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Jan Åke Karlsson
Senior Partner
Enhancer Consulting

Jan-Åke has a business and marketing background, and has worked in a variety of industries and corporations with global presence. During his career, Jan-Åke has primarily been engaged in change/growth initiatives, e.g. heading complex projects, managing turn arounds and carrying out major restructurings. The largest organization he has led had a turnover of 2 billion USD. He also has experience from working with brand equity issues for some of the top brands of the world.


Jan-Åke was recruited to Vattenfall (Europe’s 4th largest Energy Company) at the time when the industry was deregulated to handle the required transition for the Swedish Whole Sale and Retail Market reporting to the CEO using the Enhancer technology.


Furthermore, Jan-Åke has been Chairman and member of the board of several energy companies, entrepreneurial start ups and trade associations. Today Jan-Åke holds a position as Senior Partner at Enhancer.

 

Work Experience

2005 – Enhancer – Senior Partner
1999-2004 Vice President/General Manager BU Energy Sales Vattenfall
1999 -2004 Chairman of the Board; Plusenergi, Vattenfall Denmark, Sensel (energy related)
1995-1999 Vice President Marketing Scandinavia GE Capital Bank
1989-1995 Marketing Director Scandinavia American Express Company
1988-1989 Marketing Manager Pioneer
1984-1988 Sales Director Retail Kuwait Petroleum

 

Degrees and certifications

Languages: Swedish, English

Education:B.Sc, DIHR (Political/Social Science, Economics, Marketing & Communications) University of Gothenburg and Stockholm

Contact Info

Major organizations and consulting firms that provide Requisite Organization-based services

A global association of academics, managers, and consultants that focuses on spreading RO implementation practices and encouraging their use
Dr. Gerry Kraines, the firms principal, combines Harry Levinson's leadership frameworks with Elliott Jaques's Requisite Organization. He worked closely with Jaques over many years, has trained more managers in these methods than anyone else in the field, and has developed a comprehensive RO-based software for client firms.
Ron Capelle is unique in his multiple professional certifications, his implementation of RO concepts through well designed organization development methods, and his research documenting the effectiveness of his firm's interventions
Former RO-experienced CEO, Ron Harding, provides coaching to CEOs of start-ups and small and medium-size companies that are exploring their own use of RO concepts.  His role is limited, temporary and coordinated with the RO-based consultant working with the organization
Founded by Gillian Stamp, one of Jaques's colleagues at Brunel, the firm modified Jaques;s work-levels, developed the Career Path Appreciation method, and has grown to several hundred certified assessors in aligned consulting firms world-wide recently expanding to include organization design
Requisite Organization International Institute distributes Elliott Jaques's books, papers, and videos and provides RO-based training to client organizations