Greg W. Ballard is a Certified Professional Coach with a passion for serving. His mission is to improve the quality of organizational leadership and team effectiveness. With over 15 years of professional leadership experience in both business and religious sectors Greg has a unique ability to engage people and help them discover a deeper sense of purpose for the work they do every day.

Greg has already helped scores of people step into their unique purpose to become better, more effective leaders and continues to serve others as an executive coach and leadership consultant.

Greg’s mission to improve the quality of leadership can best be captured in these well-known words:

“Everything rises and falls on leadership,”
- John Maxwell

Greg’s works with two types of clients: Organizational executives and leaders who want to take their leadership to the next level and set-up their teams to double or triple their effectiveness and high-achieving professionals who want something more, either for themselves or others.

Contact Greg to see how he can support you and or your team.

Email: greg@gregwballard.com

Her practical HR experience includes most aspects of HRM and HRD including establishment of HR practices; HR policy drafting; annual staff planning; payroll updates; recruitment & selection cycle (advertising, short-listing, testing, interviewing, contract negotiating, induction) management; staff performance evaluation; staff objectives setting, advice to line- managers and staff how to substantially conduct these processes; training and development (conducting training needs assessment, gap skill analyses), organizing trainings based on needs assessments, staff professional development plans; staff relations, conflict resolutions, conducting workshops, focus groups, mentoring, couching etc. Teuta’s theoretical HR knowledge includes understanding of Strategic HR paradigms (SHRM) as means of aligning people strategy with institutional overall strategy to bring synergies and performance improvement in organizations.

In May 2013 has conducted the University of Sheffield MBA thesis research with the topic: Strategic HR Management – an Imperative for Performance Improvement in Kosovo Public Sector. Her research has targeted the HR offices of public institutions, both at central and local level. Teuta’s current engagement with UNDP as technical expert to support the Department for the Management of the Public Administration Reform, MPA has given the chance to see closely the implementation barriers of the PAR Action Plan.

She is offering her expertise to the Department in drafting analytic and progress reports, coordinating donors, conducting gap skills analysis, facilitating group discussions of different topics aiming staff capacity building and knowledge transfer, apart from daily couching and mentoring etc. Moreover, she is currently advising the Ministry of Public Administration on the Civil Service reform from the HRM / HRD perspective.

Before starting his own business, Nikos worked as Sales Manager in the US, European Operations Director in Germany, Commercial Director and HR and Training Manager in Greece. He was the Captain of the 1975 Olympic Soccer Team of Greece, and the Captain of the winningest NCAA Soccer team in the Us at the Univ. of San Francisco.

Inducted in the US Soccer Hall of Fame, in 2010!

Specialties:Utilizing many techniques from playing, winning and coaching football, Nikos combines it with Leadership and Coaching Psychology methods to provide a Results oriented Coaching experience only in a few sessions. Specializes in Leadership and Team Coaching with EI, Sales and Account Management, Negotiating with EI, Facilitation through “Open Space Technology”, and keynotes.

Our company provides you with the best expertise available in the market, thus we have an extensive list of local and international consultants who can contribute to your company with their academic and practical knowledge in each area of expertise.

Advoco Solutions is a Kosovo based company who facilitates Kosovar local businesses, in becoming the best in local market; strive and penetrate in international market; and equally help international companies to find their local partners, adhere to local procedures and promote their products in Kosovo. Whether you have managers who need coaching in upgrading their managerial skills, or you intend to transform your business, or further you need legal expertise related to your ongoing or new negotiations, contracts and other legal expertise, kindly contact us and we will provide you with concrete proposals.
We strongly believe in our vision and mission while we are driven by our motto “Strive that the best of you surfaces – do not settle for mediocre”, since if we all give our best, the success is inevitable, thus we become the link in the chain of a socially responsible society.

Sincerely,
Arjeta Spahiu
Advoco Solutions
CEO
arjeta.spahiu@advoco-solutions.org

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