Hire Me

“I help leaders who strive to get the best out of their teams, but are struggling with the switch from face-to-face conversation to digital communication and long-distance leadership.”

Bas de Baar is an independent consultant based in the Netherlands. He uniquely combines over a decade of project leadership with nearly a decade online presence in the area of Leadership and Communication in a global and virtual world.

Coaching Online Teams

Do any of these sound like you?

Did you start using an online Project Management system but are struggling to get it working effectively on your team?
Are you running a remote team and are experiencing difficulties with communication or leadership?
Doesn’t your offshore team deliver what you expected?

With a full hour of consulting you’ll be able to take action right away based on our conversation. Follow up coaching is available.

One hour live consultation by Skype is $199. An mp3 recording of the consultation is available, for your reference.

If this sounds like it’s for you (or you have questions), please contact me for information or availability.

“Bas is the preeminent Project Management People Centric advocate. I’ve always been a more traditional Process Oriented PM, but his posts on OODA Loops, Fish Ponds & Social Media have transformed my approach to Project Management.” – Ray Almonte, PMP

“Bas is on the cutting edge of all things project management 2.0, and is truly the “Project Shrink”. His insight on communication, social media, psychology and leadership set him apart from most PMs.” – John P Vajda, PMP, CSM

“Bas gave a talk on social networking for our celebration of International PM Day in 2009. In my view, it was well-preapared and delivered powerfully, and was one of our most popular of the many talks given, even though the other presenters were all well-regarded and well-known in their fields. Bas kept the presentation light but informative and worked very closely with us to make sure that the topic was on target. I would not hesitate to tap Bas’ vast knowledge of Social Media for your organization.” – Rich Maltzman, PMP

Workshops

I offer online and on-site workshops, coaching and consulting (in English, Dutch or German) on the following topics:

Introducing Project Management to “accidental Project Managers”, based upon his book “Surprise! Now You’re A Software Project Manager“;
Successful leadership for virtual project and team leaders.
Effective use of online Project Management tools: keeping your team and stakeholders together.
Stakeholder management, based upon his book “Surprise! Now You’re A Software Project Manager“;
Motivating team members (sample);
Supervising offshore development (sample);
Servant Leadership in project teams (sample);
Using social media and online collaboration tools in projects;
Effective use of social media by employees to enhance the online presence and brand for organizations;
Thought leadership on new trends in the project ecosystem (sample);