Noam Kostucki
Author, Speaker and Social Entrepreneur
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Industry
- Professional Training & Coaching
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Noam Kostucki's Overview
- Current
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- Trustee at Play Association Tower Hamlet
- Co-founder at FlavrBox
- Co-founder at Redefine Us
- Co-founder at Seeducation
- Training Consultant at Directory of Social Change
- Past
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- Internet Marketing Consultant at Performance Media
- Founder at PerforMinds
- Coach, Trainer and People Development Consultant at AIESEC
- Education
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- Common Purpose
- RealAcad
- University of Bristol
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International School of Brussels
- Recommendations
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116 people have recommended Noam
- Connections
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500+ connections
- Websites
Noam Kostucki's Summary
As a university drop-out, I am amazed to be asked to give training at Yale University at 19.
I then quickly fail my first business in Singapore, and two years after I set up my corporate training and coaching company in Poland, it goes down with the financial crisis in 2008.
Since these failures, I am thrilled to have co-founded three social enterprises, and to have given training and coaching to over 10,000 people in over 10 countries.
I am happy to have been trusted to work with the likes of Hewlett Packard, Tata Consultancy Service, PKO Bank Polski, Greenpeace, The British Heart Foundation and other universities like the London School of Economics and UCL as well as with associations of chief executives.
I believe there is always a better solutions, and I have great ways to help you find them.
"Unconventional and effective" Catherine Atkinson
"Noam was inspirational, dynamic and a breath of fresh air." Kerry Herbert
"Through my previous career in an international retail banking corporation I have attended numerous 'inspirational' training courses across the country. None of these compared either in style or quality of content to that provided by Noam." Stephany Creek
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Specialties
I give training, coaching and keynote speeches on:
(1) Making money from doing good - Redefining your business model
(2) Effective Communication - From public speaking to social media
(3) Innovation - What are you missing on and how can you create the right culture within your organisation
Noam Kostucki's Experience
Trustee
Play Association Tower Hamlet
January 2011 – Present (1 year 5 months)
The Play Association Tower Hamlets (PATH) is a voluntary organisation promoting and supporting children's play opportunities throughout Tower Hamlets.
As a trustee, I meet with the CEO and other trustees on a regular basis to ensure continuity within the organisation, a clear direction, as well as creating financial sustainability.
Co-founder
Redefine Us
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry
April 2009 – Present (3 years 2 months)
Redefine Us is a training, coaching and consultancy organisation to help companies and charities make more money from doing good. You can find out more information on www.redefineus.com
Co-founder
Seeducation
Nonprofit; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry
March 2009 – Present (3 years 3 months) London, United Kingdom
Seeducation is an organisation that helps people make a living from doing good by harnessing their passion to create value for themselves and others. You can find out more on www.seeducation.org
Training Consultant
Directory of Social Change
Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
November 2008 – Present (3 years 7 months) United Kingdom
I developed the fundraising programme in partnership with the Institute of Fundraising, and have since created new trainings on fundraising, strategy and people skills.
Based on the 2009 evaluation forms, satisfaction for my training rates at 94%. My most highly rated training courses are:
• Effective Fundraising
• Developing a Sustainable Strategy
• Presentation Skills / Speaking with Impact
• Becoming an Assertive Professional
• Communicating to Influence
As a side project, I have secured a $120,000 recurring grant from Google for the Directory of Social Change.
Internet Marketing Consultant
Performance Media
August 2008 – October 2008 (3 months)
Performance Media is a leader in the search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimisation (SEO) for Poland and Central Eastern Europe.
We have over 2000 clients worldwide, a fully owned branch in Brazil and 93% client retention over our 6 years of experience. We have also won several awards for the quality of our services.
With a wide portfolio of clients, we have experience with tailored solutions and impact results. We work based on performances delivered and only ensure maximum customer satisfaction.
I am responsible for the development of the French speaking market with a special focus on France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Founder
PerforMinds
October 2006 – October 2008 (2 years 1 month)
PerforMinds was my umbrella company for all training, coaching and consultancy work for a period of 2 years.
Projects ranged from consultancy projects (like the creation of the U-May Foundation), give training to middle managers of multinationals (like HP), coaching senior executives (like MT Development) as well as deliver training open to the public.
PerforMinds went through a few rebranding and was my first fully independent venture.
Topic covered was mostly around people skills: public speaking, conflict management, creativity and innovation, leadership, teamwork, emotional intelligence.
Coach, Trainer and People Development Consultant
AIESEC
Nonprofit; 10,001+ employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
October 2004 – September 2008 (4 years)
I started my journey by organizing events like an international conference on entrepreneurship in Turkey with 250 participants from 20 countries and 2 days career fair with 30 companies and 400 attendees in Bristol.
I mostly worked for AIESEC, the world's largest student organization, as a coach for executive boards and national management teams, as a trainer and chair for international conference and as a people development consultant for local and national operations. I also led teams of up to 80 people at a time, and coach teams with yearly cash flow of up to 100,000 euros.
I ran 100+ days of international seminars, conferences, coaching for 2000+ participants. My teams and I have delivered sessions on a wide variety of soft skills such as leadership, team and project management, emotional intelligence, sales, public speaking, teamwork, strategic planning and teambuilding.
