Rainer Hersch is unique - he is both in internationally recognized conductor and a stand-up comic who has regularly closed the show at London’s famous Comedy Store. In music he has worked with some of the great ensembles of the world – conducting orchestras from the London Philharmonic to the St Petersburg Philharmonic and Queensland Symphony. He offers two highly engaging motivational sessions and a musical team building.
MANAGEMENT SESSIONS
1) “The Conductor as Leader” (what can business learn from a symphony orchestra). With audience interaction and plenty of musical examples (performed either live or using clips), Rainer completely engages any meeting with a discussion about leadership as viewed from the standpoint of the orchestral conductor. As a comedian, he allows the orchestra-team to reach out to a completely different market without fundamentally changing anything they do, simply re-applying existing resources. It’s a fascinating story and the analogy of the orchestra as a metaphor for any complex organisation is striking and illuminating.
Key messages include: communication; building trust and teamwork; encouraging passion and commitment; creating and communicating a vision; defining values; leadership styles; making the best use of available resources; managing the process of change; guarding and enhancing a reputation.
Can be performed ‘in person’ as a webinar. Either solo OR with 4-8 musicians (depending on the size of venue and audience)
2) "Managing Change" With interaction, challenging and fascinating parallels relating to music and the orchestra, Rainer Hersch outlines the principles of Successful change management.
Key messages include: Understanding, planning, implementing and communicating change.
Can be performed ‘in person’ as a webinar. Either solo OR with 4-8 musicians (depending on the size of venue and audience)
TEAM BUILDING
“It Takes All Of Us” An ‘amazing’ (testimonials) team-working session in which the attendees are given the task of contributing musically to a performance of a hit song. Delegates are divided into teams, each of which retires to a breakout room with a tutor – one of Rainer’s accompanying musicians. There, they are challenged to learn a percussion instrument and a series of rhythms. After 45 minutes instruction, the teams come back together for a further session in group singing. Then it all comes together in a hugely satisfying performance.