Kirsten M. Poulsen is founder and owner of the consulting company KMP & Partners ApS - www.kmp-partners.com and co-founder of the international consulting network The Knowledge Network - www.theknowledgenet.net

Kirsten specializes in designing and implementing leadership and organisational development interventions in both in the private and the public sector. She has worked as a management consultant and facilitator for more than 18 years and 3 years as the Nordic HR Director for a large, global IT company. Presently, Kirsten focuses her work on mentoring programs, leadership and talent development. Often her engagements include career coaching while assisting organisations managing change and developing organizational cultures that are aligned with goals and strategies.

Kirsten is co-author of The Mentor Model (for designing mentoring programs) and the Mentor Survey, the first large e-survey developed to evaluate corporate mentoring programs. The research findings from this work was presented first at the EMCC – European Mentoring and Coaching Council – in England in November 2003 and in Canada at a large mentoring conference in Toronto March 2004. The research is now continuing in Sweden and Norway and will result in a book in Danish in 2005 and in English in 2006. The research shows a strong relationship between organizational resiliency and the use of mentoring programs – a subject that Kirsten is researching while implementing mentoring programs in various organizational change settings.

Past and Current Clients include:

National (Nordic): Faroese Telecom, Palaces & Properties Agency of the Danish Government, Nokia, Risø National Laboratory, Berendsen, Superfos, Uni Storbrand, SVT – Swedish Television, Nordea, Siemens, Genmab

International: Electrolux, SKF, ABB, Tetra Pak, Orange, SAP, Philips.

Education:
Kirsten is Bachelor of International Management from Copenhagen Business School, MBA from IESE in Barcelona, and she is fluent in English, Spanish and Scandinavian (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian).

Personal Information
Kirsten lives just outside of Copenhagen where she enjoys walking in the beautiful parks and along the beach. She is a roller skate enthusiast as well as an avid science fiction and crime novel reader.

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