The sessions that have been the most demanded are:
• Success of failure
• Creating your legend
• Leadership versus management
• Teambuilding through extreme coaching
• Train the trainer
I worked in the UK, Turkey, USA (Yale University), Malta, Slovakia, India, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Georgia.
My longest coaching support has gone to AIESEC Warsaw Universities that I have coached, year on year since 2006.
Executive Coach in Open Communication
ICCE Greenpol
October 2007 – August 2008 (11 months)
I delivered the famous Open Communication coaching on "how to build relations" to Managing Directors & Senior Managers of Polish and international companies in Warsaw in a variety of sectors from real estate to banking and IT.
I coached a 5 modules program over 30 hours of 1 on 1 sessions. We covered theories on building relations: making the first contact, building trust, improving appreciation, strengthening the relation, and win-win type relation building.
These technics are aimed at improving business relations with potential partners, investors as well as on a mass scale with the potential customers. The tools are based on over 20 years successful coaching experience of politicians and corporate leaders.
Vice President of People Development and External Relations
AIESEC
Nonprofit; 10,001+ employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
June 2006 – September 2006 (4 months)
At AIESEC Ahmedabad in India, my role involved a crisis management situation: the local committee had some serious challenges and brought me in to reverse the steam and go back in the right direction.
Strategic Development - assesment of current strategies, directions, and reality - creation of a platform and atmosphere to rebuild position in the market, redefine needs and opportunities, recruit new members, train and coach Executive Board.
Vice President of Events
AIESEC
Nonprofit; 10,001+ employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
February 2005 – May 2006 (1 year 4 months)
For AIESEC Bristol, I was part of the executive board with which we planned for the entire year. Our collective work was to build a business plan, a recruitment strategy and to finish the year outside of the red as we'd been left to start our term with debts.
My specific role involved leading a team of 25 people who organised 9 events including a Global Village, a Train the Trainer Conference, a Careers Fair and an Induction Seminar.
This is my first leadership position in AIESEC, and the first of many. Thank you AIESEC for helping me discover my passion.
Noam Kostucki's Honors and Awards
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UK Business Speaker of the Year - Runner Up
Guild of Speech Writers- September 2011
Could you be the next Anthony Robbins? Motivational speaking is becoming a popular and lucrative business in this country. This exciting new event is your chance to stand out from the crowd. We're searching for the speaker who can deliver ‘an inspirational business message for our times’ with humour and style.
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Best Impromptous Speaker
Toastmasters- 2009
The impromptu speaker should deliver an original, creative and imaginative interpretation of the designated topic chosen form proverbs, objects, abstract words, events, quotations, and famous people.
The best impromptu speech combines clear thinking, good speaking and interesting presentation with respect to the topic chosen. An impromptu speech should reveal the ability to organize thoughts quickly and logically. The information presented should be well-chosen, pertinent, and sufficient to support the central thought of the topic. Delivery should be free from marked defects in speech mechanics -- poise, quality and use of voice, enunciation, fluency, bodily expressiveness -- and should be effective in enlisting and holding the audience's attention. -
Brussels Judo Championship - Silver Medal
International Judo Federation- 2002
As a contestant in the Brussels Championship, I had to compete with all participants of my weight category and lost only to the gold medalist. This also happened to be my first official judo competition.
Noam Kostucki's Additional Information
- Websites:
- Interests:
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judo, drama, acting, art, painting, reading, books, traveling, learning, challenges
- Groups and Associations:
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Toastmasters International, AIESEC, RealAcad, Thespian Society, National Honor Society, Histadrut Hashomer Hatsair (HHH), Safe Place
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- Honors and Awards:
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UK Business Speaker of the Year 2011 - Runner Up
Winner of the Impromptous Speech Contest (Toastmasters Warsaw), voted twice best "Impromptous Speaker".
Silver Medal at Brussels Judo Championship 2002
National Honor Society (www.nhs.us)
Thespian Society Award (for acting and theatre performances)
International Understanding (www.ecis.org)
Most Innovative Member (AIESEC Bristol)
Noam Kostucki's Skills & Expertise
- Coaching
- Social Enterprise
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Social Change
- Consultancy
- Mentoring
- Business Strategy
- Business Management
- Social Media
- Employee Relations
- Education
- Customer Relations
- Public Relations
- Team Building
- Team Management
- Team Leadership
- Teamwork
- Training & Development
- Identity
- Innovation
- Strategic Planning
- Problem Solving
- Customer Service
- Public Speaking
- Organizational Development
- Fundraising
- Change Management
- Non-profits
Noam Kostucki's Education
Common Purpose
Leading beyond Authority, Leadership
2009 – 2009
RealAcad
Venture Management Program
2006 – 2006
The program covered all aspects of starting a business, running and leading a company according to the latest and best practices. It included professional brainstorming; market research strategies; marketing and business plan development and implementation. The second part of this program was spent starting events company Mirrur Ptd. Ltd. to realise the skills learnt.
University of Bristol
Civil Engineering
2004 – 2006
Activities and Societies: Coach for the Bristol Judo Team (2004 - 2006) AIESEC - Vice Presidents of Events Acting - Main role in "The Insects"
International School of Brussels
International Baccalaureate, Higher: Math, Physics, Chemistry, French Literature, History. Standard: English Literature, Spanish
2001 – 2004
Activities and Societies: Safe Place, National Honor Society, Thespian Society (Drama Club), Justice League, Language and Culture Festival
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