Areas of expertise:
- Leading across cultures
- Influencing and negotiating
- Strategic leadership
- Leadership for technical and functional specialists
- Innovation and creativity
- Executive coaching
Craig Collins has more than 20 years’ experience in leadership development as a workshop facilitator and course designer. He began his business career as a manager with John Deere with assignments in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. Later he spent six years as Associate Director of the Middle East Management Centre. In 1992, Craig established Orion International, a network of management and organizational development professionals based in Europe and the U.S. Craig is also a member of the European faculty of the Center for Creative Leadership. His working languages are English, German, and Spanish, and he holds dual U.S. and Belgian nationality.
Craig received his undergraduate degree from Rice University in Electrical Engineering and German and was awarded a grant for a year’s graduate study at the University of Cologne. He later attended the joint MBA program at Thunderbird School of Global Management and Southern Methodist University.
In recent years, he has conducted workshops for Alstom, Amgen, Aviva, Boston Consulting Group, Deutsche Post WorldNet, DHL, ExxonMobil, FedEx, Henkel, Mondi, Norsk Hydro, Novo Nordisk, Novozyme, Philips, and Sony Ericsson.