for trusting me in this very sensitive area of mentoring and coaching.
I am looking forward to developing the whole to a complete level of performance in september 2009.

One of the most important aspect of management overall mentioned it the fact of "sustainability". In my role as Training & Implementation Manager of the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions I delivered special customized training for all Trainers in the location of Cologne. The training took three complete days and measureable results were a consequence of it.
Directly after training the client satifsfactory rate went so high that in January 2009 the location of Cologne was ranked number 2 worldwide inside the network of Microsofts largest Gold Partner for Learning Solutions. The overall rating wordwide ranked Cologne on 6!

The own reliability as Trainer, Coach, Mentor and especially as a manager relies heavily on the factor of being able to deliver measureable results by yourself. A key focus of my work always is to underline that I am not only able to manage resources to perform but also to perform by myself.
The following statistics show that in Januar 2009 I have been scored by 308 client evaluations. In total I have been ranked number 1 worldwide for quality and quantity in training for the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning solutions.

As the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions announced today two project of me were specially awarded.

In first case I have been the mentor and speaker for multiple groups of more than 500 people during a ciritical process of change in company software. In second case I have been awarded - and this is the moment were I want to thank all clients - for my training in Decembre 2008.

As evaluations have shown I have been awarded as worldwide best instructor again for my training in December 2008.

The awards have been announced by Michael Smith (Director of Europe) and Darius Shey (Group Vide President International). Both are in charge for strategical europeanwide and worldwide decision for the worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions.

As Training & Implementation Manager for the worldwide largest Micrsofoft Partner for Learning Solutions I am responsible for leading all location in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

As known the key factor of success is to get loyal and committed employees within your company.

Establising an open and honest culture was one of our key initiatives in the past. We now get awarded to be a "Great Place to Work" and ranked number 31 in whole Germany. This official and nationwide award shows me that our strategy has been right and we will have to work on the fact that this culture stays with us.

On february 13th the worldwide largest Microsoft Partner for Learning Solutions booked me to support his location in Berlin. The focus has been put on Training Delivery & Quality as well as Marketing & Sales.

In two very intensive workshops the key areas have been identified and will be optimized from now on. The next day for support will be soon so the key areas of growth have been taken into immediate interaction for optimization.

The worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions booked me for training their own instructor. We did not only have a great training, we already scheduled the next TTT class at the end of march. The demand for qualified TTT classes is very high at the moment so I am looking forward to being part of the next trainings.

During last month six new instructors started their career. They joined the TTT (Train The Trainer) class in Dortmund to become accredited as didactical experts.

The certification named CTT+ (Certified Technical Trainer) is the only certificatio worlwide to demonstrate didactical expertise without being dependent on a single vendor.

The CTT+ standard is set be CompTIA, the worldwide largest joint-venture of multi-billion-dollar companies throughout all branches to secure a high level of expertise for the delivery of knowledge.

All six instructors now successfully completed the CTT+ / Train The Trainer class.

This year the worldwide largest Microsoft Partner for Learning solutions launched his first staff conference for all employees in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The conference took place in Berlin and I have been invited as a speaker.

The aspects of "how to deliver training" as well as "how to sell" were the main focuses of this event in which I was able to deliver a 90-minute session to all instructors and interested staff members.

Further ongoing project are not only planned but already booked. In Berlin the process of change and the goal of growing quality in sales, training as well as operations will continue in february. I will be in Berlin to train the whole staff. Further action in this ongoing project is already planned.
 

The monthly ranking of all instructors shows the worldwide elite on training. The worldwide "Top 10"
instructors are mentioned internationally.

After being awarded as the worldwide best instructor in 2007/2008 I am more than happy that my
clients again are so satisfied with my training, consulting and coaching. I am looking forward to the
next projects in the near future.


 

The worldwide largest Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning Solutions again invested in training their staff
for further expansion. The actually fastest growing location Cologne / Dusseldorf now has seven new
trainers. After an intensive workshop these instructors are now ready to go for the real-world experience.

2009 started as successful as 2008 ended.

Niels Brabandt was the leader for the Kick-Off-Event 2009 in Munich. The worldwide largest Microsoft Gold
Partner for Learning Solutions booked me to focus on enhanced trainining and sales skills as well as setting
expectations and motivation for the upcoming year.



In addition I was the speaker for the OFFICE 2007 UPDATE Event for an international tire producing
company.The start of 2009 is very successful and I am looking forward to the next upcoming and already
booked events.

Beginning a new successful business year in 2009 my new website www.nb-networks.com is now online.

Any Feedback is greatly appreciated, at any time.

The second time after another Niels Brabandt has been awarded as worldwide best instructor.

The award was presented to him during International Conference in Dallas, Texas, USA.
(the video was made by a spectator)