Paal Leveraas

Current

Distributor at Ensize International AB
CEO at Aha! Factory AS

Past

Trained facilitator at Team Coaching International
VP Marketing & PR at mobileAxept
Team and relationship coach at Leveraas AS

Advisor at Grameen Foundation
Director Scandinavian region at CRR European Alliance
Senior Advisor at Movation
Editorial advisor and columnist at ABC Startsiden
Freelance journalist at Leveraas AS
Certified Coach (CPCC) at Leveraas AS
Project leader at Association of Norwegian Editors
Board Member at The Norwegian Computer Society (Dataforeningen)
PR manager at Leveraas PR
Chief Editor and founder at digi.no
Project leader and Editor Scandinavia Online at Telepost Communications (Telenor Online)
Editor Scandinavia Online at TelePost Communications
Chief Editor at International Data Group
Editor at IDG News Service

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Paal Leveraas’s Summary

I am a certified professional co-active coach (CPCC) and relationship/team coach (ORSCC). I'm also a writer and freelance journalist. My main focus is on developing good relationship among partners, and in teams and organizations.

My experience comes from a large number of roles and activities, ranging from publishing, writing, editing and public relations, as well as starting up new companies. I started the company that in 1996 launched digi.no (http://www.digi.no), one of Europe's first internet-only newspapers, and have since then been involved in many new ventures.

I know that coaching has a great potential to change the world by changing the way people interact. If you need help in changing your world, get in touch to discuss possible perspectives and strategies. I'd particularly love to work with you if your team or organization has cross-borders, cross-cultural/multi-cultural issues.

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CPCC = Certified Professional Coach
ORSCC = Organizations and Relationship Systems Coach Certified
NPJ = Non-practising journalist

Paal Leveraas’s Specialties:

Entrepreneur, Profiling, Recruiting, Team Coaching, Online (and offline) journalism, Public Relations, Communications, Publishing, Media, Executive Coaching, CPCC, ORSC, Team Diagnostic, PR coaching, Branding yourself

Paal Leveraas’s Experience

Distributor

Ensize International AB

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Aha! Factory trains and authorizes consultants, coaches and others in using the Ensize toolbox, consisting of analyses and assessments covering behavior, motivation, leadership competencies, work environment and more. See www.ahafactory.no for more information.
CEO

Aha! Factory AS

(Human Resources industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )

Aha! Factory delivers tools for people working with people. We're constantly looking for new partners for our individual and team measurement tools in several categories. If you're into education, HR, recruiting, coaching, team coaching, business and organizational development, and mainly work in the Norwegian market, look at www.ahafactory.no for more information. If you're creating tools and look for a distribution channel to the Norwegian market, look at www.ahafactory.no too.
Trained facilitator

Team Coaching International

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

November 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 2 months)

Team Coaching International (TCI) delivers team assessments and team interventions to corporations.Aha! Factory has delivered a number of assessments and team interventions based on the magnificent tools from TCI.
VP Marketing & PR

mobileAxept

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

April 2008 — November 2008 (8 months)

I assisted the exciting company mobileAxept for a few months in 2008
Team and relationship coach

Leveraas AS

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

June 2006 — October 2008 (2 years 5 months)

I'm trained in the ORSC (Organization and Relationship System Coaching) curriculum, through Co-active Training Institute (CTI), now Center for Right Relationship (CRR). I'm also a Certified Professional Co-active Coach (CPCC). As of October 2008 I do most of my coaching and team coaching through Aha! Factory AS.
Advisor

Grameen Foundation

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2008 — September 2008 (1 month)

I worked and advised Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus for about a month while the Norwegian and international media focused on the dispute between Grameen and Telenor and the issue of child labor in Bangladesh.
Director Scandinavian region

CRR European Alliance

(Human Resources industry)

October 2007 — August 2008 (11 months)

The CRR European Alliance is a partnership between Leveraas AS (http://orsc.leveraas.no) and the five individual partners in Corporate Ecology LLP. It has negotiated the European rights to train coaches and people from related professions in the ground-breaking methodologies of ORSC (Organizations and Relationship Systems Coaching) from US-based Center for Right Relationship (CRR). The first series of courses run in Oslo and Copenhagen in the winter/spring of 2007/08, completely sold out.
Senior Advisor

Movation

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

June 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 8 months)

With Birdstep Technology, Comperio, Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), Nera Satcom, Opera Software, Radionor Communications and Telenor as equal owners, Movation's vision is to be Norway's leading launch pad for successful new ventures in mobile services with an international potential.
Editorial advisor and columnist

ABC Startsiden

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

2005 — 2008 (3 years )
Freelance journalist

Leveraas AS

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

August 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 5 months)

I've done freelance writing for several media in different niches, and can help you with your written communications.
Certified Coach (CPCC)

Leveraas AS

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

June 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 7 months)

I'm a professional co-active coach (CPCC), educated through CTI (Coaches Training Institute), and I run a practice in Oslo, Norway.
Project leader

Association of Norwegian Editors

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)

December 2006 — May 2007 (6 months)

Arranging the Associaton of Norwegian Editors Spring Meeting, a two day conference on the 2nd and 3rd of May 2007, a meeting labeled "Editor 2.0" to reflect the growing challenges mainstream media meet from user-generated content, blogging, social media and other Web 2.0-related issues.
Board Member

The Norwegian Computer Society (Dataforeningen)

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 2002 — March 2005 (3 years 1 month)

I served as a member of the board on the Norwegian Computer Society (Den Norske Dataforening) for three years, at the same time advising them on PR and running important stratgic procjets (like Rosing) on their behalf.
PR manager

Leveraas PR

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

October 2001 — August 2004 (2 years 11 months)

Leveraas PR handled public relations and publishing, writing and editorial services for several clients.
Chief Editor and founder

digi.no

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

January 1996 — September 2001 (5 years 9 months)

Founder of Internett Kanal 1 AS, Europe's first independent online-only media company. The company created, among several other brands, digi.no.
Project leader and Editor Scandinavia Online

Telepost Communications (Telenor Online)

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

June 1995 — January 1996 (8 months)

Develop and launch Scandinavia Online, a well known web portal. SOL was launched in November 1995.
Editor Scandinavia Online

TelePost Communications

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year )
Chief Editor

International Data Group

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

August 1985 — June 1995 (9 years 11 months)

Chief editor in IDG's Computerworld Norge for five years, before that several other editorial roles in the paper.
Editor

IDG News Service

(Writing and Editing industry)

January 1995 — May 1995 (5 months)