Introduction of Unicorn

Table of Content

• Mission Statement

• The 4 Elements of Unicorn

• Core Activities

• Unicorn DNA

• Track Record

• Our Team

Mission Statement

UNICORN GROUP, YOUR LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

PARTNER

WE ENABLE YOU TO…

• ... bridge the knowing-doing gap.

• ... increase the effectiveness of individuals, teams and organisations.

“Understanding something" is one thing ... Actually "behaving accordingly" is another !

“Effectiveness is obtaining your desired results, not once, but again and again and again…”- Stephen R. Covey

The 4 Elements of Unicorn

Core Activities

Transformation: We transform your organisational culture, through our Cascading Methodology. We will get to the heart of the business and resolve it from the inside out leaving your organisation stronger, fitter and culturally transformed. E.g. Strategy Implementation, New Ways of Working, Installing Feedback Culture, …

Leadership Pipeline: We help our clients to understand (1) what kind of leadership they need to deliver on their strategy for the future and (2) the (potential) leadership they have today. But moreover, we train the leaders to close the detected gap - and to keep it closed. E.g. High Potential Development Tracks, Leadership Seminars, New Hire Training Weeks, …

Sr. Team Journey: We offer team journeys focused on developing the effectiveness of sr. teams and their leaders, often in high change/tension situations (e.g. new CEO, post merger, large change, new int.teams, teams in crisis …). E.g. Partner Camps, Strategy Development, Classical Team Training (team building, increasing team effectiveness…), Ambition Setting, …

Research & Development | Project Management | Communication Strategy

Unicorn DNA

Unicorn DNA | No-nonsense Theory

The gap between theory and practice is usually not as wide in theory as it is in practice.

PRINCIPLE: Unicorn believes in the effectiveness of ‘no-nonsense theory’: simple concepts, to the point and powerful, which can impact the behaviour of the participants. We can rely on a backpack filled with useful models, such as the Unicorn 5F Model developed based on key ideas from scientific research and inspirational literature such as Covey, Collins, Ram Charan, Rens van Loon,… During preparation, we will select together with you the framework which offers the best fit with the objectives, company culture, concepts already embedded in the organisation, current use of language,…

 IMPLEMENTATION: Each building block during the seminar starts with a short &

fresh presentation from the selected theoretical framework. Of course, we can also send pre-reading documents a few weeks before the start of the seminar, to allow participants to read & prepare. This way, we can limit the theoretical time investment during the seminar and focus optimally on concrete learning moments.

Unicorn DNA | Constructive ConfrontationLife starts at the end of your comfort zone.

PRINCIPLE: No learning without constructive confrontation! High performing individuals, teams and organisations do not stay safely within their zone of comfort, but actively seek confrontation.

 IMPLEMENTATION: After the theoretical presentation, the participants are

divided into sub teams (max. 5 participants per coach) and are offered a challenging strategic outdoor workshop. Important note – this is not a survival exercise! During the workshop, nature does play a crucial role, not at all as a physical challenge, but offering a safe learning environment and opportunity to learn.

Unicorn DNA | Feedback

The higher you get in an organization, the less likely people are to give you candid feedback. Feedback is your life-support system!

 PRINCIPLE: At the heart of Unicorn is professional & in-depth feedback.

Experience tells us that open & honest feedback, with a clear translation towards daily practice, is essential to learn, develop & deliver sustainable results.

 IMPLEMENTATION: After each outdoor workshop comes the most important part

of the seminar: the feedback session (integration of individual / peer / team coaching). All insights & experiences are discussed in the small sub teams together with the Unicorn coach. The participants give and receive open & constructive feedback. Unicorn holds up a mirror to confront them with their (in)effective habits, thinking patterns, competencies,… on individual, team and organisational level.

Unicorn DNA | Psychological Safety

It takes both guts and a good parachute to jump out of an airplane.

PRINCIPLE: An optimal learning process faces participants with a high-adrenaline situation and challenges them to leave their zone of comfort, while continuously guaranteeing psychological safety.

 IMPLEMENTATION: During the seminar, the loop of theory / workshop /

feedback is repeated, offering the participants the chance to incorporate the feedback & insights and experiment with new behaviour during the next workshop… and receiving new feedback. Participants will be guided throughout this journey by a coach, pushing people out of their comfort zones and holding up a mirror to them, but always ensuring that all of this happens in a constructive way. This makes the seminar a safe learning environment & practice field.

Unicorn DNA | Mindset

Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. 

PRINCIPLE: To achieve sustainable results, you need to push out the boundaries of your own behaviour, skills & competencies and dare to question the effectiveness of your mindset.

 IMPLEMENTATION: During the feedback session, the Unicorn coach will

challenge & encourage the participants to discover which habits & behaviours drive their mindset, and also question the effectiveness of that mindset. This way, the coach facilitates a ‘mindset-shift’, enabling the participants to perceive reality in a new and more effective manner.

Unicorn DNA | Transfer of Learning

The world does not pay for what a person knows, it pays for what a person does with what he knows.

PRINCIPLE: We do not believe in ‘one-shot’ events. After the seminar, we need to set in motion a strict follow-up process to ensure the implementation of learning and action points and increase the effectiveness of the training track.

 IMPLEMENTATION: At the end of the seminar, we always include time to

translate all learning points into a concrete action plan (individual / team level). We are also happy to share ideas and tools for follow-up initiatives, organised by the participants themselves, HR or supported by Unicorn.

… andmany more!

Our Track Record | References

Our Track Record | Testimonials

PAUL STINCKENS, partner / senior trainer-coach

JORIS ROELS, partner / senior trainer-coach

EMILIE SCHOLLAERT, partner / senior trainer-

coach

KARINA KRULLS, office manager

CLAUDIA STRAETEMANS, project coordinator

THOMAS VAN DEN BOGAERT, trainer-coach

STEFAN DECUYPER, trainer-coach

MEG VAN HOEF, trainer-coach

CATHY MOSTMANS, trainer-coach

LIV STEUTS, trainer-coach

Our Team

Wir sind nicht uniform sondern unikat. Das lebt Ihr als Team auch vor. Jedes ist anders, etwas Besonderes und keiner die Kopie des anderen. Gerade diese Mischung an Talenten und Kompetenzen macht das Team aus.

Emilie Schollaert

Partner & Senior Trainer - Coach

+32 478 59 61 69

e.schollaert@unicorngroup.be

Paul Stinckens

Partner & Senior Trainer - Coach

+32 475 47 19 22

p.stinckens@unicorngroup.be

Joris Roels

Partner & Senior Trainer - Coach

+32 495 61 51 53

j.roels@unicorngroup.be

Our Team

Your contact persons are:

Stefan Decuyper

Senior Trainer - Coach

+32 478 67 93 17

s.decuyper@unicorngroup.be

Paul Stinckens

EDUCATION• Master Physical Education / University Gent • Bachelor H.S.O. / University Gent• Certification MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator)• Certification PPA (Personal Profile Analysis)• Certification FranklinCovey ( ‘The 7 Habits’,

‘Leadership’, …) from 2002-2008• Several courses: Coaching and training PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE• Teacher in several educational establishments• Senior trainer at Centre d’Excellence• Current: Founder, partner and senior trainer at

Unicorn

TOPSPORT• Member of the ‘Belgian National Kayak Team’

(1971-1982)• 3 Olympic selections: München, Montreal and

Moscou• 2nd place pre-Olympiade Montreal

• 8 World Championship selections• 2nd place WC 1973 and 3rd place WC 1974

COMPETENCES• Outdoor trainer since 1986• Team development and groupdynamics• Individual and team coaching• Management and leadership• High Potential policy REFERENCES• Roland Berger, Deloitte, Continental, AB InBev,

Borealis, Nutreco, Océ, Metro, BNP Paribas Fortis …

Our Team

Joris Roels

EDUCATION• Bachelor in Primary Education / KHLeuven • Bachelor in Adult Education / K.U.Leuven • Master in Educational Sciences / K.U.Leuven • Certification PPA (Personal Profile Analysis)• Certification FranklinCovey ( ‘The 7 Habits’,

‘Leadership’, …) from 2002-2008• Several courses: Leadership, coaching and

training PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE• Academic staff: Coaching of projectteams /

K.U.Leuven• Freelance trainer at FranklinCovey• Current: Partner and senior trainer at Unicorn 

COMPETENCES• Strategic training policy:

• High Potential policy• Retention policy

• Trainer since 2002:• Outdoor trainer• Personal effectiveness• Leadership• Team development and groupdynamics• Execution discipline

• Qualitative methods:• Target oriented intervention planning• Intervision• Focus groups

REFERENCES• Sara Lee, Delta Lloyd, Nokia Siemens Networks,

Q8, AB InBev, RTL Group, Belgacom, BNP Paribas Fortis, Axa …

Our Team

Emilie Schollaert

EDUCATION• Master in Labour, organisational and

community Psychology / K.U.Leuven • Bachelor in Psychology / K.U.Leuven• Master in Sport and Exercise Psychology /

U.C.Louvain• Certification PPA (Personal Profile Analysis) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE• Assistant at U.C.Louvain, department Sport

Psychology• Teacher / coach in ‘Executive Master in

Business Coaching’ at U.C.Louvain – IUFC (Institut Universitaire de Formation Continue)

• Current: Partner and senior trainer at Unicorn• Current: Sport psychologist and Mental coach of

several individual athletes and sports teams (e.g. WBNT Women Belgium National Hockey Team)

COMPETENCES• Outdoor trainer since 2004• Team development and groupdynamics • Individual and team coaching (corporate and

sport)• Sport psychology and mental training REFERENCES• Roland Berger, Deloitte, Continental, Nutreco,

Océ, Cervélo, Belgian National Hockey Team (Women), Nyrstar, Hendrix Genetics, AB Inbev, Belgacom, Axa…

Our Team

Stefan Decuyper

EDUCATION• Master in Adult Education and Educational

Sciences/ K.U.Leuven• PhD in Educational Sciences/ K.U.Leuven• Postgraduate Studies in Business

Administration/ K.U.Leuven• Certification PPA (Personal Profile Analysis)• Several courses: Leadership, Time

management, Coaching, Training PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE• Assistant professor/ KULeuven• Academic Researcher/ KULeuven• Coach of project teams/ KULeuven• Freelance trainer/ Kenaz

COMPETENCES• Personal effectiveness• Team learning and group dynamics• Management and leadership• Feedback and coaching• Time and stress management• Strategic HRD-policy• Social Network Analysis REFERENCES• Roland Berger, Deloitte, Continental, Nutreco,

Océ, Hendrix Genetics, AB Inbev, Belgacom, Axa…

• Decuyper, S., Dochy, F., & Van den Bossche, P. (2010). Grasping the dynamic complexity of team learning: An integrative model for effective team learning in organisations. Educational Research Review, 5(2), 111-133.

Our Team